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Up & Running

By Alan Grant

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Young running back is more uneasy today, in Cal's empty Memorial Stadium, than he ever is playing in the house when it's packed. Dressed in full uniform, he descends the stairs and steps onto the field where he recently ran for a 95-yard touchdown in a spring scrimmage. He looks around sheepishly as the women's lacrosse team files by on its way to practice. No one told Marshawn Lynch this photo shoot was going to take place in public. Lynch stifles an uncomfortable laugh. None of this is his c ...

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