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February 26 -- March 3, 2024
Issue No. 526
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First year coach Mark Madsen has turned around Cal's basketball program and now sports 13 wins. All of last year Cal won just three games. Photo by Ron Sellers. | | |
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Cal's Coach of the Year Candidate?
by Dave Newhouse
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Coach of the Year in men’s college basketball, regionally or nationally, is high recognition that belongs to the turnaround magician in Berkeley, better known as Miracle Mark.
Mark Madsen has done a truly miraculous coaching job at Cal, inheriting a 3-29 team — the worst basketball record in school history — and methodically building the Bears into a force that opponents now fear confronting.
Cal is 13-15, but 9-8 in the Pac-12 — two more conference wins than they achieved in the two previous seasons combined — with three road games remaining (Utah, Colorado, Stanford) before the conference’s final basketball tournament is played.
Cal is poised for more heroics, yet March Madness is a long shot. But with the eternally optimistic, culture-building Miracle Mark as the Golden Bears guide, who can say? Well, he can.
“That’s 100 per cent the goal, to get to the post season,” he said before defeating the visiting Oregon schools last week.
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Coach Madsen with Cal junior guard Jaylon Tyson.
Photo by Ron Sellers.
What gives Madsen such confidence when Cal still is building momentum, thus a work in progress?
“We had a few stumbles early in the season that hurt us a bit," he said. "But we’re really trying to build something special here, and the keys are to continue working, be consistent. and then things can always change for the better.
And the Bears already have taken big strides, finishing the home season at 10-6, Cal's first winning record at Haas Pavilion in four years.
In this new age of NIL (name, image, licensing), with student-athletes changing schools like they are buses, Madsen had to weave new Cal faces in with old Cal faces, and his was a new face as well. Thus the team doesn’t yet seem a finished product.
“No question,” Madsen agreed. ”Early on, we had issues guarding the 3-point line, but we’re getting better with more consistency. But the biggest thing is taking care of the ball. If we don’t have excessive turnovers, we’re in every game.”
Madsen, 48, the former San Ramon Valley High School and Stanford star, came back to the Pac-12 just in time to see it dissolve, with Cal and Stanford joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in the fall.
“Oh, it’s horrible to see the Pac-12 going down the drain like this,” Madsen reacted. “I feel sad, upset, disappointed. It’s an absolute travesty that could have been prevented. It’s heartbreaking.”
In the interim, could the deserving Madsen, indeed, be the Pac-12’s last basketball Coach of the Year?
“No, no,” he said. “There are other coaches that deserve it much more than we do. But I’m incredibly proud of our players and also of our staff. The work they put in has been Herculean.”
Kyle Smith of Washington State and Tommy Lloyd of Arizona are also legitimate conference Coach of the Year candidates, and the work of their players and staffs are equally Herculean. Mark Madsen, then, Pac-12 Modest Coach of the Year?
But the one miracle in the Pac-12 this winter occurred in Berkeley, without a doubt. Whether he’s Coach of the Year, conference or country, Madsen must take great joy in what he has accomplished so quickly.
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Coach Madsen with graduate guard Jalen Cone.
Photo by Ron Sellers.
“It’s bittersweet, a paradox a little bit,” he said. “We’ve played in so many close games — I think we’re No. 1 in the country in games decided by one or two possessions — and so the satisfaction I feel is when our players execute perfectly at the end of one of these games. But the pain comes from losing a game from one of these close possessions.”
There has been another recent change in Cal men’s basketball: Sellout home crowds, an aberration this decade, and further testimony to Madsen’s profound impact on students, alumni and the community.
“Right now, we have momentum,” he noted. “We have real exciting players and we’re playing a great style of basketball that people enjoy watching. And everyone has joined arms — the administration to the boosters to the donors to the NIL collective — a true team effort. And that gets us excited.”
So excited that Madsen exchanges handshakes with grateful fans after home victories. Lumping it all together, nobody in college basketball this season has had more of a positive effect on one school than Miracle Mark. So why not Coach of the Year?
