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Ode to
Jimmy G.
by Andy Dolich
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“Green Fields of the Mind”
--with apologies to A. Bartlett Giamatti
“It breaks your bones. It is designed to break your bones. The fractures begin in the fall, when kickoffs begin and piles on to players in the Fall and Winter, filling afternoons and evenings with injuries of all kinds and as soon as the flakes are falling, it hits like a sledgehammer and cracks joints and body parts leaving gladiators to face rehabs from short to long. Sadly, it is part of the game, you can rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of stardom and a magical smile. Then, just when the team was on a roll you got rolled.
On December 4th, a Sunday of Red and Gold Roaring thousands held their breath and sadly stopped to re-envision a Playoff run without you at the controls.
Brock will have to be a Rock.
His NFL Draft Irrelevance is now incredibly Relevant.
Green Fields of the Mind
by A. Bartlett Giamatti
A. Bartlett Giamatti was president of Yale University and seventh Commissioner
of Major League Baseball. He served as Commissioner for only five months
before dying suddenly of a heart attack.
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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 Commissioner of the Fan Controlled Sports & Entertainment (FCSE) and teaches sports business at Stanford's School of Continuing Studies. Dolich is also co-author of: Goodbye, Oakland with co-author Dave Newhouse and 20 Secrets to Success for NCAA Student-Athletes Who Won't Go Pro and co-author of LOL, Loss of Logo, What's Your Next Move? For earlier articles by Andy Dolich published in Sports Today!, click HERE
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Goodbye, Oakland
Andy Dolich (Author)
Dave Newhouse (Author)
Hardcover, $28 – April 11, 2023
A fascinating tour of Oakland sports history and a look toward the future of professional sports in the East Bay.
Oakland is a sports city like no other. It is the only city in America to be abandoned by the same team twice, with the Raiders most recently leaving for Las Vegas. The Golden State Warriors, who crossed the bay in 1971 in search of better digs, have now returned to San Francisco with trophies in tow. The long-fought battle to keep the Oakland Athletics in the East Bay may narrowly save the city from a hat trick of departures.
To order, click here:
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Make Sense of the Madness:
The Evolving Business of College Athletics
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A six session course in the 2023 Winter Quarter at
Stanford Continuing Studies. The course will be listed in the
SCS Catalog on 11/7 with signups beginning on 11/28: continuingstudies.stanford.edu
Weekly course sessions begin on Tuesday, January 31st
from 7-9 pm. At this time all sessions will be virtual on Zoom.
Stanford Continuing Studies
Winter Quarter 2023 -- BUS 119
Title: Make Sense of the Madness:
The Evolving Business of College Athletics
Instructor -- Andy Dolich
The business of college athletics is booming. Close to 2,000 athletic departments throughout the U.S. generate $25.5 billion in media rights while attracting over 190 million enthusiastic, ticket-buying fans. This industry is evolving real-time in increasingly complex ways. The recent news that USC and UCLA are leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten Conference has created waves of uncertainty and speculation about the future. Just a year ago, college athletes were first permitted to profit from the rights for their Name, Image, or Likeness (NIL) while on the playing fields of their schools. What do these seismic changes mean for college athletes, administrators, and fans now and
in the future?
This course examines the business of college sports past,
present and future.
Session One -- Introduction on the Business of College Sports
Session Two -- Overview of the changes in the Pac-12 and beyond -- Ted Robinson
Session Three -- Economics -- Dr. Dan Rascher
Session Four -- The Media -- Jon Wilner
Session Five -- Athletes and coaches - Ben Braun
Session Six -- Final Round -- Table with representatives of involved
constituencies.
Sessions will include interactive discussions from industry experts.
Students will leave this course with insights into the revolutionary changes affecting the business of college sports.
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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 Commissioner of Fan Controlled Sports & Entertainment (FCSE) and teaches sports business at Stanford's School of Continuing Studies. Dolich is also co-author of: Goodbye, Oakland; 20 Secrets to Success for NCAA Student-Athletes Who Won't Go Pro and co-author of LOL, Loss of Logo, What's Your Next Move? For articles by Andy Dolich published in Sports Today!, click HERE.
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San Francisco 49ers 35
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7
December 11, 2022
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Res Ipsa Loquitur
Res Ipsa Loquitur is a Latin phrase which means "the thing speaks for itself," an important legal concept in Evidence Law. The evidence on the issue of which team would be victorious, the San Francisco 49ers or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, was presented for the jury assembled at Levi Stadium.
