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December 25 -- December 31, 2023
Issue No. 517
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BOWLA!
BOWLA!
by Andy Dolich
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This has been one of the most controversial, chaotic and controversial years in the history of college football. All of the key areas relating to conference shifting, transfer portals, NIL rules regulations, backroom deal making and broken traditions are being debated on college campuses from coast to coast.
As we turn toward a new year, isn’t it time for us to take a look at the overflowing bowls from last Saturday’s slate through New Year's Day. Let’s not forget the yet to be decided National Championship matchup on January 8th in Houston.
Naming all of these bowls, where they kick it around, their official names and who is sponsoring all these football fests off the top of your sports noggin is a bit of a challenge. I gave it the old college try to correctly categorize what’s on the bowl naming rights menu for the next few weeks. Without doubt I’m sure I’ve fumbled and bumbled a few. Throw a flag and enjoy digging into your Bowl Menu.
Fruit
Citrus Bowl, Iowa vs. Tenn., 1/1/24, Orlando, FL * Presented by Cheez It
Peach Bowl, Penn State vs. Ole Miss, 12/30, Atlanta, GA * Presented by Chick-fil-A
Orange Bowl, Florida St. vs. Georgia, 12/30, Miami Gardens, FL
* Presented by Capital One
Flowers
Camellia Bowl, Arkansas St. vs Northern Illinois U., 12/23, Montgomery AL
Rose Bowl, College Football Playoff, Michigan vs. Alabama, 1/1/24
Pasadena, CA * Presented by Prudential
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Food
Avocados from Mexico Cure Bowl, App. State vs. Miami, OH, 12/16, Orlando FL
Famous Toastery Bowl, Western Kentucky vs. Old Dominion, 12/18
Charlotte, NC
Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl, UT San Antonio vs. Marshall, 12/19
Frisco, TX
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Utah St. vs. Georgia St., 12/23, Boise, ID
Duke’s Mayo Bowl, North Carolina vs. W. Virginia, 12/27,Charlotte, NC
Pop-Tarts Bowl, NC State vs. Kansas St.,12/28, Orlando, FL
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, Notre Dame vs. Oregon St., 12/29,El Paso, TX
Sugar Bowl, College Football Playoff, Washington vs. Texas, 1/1/24
New Orleans, LA, * Presented by Allstate
Corporate Presenters
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, Texas Tech vs. Cal, 12/16,
Shreveport, LA
68 Ventures Bowl, South Alabama vs. Eastern Michigan, 12/23,
Mobile, Al
Quick Lane Bowl, Bowling Green vs. Minnesota, 12/26, Detroit, MI
Guaranteed Rate Bowl, Kansas vs. UNLV, 12/26, Phoenix, AZ
DirecTV Holiday Bowl, Louisville vs. USC, 12/27, San Diego, CA
ReliaQuest Bowl, Wisconsin vs. LSU, 1/1/24, Tampa, FL
Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, Oregon vs. Liberty, 1/1/24, Glendale, AZ
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Geography
Myrtle Beach Bowl, Georgia Southern vs. Ohio U., 12/16, Myrtle Beach, SC
New Mexico Bowl, New Mexico St. vs. Fresno State, 12/16,
Albuquerque, NM
LA Bowl, UCLA vs, Boise St., 12/16, Inglewood CA, *Presented by Starco Brands hosted by Gronk
Boca Raton Bowl, USF vs. Syracuse, 12/21, Boca Raton, FL
* Presented by RoofClaim.com
Birmingham Bowl, Troy vs. Duke, 12/23, Birmingham, AL
* Presented by SRS Distribution
Las Vegas Bowl, Northwestern, vs. Utah, 12/23, Las Vegas, NV
Hawai’i Bowl, Coastal Carolina vs. San Jose State, 12/23, Honolulu, Hawaii * Presented by Easypost
Texas Bowl, Oklahoma St. vs. Texas A&M, 12/27, Houston, TX
* Presented by TaxAct
Fenway Bowl, SMU vs. Boston College, 12/28, Boston, MA
* Presented by Wasabi Technologies
Alamo Bowl, Oklahoma vs. Arizona, 12/28, San Antonio, TX
* Presented by Valero
Music City Bowl, Maryland vs. Auburn, 12/30, Nashville, TN
* Presented by TransPerfect
Arizona Bowl, Toledo vs. Wyoming, 12/30, Tucson, AZ
Pirate Inspired