“Go Bears,” said the Stanford man who now wears blue and gold.
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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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Games
Cal Bears (MBkB) 69, Oregon Ducks 64
Cal Bears (MBkB) 81, Oregon State Beavers 73
Cal Bears (WBkB) 68, Arizona Wildcats 87
Saint Mary's Gaels 70, USF Dons 66
San Jose Sharks 0, Vegas Golden Knights 4
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Cal Bears 69
Oregon Ducks, 64
Haas Pavilion, Berkeley
Saturday, February 24, 2024
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Cal wrapped up its final home game against the Oregon Ducks on Saturday, February 24. The seniors were honored before the game and the Golden Bears would keep the game close and take the lead midway through the second half. Cal extended the lead to build a five-point win to cap off their home season schedule. Above, reacting to the final buzzer, Cal's Jaylon Tyson (#20) begins his celebration in beating the favored Ducks and extending the Golden Bears’ win streak to three games. Cal played host to the Oregon University Ducks in men’s Pac-12 basketball at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley.
Caption and photo by Ron Sellers.
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The game scoring leader with 27 points, Jaylon Tyson (#20) drives in a slam dunk after stealing the ball midway through the second half.
Caption and photo by Ron Sellers.
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Jalen Cone launches another three point shot. He would hit three from beyond the line, on his way to scoring 15 points in the game.
Caption and photo by Ron Sellers.
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Constantly communicating, first-year head coach Mark Madsen has led the Golden Bears out of the cellar to a sixth-place position in the Pac-12 and would extend a win streak to three as Cal swept both Oregon schools at home last week. Caption and photo by Ron Sellers. | |
The graduating seniors were honored before the game. (L-R) Fardaws Aimaq (#00), Devin Askew (#55), Monty Bowser (#2), Jalen Cone (#15), Adrian Claiborne Jr. (#50), Keonte Kennedy (#3) and just out of frame to the right, Wrenn Robinson (#30). To view a game photo album, visit our Facebook Page and be sure to LIKE us or visit www.ultimatesportsguide.net. Caption and photo by Ron Sellers. | |
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Cal Bears 68
Arizona Wildcats 87
Haas Pavilion, Berkeley
Sunday, February 25
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Cal Bears freshman guard Lulu Twidale hit six three-pointers, finishing with a career-high 24 points as the Bears dropped their final home game of the season to the Arizona Wildcats, 87-68, at Haas Pavilion on Sunday February 25th. Caption and photo
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A lively gathering of fans collected near Jack London Square on Saturday morning celebrate baseball and even the Oakland A’s, schedule to play in Las Vegas in 2028. Organized by the Last Dive Bar and the Oakland 68’s, the event included booths from the Oakland Ballers, Oakland Roots and Oakland Soul, Oakland Spiders, Oakland Soccer Club, Stockton Ports, Bay Area Panthers and more. It was well attended with lines forming for selected booths. | |
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San Jose Sharks 0
Vegas Golden Knights 4
SAP Center, San Jose
Tuesday, February 19, 2024
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Cal Bears 81
Oregon State Beavers 73
Haas Pavilion, Berkeley
Thursday, February 22, 2024
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Taking to the Haas Pavilion hardwood, the Golden Bears would fall behind early but through several timely steals and a three-point scoring surge midway through the second half, would tie the score at the eight-minute mark. The lead would flip-flop until the two-minute mark, when the Golden Bears took the lead and would pull away for the eight-point advantage at the game’s final buzzer. Above, literally going shoulder-to-shoulder, starting centers Fardaws Aimaq (#00) and Chol Marial (#15) squared off at the game’s tip-off. It was the wingspan for Marial that was the difference, as the University of California Golden Bears played host to the Oregon State University Beavers in men’s Pac-12 basketball in Haas Pavilion on Thursday, February 22 in Berkeley. Caption and photo by Ron Sellers. | |
Feeding off the crowd response to hitting a three-point shot midway through the first half, Fardaws Aimaq (#00) throws up three fingers. Caption and photo by Ron Sellers. | |