From the start, the Niners could not be stopped. McCaffrey had 153 yards from scrimmage but was just one of many Niners to shine. CMC and the receiving corps had numerous great catches (Purdy to CMC ©️) of Brock Purdy's spirals.
The offensive line was smart, strong and in sync as Deebo ran into the end zone at 12:26 of the first quarter. The defense then preempted the Brady Bunch show as they missed a 55-yard FG attempt. Purdy ran for 49er TD #2 at 14:55 of the second quarter and followed with an end zone pass to a twisting CMC for TD #3 at 7:50.
The D-FENCE stopped the Bucs on a fourth and goal, followed with a long pass to Aiyuk, then began a march downfield which culminated in another picture perfect pass to Aiyuk, this one for a TD to end the first half at 28-0.
After a few successful plays, Brady was intercepted by Gipson Sr. at 14:13 of the third. Untouched by human hands, CMC then ran it into the end zone to make it 35-0 at 13:24 of the third. Brady threw another interception at 9:44 and, after exchanges, finally completed a pass to one of his own players for a TD with 2:43 left in the third to make it 35-7, the final score.
The Niners brought in Jordan Mason for some Gore-like, stiff-arm runs and speedster rookie receiver Danny Gray caught his first pass as a Niner (to be the first of many). Josh Johnson relieved Purdy to complete the rout. Brock Purdy became the first QB to defeat Brady in his first start.
Based on the evidence before it, the jury rules in favor of the 49ers.
For a game video recap, visit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mkPk22rGgE
Robert A. Moselle, Esq.
Monterey, CA
https://www.cce-mcle.com/
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Letters to the Editor
Change of Venue Motion is Denied by Judge
Efforts by interested West Coast parties San Francisco and San Diego to have the trial moved to a more favorable jurisdiction were rendered futile, as that old Yankee Judge decided to stay in, y'all guessed it, New York City! We just couldn't match the bright lights of the Big Apple.
A recent Letter from Andy of Safeway, Pacific Grove, said what most of us intuitively knew -- "He won't leave the Yankees. We need the next Barry Bonds."
How about Gary U.S. Bonds? At least we can dance all night 'til a Quarter to Three! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzyhogPKV54&list=PLCXcuB4wMpvBAnt5k9XhgLQpa_rDSLncI&index=68
Robert A. Moselle, Esq.
Monterey, CA
"If I'm This Angry..."
The way the Warriors threw away Wednesday's game to Utah in the last eight seconds made me furious. I watched Steve Kerr march off the court and I turned off the set.
The thought of a postgame show of THAT? 'Nuf said. Then the Unthinkable entered my mind -- "Just bag the Warriors and check back in a couple of months." I knew I wouldn't, but the guilt of the thought alone -- yikes. Then I realized, if I'm this angry, then how angry must Steve Kerr be? I can't match that. He has enough anger and frustration to take that burden off me.
I'll let him figure it all out, as he surely will, and will continue to enjoy my lofty status as Loyal Fan, regardless of the occasional, and inevitable, "wtf just happened?"
Kristen LaRue
San Francisco, CA
Shared Lament
I enjoyed reading your post-game summary of yesterday’s game. Too bad that Jimmy G got injured and is lost for the rest of the season.
Don Smith
Arizona
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Contents
Columns
Hardly Trivial by T. Buff
Games
Cal Bears (MBkB) 48, Eastern Washington Eagles 50
Cal Bears (WBkB) 83, University of the Pacific Tigers 66
Saint Mary's College Gaels (MBkB) 66, Missouri State Bears 46
San Francisco 49ers 35, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7
Features & Commentary
Bjorn Borg, from the Autograph Collection of Richard Yee
Brock Purdy and Groundhog Day, by Howard Pearlstein
Consider A Donation
Grand Canyon Dories, by Rudi Petschek
Major League Baseball: Expansion is Coming -- But on Hold, by Amaury Pi-Gonzalez
Ode to Jimmy G, by Andy Dolich
Sports Haiku: Pensive, by Robert Moselle, Esq.