Gasparilla Bowl, Georgia Tech vs. UCF, 12/22, Tampa, FL
* Presented by Union Home Mortgage
Honorary
Celebration Bowl, Howard vs. Florida A&M, 12/16, Atlanta, GA
Armed Forces Bowl, James Madison vs. Air Force, 12/23, Ft. Worth, TX
* Presented by Lockheed Martin
First Responder Bowl, Texas St. vs. Rice, 12/26, University Park, TX
* Presented by Servpro
Military Bowl, Tulane vs. Virginia Tech, 12/27, Annapolis, TX
* Presented by GoBowling.com
Pinstripe Bowl, Miami vs. Rutgers, 12/28, New York, NY
* Presented by Bad Boy Mowers
Liberty Bowl, Iowa State vs. Memphis, 12/29, Memphis, TN
* Presented by AutoZone
Animal
Gator Bowl, Clemson vs Kentucky, 12/29, * Presented by TaxSlayer
Product With A Million Uses
Cotton Bowl, Ohio State vs. Missouri, 12/29, Arlington, TX
* Presented by Goodyear
Let's not forget The 2024 College Football Playoff National
Championship scheduled on January 8th, 2024, at NRG Stadium in
Houston. It will be the tenth and final College Football Playoff National Championship under the 4-team CFP format and will determine the National Champion for the 2023 Season. Sponsored by AT&T, the game will be officially known as the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T.
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Andy Dolich operates Dolich & Associates, a sports consultancy, in Los Altos. A local resident, Dolich has more than 50 years of experience as an executive in professional sports, working with the Oakland A's, San Francisco 49ers, Golden State Warriors, and hockey and soccer teams. Dolich is also the co-author of Goodbye, Oakland, is available in bookstores and from Triumph Books. For earlier articles by Andy Dolich published in Sports Today! click HERE.
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Jackson-Davis was drafted 57th overall by the Golden State Warriors in the second round in the 2023 NBA Draft. The pick was initially held by the Washington Wizards, who traded the rights to Jackson-Davis for cash considerations on draft night.
Sports Today's Pat on our Backs
Attn: Sports Today Readers: Due to Christmas and New Year holidays, we have reached back into our Reader Mailbag to illustrate what you may already know: that Sports Today's NorCal sports news is superior to what you may hear on the radio or witness on television, and to urge you to read Sports Today slowly and carefully. Be it in Letters from readers or articles from our roster of distinguished, legendary contributors, there is only ONE bona fide source for NorCal sports: Sports Today!, and we thank you for being part of the team.
To prove the point, witness the Letter below from Jacques Diamond, from Issue No. 491, June 26 - July 2, 2023. This past week, as the Warriors were victorious in overtime over the supposedly invincible Boston Celtics, one new hero emerged -- a player who had been ignored by all media when the NBA draft was held. Trayce Jackson-Davis is that hero, and regular Sports Today reader and Letter-contributor Jacques Diamond, alone, had predicted it. He also included a YouTube link of all Trayce's college dunks from his four years at Indiana, which we have included, and urge you to watch
and enjoy.
Letters to the Editor
Issue 491, June 26 - July 2, 2023
Golden State's Draft Steal
As part of the Jordan Poole/Chris Paul wheelin' and dealin', like the gift of PBJ to the Wizards (almost everyone is a fan of Peanut Butter and Jelly), the Warriors received the Wizard's #57 pick and selected Indiana University's Trayce Jackson-Davis.
As he had watched the draft pass on him, Jackson-Davis tweeted: “Y’all will regret it . . . I promise you.” Well, the Warriors won't regret it, and it sure seemed time to pick a four-year college veteran, especially from a top conference, as so many of the early picks were from Basketball Trade School Academies or were G-Leaguers or one-year college wonders, largely anonymous to most viewers of draft coverage.
