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When it comes to baseball, the stories of dedicated teams, hardworking players and loyal fanbases are a recurring theme, but each season, there is always a new narrative to write.

I come from a family of die-hard Los Angeles sports fans. Naturally, October, your time of year is like Dr. Frankenstein bringing us back to life.

As I begin my final year at Cal, I find myself wondering if the muscle memory is still there, curious if I’ve overcome the years of backaches and heartaches. So I do the unthinkable: I make my return to the gym.

Eyeing a long line of commercial hits, “The Hill” attempts to reverse-engineer the process, scraping together exceedingly overused truisms to concoct a hackneyed imitation.

Which individual players have been styling their way through the diamond in 2023?

On Monday, The New York Times announced that it was dissolving its sports desk in favor of drawing on sports coverage from The Athletic. But how can there be an evolution of anything if you’re dissolving an integral part of a newspaper?

The first UFC pay-per-view of the summer has arrived, but it’s lacking that summer heat the critics want.

Boxing used to be the epitome of combat sports — let’s reminisce about the “glory days” of boxing when names like Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali and ‘Sugar’ Ray Robinson blessed the boxing ring.

Both quarterbacks are slam dunk picks — but I firmly believe in the Young hype train. If it is a real train, sign me up for first-class seats because Young has been a winner throughout his career.

Crumpacker graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in English in 1977. During his time on campus, Crumpacker was very involved with The Daily Californian, serving as sports editor.