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Monday, March 16 through Sunday, March 22, 2020
Issue No. 320
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The Fall/Winter Edition is here!
The 2019 Fall/Winter edition of the Ultimate Sports Guide, a San Francisco Bay Area sports reference publication published twice a year for avid Bay Area and Northern California sports fans, has arrived. The Ultimate Sports Guide is distributed free of charge or may be ordered via subscription. Each seasonal edition provides professional and collegiate team coverage through commentary, photo essays and player profiles. To order, visit www.ultimatesportsguide.net
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Where the Bay Comes to Play!
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Golden Gate Fields
Through June 14, 2020
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The BEST Bay Area sports photos from
Michael Zagaris, Ed Jay, Rich Yee, Darren Yamashita,
Ron Sellers, Alex Ho, Rob Edwards, Kenneth Wong, Timothy Reynolds
and Larry Rosa
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"It's an ocean planet. As the oceans go, so goes the planet."
--Bill Carvalho, Wild Planet founder and president
Wild Planet Foods has been honored with
TWO awards by Whole Foods Market --
Global Supplier of the Year AND
Environmental Stewardship! The annual awards recognize suppliers who embody Whole Foods Market's mission and values through a proven commitment to quality, environmental stewardship, organic integrity, innovation,
and partnership.
More Awards and Counting!
Prevention
-- 100 Cleanest Packaged Food Awards
Men's Health -- 125 Best Foods for Men
Prevention -- Eat Clean Best Packaged Foods
Every Day with Rachael Ray -- Brand New Buy
Better Homes and Gardens -- Catch of the Day
Clean Eating -- Clean Choice Awards
Natural Health -- 3rd Annual Good Food Awards
Runner's World -- Good Catch
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Photo Gallery / Table of Contents
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NASCAR / INDY
Boston Marathon
PGA Tour Championship
Golden State Warriors
Oakland Panthers
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Covid-19 Is Coming Home
The Olympic Games have been cancelled three times, in 1916, 1940 and 1944 during catastrophic World Wars. The 2020 Olympic games in Japan are slated to light the cauldron in Tokyo, the world's most populous city of 37 million people, on July 24.
Can you imagine the conversations which are going on between the Japanese government, the IOC (International Olympic Committee) countries around the world and the thousands of aspiring Olympians on how to deal with the real-time events which are playing out across the globe?
The NBA, NHL and MLS have put their seasons on hold. March Madness has turned to sadness with its cancellation. MLB is pushing it's season opener back from March 26th after cancelling Spring Training. No Masters golf, Indy 500, XFL or EPL.
On January 30 the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. On March 12 the WHO declared Covid-19 a Global Pandemic. Events are unfolding more quickly than our ability to separate perception from the reality of our daily lives.
At its core, sports is a community celebration bringing millions of people together to see the greatest athletes on the planet show their skills in venues of all sizes. These gatherings are not immune from natural disasters, terrorism, national tragedy, war, infrastructure breakdowns and the current threat of contagion.
The current Covid-19 Pandemic is taking sports away from us for an extended period of time. The tidal wave of sports cancellations and postponements stopped us in our tracks and forced a national re-examination of public places as safe havens. Sports has been cited as a healing agent for our fears, emotional pain, loss of lives, angst and community trauma. Games often seem to be an acceptable security blanket when we don't know where to turn for solace as a larger community. Now those games are gone.
Sports is now a central theme of how we will live our lives in the days, weeks and months to come.
What's Next?
If you can find someone who knows exactly what will happen next, please have them phone home.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is a decisive decision maker. He became the latest leader to express frustration over the inconsistent and varied information from the health community and how that eventually changed the league's approach. He told the media that NBA team owners did not focus on financial implications or make postponement a business decision. He said in board meetings last Wednesday and Thursday that, "Not one team raised money. The entire discussion was about the safety and health of the players, the community around the NBA and our fans." He was clearly a person searching for an answer and he wasn't afraid to say what he didn't know.
We will see that while sports is a business, the heart and soul of its appeal is teamwork and leadership. The positive move by the Warriors to create a million dollar fund for those who work in hosting their games at Chase Center will hopefully be replicated across the country.
We are currently deprived of our games and the commerce they provide but all of us in the sports world should do everything in our power to navigate a positive course of teamwork in these uncharted waters.