Living by the three-point shot, Cal put up 33 attempts. Here Jalen Cone hits one of his five three-point shots early in the second half. Caption and photo by Ron Sellers. | |
Here is the first of two back-to-back steals and break-away slam dunks by Jalen Celestine (#32). Celestine ignited the crowd and brought the Golden Bears to within two points at the eight-minute mark. Caption and photo by Ron Sellers. | |
Jalen Celestine (#32) gets a little love and respect post-game from fellow Golden Bear freshman quarterback sensation Fernando Mendoza. Mendoza was on site as he shadowed the Pac-12 media team as a hands-on internship. Caption and photo by Ron Sellers. | |
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USF Dons 66
Saint Mary's Gaels 70
UCU Pavilion, Moraga
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
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Saint Mary's center Mitchell Saxen scored 20 points and pulled down 13 rebounds as the Gaels remained undefeated in conference play with a 70-66 victory over the USF Dons on Tuesday, February 20th at UCU Pavilion in Moraga. Caption and photo by Darren Yamashita. | |
USF guard Marcus Williams finished with a game-high 26 points as the Dons fell to 21-7, 10-3 in WCC play while Saint Mary's improved to 13-0 in WCC play. Caption and photo by Darren Yamashita. | |
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The Dubs: They’re Ba-ack
by Howard Pearlstein
Steve Kerr’s gamble seems to be working. He went all-in for the goal of building a team where any players, from MVP to rookies, could be moved in and out of the rotation fluidly and seamlessly.
All the little creepozoids, the Keyboard Kommissars, had been yammering: “They need to fire Kerr.” Not exactly – new contract announced on Friday -- the biggest ever for an NBA coach. It’s working.
The idea was to get talented players all so working together that defenders guarding the stars are getting scored on and defended against by, “Who’s THAT guy?”
“Together” meant getting them into something like a mind-meld, as aware of each other on the court as they are about their own legs and arms. Something Festus Ezeli said on Post Game Friday night might have explained how some of it got done -- his first day, Coach Kerr said something that could have been as corny as Kumbaya, but wasn’t -- that the qualities players needed for a championship team were: Mindfulness, Compassion, Joy, and Competition. (Something like what Pete Carroll of the Seahawks said during their playoff years.)
Another thing about the rookies and G League vets. They seem to have an understanding of the game usually only seen after a few years in the NBA, e.g. Podz and Trayce and Quinones and Santos.
And I think that has something to do with TV – it’s addictive because of how it works. Simply, as explained to me many years ago, there is a basic difference between the way a movie tells us something and a tv does. Film is a series of still photos moved over a light source at 24 frames per second. Looks like motion, i.e., motion pictures. And the picture on the screen is aways complete information.
TV, on the other hand, is an ongoing process of 525 lines refreshing itself 60 times per second (60 HZ refresh rate). I don’t know if it’s changed but they still quote 60 or 120 Hz on specs, so perhaps not. The important thing to know is this: at no time a complete picture is on the screen.
We are actively adding the missing information to complete the picture, co-creating the scenes. We are involved in it. And our involvement makes us want to keep watching. Which is why TV is so good for learning. Not what the academicians call learning -- some guy standing in front of a blackboard telling you about stuff, but stuff you want to know about, like hawks and tigers and platypuses. And basketball.
Add the gift of COVID, especially for the NBA rookies. We all spent a lot of time watching tv. There were no games, but a lot of must-see stuff from the archives – great games and profiles of great players. They were showing video files of Larry Bird and Bill Russell, Nate Archibald, Julius Ervin, Michael Jordan, Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson – and nostalgic footage from my youth in Philly – Paul Arizin and Al Attles (the original Draymond). Add DVR to that, and a kid who wanted to play could learn footwork and spin motions and reverse dunks and all that jazz… playing the parts he or she wanted to learn over and over again, practicing them. And talking about what they’d seen with friends on the phone.
