By Geoff Thurner fresnostatenews.com When Balvinder “Bill” Purewal wakes up every morning, the new Fresno State Ag One Foundation president looks out over a beautiful sunrise on the 40-acre ranch near Selma that has tied his family together for three generations. But his vision spreads beyond the family farm. The...
Who Is Fresno State's Top Dog? Hint: He Wins Huge Verdicts.
One of the country’s leading trial attorneys, Brian J. Panish, is the recipient of Fresno State's Distinguished Alumni Award — the university's highest alumni honor. Panish is among the 2019 Top Dog recipients, a group of Fresno State alumni who will be recognized Sept. 20 during an awards dinner at the...
Seems Like Old Times: Boise State, Fresno State Top MW Teams
DENVER — Now this was a sweet idea: Candy hearts with Jordan Love's name and number stamped on them to hype the Heisman Trophy campaign of the Utah State quarterback. After posting big numbers a season ago, Love was voted the Mountain West's top offensive player in a preseason poll. There's no sugar-coating the league favorites...
Seems Like Old Times: Boise State, Fresno State Top MW Teams
DENVER — Now this was a sweet idea: Candy hearts with Jordan Love's name and number stamped on them to hype the Heisman Trophy campaign of the Utah State quarterback. After posting big numbers a season ago, Love was voted the Mountain West's top offensive player in a preseason poll. There's no sugar-coating the league favorites...
Bulldogs' Football Schedule Packed With Coaches on the Hot Seat
As Fresno State football fans analyze the Bulldogs schedule, there's a big factor that could go overlooked: the hot seat. Four of the Bulldogs' opponents in 2019 — USC, UNLV, Colorado State, and San Jose State — have coaches who are feeling the heat. And San Diego State's Rocky Long,...
Bulldogs' Football Schedule Packed With Coaches on the Hot Seat
As Fresno State football fans analyze the Bulldogs schedule, there's a big factor that could go overlooked: the hot seat. Four of the Bulldogs' opponents in 2019 — USC, UNLV, Colorado State, and San Jose State — have coaches who are feeling the heat. And San Diego State's Rocky Long,...
New Clovis Top Cop: 'I Have Greatest Job in the Nation'
First, Curt Fleming's wife, Jackie, and their 9-year-old son, Aiden, pinned on his badge. Then, by raising his right hand and swearing an oath to protect and serve, Fleming took his place as the Clovis chief of police at a ceremony Monday at police headquarters. It's a promotion for Fleming,...
Derek Carr Barks, Gruden Purrs in Raiders' 'Hard Knocks' Debut
NAPA — Quarterback Derek Carr angrily yelling at teammates. Jon Gruden showing a softer, gentler side for some of his younger players and ditching his trademark snarl. Vontaze Burfict politely helping an offensive linemen get off the ground. What in the name of Al Davis is going on here? The...
Ray O'Canto 'Overwhelmed' by Support As He Battles Cancer
Ray O'Canto, a man never at a loss for words, has two to share with everyone: "Thank you." The Fresno media personality known for his “Get Dirty!” call after Fresno State won the 2008 NCAA baseball championship is at Hinds Hospice after a two-month fight with cancer. Last weekend, during...
Castros Knock at the Door of Their 2020 Olympics Dream
It's well above 110 degrees inside the small gym a stone's throw from the Clinton overpass in west-central Fresno on a recent Saturday afternoon. "Boom-boom, boom-boom," grunts 19-year-old Marc Castro when his rapidly firing gloves strike the mitts of his dad and trainer, Tony Castro. Listen to this article:...