Sports

Even Chris Gocong was a freshman once. As the latest Cal Poly draftee embarks on his first year in the NFL, a whole new crop of students are readying themselves for the life of a college athlete – Cal Poly style. Here’s a look at some, but by no means all, of the promising incoming Poly Players looking to hone their skills and show their talent on Mustang turf.

Sports movies are made to capture what makes sports great: teamwork, dedication, perseverance and pride. With such intangibles to work with, there is no shortage of excellent sports movies. Granted, there are some bad ones, as anyone who has seen “Rocky V” or any of the “Major League” sequels can attest to.

Although Cal Poly expected the Alex G. Spanos Stadium to be completed by Sept. 2 for the first football game. Officials confirmed that renovations to the stadium will be delayed until further notice.

Progress on the west bleachers near California Boulevard, an estimated $21.

After being on hiatus since 2001, ASI has decided to open up intramurals to all summer school students.

“ASI is always looking to try new things, so we thought we would try running a summer season of intramurals again,” said ASI Program Coordinator, Greg Avakian.

What did you say about my mom? Honestly, put yourself in Zinedine Zidane shoes, I mean cleats. What would you do? We don’t have exact details on what was said, but you can imagine. “Your mom likes French champagne!” Or something of that nature.

Italian defender Marco Materazzi has denied insulting the French midfielder’s mother, but you can’t trust the Azzuri, anyone familiar with Roberto Baggio’s mullet, or Mussolini knows that.

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Tantrums and “open mouth, insert foot” moments are becoming synonymous with baseball. Most of the time it’s Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, but occasionally someone else steps up to the plate.

Although Guillen is in the spotlight for his most recent actions, (calling Chicago Sun-Times reporter Jay Mariotti a “fag” after Mariotti criticized his handling of a young pitcher), he isn’t the founder of rude outbursts and politically incorrectness.

It was overcast, wet, humid, and a little too sticky for my taste, but I was not about to be deterred by a muggy, summer afternoon as I exited the D train into the Bronx: the New York Yankees’ turf. On Sunday, June 25, at 1 p.m., I was determined to park myself within the famed confines of Yankee Stadium and witness my very first Yankees baseball game, rain or shine.

The Cal Poly men’s and women’s rodeo teams finished in the top 10 out of 63 colleges and universities at the College National Finals in Casper, Wyo.

The men’s team finished No. 9 overall and the women’s placed No. 8. Individual team members were also able to place in the top 10 in their events.

Red cards, yellow cards and even a little vomit have been present this week as the 2006 World Cup continues to make its historical mark.

An astounding 291 yellow cards and 23 red cards were handed out in the first 52 matches, which has surpassed any other amount in previous World Cups.

With the World Cup upon us, I think I know why Americans do not like football.er, soccer, no football. I intend to keep an international tone throughout this piece, since we seem to be failing miserably as a country in that department.

First off, Americans love scoring, unless you are watching the heralded Brazil versus the Pleasanton Ballistic under-7 match-up, you are not going to see much of it.

Canada’s hockey teams were able to do it again. No, not win the prized Stanley Cup, but instead lose it in seven games for the second season in a row.

The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 in Game Seven on Monday at the RBC Center in Raleigh, N.