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Added another island 🏝️ 🔒 Welcome to the #CalFamily, @BrentAustin23 🐻 #GoBears | #ALLIN

Avinash @avinashkunnath.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

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It’s national championship number 29 for the California Golden Bears in rugby 15s. Still setting the standard in Cal sports. Cal rugby, national champions in 1980-1983, 1985-1986, 1988, 1991-2002, 2004-2008, 2010-11, 2016-17, and now 2025.

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Grant Marek @grantmarek.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

CAL RUGBY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP LETS FREAKING GO BEARS!

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Indy is BEAR TERRITORY 📍🐻 #GoBears

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Ground game just got another gear ⚙️📈 Welcome to the #CalFamily, @LJ_Johnson_Jr 🐻 #GoBears | #ALLIN

Cal's Timofey Stepanov falls to UCLA's Alexander Hoogmartens 7-6(7), 1-6, 6-3 on court 4 and the No. 11 Bears lose to the No. 16 Bruins 4-2. UCLA advances to the NCAA Super Regionals, while Cal ends a remarkable season with a 19-5 record.

Final from Edwards: Cal’s men win the Big Meet for the fourth year in a row, 95-65!! Stanford takes a hard-fought women’s competition, 87-72. #GoBears🐻

Another 𝑀𝐸𝐸𝑇 𝑅𝐸𝐶𝑂𝑅𝐷 falls to a Golden Bear! Caisa-Marie Lindfors beats the 41-year-old discus mark set by Stanford's Carol Cady with a throw of 61.52m (201-10)!! #GoBears🐻

Moving on! Cal beats UW 4-0 to advance to next week's NCAA Super Regionals! #GoBears

Business as usual! Bowerman candidate Mykolas Alekna breaks the Big Meet discus record for the third time in his career, recording a mark of 71.29m (233-10)! #GoBears🐻

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Headed west ☀️ Welcome to the #CalFamily, @_abrammurray 🐻 #GoBears | #ALLIN

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𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐄. Johnny Goode’s 400m time of 45.83 smashes a 31-year-old Big Meet record, previously owned by Stanford’s Rene Rodriguez! #GoBears🐻

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California Women's Gymnastics @calwgym.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Working in the trenches 😤 Welcome to the #CalFamily, @ZaelynSmith 🐻 #GoBears | #ALLIN

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Add one more award to Mya Lauzon's historic senior year! 🏆 Cal's 2025 Female Athlete of the Year! #GoBears | #OneDayBetter

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California Women's Gymnastics @calwgym.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Congratulations to our first All-ACC Academic Selections! 🧠 Annalise Newman-Achee Casey Brown CJ Keuneke eMjae Frazier Kyen Mayhew Maddie Williams Mya Lauzon #GoBears | #OneDayBetter

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IT'S MATCHDAY! No. 19 Cal faces No. 16 Washington for the right to move onto next week's NCAA Super Regionals! 🕐 1 pm PT 📍 Bill Quillian Tennis Stadium, Seattle, WA 🖥️ @crackedracquets.bsky.social calbea.rs/4dkz0Wt 🖥️ calbea.rs/4hkE7aG 📊 calbea.rs/4jAVPam #GoBears

Avinash @avinashkunnath.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Patrolling the backend 🔒 Welcome to the #CalFamily, @jordanxsanford 🐻 #GoBears | #ALLIN

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Cal has landed five transfers in 24 hours at positions of need CB Brent Austin (USF) LB Harrison Taggart (BYU) S Jordan Sanford (Texas Tech) DT Zae Smith (FCS, Big 12 offers) K Chase Meyer (Penn State) Credit to Ron Rivera. Football fundraising drive making an instant impact.

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IT'S MATCHDAY! No. 11 Cal battles No. 16 UCLA for a spot in the NCAA Super Regionals! This could be the last home match of the year, so let's pack Hellman! 🕐 1 pm 📍 Hellman Tennis Complex, Berkeley, CA 🖥️ calbea.rs/2InrJGR 📊 calbea.rs/3RK1n6n 🎫 FREE #GoBears

A doubleheader for the regular season finale! 🆚: Syracuse 📍: Skytop Softball Stadium 🕙: 11:30 a.m. & 2 p.m. PT 💻: calbea.rs/3Gxhcem 📊: calbea.rs/3EQEbR0 #GoBears

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#WouldBeCalGnomeTwitterLikes @CalSB Move to where the skies are blue and make 'em golden! #GoBears

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For the third straight year, the Bears have broken the school record for most doubles in a single season 👏

#GoBears

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Got a job to do in Indy 💼 🏆 » D1A National Championships 🆚 » Life ⏰ » 4pm PT / 7pm ET 📍 » Kuntz Stadium (Indianapolis, IN) 🎟️ » tickets.kuntzstadium.com/event/2025-c... 📺 » @therugbynetwork (www.therugbynetwork.com/scheduled-li...) #GoBears

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Cal Gnome @calgnome.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Rise and shine - it’s finally 𝑴𝑬𝑬𝑻 𝑫𝑨𝒀! 🆚 The 130th Big Meet (Senior Day) ⏰ 9:30 a.m. PT 📍 Edwards Stadium 📊 calbea.rs/4jZ8JyL #GoBears🐻

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Gah! Had a blast on Saturday for spring game but much of the excitement has dampened since then with recent #CalFootball news. Will try to post a bunch of fun pics from that time soon. Expect to see the usual Cal-related posts/reposts from your favorite gnome again "sooner"! #GoBears #FiatLux

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Went on the last of the spring break college tours earlier today. Our first visit to #FresnoState turned out to be day one of #VintageDays! The parking situation made us late for the first tour but everything worked out. We made it back home to the Bay Area safe & sound. #GoBears #CalGnomeTravels

Found out about Vintage Days at Fresno State earlier today! Cal Gnome poses in front of a large red and blue inflatable arch with "Vintage Days" on a yellow background across the top.

