Saint Mary’s Men’s Basketball Coach Randy Bennett

During his 19 years at Saint Mary’s College, Head Basketball Coach Randy Bennett has witnessed first-hand the greatest moments in school history. The story has been well-documented in taking the program from 2-27 to tops in the state and a perennial power in the West Coast Conference. Bennett orchestrated the Gaels return to the NCAA Tournament, coaching a pair of NBA guards in Patty Mills and Matthew Dellavedova, a run to the Sweet 16 in 2010 and the stunning upset of #1 Gonzaga last year for the WCC Tournament Championship. But one of Bennett’s fondest memories is of walk-on guard scoring a basket in his final home game in Moraga. As the Gaels head down the stretch of the regular season, Bennett explains the importance of men like Dan Sheets, his coaching mentors and the anxiety of “Selection Sunday.”

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Walk-on Creates Unforgettable Moment for Saint Mary's Randy Bennett
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February 26, 2020

Walk-on Creates Unforgettable Moment for Saint Mary’s Randy Bennett

"You couldn't draw up a better last home game scenario for him. He's been such a great story. Great kid. Great leadership. He didn't get a lot of minutes but is as committed as anyone on our team to working hard and us being good. It was cool. The fans were cheering for him and yelling 'Sheets! Sheets! Sheets!' and I couldn't fight 'em off any longer. So let me let his guy loose and he hits the shot. It was just incredible. It's one of my favorite moments at Saint Mary's...I'll never forget that one."
February 24, 2020

Howard Cato Making a Difference with Bay Area BMXers

"What hurt us bad is that for some reason they put a stop to us going into the juvenile hall and teaching the kids...when the system kind of shuts down because someone's claiming they don't have enough workers....I've been through the system and the reason I wanted to go to the juvenile hall is because I've been there before. Other people gotta understand that when come into these juvenile halls and come into these places, these kids don't want to hearing nothing about no talking because they hear that every day. They want to hear what can you do for them."
February 12, 2020

WNBA Reshanda Gray’s Life-Changing Meeting with Kobe Bryant

"Kobe said....you have to envision, see yourself being great even if you're not great yet. I'm like 13 or 14 and I'm like 'what the hell does that mean.?' Eventually, I got older and started to watch him win championships and I think it's starting to click of what he was saying. I have to see myself so I have to envision even though I'm not there, I still have to work toward being there because that's my end goal."
January 24, 2020

Angie Maserati on Spreading LOVE and Hoping to Take her Voice to “The Voice”

"That's why this moment has manifested. Because when I'm at certain bars that are so small....you're like truly crammed in a corner and you can barely hear yourself. I mean, I have fought back tears....and thought 'Nooooooooooo.'"
January 8, 2020

Curt Flood Jr. Continues Push to Get Dad into Cooperstown

"Hopefully, the iconic players and the superstar players will recognize that their great fortune has roots. And if you let Cooperstown tell the story, between lifetime contracts and voluntary servitude...going from that to free agency to blockbuster $330 million deals, there's a continuity issue...It"s a glaring and embarrassing, in my opinion, absence.""
December 27, 2019

From Tragedy to Triumph: The Doghouse’s Elvis Medina Reinvents Himself With New Purpose

"I blamed myself for everything that happened afterwards and went into severe depression...It wasn't my fault but I took it on my shoulders. If I'd been a better this and that then that wouldn't have happened. You can't live like that. It was just a tough time. It's tougher on the holidays and her birthday.