Media Information
CALIFORNIACALIFORNIA BASKETBALL BASKETBALL 2007-08 The 2007-08 California Golden Bears Media Guide is designed to assist the media with their coverage of Cal basketball this season. Ad- ditional information, including media releases and photographs may be obtained by contacting the Media Relations Office at (510) 642-5363 or at the Athletic Department’s official website at CalBears.com. Media Credentials Direct all requests for press, photo and parking credentials for California home games to Herb Benenson, Assistant Athletic Direc- tor, Media Relations, University of California Athletics, 349 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 94720 (E-mail: [email protected]; Fax: 510-643-7778). Requests should be made in writing at least one week prior to the game. Requests for media covering a visiting team should be made through the opposing school’s athletic media relations director. Credentials will be held at the media will call table the day of the game unless other arrangements are made. Professional teams wanting to scout games in Haas Pavilion may purchase tickets through the media relations office.
Media Will Call Haas Pavilion is located near the intersection of Bancroft Way and Dana Street. The media will call table is located on the east side of Haas Pavilion, just south of the main views with Cal players will be conducted on a entrance. It opens 90 minutes before tipoff and Game Day Services call-back basis only, usually immediately before remains open through halftime. Identification is The Cal media relations office furnishes game or after practice sessions. required to pick up credentials or tickets. programs, pregame notes and press guides prior to each game in the media work room. Play-by-play Visiting Radio Media Parking accounts, halftime and final statistics, shot charts Phone Lines A limited number of media parking passes for and postgame coaches’ quotes are provided, One ISDN and three dial lines are provided for lots near Haas Pavilion are available in advance as well. Wireless Internet access and several visiting radio use, and all calls must be collect or from the media relations office. Requests should telephones are available in the media work room, credit card. Contact Herb Benenson in the Cal be made as far in advance as possible, and passes and additional telephones for the press room or media relations office for more information. can be left at the media parking lot entrances. press row may be ordered by calling the media Media Luncheons relations office at (510) 642-5363. Directions to The Cal Media Relations Office hosts weekly Haas Pavilion After a customary 10-minute cooling off period, Cal head coach Ben Braun and the opposing media luncheons every Monday during the sea- Haas Pavilion is located on the Cal campus near head coach, along with requested players, will son in the Haas Grille Room at Haas Pavilion the corner of Bancroft Way and Dana Street. address the media. The Cal locker room is closed (second floor, southwest corner), although the From San Francisco (first cross Bay Bridge), following all games. team’s schedule may dictate some changes. The Interstate 80 and Interstate 880: take Highway luncheons include appearances by head coach 24 East. Exit at Claremont Avenue and turn left. Media Relations Office Ben Braun and selected Cal players. Take another left at College Avenue and proceed The Cal media relations office is located on the CalBears.com north until it ends at Bancroft Way. Turn left on third floor of Haas Pavilion in room 349, on the Bancroft, and Haas Pavilion in three blocks down west side of the building. Access is available by the A wealth of information on Cal basketball is on the right. elevator in the northwest corner of the arena. available on the Internet at CalBears.com. Press From Contra Costa County: take Highway 24 releases, statistics, game stories and audio/ West toward San Francisco. Take the Berkeley Player/Coach Interviews video links are updated on a daily basis. The exit (second exit after Caldecott Tunnel). The ramp Players and coaches are generally available website also provides live in-game statistics merges with Ashby Avenue, then follow Ashby to for interviews daily, except for game days and for all home games and many road games. In College Avenue. Turn right on College, then left Sundays. Please request all interviews with a addition, the entire basketball media guide is on Bancroft Way. Haas Pavilion in three blocks minimum of 24 hours notice through the media posted, including player profiles, school records down on the right. relations office at (510) 642-5363. Phone inter- and team history.