Found a large inflated Victor E. Bulldog during our visit to Fresno State earlier today.

This bronze Victor E. Bulldog III behind Cal Gnome looks like a very good boy!

Cal Gnome sits in the Fresno State Racing car on display at Vintage Days after chatting it up with members of the team.

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Continued on to Fresno yesterday afternoon. We weren't too hungry for dinner (esp. after the Firestone tri-tip sandos) so we had some tapas at #Mochuelo. Check out the "I'll Have What She's Having" cocktail with fragrant smoke bubbles! #GoBears #CalGnomeTravels

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Took a tour of #CalPoly yesterday, the second of three college visits on our spring break trip. Didn't take many photos (likely because we've visited many times before) but our tour guide Kyriakos was hilarious. Photos of food delivery robots & Firestone is it for SLO. #GoBears #CalGnomeTravels

Three food delivery robots parked outside of Vista Grande Dining and ready to roll through Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo.

Picked up a few tri-tip sandwiches Firestone Grill for the road and noticed their outdoor dining space has been redesigned since our last visit and is now fully-shaded.

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Two quick games with billiards-style bowling balls at #PismoBowl on Wednesday afternoon, checked in to our first (and maybe last?) stay at the #MadonnaInn, and had an excellent-as-usual dinner at #BedasBiergarten in San Luis Obispo. #GoBears #CalGnomeTravels

Cal Gnome poses in Pismo Bowl where they have 8 lanes, billiards-style house balls, and a fun soundtrack while you bowl.

The top of Cal Gnome peeking out of a pink Madonna Inn ice bucket on a round pink tray with two glasses nearby.

Cal Gnome near Madonna Inn's heated pool as the sun starts to set.

Cal Gnome stands behind a pretzel, a bowl of pork stew, and a glass of iced tea at Beda's Biergarten in San Luis Obispo.

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Quick stop at the #LuffaFarm in Nipomo, where we learned during the short, free tour that luffas are actually gourds related to cucumbers and not from the sea. Snapped a pic with my peeps in the Gnome Zone too! #GoBears #CalGnomeTravels

A view of the super-warm luffa greenhouse where the gourds are grown, including a sign that says: PLEASE DON'T SQUEEZE THE LUFFAS

Spot the most handsome fella among many in the Gnome Zone at the Luffa Farm in Nipomo!

Cal Gnome stands in front of a shed with a painted mural of a yellow flower and purple lettering that says "Welcome to The Luffa Farm Nipomo 2025."

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Had breakfast for lunch at Paula's House of Pancakes and picked up treats for later from Olsen's Danish Bakery before hitting the road again on Wednesday afternoon. #GoBears #CalGnomeTravels

Cal Gnome stands on a paper placemat and menu from Paula's Pancake House, Solvang's Original Pancake House.

Cal Gnome poses behind a plate of Danish pancakes with apples and a Danish sausage.

Cal Gnome stands on top of one of the display counters at Olsen's Danish Bakery in Solvang.

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Interesting little exhibits at Solvang Amber & Viking Museum. There was a golden horn, a bear warrior, and a fertility god missing a body part. #GoBears #CalGnomeTravels

Cal Gnome with a Berserker, which apparently means "bear-shirt" and was also known as a bear warrior. Sounds about right! --Viking Museum, Solvang

Cal Gnome poses in front of a carving of Freyr, Norse god of fertility, who was missing a significant body part. --Viking Museum, Solvang

Cal Gnome poses in front of the Golden Horn on display at the Viking Museum in Solvang.

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Next stop on Wednesday morning was a return visit to #Solvang after many, many years--and a first-time visit for half of our group. #GoBears #CalGnomeTravels

Cal Gnome poses next to the Solvang sign outside of the Solvang Visitor Center.

Found some handsome fellas to take a photo with in Bee & Co. in Solvang.

Waaah! Solvang Vintage Motorcycle Museum was closed on Wednesday. Cal Gnome looks at the museum's exterior signage.

Found a windmill just my size! Cal Gnome poses on one of the smaller windmills in Solvang.

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After slogging through SoCal traffic for too many hours, spent Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning in an Airstream near #DouglasFamilyPreserve in Santa Barbara. #GoBears #CalGnomeTravels

Cal Gnome poses on one of the beds in the Airstream, overnight accommodations near Douglas Family Preserve in Santa Barbara.

Gorgeous view of the Pacific Ocean and Channel Islands behind Cal Gnome posing on a log in Douglas Family Preserve.

Cal Gnome stands at the back of the Airstream near Douglas Family Preserve in Santa Barbara the morning after an overnight stay.

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