So ok, it’s working. That doesn’t mean it’s a slam dunk to another trophy, just that they’re all together on the Yellow Brick Road that can lead there. But they still have to watch out for those damned flying purple monkeys.
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Hardly Trivial by T. Buff | |
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With the Supreme Court being a huge part of the news these days, this question posted not so long ago is worthy of asking again!
What NFL player went on to become a
Supreme Court Justice?
(To help with the time frame, know he was
appointed to the Supreme Court by JFK.)
answer below...
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Newsletter, Image, Likeness
Vol. 68: Looking At The Terms Of The EA Sports Group Licensing Deal
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The Weekly Longer NIL Thought
by Darren Heitner
Founder of HEITNERLEGAL
Electronic Arts Inc. is starting the process of asking college football players to opt in to grant their publicity rights to the corporation for the purpose of including their names and likenesses in a forthcoming EA Sports College Football video game.
I got my hands on the 3-page contract that EA intends to cause players to sign and figured I would use this space to discuss it.
The contract begins with a section that defines certain terms, including the "Term" of the relationship between EA and the player. It defines the Term as the time of the player's acceptance of the agreement until the conclusion of the last college football season during which the player has exhausted his eligibility to participate on an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision team.
At first glance, this seems excessive. But if you shift to Paragraph 14 of the document, you will see that the player has the right, for any reason, to later opt out and not be included in future games as long as the opt-out is received by EA between December 1 and December 31 of any year during the Term and, to the extent the player's NIL rights were included in any games released before the notice, EA is not required to remove the player's NIL rights from any such game.
The compensation isn't great, but it's something. EA will pay players $600 as a licensing fee, as well as 1 complimentary digital game code, for each game (released on an annual basis) that the player is included in. Jason Stahl, Executive Director of the College Football Players Association (CFBPA), previously called for players to boycott the licensing deal when it was suggested that they would be in line to earn a $500 licensing fee to participate in the game (see Vol. 31).
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Match Recap:
Earthquakes 1, FC Dallas 2
FRISCO, TX – The San Jose Earthquakes fell 2-1 to FC Dallas on Saturday evening at a sold-out Toyota Stadium to open the 2024 Major League Soccer season.
The Earthquakes jumped ahead early in the sixth minute when forward Benji Kikanović tapped in the rebound past Maarten Paes after the Dallas goalkeeper deflected a Jack Skahan shot in the box. The hosts equalized in the 26th minute following a corner kick when midfielder Asier Illarramendi’s left-footed attempt from outside the box found the back of the net.
Kikanović continued to threaten the net in the second half and almost made it a brace with three shots on target between the 48th and 53th minutes, but Paes denied him each time. In the 73rd minute, Logan Farrington’s deep attempt for Dallas was batted away by a diving Daniel, who made seven saves on the night for San Jose.
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Oakland Roots Sports Club Launches 2024 Charly Jerseys, Celebrating Oakland and
the 100th Anniversary of the
Oakland Tribune Tower
The 2024 Kits Mark the First Collaboration with CHARLY
Oakland, CA (Feb. 23, 2024) — Oakland Roots Sports Club today released the 2024 CHARLY Official USL Championship First, Second, and Goalkeeper Jerseys in partnership with Oakland Roots SC’s Premier Partner, Anthem Blue Cross, as the front of jersey partner. Oakland Roots SC’s long-time partner AVA Community Energy is a new addition to the back of the jersey and the Oakland Airport and I FLY OAK badge return on the sleeve.
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Spring Is In The Air
The luscious green hillsides are providing an ideal backdrop for our nightly campground visitors. Thanks to the intensified work of our talented park and facilities crew, guests are enjoying refreshed restrooms and showers to make their visit to Laguna Seca Recreation Area even more special. If you’re searching for a wonderful camping experience, visit our website to reserve now.