Organizations
Cal Bears
Golden Gate Fields
Oakland A's
Saint Mary's College Gaels
San Francisco Giants
San Jose State Spartans
Santa Clara Broncos
Sonoma Raceway
Stanford Cardinal
USF Dons
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
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Cal Bears 48
Eastern Washington Eagles 50
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
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Getting on the board early and often, Lars Thiemann (#21) was Cal’s scoring leader with 16 points on the night, as the University of California Golden Bears played host to the Eastern Washington University Eagles at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley on Wednesday, December 7. Final score: Eagles 50,
Bears 48. Caption and photo by Ron Sellers.
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Senior guard Joel Brown (#1) drives to the basket for two first half points. Brown would finish with eight points, eight rebounds, five assists and a pair of steals in Cal's loss. Caption and photo by Ron Sellers. | |
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Saint Mary's College Gaels 66
Missouri State Bears 46
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Saint Mary's center Mitchell Saxen scored 15 of his 19 points in the first half as the Gaels defeated the Missouri State Bears, 66-46, at UCU Pavilion on Wednesday, December 7th. Caption and photo by Darren Yamashita. | |
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Cal Bears 83
University of the Pacific Tigers 66
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Cal guard Kemery Martin hit five three-pointers on the way to 21 points as the Bears defeated the Pacific Tigers, 83-66, at Haas Pavilion on Saturday, December 10th. Caption and photo by Darren Yamashita. | |
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Giants will stay busy after Winter Meetings
Maria Guardado
@mi_guardado
SAN DIEGO -- An eventful Winter Meetings came to a disappointing end for the Giants, who learned early Wednesday morning that top free-agent target Aaron Judge would be returning to the Yankees.
Judge agreed to a nine-year, $360 million deal to stay in New York, a source told MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand, spurning an opportunity to return to his native Northern California and become the next face of the Giants.
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Photo by Darren Yamashita.
A's happy with progress made at
Winter Meetings
SAN DIEGO -- Adding versatility to the roster is a main focus for the A’s this offseason and they came away from the Winter Meetings with a pair of signings that addressed those needs.
The A’s reached agreements with utility infielders Jace Peterson and Aledmys Díaz, a source told MLB.com on Wednesday. Both deals are for two years, with Díaz’s contract worth $14.5 million, per the source. Both deals are pending physicals and have not been confirmed by the club. On the pitching side, the A’s acquired right-hander Chad Smith in a trade with the Rockies on Tuesday.
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A proposal to tear down the Rio Casino, pictured above, and replace it with a Chase Field Phoenix-type ball park with a retractable roof on the Las Vegas strip is under consideration. | | |
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Major League Baseball: Expansion is Coming – But on Hold
by Amaury Pi-Gonzalez
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Expansion in baseball is coming. However, it has been now “on the on-deck circle” for a while because the office of the Commissioner and the powers to-be are focused on the Oakland A’s and the Tampa Bay Rays building new stadiums.
1998 was the last time MLB added a team. It was their 29th -- the Arizona Diamondbacks -- and then the 30th was the Tampa Bay Rays. That was over 20 years ago and the A’s and Rays have been holding the line at a total of 30 teams in major league baseball.
There is no timetable to tell us when the expansion will take place, however these cities are on the waiting list: Nashville, Tennessee (where a group which includes ex-A’s pitcher Dave Stewart is involved), and also Austin and San Antonio in Texas, Orlando, Charlotte and a decent chance that Montreal, Canada, will be back as a major league town.
I also have to mention Portland, Oregon because they have shown interest in the past and in this crazy business of baseball, we cannot count anybody out. For the record, Portland is the #21 Media Market in the U.S. and for your information, Las Vegas is #40.
In the MLB plans for expansion, Las Vegas is not listed as an expansion city, although even if Sin City doesn’t land the A’s, they still will have a good shot because that city keeps growing and pro-sports leagues are planning and showing interest to have a team there in the future.
For now Las Vegas is ‘rolling the dice’ on the A’s. One important thing to keep in mind; Las Vegas, Nevada is mostly desert and the building regulations and politics are not that complicated, unlike here in the Bay Area. It is easier and cheaper to build anything in Las Vegas – it's as simple as that.
How about the A’s? It is December 2022 and no news from the city of Oakland or the Oakland A’s. A’s Present Dave Kaval has maintained that if by December of this year there is no “green light” plan in Oakland for the A’s project at Howard Terminal, they are gone. In a tweet Kaval tweeted: “It is Howard Terminal or Bust.”
Winter Meetings: For the first time in three years (none in the last two because of COVID) they will take place from December 4 to December 7 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California. After these meetings are over, baseball is on vacation for Hanukkah and Christmas, so it is anybody’s guess what’s going to happen and what news we might hear on the Oakland A’s.
