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Not Like Us (ft. Stanford vs. Berkeley)

Cayla Withers and Faiza Ashar
  •  
Nov. 30
The Grind
With Big Game on the line, Stanford's resident poets deliver a touching ode to good fortune ahead. (Graphic: ANANYA UDAYGIRI/The Stanford Daily)

Poem | An Ode to Luck

Ben O'Keefe, Steele Billings, David Burnett and Ethan Chang
  •  
Nov. 20
Science & Technology
(Graphic: TOBY SHIAO/The Stanford Daily)

Research over rivalry: Stanford and Berkeley collaborate to advance science and social impact

Beatrice Barnes
  •  
Nov. 20
The Grind
"I certainly didn’t think we would stay in touch eight, nine years down the road. But here we are," Hsu reflects. (Courtesy of Litong Deng)

Seeing Berkeley across the Bay

Sharis Hsu
  •  
Nov. 18
Campus Life
Graphic of two graduation stoles, a blue Berkeley one on the left and a red Stanford one on the right

Cross-campus couples turn rivalry to romance

Emerson Prentice
  •  
Nov. 18
Football
Hunter Barth during a game against Florida State University at Stanford Stadium on Oct. 18. Barth has been on the winning side of Big Game with Cal the past four seasons and is looking to bring the Axe back to Stanford. (Photo: MATTHEW HUANG/ISI Photos)

Stanford football’s Hunter Barth searching for fifth straight Big Game win

Grace Pratt
  •  
Nov. 17
Men's Basketball
Maxime Raynaud guards Jaylon Tyson.

Stanford men’s basketball sweeps past Cal in late-game drama

Jordan Huang
  •  
Feb. 24
Football
Oski the Bear and the Stanford Tree during the 2023 Big Game. (Photo: AL CHANG/ISI Photos)

Unpacking Big Game’s 127-year history

Shreyes Balachandran
  •  
Nov. 18, 2024
Screen
Three characters from film/TV are displayed: Peter Kavinsky, Gabriella Montez, and Cristina Yang

Do the most memorable cinematic characters attend Stanford or Cal?

Michaela Herbst
  •  
Nov. 15, 2024
The Grind
Stanford students dressed in red hold the Axe trophy.

Heartbreak, hope and tradition: My Big Game journey at Stanford

Joanne dePierre
  •  
Nov. 14, 2024
Culture
A group of students wearing colorful clothes dancing on stage.

2023 ‘Gaieties’ pokes fun at Stanford controversies, student experiences

Dan Kubota
  •  
Nov. 20, 2023
Campus Life
The Axe Committee sets up camp in White Plaza and blows The Stanford Whistle every hour leading up to big game. (Photo: DAVITA WRONE/The Stanford Daily)

126th annual Big Game traditions continue alongside student activism

Anna Yang and Paridhi Bhatia
  •  
Nov. 16, 2023
The Grind
The 2022 Bearial, where a student has the head and body of a bear in separate hands and walks into The Claw, a fountain.

What’s the point of a rivalry?

Sam Waddoups
  •  
Nov. 16, 2022
Football
In the 14 years since 2006 (above), when Cal beat Stanford 26-17 in California Memorial Stadium, the Bears have only taken home The Axe three times. (Photo: DAVID GONZALES/isiphotos.com)

123 years of football rivalry

Kaushikee Nayudu
  •  
Nov. 27, 2020
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Tan’s Take: An Ode to Baseball

Andrew Tan
  •  
Feb. 21, 2019
Senior midfielder Amir Bashti (above) has contributed a goal and an assist in each of the last two games ahead of the Cardinal's match against the California Golden Bears on Sunday. (KAREN AMBROSE HICKEY/Stanford Athletics)

Soccer prepares for rivalry matchup

James Hemker
  •  
Oct. 5, 2018
Wide receiver Devon Cajuste makes a diving grab in last year's tilt with Notre Dame, in which he racked up 125 receiving yards to lead the Cardinal. Saturday's game in South Bend could see an improvement in Stanford's currently stagnant offense as senior wide receiver Francis Owusu returns from injury. (SAM GIRVIN/The Stanford Daily)

Behind enemy lines: Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Vihan Lakshman
  •  
Oct. 13, 2016
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Men’s basketball ends road swing with win at Cal

Andrew Mather
  •  
Jan. 15, 2015
Stanford's defense had its way with Cal's offense all afternoon long as the Cardinal retained the Axe with a dominating 21-3 victory in the 115th Big Game (SIMON WARBY/The Stanford Daily).

Football: Stanford retains the Axe with dominating victory over Cal in the 115th Big Game

Miles Bennett-Smith
  •  
Oct. 20, 2012
Redshirt senior outside linebacker Chase Thomas (44) and four fellow teammates are 2-2 in Big Games against Cal. This weekend they have the chance to seal a winning record.

Football: Shaw looks forward to the Big Game

Sam Fisher
  •  
Oct. 17, 2012
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