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Then & Now: Run Groups at The Rolex Reunion
Historic racing has evolved significantly since its inception, and one key aspect that defines the experience for both participants and spectators is the mixture of race cars. The groups are categorized based on the car’s era, type, and performance, creating a dynamic and diverse field. In historic racing, run groups are designed to create a competitive yet fair environment, allowing an array of historic
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No. 3 Bears Make Hstory With Win At No. 9 UCLA
Cal Sets Program Record for Highest Team Score Ever
LOS ANGELES - The No. 3 California Women's Gymnastics Team sent a message that reverberated throughout California and beyond Sunday afternoon, putting on a breathtaking performance in a dominant 198.400-197.775 victory over No. 9 UCLA at Pauley Pavilion.
While a raucous crowd cheered on the Bruins' every move, the Golden Bears simply put together the best performance in program history - their team score of 198.400 surpassed their previous best of 198.275 set last season. Meanwhile, sophomore eMjae Frazier also made history with the best individual all-around score ever at Cal with a 39.825.
The Bears left little doubt it would be a memorable afternoon immediately, tying for the program's second best-ever score on the uneven bars with a 49.650. Cal had five gymnasts register at 9.9 or better, including four 9.95s.
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Clutch Homers Guide Way to Victory
Stanford connected for a pair of big home runs in a 9-5 victory
STANFORD, Calif. – Freshman Brady Reynolds connected for a three-run home run, and graduate student Owen Cobb launched a grand slam, guiding Stanford (2-5) to a 9-5 victory over Penn State (5-2) on Sunday in the finale of a three-game series from Sunken Diamond.
Reynolds' home run erased a 3-0 deficit in the second inning, while Cobb's grand slam capped a six-run third and catapulted Stanford to victory.
The home runs were the first of the season for both players, with Reynolds' game-tying blast serving as his first career round-tripper. For Cobb, the homer was the seventh of his career and first since May 12, 2023 vs. Arizona.
The offensive outburst, which saw Stanford score nine runs on nine hits, provided support for a strong outing from Nick Dugan. The right-hander, who improved to 2-0 with the victory, allowed four runs on five hits and three walks while striking out five.
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Stanford Athletics. For a full report, click HERE.
Photo: Bob Drebin / isiphotos.com
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SINGLES DOMINANCE PROPELS SPARTANS PAST CSUN
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - Carolina Millan, Irena Muradyan, Cheuk Ying Shek and Jovana Babic each won in singles play to lead the San José State women's tennis team (5-1, 0-0 Mountain West) in a 4-1 win over CSUN (3-1, 1-0 Big West) on Sunday afternoon.
The Spartans dealt CSUN their first loss of the season.
Millan won on court one, 6-3, 6-4, to improve to 5-0 in the No. 1 singles flight in 2024.
Muradyan earned the victory on court two, 7-5, 6-4.
Babic took care of her opponent on court five, 6-1, 6-1.
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WTEN | Gaels Take Down UC Davis in Aggies Territory
DAVIS, Calif. - The Saint Mary's Tennis team defeated UC Davis 4-2 in Aggie territory.
UC Davis secured the first point in the doubles, defeating duo Tuan Yu Dong and Juliette Daries and duo Olivia Rook and Madison Weekley. Stefanie Silva and Sofia Daryaie did not finish their set.
Daryaie tied the score 1-1, taking down her opponent Daisy Maunupau 6-3, 6-2. Dong fell short to Aggies Mika Ikemori 2-6, 2-6. Gaels dominated the next three singles to secure the team win.
In court 5, Rook defeated UC Davis Carly Schwartzberg 6-4, 6-1 to tie the score 2-2. The Gaels stopped the Aggie's with a Silva win 6-4, 7-5.
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For a full report, click HERE.
Photo / SMC Tod Fierner
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Dons Trounce Waves on Senior Night
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Taking care of business in their final regular season game on the Hilltop, the University of San Francisco men's basketball team (22-7, 11-3 WCC) trounced Pepperdine (12-18, 5-10 WCC), 92-68, on Saturday night at War Memorial at the Sobrato Center.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
Starting off the night on a hot streak, San Francisco raced out to a 9-1 lead through the first six plus minutes as a Ndewedo Newbury layup at 13:57 got the Dons rolling early.
