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Politics: 49er QB Primaries
The political season has started to heat up, as has the race as to who will head the ticket as the 49er's Quarterback. Summaries of the candidates may be found on the link provided, and most are familiar
to Sports Today readers. Will it be the wunderkind Brock Purdy, who starred last year before the Eagles ripped his elbow in the playoffs?
He certainly has earned the opportunity to command the team, but uncertainties and unreliable medical reports cloud his situation. Trey Lance, injury-ridden but selected for such a bounty of draft choices based on his potential, certainly deserves a chance to finally show what he can do. He has continued to watch and learn, and undoubtedly fans would like to finally check the merchandise.
Sam Darnold, a 6'3" veteran out of USC, adds some old-fashioned drop-back style and experience to the mix and may just be the more conservative choice amid the others. Finally, a longshot out of Arkansas, Brandon Allen, who has played for four teams since 2016, serves as the wild-card candidate, and it wouldn't be the only time such a profile has surprised folks and risen to the top.
We can be certain that the information fans receive, generally on behalf of the team's campaign managers, must be heavily discounted. Much of what fans hear will have been calculated to confuse or mislead the opposition. So, make your own choices based on your
own intuition and knowledge --and please share them with Sports Today with your letters.
Candid, unbiased opinions are always welcome. Personally, I like all of the candidates and hope decisions include careful consideration of their readiness and long-term health considerations. Perhaps a rotational/situational approach as to who fits best for each game or specific game-situation would offer maximum flexibility to maximize the potential of each Candidate and keep opponents off-guard. With Kittle and all the other weaponry available, each Candidate should all be able to secure victories for the 49ers, collectively or in their individual capacities. That's what we all want!
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Contents
Columns
Hardly Trivial by T. Buff
Games
Bay Area Panthers 46, Tucson Sugar Skulls 34
Oakland A's 2, Houston Astros 3
Oakland A's 3, Boston Red Sox 0
Oakland Roots SC 3, El Paso Locomotive FC 1
San Jose Earthquakes 0, Portland Timbers 2
Features & Commentary
Dick Butkus, from the Autograph Collection of Rich Yee
Heading Toward Issue #500, Now At #495; Your Support is Welcome!
Stephen Curry Will Be In Our Future, by Dave Newhouse
The A’s, the Giants, and the Pacific Kelp Forest, by Howard Pearlstein
Organizations
Cal Bears
Golden Gate Fields
Golden State Warriors
Oakland A's
Oakland Roots SC
Oakland Soul
Oakland Spiders
Saint Mary's College Gaels
San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco Giants
San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose State Spartans
Santa Clara Broncos
Sonoma Raceway
St. Francis Yacht Club
Stanford Cardinal
University of Pacific Tigers
USF Dons
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
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Jesse "The Body" Ventura was a professional wrestler,
Arnold Schwarzenegger was a Mr. Universe body-builder,
and Ronald Reagan was a B-movie actor
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Stephen Curry Will Be In Our Future
by Dave Newhouse
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One certainty about life: The future is hard to predict. Therefore, what’s ahead for Stephen Curry after he stops shooting basketballs?
Well, we might not foresee him up in the air as a pilot, but the sky’s the limit in terms of his possibilities.
Governor Curry? U.S. Senator Curry? Vice-President Curry.
President Curry?
Before you think I’m daft, let me offer some historic parallels.
Jesse “The Body” Ventura was a professional wrestler who later put a head-lock on Minnesota voters as their elected governor.
George Murphy was a Hollywood actor-dancer during the World War II era who then two-stepped his way into Washington, D.C. as a California senator.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was a Mr. Universe body-builder who muscled his way into the California governorship.
Lastly, and most famously, Ronald Reagan was a B-movie actor whose most starring role came next as the American president.
So let’s not be hasty in concluding that Curry is nothing more than a classic 3-point shooter, and that’s where his fame will end. Consider, instead, his potential.
Curry is a rare superstar athlete who is a college graduate, returning to Davidson, a mini-Stanford, and earning a degree in recent years.
Curry is a family man, married happily to Ayesha, a successful business woman, and the proud father of three children.
Curry is as much a giver as a taker. Yes, he makes $40 million annually with the Golden State Warriors, but the public good he does in the Bay Area with his Eat.Learn.Play. Foundation benefits so many needy children. And, tellingly, he was the 2022-23 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion Award recipient.