But the focus is on the available big name free agents and possible trades, like number #1 Aaron Judge (now moot) and others like Justin Verlander, Carlos Rodón, Carlos Correa, Xander Bogaerts and A’s catcher Sean Murphy.
For now I wish everybody a Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah. See you in 2023.
Join Amaury Pi Gonzalez for That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcasts Tuesdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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Brock Purdy and Groundhog Day
by Howard Pearlstein
My intent was to write about Brock Purdy, his coolness and focus in the pocket, a sense of place that reminded me of a man with whom I studied Aikido, he being the only accredited Aikido master in East Texas -- Master Bynh. He was also a 7th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwan Do, which he also taught. He would demonstrate Aikido by handling four attackers, using his TKD Black Belts, barely moving, owning the space in the middle, turning in a circle and walking away, all four of them on the floor. They really didn’t like that, but could never figure out what it was that he’d done.
Aikido is purely defensive – it has no attack – you take what the world and/or a hostile person gives you and use it to put him down or “project,” (i.e., use his motion to put him through the wall). Or, as players and coaches in football and basketball often say: “We’ll take what the defense gives us and win with that.”
And sometimes Joe Montana slipped a defensive charge by merely turning or leaning to one side or the other. Owning the place where he stood.
After his second Super Bowl, someone dug up film of Montana playing in Ringgold High School in Pennsylvania and it was amazing. The 16-year-old QB was the same guy as the Super Bowl MVP – the center of a circle of stillness: cool calm and focused.
Brock Purdy looks as if he owns that place behind center as if the world revolves around him right there. A very fine place to start from, and whatever the world is going to give him to fill in the spaces he needs to learn, he’s in the right place.
But, of course, the sad reason we get to see Brock Purdy is the result of the recurring nightmare that Jimmy G is going through, coming back, getting it together and getting injured.
And this time, especially, just as he really seemed to be fulfilling his promise as an elite NFL Quarterback. Like some horror film, a cross between Friday the 13th and Groundhog Day -- a hideous cautionary tale playing over and over.
Except it’s wrong -- he’s the Good Guy, the consummate professional, the one people love and emulate as a foolproof role model. It’s WRONG. It’s supposed to be the Bad Guy who gets destroyed by Karma or the Gods or whatever.
But there it was again, the doorbell rings and it’s a universal force standing there in a hockey mask, holding an axe and --- just to rub it in -- holding a Groundhog.
And I realized that Trey Lance was living through the same Groundhog Day nightmare, different but the same. Every time it seems it’s all ok – THIS TIME everything’s ready to go and… Ding Dong.
A good friend recently had a hip replacement. She is an active person and being grounded until whenever, unable to drive and limited in motion is crazy-making. We talked about how I understood because it took me six months to rehab a dislocated shoulder and broken humerus. And how much worse it had to be for an athlete whose life is all about motion – specialized motion. Like Klay Thompson or Jimmy G or Trey Lance, how long it takes to heal – and even after the healing, the question of how long it will take to get it back, or if it will ever get all the way back or just some or even enough.
So we’re cheering the Niners and hoping Purdy can take them as far as they want to go, but still, don’t forget the walking wounded on the sideline, the players who were going to be that guy on the field.
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Howard Pearlstein has been a few places and done a few things.
An old friend once said, "Howard, you live your life like you're trying to fill in a dust jacket blurb." Well, then all I have to do is write a book that will get published.
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Bjorn Borg -- from the Autograph Collection of Rich Yee | |
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In the late 1970s I attended a tennis match in L.A. with a stack of player photos and magazine articles which I hoped to get signed. It was easy getting some of the players but Bjorn Borg was very elusive. By chance I was standing in my hotel lobby when I overheard the staff mention Borg being in the hotel restaurant. I grabbed my photos and searched for him. I saw him and waited for him to exit the restaurant. I approached and asked for his photo. He didn’t say a word but signed the photo and gave me half a smile. I was thrilled!
Rich Yee, Sports Today photographer
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I don't particularly care about the FIFA World Cup currently going on, but records and trash talk in any sport are always interesting to me.
Qatar, the host nation, set a first by losing the first game of their group stage round and then became only the second host country to not make it through
the first round.
What country was the first host nation to not advance out of the group stage rounds?
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Vince Welch navigating his dory through the
churning maelstrom of Walthenberg Rapids.