Locking down on defense in the early minutes, Junjie Wong pushed the USF advantage to fifteen points, 22-7, as the midway mark of the first half crossed on a layup of his own at the 9:25 mark.
With 8:06 left on the clock, another basket from Newbury made it a sixteen-point game in favor of San Francisco, 26-10. Just a few minutes later, Marcus Williams nailed a three-pointer at 5:12 to keep San Francisco in front, 34-18.
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For a full report, click HERE.
Photo: Christina Leung
www.usfdons.com
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No. 66 Men's Tennis Sweeps FGCU
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The No. 66-ranked Santa Clara men's tennis team swept Florida Gulf Coast University 4-0 on Sunday to complete a successful trip to the Sunshine State, having defeated No. 53 South Florida a day earlier.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Even with an early first serve at 9 a.m. local time coupled with the three time hour difference, Santa Clara (7-2) got off to a strong start claiming the doubles point. It was their seventh doubles point won in nine matches this season.
For the second-straight match, the number two duo of Sebastian Buxman and Lukas Maskow clinched the doubles point, defeating Pablo Paternostro and Harry Michalowski 6-2.
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For a full report, click HERE.
www.santaclarabroncos.com
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Tigers Fall to UC Davis, Utah in Davis
DAVIS, Calif.- The Pacific beach volleyball team played its second set of matches in its season opening weekend, revisiting both Utah and host UC Davis. Though they remained competitive in Davis, the Aggies and the Utes each came away with 4-0 victories over the Tigers.
The Tigers (0-4) opened the day in a battle with the Utes (2-2). Senior Camdyn Albrecht and sophomore Kelea Saxton Vaka stook close to Utah's Katie McCallister and Langley Griffin in the first set but fell 21-19, 21-10 at the one. Sophomore Josephine Kinlan and junior Ashley Davies, after getting a win from the two a day ago, couldn't get the edge over Bella Vezzani and Rylee Johnson, falling 21-12, 21-18.
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For a full report, click HERE.
www.pacifictigers.com
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Aggies First Loss at Home
DAVIS, Calif. — UC Davis fell short today in their competition versus San Jose State, placing second overall with a 195.275.
The Aggies started their day off on vault with some strong performances overall, helping to lead them to their first 49.000 on the event this season. Freshman, Jadyn Wakita set a new personal best for this season on the event scoring a 9.750 as well as Anna Holtan scoring a 9.600. The top scorer of the day for the Ags was Megan Ray who secured a 9.875 tying for first place.
Onto bars, Emma Otsu scored a 9.775 for the Ags making her the leading scorer on the event for UC Davis. Tied for fourth from the Aggies was Jadyn Wakita and Amelia Moneymaker with a 9.750, rounding out the team's score on the event with a solid 48.000.
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Women's Track & Field at Chabot Opener
HAYWARD, Calif. - At Chabot College on Friday and Saturday, the Chabot Opener took place, as Cal State East Bay women's track & field opened the 2024 season. A combination of performances in running and jumps accumulated a team score that put the Pioneers in fifth place among 16 teams, and first among two NCAA Division II teams.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
FIELD EVENTS
In third place for the long jump was Sheelah Carey with a mark of 4.94 meters.
TRACK EVENTS
Cal State East Bay took the top three places in the women's 1,500 meters, as Madison Gomez (4:51.01), Jenna Rodriguez (4:51.40) and Kimberly Lima Pardina (4:55.15) placed first, second and third respectively.
Simryn Parikh finished second in the women's 400 meters, with a time of 1:00.67.
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For a full report, click HERE.
Photo: Nancy Paiva / KLC Fhotos
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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.
High School Sailing is not a beginner class. It is a competitive team environment. You don’t have to be the greatest—our coaches are here to help sailors train and improve—but you need to have made a beginning. If you are interested in joining your High School team, we will put you in touch with your school’s representative.