Curry is as popular as he is athletic, never turning down an interview request, and always articulate and thoughtful in his comments.
Curry is a committed basketball player, improving his game as he has aged, while also strengthening his body.
Curry, remarkably, has no public baggage. I can’t remember reading anything negative about him, or hearing anything damaging coming out of his mouth.
And Curry just won the American Century golf championship at Lake Tahoe, and scored a hole-in-one in the process. What can’t he do athletically? Or anything?
Add all that together, and what other future politician offers as many positives as Curry? For that matter, how many past politicians were so electable?
At 35, Curry could, with his dedicated physical conditioning, play another four to six NBA seasons before deciding what to do next with his life.
Curry relishes challenging himself, so I can’t envision him growing wine grapes in France, or living next to a Scotland golf course, and being satisfied--not when American power brokers are eyeing Curry in so many different ways, and planning his future even now without his knowledge.
Stephen Curry in the White House, occupying the Oval Office? Don’t sell him short. History is on his side.
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Dave Newhouse's journalism career spans more than half a century, including 45 years at the Oakland Tribune before his retirement in November 2011. Newhouse is the author of 19 books. His most recent book, Goodbye, Oakland, is available in bookstores and from Triumph Books. Dave grew up in Menlo Park, graduated from San Jose State, and has radio and television experience, in addition to his work as an award-winning sportswriter and columnist. For earlier articles by Dave published in Sports Today, click HERE.
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Oakland A's 2
Houston Astros 3
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Sunday, July 23
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Oakland Athletics center fielder JJ Bleday hit his eighth home run of the season in the A's 3-2 defeat to the Houston Astros on Sunday, July 23rd at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Caption and photo by Darren Yamashita. | |
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Warriors and United Airlines Open Applications for 2024 Franchise Fund Cohort
Applications Open Now Through August 18
SAN FRANCISCO – The Golden State Warriors and United Airlines, in collaboration with the Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council (WRMSDC), have opened applications for Franchise Fund’s 2024 cohort, it was announced today. Franchise Fund is a four-month grant program aimed to prepare minority small business owners to work with multinational corporations, and to help them become certified as Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) by the National Minority Supplier Development Council. To submit an application, visit warriors.com/franchisefund.
For video of Warriors guard Moses Moody encouraging Bay Area small business owners to submit an application for Franchise Fund’s 2024 cohort, CLICK HERE.
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Oakland A's 3
Boston Red Sox 0
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Tuesday, July 18
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Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Luis Medina struck out six over 5-2/3 shutout innings as the A's defeated the Boston Red Sox, 3-0, at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Tuesday, July 18th.
Caption and photo by Darren Yamashita.
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Boston Red Sox third baseman Justin Turner (left) and Oakland Athletics left fielder Tony Kemp (right) look towards third base umpire Emil Jimenez (not shown) for a call during the first inning. Caption and photo by
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The A's Community Fund is still accepting applications for our 2023 Grant Program. Bay Area organizations have the opportunity to apply for up to $10,000 to support the impactful work you are doing in our community.
The deadline to apply is Monday, July 31.
Our newly renamed Kyle Ellington Social Justice Grant disseminates funds once a year to organizations that are committed to uplifting the Bay Area through systemic change, advocacy, policy reform, and innovative direct service programs for underserved communities.
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Hardly Trivial by T. Buff | |
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On July 14, 1942, The Pride of the Yankees: The Life of Lou Gehrig, a movie about 'Iron Horse' Lou Gehrig
was released.
Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig died of ALS, which is now known
as Lou Gehrig's disease, on June 2, 1941.
In the movie, Gary Cooper played Lou Gehrig.
Who played Babe Ruth?
Answer below.
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The A’s, the Giants, and the
Pacific Kelp Forest
by Howard Pearlstein
I used to describe the impermanence of things as being similar to standing on a beach in the intertidal zone and feeling the sand under my toes gradually being washed away. A slightly uneasy loss of stability.
When I grew up on the East Coast, baseball fans were watching hometown teams go west: the A’s in my hometown of Philly and the Giants and the Dodgers in the New York boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Fans felt betrayed and abandoned.
Aside from the annual, “Wait till next year” of Philly sports, the essence of being a fan was the memories connected to that team. That place, those players.