Jackson-Davis will be a solid addition and important complement to Kevon Looney, the Dubs' rugged blue-collar rebounder and defender. Purdue coach Matt Painter, whose Boilermakers had ample opportunities to observe Trayce 'up close and personal,' called Trayce: "a fabulous, great person, great player. When we made moves, our guys just bounced off him. He's a got a great future."
He ended his IU career with 2,211 points, 1,124 rebounds, 260 blocks and 49 career double-doubles.
Watch all the dunks of the newest Warrior: It's an impressive display of power and dexterity. Welcome aboard, Trayce!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpAWfBludHs
Jacques Diamond
Oakland, CA
Thank you, and Happy New Year!
Robert A. Moselle, Marketing Director, Sports Today!
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Contents
Columns
Hardly Trivial by T. Buff
Games
Saint Mary's Gaels (MBkB) 64, Missouri State Bears 69
USF Dons (MBkB) 77, Fresno State Bulldogs 57
Special Features
Sports Today Goes TikTok, by Ammar Bhaiji
Features & Commentary
Barry Bonds, from the Autograph Collection of Rich Yee
BOWLA, BOWLA, by Andy Dolich
Gondola for the Dodgers, by Amaury Pi-Gonzalez
It was the Best of Games and the Worst of Times, by Howard Pearlstein
Spread Christmas Cheer -- Your Support is Welcome!
The Weekly Longer NIL Thought, by Darren Heitner, Esq.
Organizations
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Cal Bears
Cal State University East Bay
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
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San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose State Spartans
Santa Clara Broncos
Sonoma Raceway
St. Francis Yacht Club
Stanford Cardinal
UC Davis Aggies
University of Pacific Tigers
USF Dons
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna
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Golden State Warriors 129
Washington Wizards 118
Chase Center, San Francisco
December 22, 2023
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Dubs Rolling
Minus Green,
Reliving '75?
by Dave Newhouse
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It’s a vitally important question the Warriors must ask themselves: Can they win a championship without Draymond Green?
The Warriors suddenly are starting to resemble a champion, and it’s without the quick-trigger temper of Green, who’s under another suspension. The Warriors maintain that they must hold together the Big Three — Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Green — or their winning days are over. But study how well they’re playing without Green.
They’ve suddenly caught fire, and a throwback look is the reason — the Warriors are getting valuable minutes from 10 players a game, much like the Warriors’ NBA champions of 1975. And it’s minus Green.
Steve Kerr can come up with a myriad of reasons why Green is essential to the team's success: He plays tough defense, runs the court well, and will make a key play down the stretch — a steal or a pass — to aid another victory.
However, his punch of teammate Jordan Poole derailed the Warriors’ entire season, even Kerr admitted, a year ago. And yet the Warriors rewarded this continued troublemaker with a huge contract not so long ago.
Now they have to ask themselves why, because they are a better team without him, and you’d swear that it's Al Attles’ team-oriented Warriors of a half-century ago that we're watching lately.
Back in ’75, the Warriors had a basic regular season, but they came together late and took off in the post-season. Expected to get swept by the Washington Bullets in the NBA finals, the Warriors did the sweeping in the greatest championship series upset.
Now observe the current Warriors, and you can detect the same scenario unfolding. Kerr, like Attles, is using virtually the whole bench to pull out wins.
Attles started Rick Barry, Keith (later Jamal) Wilkes, Clifford Ray, Butch Beard and Charlie Johnson. Attles then substituted Phil Smith, Derrick Dickey, George Johnson, Charles Dudley and Bill Bridges, creating a new NBA direction of mass substitutions.
Kerr has even more bodies to interchange, a “problem” that can only grow when Green returns eventually.
Observe how the Warriors are doing in the interim. Two rookies, Brandin Podziemski and Trayce Jackson-Davis, are getting valuable minutes. Jonathan Kuminga has taken his game up a notch. Thompson has returned to shooting form, and Curry still is Curry — the NBA’s best shooter ever. His Purvis Short-like roof-touching, game-winning overtime jumper against Boston helped fuel the Warriors’ current ascent, just after Jackson-Davis’ classic block of Jaylen Brown’s dunk lit the fuse.
Green aside, consider how much better the Warriors will be when Andrew Wiggins, so important with his athleticism, and Gary Payton II, so instrumental with his versatility, return from injuries, adding to the team’s 1975-like combination.