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www.stfyc.com
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Byron Raymond "Whizzer" White
(June 8, 1917 – April 15, 2002)
White was an American lawyer and professional football player who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1962 to 1993.
Born and raised in Colorado, he played college football, basketball, and baseball for the University of Colorado, finishing as the runner up for the Heisman Trophy in 1937.
White was selected in the first round of the 1938 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates and led the National Football League in rushing yards in his rookie season. He played only one year with the Pirates before signing with the Detroit Lions. (Prior to the 1940 season, the Pirates renamed themselves the Steelers.)
https://bit.ly/2INeALX for a quick Wikipedia history.
Go Celtics!
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Cal Bears (WBkB) 68, Arizona Wildcats 87, February 25, 2024.
Captions and photos by Darren Yamashita.
Cal Bears (MBkB) 69, Oregon Ducks 64, February 24, 2024.
Photos by Ron Sellers.
Cal Bears (MBkB) 81, Oregon State Beavers 73, February 22, 2024.
Photos by Ron Sellers.
Saint Mary’s Gaels (MBkB) 70, USF Dons 66. February 20, 2024. Caption and photos by Darren Yamashita
Saint Mary’s Gaels (MBB) 11, Oakland Golden Grizzlies 8,
February 18, 2024. Captions and photos by Darren Yamashita.
Oakland Spiders Tryouts, February 18, 2024.
Photos by Ron Sellers.
Stanford Cardinal (WBkB) 84, Cal Bears 49, February 16, 2024. Captions and photos by Darren Yamashita.
Saint Mary’s College Gaels 74, Boston College Eagles 7.
February 11, 2024. Captions and photos by Darren Yamashita.
Cal Bears (WGYM) vs. Arizona Wildcats, February 11, 2024.
Captions and photos by Rich Yee.
Cal Bears (MBkB) 60, UCLA Bruins 61, February 10, 2024.
Captions and photos by Ron Sellers.
Stanford Cardinal (WGYM) vs. Arizona State Sun Devils,
February 9, 2024. Photos by Rich Yee.
Cal Bears (MBkB) 83, USC Trojans 77, February 8, 2024. (OT)
Captions and photos by Ron Sellers.
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Sports Calendar
Monday, February 26, through
Sunday, March 3, 2024
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Monday, February 26
Tuesday, February 27
Golden State Warriors @ Washington Wizards, 4 p.m.
San Jose Sharks vs. New Jersey Devils, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday,February 28
Thursday, February 29
Golden State Warriors @ New York Knicks, 4:30 p.m.
San Jose Sharks vs. Anaheim Ducks, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 1
Golden State Warriors @ Toronto Raptors, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 2
Sunday March 3
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The Emerald Mile: The epic and award-winning story of the fastest ride in history through the heart of the Grand Canyon, by Kevin Fedarko. A thrilling true tale during the legendary flood of 1983. | |
More than a cookbook, this culinary delight was written to preserve a great chef's traditional family recipes and stories of her childhood for her far-flung grandchildren. Author Leonie Samuel-Hool recounts stories of a vanished society and legends of the gods and goddesses that protect and sometimes make mischief in Indonesian homes, fields and foods. The recipes are explicitly presented. | |
The absolute greatest Yankees were the 1949-1953 pinstripers, winners of an unprecedented five consecutive World Series. "The Yankee Way," Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa writes in the book's foreword, is "full of Yankee winning keys, star-studded competition, and insights about one of baseball's historically fascinating periods." By Charlie Silvera with Dave Newhouse (Author). | |
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Many people -- maybe even you -- have been getting out on their bikes more during Shelter-in-Place. "Check for Bikes" clings and bumper stickers are great ways to keep bicyclists safer out there on the road by promoting awareness by drivers to share the road. Keep safe out there and keep your neighbors safe by using or passing along vinyl clings for inside a car window or windshield and 4" circular bumper stickers. We have Youth and
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Go to www.checkforbikes.org or email contact@checkforbikes.org
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Mr. Moselle, Esq. is now lending his extensive editorial experience and marketing savvy to the publication.
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