One true fan memory of mine was going out to Shibe Park with my father to meet some of the players. He was their dentist. Pitcher Bobby Shantz was the only player I remember. He was the MVP who’d won 24 games the previous year but my thought was only surprise that he was “not much taller than I was!” (Shantz was only 5’6” and is alive today at 97!)
Memories are the flesh and blood of loyalties, memories which we expect to continue on into the future. But when teams leave, those memories stop and there’s a sense of loss, even betrayal.
The fact that some fortunate son who inherited a pile of money higher than ethical ideals can “own” a team where so many precious memories are banked, that he can just move it away to some place offering him a better deal, seems wrong. Seems just: “So long, suckers!”
And I wonder if and how much the impermanence of things we care about – teams, jobs, woodlands, buildings, neighborhoods -- has to do with the bubbling undercurrent of anger we see everywhere. Even to the point of polymorphous anger erupting in random shootings. Polymorphous because none of those “go in and shoot everyone” people ever have any coherent explanation of Why They Did It. Not that I would expect one. There’s no point where logic -- aka sanity -- can result in “go shoot everyone.” Just overwhelming anger blotting out the mind.
And for the rest of us, not just the ones going postal, there is the same “nothing-you-can-do about it” unresolved anger.
Except maybe sometimes…
Which brings us to our own very pissed-off Pacific Sea Otter in Santa Cruz -- Enhydra lutris nereis. She board-jacks the surfers gliding through the kelp forest and rides her most recent acquisition after the bitten and scared-off surfer has given it up.
Yes, “her.”
The Latin name of our mid-coast sea otter sub-species is nereis, meaning water nymph, so it is appropriate that our current furry media star is a bad-ass five-year old water babe, formally named Otter 841, but whom I call Odetta, the female version of Otto.
I know I’m getting off into metaphysical equivalences here, but A’s fans and Odetta, the board-surfing Pacific Sea Otter, share similar interests. Familiar memories are the comfort food of the mind and we are both having ours taken away.
It’s particularly unfair that Odetta will herself get taken away from her home and memories. She is being hunted for re-location, exiled from her birthplace like the Cherokees on the Trail of Tears. But they say she has to go and the idea of even suggesting that surfers give up their favorite Steamer Lane is too much to ask.
And the A’s go to Las Vegas.
All we can do is rise above anthropocentrism and feel solidarity between A’s fans and otters as the juggernaut of greed and history crushes everything in its path.
And Odetta: You go girl!
To paraphrase the wonderful Keb Mo song: "This is your home, this is where you belong."
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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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Dick Butkus -- from the Autograph Collection of Rich Yee | |
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Former Chicago Bears linebacker Dick Butkus appeared at a Bay Area sports show and I made sure to stop by and see him. I found his table and took my time looking thru all the photos he was selling. This photo stood out to me because of the expression on his face and he’s on the ground without his helmet. I chatted with him briefly and he told me the story about what had happened in the photo. He signed the photo for me and shook my hand. I enjoyed meeting him.
Rich Yee, Sports Today Photographer
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Bay Area Panthers 46
Tucson Sugar Skulls 34
SAP Center, San Jose, CA Sunday, July 23
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On Sunday afternoon the Bay Area Panthers played host to the first round of the Western Conference Semifinals against the Tucson Sugar Skulls. The Panthers (10-5) entered the game in second place overall in the Western Conference, the Sugar Skulls (9-6) in third. The two teams entered the game even (1-1) against each other this season, each winning on the road. The Panthers stormed to an early 22-0 lead and maintained the lead throughout the game, though the Sugar Skulls came within five points late in the fourth quarter before Rankin’s rushing gave the Panthers enough cushion to end the game, 46-34. The game was characterized by big plays on special teams, hard hits, and relatively penalty-free flow. The Panthers remain home to face the fourth-seeded Northern Arizona Wranglers Saturday in the Western Conference Finals. Above, DB Trae Meadows (#4) emerges from the tunnel mist during starter intros.
Caption and photo by Josh Nickel.
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WR Cutrell Haywood (#10) returns a FG attempt by the Sugar Skulls behind blockers, including Roderick Henderson (#99), to setup the Panthers with good field position on the way to their third TD.
Caption and photo by Josh Nickel.
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DL Tevaughn Grant (#9) gets by Sugar Skulls OL Dallas Reins (#75) to pressure QB Atkins. Grant recorded a sack earlier in the game.
Caption and photo by Josh Nickel.