Photo by Rudi Petschek.
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Jack LaLanne --
Fitness and Nutrition Guru
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Jack LaLanne . . .
by Rudi Petschek
. . . was a young weakling addicted to junk food until, at age 15, he changed his life abruptly when someone remarked, “Kid, you are just a walking garbage can”; words that incentivized Jack to make health, fitness and nutrition the center of his personal and professional lives for his remaining eighty one years. To disuade junk food consumption he would advise, “If it doesn’t look like food, don’t eat it”; or alternatively, “If man made it, don’t eat it."
Jack LaLanne participated in a partner hand-balancing act, a threesome in which Jack held Benny Payne aloft while being supported by Ed Yarik below. This phase of his career was already behind him when I met him upon joining his Oakland gym in 1953 when I was 19 and Jack was 38.
One sunny afternoon Jack was scheduled to perform a solo hand balancing exhibition at a high school in East Oakland. Jack relished honoring such requests, as this empowered him to influence youth toward better health. He asked if I’d like to come along to be his helper. Except in photos, I had never seen Jack perform his act, nor could I fathom what my helper’s duty would entail as we drove in his Cadillac convertible with top down — always down when not raining — and Jack enjoying the sunshine on his face as he drove leisurely, chewing gum. He chewed gum; incessantly.
We drove past Ed & Alice Yarik’s gym on East 14th Street toward the high school in East Oakland. When Jack opened the Cadillac’s voluminous trunk it seemed empty, but almost lost in its vastness were 20 bricks. These were what I came along to “help” with.
We stacked the 20 bricks on the school gymnasium’s floor in two piles of ten, spaced a bit wider than shoulder width. Jack started the final stunt of his routine by pressing himself into a hand-stand on the floor between the two piles. He then swung his weight rightward, on to a one-hand handstand, raised his left hand to armpit level to grasp the adjacent topmost brick from the left hand pile which he placed on the floor just inboard of the stack of nine remaining bricks, all the time up-side-down on his right hand, chewing gum.
Still grasping the brick he had just moved from the top of the left pile on to the floor, Jack then swung his weight leftward on to a left one-hand handstand atop this brick and repeated the previous sequence on his right side. He kept repeating this sequence of re-stacking the bricks one by one with alternating one-hand handstands until he was unable to reach the shrinking outside pile from his handstand atop the growing inside pile.
At this point Jack changed how he swung from side to side. He would lower his body to rest horizontally, parallel to the floor, on one arm with hip on elbow, leaving the opposite hand free to reach and grab, finally picking up the last brick from the floor and placing it atop the previous nine until he had reconstructed the two piles of ten bricks inboard of their initial position, with Jack hand-standing atop, still chewing gum.
Jack ended the feat with an unexpected dismount that took me, along with the entire audience, completely by surprise. He alternately flicked backward, in quick succession, the top brick of each pile, left/right/left/right . . ., finishing as he started, in a regular handstand on the floor, and then on to his feet which had not touched terra firma since the beginning.
The enthusiastic young crowd was enthralled despite — perhaps no one else noticed — Jack not pointing his toes during the long up-side-down routine.
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Sports Haiku -- "Pensive"
The G-Men's Two-Pronged Unicorn
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Haiku: A traditional Japanese haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Sports Today! has expanded Haikus to embrace our readership and invites you to submit your own. Top entries will be published!
Thank you for your many entries!
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Decoded messages from the
G-Men's Two-pronged Unicorn friends reveal a variety of thoughts, from the obvious to the spiritual.
"Re-sod the field with more protein-packed grass for the
two-pronged herd, do not bunt with two strikes, and turn
those frowns upside down.
To Win, the Physical, Practical and Mental components of sports must all be understood, embraced and practiced."
The G-Men's two-pronged
unicorn, 'Pensive', ponders
next season's fortunes
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Contributed by Robert Moselle
https://www.cce-mcle.com/
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Cal Selected Eighth in WCGA Preseason
Coaches Poll
Bears Secure Fourth Top-Eight Spot in Five Years
BERKELEY – The Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association released its Preseason Coaches Poll Friday morning naming Cal the No. 8 team in the nation ahead of the 2023 season.
The eighth-ranked Bears have now begun the new year as a top-ten national team in six of the last seven years and have been top-eight or better in four of the last five. They garnered 1325 points in this year's poll and trail only one Pac-12 team in No. 3 Utah.