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Cal Media Relations Staff
herb benenson Debbie Rosenfeld- John Sudsbury scott ball Dean Caparaz CHRIS DeCONNA Assistant AD/ Caparaz Associate Media Assistant Media Assistant Media Assistant Media Media Relations Associate Media Relations Director Relations Director Relations Director Relations Director Relations Director
ANTON MALKO Tim Miguel JEREMY WU ANNA OLESON- John Dunbar Evan Kerr Assistant Media Assistant Media Assistant Media WHEELER Senior Publications Publications Relations Director Relations Director Relations Director Media Relations Director Coordinator Assistant
Useful Phone Numbers
Cal Media Relations Office Fax (510) 643-7778 Herb Benenson (basketball contact) Office: (510) 642-0515 Press Row Phone (510) 642-3098 [email protected] Cell: (510) 334-0791
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Print Associated Press San Francisco Chronicle 303 2nd Street, Suite 680 North 901 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94107 San Francisco, CA 94103 Sports Editor: Greg Beacham Sports Editor: Glenn Schwarz E-mail: [email protected] Beat: Rusty Simmons Phone: (415) 495-1708 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (415) 495-4967 Phone: (415) 777-7201 Website: www.ap.org Fax: (415) 543-3754 Website: www.sfgate.com Bay Area Newspaper Group (Contra Costa Times, Oakland Tribune) San Francisco EXAMINER P.O. Box 5088 450 Mission St. Walnut Creek, CA 94596 San Francisco, CA 94105 Head Coach Ben Braun Sports Editor: Tom Barnidge Sports Editor: Steve Drumwright Beat: Jeff Faraudo E-mail: [email protected] Television E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (415) 359-2638 KGO-TV (ABC, Channel 7) Phone: (925) 943-8261 Fax: (415) 516-2766 Fax: (925) 930-6150 Website: www.examiner.com Larry Beil, Mike Shumann Website: www.cctimes.com 900 Front St. San Jose Mercury-News San Francisco, CA 94111 Phone: (415) 954-7934 Daily Californian (Student) 750 Ridder Park Dr. Fax: (415) 956-6402 Sports Editor San Jose, CA 95131 Website: www.kgo.com Eshleman Hall Sports Editor: Rachel Wilner Berkeley, CA 94720 E-mail: [email protected] KNTV-TV (NBC, Channel 11) E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (408) 920-5354 Phone: (510) 548-8300 Fax: (408) 920-5244 Raj Mathai, Daryl Hawks Fax: (510) 849-2803 Website: www.mercurynews.com 2450 N. First Street Website: www.dailycal.org San Jose, CA 95131 Santa Rosa Press-Democrat Phone: (408) 286-1111 Fax: (408) 286-1530 Marin Independent-Journal P.O. Box 569 Website: www.nbc11.com 150 Alameda del Prado Santa Rosa, CA 95402 Novato, CA 94948 Sports Editor: James Barger KPIX-TV (CBS, Channel 5) Sports Editor: Dave Allen E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (707) 526-8500 Dennis O’Donnell, Rick Quan Phone: (415) 382-7298 Fax: (707) 521-5283 855 Battery St. Fax: (415) 883-5458 Website: www.pressdemocrat.com San Francisco, CA 94111 Website: www.marinij.com Phone: (415) 765-8776 Stockton Record Fax: (415) 765-8973 Website: www.cbs5.com Modesto Bee P.O. Box 900 P.O. Box 3928 Stockton, CA 95202 KRON-TV (Channel 4) Modesto, CA 95352 Sports Editor: Tom Patterson Sports Editor: Bill Poindexter E-mail: [email protected] Gary Radnich, Vernon Glenn E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (209) 546-8282 1001 Van Ness Phone: (209) 578-2300 Fax: (209) 547-8187 San Francisco, CA 94109 Fax: (209) 238-4551 Website: www.recordnet.com Phone: (415) 561-8981 Website: www.modbee.com Fax: (415) 561-8136 Website: www.kron.com Sacramento Bee 21st & Q Streets KTVU-TV (FOX, Channel 2) Sacramento, CA 95816 Mark Ibanez, Joe Fonzi, Fred Ingles Sports Editor: Bill Bradley No. 2, Jack London Square E-Mail: [email protected] Oakland, CA 94607 Phone: (916) 441-4100 Phone: (510) 874-0242 Fax: (916) 326-5503 Fax: (510) 451-2610 Website: www.sacbee.com Website: www.ktvu.com
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Radio Miscellaneous