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San Jose Earthquakes 0
Portland Timbers 2
Providence Park, Portland, Oregon
Saturday, July 22
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Earthquakes 0, Portland Timbers 2
Quakes fall in first-ever Leagues Cup match, will
host Tigres UANL next week
PORTLAND, Ore. – The San Jose Earthquakes fell 2-0 to the Portland Timbers on Saturday night at Providence Park in Portland, Ore. The match marked the Quakes first Leagues Cup competition in club history.
The Quakes nearly opened the scoring in the 16th minute, with defender Miguel Trauco’s shot from distance going just wide of the net. San Jose lost midfielder Jack Skahan, who exited the match with an injury in the 22nd minute. The Portland Timbers capitalized in the 33rd minute on a goal from Evander, and then found the game-winner late in the second half from Felipe Mora.
The Earthquakes will now prepare to host Liga MX side Tigres UANL in their final group stage match on Sunday, July 30. Kickoff from PayPal Park is slated for 8:00 p.m. PT and will be streamed globally on MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app, FS1 and Univision, as well as on local radio via 810 AM The Spread (English) and 1370 KZSF (Spanish).
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For a full report, click HERE.
www.sjearthquakes.com
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Oakland Roots SC 3
El Paso Locomotive FC 1
Southwest University Park, El Paso, Texas
Saturday, July 22
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Oakland Wins Second Straight Road Game 3-1
The opening chance of the game came for El Paso Locomotive when they struck the post in the first minutes. In the first half-hour, Oakland's best opportunity came from a free-kick by Lindo Mfeka, forcing El Paso keeper Benny Diaz to make a punch-out off the cross.
The most significant chance of the first half occurred in the 39th minute when Benny Diaz made a crucial save to deny Oakland’s Napo Matsoso and Roots the lead heading into halftime. Paul Blanchette, the goalkeeper for Oakland Roots, also made an important save minutes later to keep his team from falling behind.
The second half began with a strong start for El Paso, as Petar Petrovic found the net with a shot that deflected off Emrah Klimenta, resulting in an own goal and giving El Paso the 1-0 lead early in the second half.
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For a full report, click HERE.
www.oaklandrootssc.com
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Time Well Spent
How A Summer Internship Helped Dare Rose Reach World Championships
BERKELEY, Calif. – Just two years into his collegiate career, Dare Rose had already assembled a resume that many competitive swimmers would envy.
With his key contributions to California's 2022 NCAA men's swimming & diving championship and three All-America honors earned over two seasons, combined with his status as a previous member of the United States Junior National Team, Rose was one of the country's top young swimmers heading into his junior year in 2022-23.
But it wasn't just his development in the pool that led to a breakout junior season that culminated in earning a spot on the U.S. National Team, which will compete in the 2023 World Aquatic Championships starting this weekend in Fukuoka, Japan. One of the biggest contributors to the success was the time he spent out of the water and away from competitive swimming in the summer of 2022.
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For a full report, click HERE.
www.calbears.com
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Year in Review: Women's Tennis
Stanford reached the NCAA semifinals and had a pair of All-Americans
STANFORD, Calif. – Yet another memorable campaign for Stanford women's tennis, the program reached the NCAA semifinals and won its 29th conference championship in 2023. Two players were named All-Americans while a host of other Cardinal student-athletes earned conference and regional honors.
CHAMPIONS AGAIN
Stanford put together a 25-3 overall campaign, including a perfect 10-0 mark in Pac-12 competition and a 14-0 mark at Taube Family Tennis Center.
Following a fall slate that included a semifinal appearance at the ITA Fall National Championships from Connie Ma, Stanford breezed past its first four opponents, including a pair of 4-0 sweeps at ITA Kickoff Weekend. Stanford won one of three contests at the ITA Indoor National Championships, with the win over Vanderbilt starting a 22-match unbeaten streak that spanned four months.
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By Stanford Athletics. For a full report, click HERE.
www.gostanford.com
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CORDEIRO NAMED MW PRESEASON OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, LOCKHART JOINS CORDEIRO ON ALL-MW TEAM
LAS VEGAS - San José State quarterback Chevan Cordeiro and wide receiver Justin Lockhart were named to the 2023 Mountain West Football Preseason All-Conference Team, as announced by the conference on Wednesday. Cordeiro was also named the Preseason Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year.
This is the third year in a row the Spartans have had a Mountain West Preseason Player of the Year and defensive end Villiami "Junior" Fehoko was named Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year last season.