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Andy Dolich has over five decades of leadership in the sports industry, including executive positions in the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, pro soccer and lacrosse. Presently Dolich is COO of the Fan Controlled Football League (FCFL) and teaches sports business at Stanford's School of Continuing Studies. Dolich is also co-author of the new book:
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Cal Bears 63, Stanford Cardinal 51
Played before the shutdown of NCAA athletic events, Cal's Kareem South (#10) pulls up to hit a long two-point shot late in the first half, adding to his game total of 15 points on 32 minutes of action, as the 10th seeded Golden Bears upset the 7th seeded Stanford Cardinal in the first round of the Pac-12 Conference Tournament at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, 63 to 51, on Tuesday evening, March 11. Caption and photo by Ron Sellers.
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Paris Austin, Cal's co-scoring leader with 18 points, drives to the basket in the second half.
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Taking to the air, Cal's Joel Brown (#1) wraps a pass around Stanford defender Spencer Jones (#14), setting up incoming Kareem South (#10) for an easy bucket.
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Cal's Matt Bradley (#20) drives hard to the basket for a reverse layup and another two points. Bradley finished with 18 points in the game, sharing scoring leader honors with teammate Paris Austin.
Caption and photo by Ron Sellers.
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Early in the game Stanford's Oscar de Silva (#13) took advantage of his ball-handling skills to drive around Cal defender D.J Thorpe (#33) but the 7th seeded Cardinal would fall in the first-round of the Pac-12 Conference Tournament to the 10th-ranked Bears, 63-51, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Caption and photo by Ron Sellers.
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Stanford's Daejon Davis (#1) drives past the outstretched arms of Matt Bradley (#20) for a graceful scoop shot and two points, on his way to a team-leading 16 points.
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An aggressive drive by Tyrell Terry (#3) into Kuany Kuany (#12) brought an offensive charging foul. Terry collected six points during the game, to go along with four rebounds.
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Extending himself horizontally, Stanford's Bryce Wills (#2) flies past Grant Anticevich (#15) on an attempted lay-up. While this effort missed, Wills would finish with 10 points and five rebounds.
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Sports Prep Star -- Ashley Hiraki
Archbishop Mitty-San Jose -
- Basketball - Senior
In what would be her final high school game, Ashley Hiraki delivered a superb all-around performance to help lead the Monarchs to a 69-53 win over St. Joseph Notre Dame-Alameda in the CIF Northern Regional Open Division Championship on March 10. Hiraki scored a team-high 18 points and added six rebounds, five assists and four steals. The win improved Mitty to 26-3 on the season and advanced them to the Open Div. state final that was set for March 14. However, all CIF state finals were cancelled due to cautionary measures amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. Mitty will finish the year ranked No. 1 in SportStars' Final NorCal Top 20 Rankings.
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WEEKLY SPORTS CALENDAR
Monday, March 16 through Sunday, March 22, 2020
All games for major and minor league teams, including collegiate and high school teams, have been cancelled.
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Minor League Team Affiliations
San Jose Barracuda (San Jose Sharks) -- AHL
American Hockey League
Stockton Heat (Calgary Flames) -- AHL
American Hockey League
Minor League Team Affiliations
(Baseball)
Nashville Sounds (Oakland A's) -- AAA,
Pacific Coast League
Sacramento River Cats (San Francisco Giants) --
AAA, Pacific Coast Leag
ues
San Jose Giants (San Francisco Giants) -- Class A
Advanced Affiliate, California League
Stockton Ports (Oakland A's) -- Class A
Advanced Affiliate, California League
Legend
(BB): Basketball;
(M): Men;
(W): Women
Media
Cal BB (M): KGO 810 AM
Cal BB (W): Pac-12 Network
Cal football: KGO 810 AM
Fresno Grizzlies: KYNO 1430 AM
Fresno State football: 940 AM ESPN Radio
Golden State Warriors: 95.7 FM The Game
Oakland A's: 95.7 FM The Game
Oakland Raiders: 95.7 FM The Game
Sacramento Kings: KHTK 1140 AM
Sacramento River Cats: Talk 650 AM KSTE
San Francisco 49ers: KNBR 680/1050 AM, KGO
810 AM, KSAN 107.7 The Bone FM
San Francisco Giants: KNBR 680 AM
San Jose Barracuda: KDOW 1220 AM
San Jose Earthquakes: KNBR 1050 AM,
1370 KZSF AM (Spanish)
San Jose Giants: MiLB Gameday Audio
San Jose Sharks, KFOX 98.5 FM San Jose,
San Jose State football: KLIV 1590 AM
Stanford BB (M): KNBR 1050 AM, TBS (TV)
Stanford BB (W): KZSU 90.1 FM
Stanford football: KNBR 1050 AM
Stockton Ports: KWSX 1280 AM
UC Davis football: KTHK 1140 AM
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