KGO Radio (810 AM) KNBR Radio Media Relations Office Rich Walcoff, Kevin Radich (680 AM & 1050 AM) University of California 900 Front St. Hosts: Brian Murphy, Paul McCaffrey, Gary 349 Haas Pavilion San Francisco, CA 94111 Radnich, Bob Fitzgerald, Rod Brooks, Berkeley, CA 94720-4426 Phone: (415) 954-8142 Ralph Barbieri, Tom Tolbert, Damon Bruce (510) 642-5363 Fax: (415) 954-8686 55 Hawthorne St. Fax: (510) 643-7778 Website: www.kgo.com San Francisco, CA 94105 Website: www.CalBears.com (415) 995-6808 (KNBR 680) KALX Radio (90.7 FM) (Student) (415) 864-1050 (KNBR 1050) Athletic Ticket Office Sports Director Fax: (415) 995-6835 University of California 26 Barrows Hall #5650 Website: www.knbr.com 2223 Fulton St. Berkeley, CA 94720 Berkeley, CA 94720 Phone: (510) 642-1111 Cal/ISP Radio Network (800) GO BEARS Fax: (510) 642-9715 Roxy Bernstein Basketball Office Website: kalx.berkeley.edu Radio Play-by-Play [email protected] University of California KCBS Radio (740 AM) 125 Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 94720 Hal Ramey, Steve Bitker, Dave Lewis Todd McKim (510) 642-0361 865 Battery Street Radio Analyst [email protected] San Francisco, CA 94111 Pacific-10 Conference (415) 765-4062 Dave Hirsch Fax: (415) 765-4080 Asst. Commissioner, Communications Website: www.kcbs.com 1350 Treat Blvd., Suite 500 Walnut Creek, CA 94597-8853 Phone: (925) 932-4411 Website: www.pac-10.org
Bears on Television Bears on Radio Todd McKim joins Bern- stein on the air as an analyst Comcast SportsNet is in its third year of a five- Cal basketball games are broadcast in the Bay for the second straight year agreement to televise Cal basketball games Area on flagship station KYOU Radio (1550 AM) season. He has spent the this season, with several Golden Bears contests to in San Francisco, as well as on KESP Radio (970 past three years as the radio be shown during the 2006-07 season. In addition AM) in Modesto and KNTK Radio (102.3 FM) in sideline reporter for Bear to men’s basketball, Comcast SportsNet will air at Weed. Golden Bear fans around the country can football games and also least 12 Cal events each year of the contract. also listen to all the action on the Internet at Cal- hosts Cal’s weekly televi- In addition to Comcast SportsNet, Cal basketball Bears.com and on XM Satellite Radio. sion highlight show, the Cal has appeared on such networks at Fox Sports Net, Roxy Bernstein is in his 11th season as the voice Todd McKim Sports Report. A long-time ABC, CBS, ESPN and Versus in recent seasons. of the Bears. A Cal graduate, Bernstein began broad- member of the Oregon media and a television anchor casting Cal games during and sports director in Eugene before moving to the Cal Sports Report the 1996-97 season and Bay Area, McKim serves as the director of broadcast The Cal Sports Report is a one-hour weekly took over the position on a services for Cal Sports Properties. television show centered on University of Cali- fulltime basis the following fornia Athletics. Host Todd McKim takes a look year. A former radio play- Before and After at upcoming events, recaps the previous week’s by-play announcer for the Radio coverage of the Bears begins 30 minutes action and introduces California fans to stories Florida Marlins baseball before tipoff, and after each game, head coach Ben and events unique to the Golden Bears. team, Bernstein has also Braun will recap the action on the postgame report. Each new edition of the show will air several been the sideline reporter Roxy Bernstein Following each home game is March to March, times each week throughout the basketball season for Golden Bear football a 30-minute show hosted by Eddy Kleinhans and and will feature interviews with head coach Ben contests and called play-by-play for the NHL’s San Matt Foley that includes interviews with Cal players Braun and the Bears, as well as updates and Jose Sharks, NHL Radio, baseball’s San Francisco and other guests. features on all of California’s athletic programs. Giants and the NFL on the Sports USA Network.
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Max Zhang Jerome Randle JAMAL BOYKIN Nikola Knezevic Center Guard Forward Guard 7-2, 220, Fr, HS 5-10, 165, So, 1V 6-8, 235, So, TR 6-2, 185, So, RS Yantai, China 1 Chicago, Ill. 3 Los Angeles, Calif. 10 Belgrade, Serbia 13 No. 4 Yantai HS Hales Franciscan HS Duke/Fairfax HS Fifth Economy School
Eric Vierneisel Omondi Amoke Patrick Christopher Theo Robertson Forward Forward Guard Forward 6-7, 210, Sr, 3V 6-6, 225, Fr, HS 6-5, 215, So, 1V 6-6, 225, Jr, 2V Algonquin, Ill. 14 Oxnard, Calif. 21 Compton, Calif. 23 Pittsburg, Calif. 24 Jacobs HS Oxnard HS Dominguez HS De La Salle HS
Taylor Harrison Jordan Wilkes Ryan Anderson DeVon Hardin Center Center Forward Center 6-10, 245, So, 1V 7-0, 235, So, RS 6-10, 240, So, 1V 6-11, 250, Sr, 3V San Clemente, Calif.32 Los Angeles, Calif.33 El Dorado Hills, Calif. 34 Fremont, Calif. 35 San Clemente HS Loyola HS Oak Ridge HS Newark Memorial HS
Harper Kamp Head Coach Forward Ben Braun 6-8, 245, Fr, HS 12th Year at California Mesa, Ariz. 43 31st Year Overall Mountain View HS
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