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#AllSpartans
www.sjsuspartans.com
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WSOC | Former Gael Representing Philippines at 2023 Women’s World Cup
MORAGA, Calif. – It's always a special occasion when a former Gael gets to represent SMC on the big stage, and no stage is bigger than the World Cup.
Maya Alcantara '22 is no stranger to success on the big level, and this time around she'll be with team Philippines as a reserve player as they head to Australia and New Zealand for the 2023 Women's World Cup.
Alcantara was a defensive rock in the Saint Mary's lineup during her four-year career with the Gaels. Featuring in 54 games over her career, Alcantara notched four goals over 4100 minutes of play. During her senior season, she played 90 minutes or more in 16 matches, and received All-Regional accolades from United Soccer Coaches.
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For a full report, click HERE.
#GaelsRise
www.smcgaels.com
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Men's Basketball Honored by NABC for Academic Success
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NABC has announced the recipients of the 2022-23 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court, representing outstanding achievement in the classroom by men's college basketball teams and student-athletes on Thursday morning.
For San Francisco, Justin Bieker (Entrepreneurship & Innovation), Volodymyr Markovetskyy (Communications Studies), Zane Meeks (Business Analytics), Toni Rocak (Entrepreneurship & Innovation) and Jonas Visser (Entrepreneurship & Innovation) were named to the NABC Honors Court. Additionally, the 2022-23 Dons also earned the NABC's Team Academic Excellence Award. Notably, this honor marks the fifth straight season in which USF has received the team academic award.
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For a full report, click HERE.
www.usfdons.com
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Baseball's Incredible 2023 Resurgence
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Santa Clara baseball puts itself back on the map in 2023. The Broncos tied for second in the West Coast Conference and went on to win their first ever WCC Tournament Title and their first conference title since 1997 en route to postseason play for the first time since that same year.
How did they do it? Power, patience, speed, and pitching. Below are some of the impressive numbers that led the Broncos on their historic campaign.
Santa Clara found its power stroke this season. The Broncos 72 home runs were the most in program history, besting the previous record of 62 set in 1984. Their 103 doubles were also the most since 2014 and helped lead the team to a program best .491 slugging percentage.
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For a full report, click HERE.
www.santaclarabroncos.com
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TO HOST EXCLUSIVE OPEN PRACTICE FOR SEASON TICKET PATRONS ON SATURDAY, JULY 29
Tomorrow is the deadline for fans to renew their 2022-23 season tickets and secure the same seat location. You can make payment through your My Tickets account (link off the PacificTigers.com home page under the Tickets menu) or call the ticket office at (209) 946-2474. The office will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow. You can also inquire about adjusting your seat location, including selecting courtside seats for the season.
Season ticket holders that purchase seats will be invited to an exclusive Open Practice and Meet-and-Greet at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 29. The event will wrap up the team's preparation for the international trip to Spain as the Tigers will depart on Monday, July 31.
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www.pacifictigers.com
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WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Strengthens Management Team with Three Key Hires
MONTEREY, Calif., July 21, 2023 — Three experienced professionals are joining the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca management team as the 2023 season drives into high gear. This comes mid-season as the track continues to break attendance records from previous years. The track welcomes Kevin Allen as Director of Finance, April Morris as Director of Operations, and Danny Borum as Volunteer Coordinator.
“We’re grateful we’ve been able to attract such high caliber individuals to join our already dedicated but team,” says President and General Manager John Narigi, “The depth of professional experience among them can only translate into strengthening the foundation with new ideas and inspiration for the future of our entire organization which continues to improve.”
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Brian Flynn Named Executive Vice President and General Manager
At Sonoma Raceway
Current EVP and GM Jill Gregory to form her own consulting firm with Speedway Motorsports
as first client
CONCORD, N.C. (July 19, 2023) – Distinguished motorsports business veteran Brian Flynn has been named the new Executive Vice President and General Manager at Sonoma Raceway. Speedway Motorsports President and Chief Executive Officer Marcus Smith made the announcement Wednesday.
With 30 years of senior motorsports and business management experience, Flynn will serve for the first time as a sports venue executive after consulting for 18 months with Sonoma Raceway on its high-performance driving, karting and hospitality experiences.