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www.calbears.com
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I am thrilled to be the new head football coach at Stanford University. The opportunity to lead the finest student-athletes in the country is truly a dream come true, and I would like to thank President Tessier-Lavigne, Provost Drell and Bernard Muir. I believe that Stanford football is perfectly positioned to become champions on the football field while maintaining our world-class reputation for academic excellence.
Troy Taylor
Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football
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By Stanford Athletics. For a full report, click HERE.
www.gostanford.com
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Spartans Ranked in WCGA Preseason Poll
MARLBORO, N.J. –The defending Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Champion San José State women's gymnastics team begins the 2023 season ranked 36th in the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association Preseason Poll, as voted on by the members of the association.
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#AllSpartans / GoSpartans
www.sjsuspartans.com
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Gaels Win First Overtime Game of the Season
BOISE, Idaho – Saint Mary's Women's Basketball improved to 6-3 with an overtime victory at Boise State on Saturday, behind a big game from Ali Bamberger in her return to the lineup.
Bamberger returned after missing two games due to injury, only to be without Taycee Wedin and Clair Steele against the Broncos, making the return of the Gaels' center that much more important.
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#GaelsRise
www.smcgaels.com
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Gayles and Krimili Excel in Dons Seventh
Straight Win
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Competing in an unfamiliar setting against a quality opponent, the USF Dons women's basketball team (9-2) came in to Moby Arena and knocked off the Colorado State Rams (6-4)
73-62 on Saturday afternoon. The Dons pushed their winning streak to seven consecutive games and remain perfect away from the Hilltop this season as they outscored CSU by 12 points in the second half.
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www.usfdons.com
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Women's Basketball Beats Wolfpack for Third Straight Win
RENO, Nev. — With conference play looming, the Santa Clara University women's basketball team continues to build up steam.
Sunday was another example, as even with a limited roster and playing at high altitude on the road, the Broncos earned their third straight victory by double-digits and their sixth in the last seven games, beating host Nevada, 66-56, at the Lawlor Events Center.
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For a full report, click HERE.
www.santaclarabroncos.com
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WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Tickets are Now on Sale at WeatherTechRaceway.com
Life is Better at the Track in 2023
MONTEREY, Calif., December 8, 2022—Ring in the New Year with tickets, VIP hospitality packages and camping for the premier race events at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca that are now on sale. Fresh off the heels of an exciting season, the 2023 calendar looks even brighter with more action, more teams and greater ticket package choices at WeatherTechRaceway.com.
“We are sprinting into 2023 with a new Start/Finish bridge, new track surface and an aggressive season that promises to be filled with entertainment and racing action,” explained John Narigi, president and general manager of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. “Sponsors and series are lined up and ready, and now tickets for events are on sale. We also kept pricing competitive to reward repeat customers, and provide an enticement to attract new guests to experience the Laguna Seca Recreation Area.”
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For a rull report, click HERE.
www.weathertechraceway.com
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Velocity Invitational Returns to Sonoma
North America’s premier motorsports and lifestyle event returns to Sonoma November 10-12, 2023, McLaren to again join as featured partner to mark 60th anniversary
SONOMA, Calif. & WOKING, UK (December 12, 2022) - Velocity Invitational, a world-class motorsports and lifestyle event, today announces that it will return to its roots in 2023 at Sonoma Raceway. Known for its impressive lineup of curated cars from the highest echelons of racing and manufacturers in family-friendly, but luxurious ambience, the three-day event is a must-attend for racing and automotive enthusiasts alike. McLaren is set to return as a featured partner in the year marking its 60th anniversary, and will be bringing some of the most spectacular cars from its heritage collection to the event.
Velocity Invitational, celebrating its fourth year, will bring the rarest race cars on earth, including demonstrations of the greatest Formula 1 cars ever created. The 2022 Velocity Invitational took place in October and more than 15,000 attended the event throughout the extended weekend along with a live stream being shared with over 600,000 followers across YouTube (syndicated by Goodwood Road & Racing) and other streaming platforms. Highlights included hundreds of iconic racecars, including some of the most winning from McLaren’s racing history. Mario Andretti, one of the most successful drivers in the history of motorsports, attended the event, where he piloted a 2013 McLaren MP4/28A around the track. Also in attendance were IndyCar stars Pato O’Ward and F1 driver Mika Häkkinen, and racecar drivers Alister McRae and Tanner Foust.
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