Jake Curtis

East Bay

Sports Reporter at Sports Illustrated

Jake Curtis, long-time S.F. Chronicle sportswriter, and Jeff Faraudo, long-time Oakland Trib writer, operate Cal Sports Report (https://t.co/foyzr7wrQj)

Articles

Ex-Cal Stars Fernando Mendoza, Jack Endries Among Top NFL Draft Prospects

1 week ago | si.com | Jake Curtis

ESPN’s Matt Miller and Jordan Reid ranked the top five prospects for the 2026 NFL draft at each position, and the results, which were posted on Friday, will be a gut punch to Cal football fans. No players on Cal’s 2026 roster are listed in these speculative rankings, but two players who were Golden Bears last season but have transferred to other schools are ranked.
Reports: LB Rocky Cummings Becomes Cal's 22nd Commitment for 2026

1 week ago | si.com | Jake Curtis

Rocky Cummings, a three-star linebacker from Carlsbad, California, has committed to Cal for the class of 2026, according to Rivals, ESPN and 247 Sports. Cummings has not announced his commitment himself, but Rivals, ESPN and 247 Sports are reliable sources for this kind of news. Cummings becomes the Golden Bears' 22nd commitment in the class of 2026. Cal's class is now ranked as the ninth-best 2026 class in the country by Rivals and 15th by 247 Sports.
Cal Women's Basketball Team Will Open 2025-26 Season in France

1 week ago | si.com | Jake Curtis

Cal’s women’s basketball team will open its 2025-26 season in France. You read that correctly. The Golden Bears will play their first regular-season game of next season 5,500 miles away in Paris, France. Cal announced on Thursday that the Cal women's basketball team has accepted an invitation to play in Oui-Play Paris 2025, where it will play Vanderbilt on Monday, November 3 at the Adidas Arena in Paris.
Top 50 Cal Pros: No. 34 -- DeSean Jackson, Big-Play Machine

1 week ago | si.com | Jake Curtis

We are counting down Cal’s top 50 athletes based on their careers as post-collegiate professionals. Their performance as Golden Bears is not factored into the rankings. Years at Cal: 2005 through 2007Sport: FootballPro teams: Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Los Angeles Rams, Las Vegas Raiders, Baltimore RavensAge: 38Hometown: Long Beach, CaliforniaWhy we ranked him here: A second-round pick in the 2008 NFL draft.
Rugby Becomes Third Cal Sport to to Be Endowed

1 week ago | si.com | Jake Curtis

Cal announced on Tuesday that the Golden Bears rugby program has become fully endowed, making it the third Cal sport that is endowed. Rugby joins Cal’s men’s and women’s golf programs, which reached that endowment level last September. Chancellor Richard Lyons said in March that he expected four more sports to be fully endowed, and with the announcement that rugby is now endowed, that leaves three more Cal sports he expects to be endowed.
Top 50 Cal Pros: No. 35 -- Ron Rivera, Two-Time NFL Coach of the Year

1 week ago | si.com | Jake Curtis

We are counting down Cal’s top 50 athletes based on their careers as post-collegiate professionals. Their performance as Golden Bears is not factored into the rankings. Years at Cal: 1980 through 1983Sport: FootballPro teams: Chicago Bears (player); Carolina Panthers and Washington Football Team (head coach)Age: 63Hometown: Born at Fort Ord, California, and moved around as a member of a military family, attended high school in Marina, California.
Hawaii QB Nainoa Lopes Commits to Cal for 2026

1 week ago | si.com | Jake Curtis

Cal continued to tap into its Hawaii pipeline on Tuesday when three-star quarterback Nainoa Lopes of football powerhouse Saint Louis High School in Honolulu, Hawaii, announced on social media he has committed to Cal for the class of 2026. Lopes is Cal’s 19th commitment in the class of 2026, and four of them are from Hawaii. Plus Cal has several players on its current roster from Hawaii, including freshman quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele.
Cal Baseball: PJ Moutzouridis, Jarren Advincula Enter Transfer Portal

1 week ago | si.com | Jake Curtis

Second baseman PJ Moutzouridis and shortstop Jarren Advincula, both of whom were sophomores this past season and were arguably the best players on Cal’s 2025 baseball team, have entered the transfer portal, according to Baseball America. As freshmen in 2024, both Moutzouridis and Advincula were named to the first-team all-Pac-12 team. This past season Advincula was selected to the second-team all-ACC squad, and Moutzouridis was selected to the ACC all-tournament team.
Jim Knowlton Retires as Cal Athletic Director

1 week ago | si.com | Jake Curtis

Jim Knowlton, who has come under criticism from many Cal supporters in recent years, announced on Monday that he has retired as Cal’s athletic director after serving in that role the past seven years. Knowlton, 65, will officially step down as athletic director on July 1. Chancellor Richard Lyons announced he will put a new leadership structure in place and has appointed deputy athletic directors Jay Larson and Jenny Simon-O'Neill to be Cal’s co-athletic directors.
Happy Father's Day to Several Former Cal Athletes Who Are Dads

1 week ago | si.com | Jake Curtis

It’s Father’s Day so we are going to feature a handful of former Cal athletes who are fathers or are about to become fathers.. The two most noteworthy are Colts safety Camryn Bynum, who recently became a father for the first time, and Lions quarterback Jared Goff, who expects to become a father any day now, perhaps even on Father’s Day. But there are other former Cal athletes now in the pros who are fathers, and we show a few who have an interesting story or a fun video.