“Brian Flynn is an expert in so many aspects of the motorsports entertainment business,” said Speedway Motorsports President and CEO Marcus Smith. “His familiarity with Sonoma Raceway and relationships across race teams, sponsors and industry executives make him the perfect fit to continue building on what Jill (Gregory) and the Sonoma team have created in the past two-and-a-half years.”
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HIGH SCHOOL SAILING
Race for Your School
At StFYC, High School Sailing brings students from seven San Francisco schools together in a unified training program. It’s athletic, it’s challenging, it’s coed, and it’s about the “team.”
This is a St. Francis Yacht Club program, but in competition our High School Sailing students represent their schools. Across different regions of the US, structures in this discipline vary, but in California we race very simple Flying Junior dinghies, locally and afar. StFYC supports High School Sailing in the fall semester, providing boats, coaching, hot showers, mentorship and reminders.
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Hardly Trivial Answer by T. Buff | |
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Babe Ruth Played Himself!
Lifted from Sports Illustrated, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig pose in their Bustin' Babes and Larrupin' Lous uniforms from their 1927 barnstorming tour. The teams, which consisted mostly of local amateurs and minor leaguers, played 21 games across the country immediately after the Yankees swept the Pirates in the World Series. https://bit.ly/3Op8W0j
https://bit.ly/3O38GDR will take you to an image of Babe Ruth with Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig in the movie. The movie received 11 Oscar nominations. https://bit.ly/472L3Eg will take you to the wiki entry about the movie.
Go Red Sox!
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Remember Their Sacrifice
Book Signing
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Co-author Pete Elman (left) enjoys a light moment during a book signing for Remember Their Sacrifice, Stories of Unheralded Athletes of Color, at Sophie’s Cuppa Tea in Montclair on Saturday, July 15.
Co-author Arif Khatib (right) delighted the audience with his personal accounts of meeting all subjects featured in their well-regarded book.
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The Guinness is pouring well and honestly we can't drink it all by ourselves so join us. Open Monday through Thursday at 4pm. Friday through Sunday at 12pm. Happy Hour 4pm to 6pm. Look forward to seeing all your smiling
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Where The Bay Comes To Play! | |
Recent Facebook Albums to Enjoy | |
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Oakland A’s 2, Houston Astros 3, July 23, 2023.
Photos by Darren Yamashita.
Oakland A’s 3, Boston Red Sox 0, July 18, 2023.
Photos by Darren Yamashita
Oakland A’s 4, Minnesota Twins 5, July 16, 2023.
Photos by Darren Yamashita.
Oakland Spiders 20, LA Aviators 19, July 15, 2023.
Photos by Ron Sellers.
Oakland Roots SC 1, Memphis 901 FC 1, July 12, 2023.
Photos by Ron Sellers.
San Jose Earthquakes 2, Seattle Sounders 0, July 12, 2023.
Photos by Darren Yamashita..
Bay Area Panthers 75, San Diego Strike Force 40, July 10, 2023. Photos by Josh Nickel.
San Francisco Giants 5, Colorado Rockies 2, July 8, 2023.
Photos by Darren Yamashita.
Oakland Spiders 25, Portland Nitro 10, July 8, 2023
Photos by Ron Sellers.
San Francisco Giants 0, Seattle Mariners 6, July 4, 2023.
Photos by Rich Yee.
Oakland Soul SC 3, San Francisco Glens 1, July 2, 2023.
Photo by Ron Sellers
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Sports Calendar
Monday, July 17, through
Sunday, July 23, 2023
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Monday, July 24
San Francisco Giants @ Detroit Tigers, 10:10 a.m.
Tuesday, July 25
San Francisco Giants vs. Oakland A's, 6:45 p.m.
Wednesday, July 26
San Francisco Giants vs. Oakland A's, 6:45 p.m.
Oakland Roots SC vs. Las Vegas Lights FC, 7 p.m.
Thursday, July 27
Friday, July 28
San Francisco Giants vs. Boston Red Sox, 7:15 p.m.
Oakland A's @ Colorado Rockies, 5:40 p.m.
Saturday, July 29
San Francisco Giants vs. Boston Red Sox, 4:15 p.m.
Oakland A's @ Colorado Rockies, 5:10 p.m.
Oakland Roots SC vs. Detroit City FC, 7 p.m.
Sunday, July 30
San Francisco Giants vs. Boston Red Sox, 1:05 p.m.
Oakland A's @ Colorado Rockies, 12:10 p.m.
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Tigres UANL, 8 p.m.
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