Chris Paul runs the offense with efficiency when he comes off the bench, Kevon Looney is a steady influence in the pivot, Moses Moody is another young player with a skill set, and Dario Saric is a gunner from afar.
Paul is remindful of Beard at point guard, Curry is a game-turner like Barry, Podziemski and Jackson-Davis are youthful replicas of Wilkes and Smith, Jackson-Davis also blocks shots like Johnson, Kuminga is instant offense like Dickey, Kevon Looney is Ray without the glare, Payton II is an all-around contributor like Dudley, and Saric bombs from outside like Johnson, a corner assassin. Bridges was like Green — big, tough, smart, but restrained.
When Green returns, what happens next? Does he help or hinder the progress that’s been made without him? Your call, Steve Kerr.
Happy Holidays, everyone.
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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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Giants officially introduce Lee
Maria Guardado
@mi_guardado
SAN FRANCISCO -- Jung Hoo Lee put on his new Giants cap, tucked his hair behind his ears and immediately flashed his charm by leaning into the microphone to pose an important question to the two dozen or so media members who gathered for his introductory press conference at Oracle Park on Friday afternoon.
“Handsome?” Lee asked, drawing laughs from the crowd.
The Giants sure like the look of the 25-year-old Lee, who is expected to serve as the club’s new center fielder after inking a six-year, $113 million contract that includes an opt-out after the 2027 season.
“We think this is an absolutely perfect fit,” president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi said. “As we’ve talked about entering this offseason, our goals were to get more athletic as a team, from an offensive standpoint to make more contact and play the kind of baseball where the industry seems to be trending towards. Honestly, as we looked at our options this offseason, there was no player, no target, who was more of a perfect fit for what we were hoping to achieve than Jung Hoo.”
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Maria Guardado covers the Giants for MLB.com.
She previously covered the Angels from 2017-18.
For a full report, click HERE.
www.sfgiants.com
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Attend the Giants & KNBR FanFest Tour with stops in Sacramento, San Jose and Napa
Open House at Oracle Park is Saturday, March 9
The Giants & KNBR FanFest Tour 2024 is a new, reimagined experience for Giants fans that transforms the traditional one-day
San Francisco-based event into an expanded series across Northern California. Current and former Giants players, coaches, broadcasters and Lou Seal will caravan to meet fans in their local communities
-- including Sacramento, San Jose and Napa -- to sign autographs, participate in Q&A sessions, distribute merchandise and more.
The tour will end with an Open House at Oracle Park on Saturday, March 9 providing fans with access to often restricted ballpark locations -- including the field, clubhouse, broadcast booth and dugout. Meet-and-greets and autograph opportunities with Giants alumni and photo opportunities with Lou Seal and the World Series Trophies will also be available. Fans in San Francisco will be able to interact with players in Scottsdale, using new technology. The Giants Spring Training game in Scottsdale will be broadcast on the scoreboard during the event.
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Tyler Soderstrom being interviewed in the dugout.
Photo by Darren Yamashita.
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Confidence the Key to Soderstrom's Success
Martín Gallegos @MartinJGallegos
This story was excerpted from Martín Gallegos’ A’s Beat newsletter.
To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to receive
it regularly in your inbox.
From amateur baseball to the pros, Tyler Soderstrom has always been considered a phenom. The best player on whatever team he was on. So when he encountered struggles in his first taste of big league action this past season, the lack of immediate success wore on him.
“The biggest thing I’ve got to work on is keep my confidence,” Soderstrom said on Sept. 10. “Learning to be confident all the time, no matter if it’s going bad or good. I know I’m a great player and I know I’m going to play in this league for a long time. That’s my mindset, and I’m just going to keep going with it.”
Soderstrom was called up to the Majors along with Zack Gelof on July 14. Rated the club’s Nos. 1 and 3 prospects by MLB Pipeline at the time and viewed as future potential franchise cornerstones of the A’s, the duo’s arrival on the same day felt like the beginning of a new era for Oakland.
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For a full report, click HERE.
www.athletics.com
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(L to R) Oakland A's outfielder Billy North, authors Dave Newhouse and Arif Khatib. Photo by Ed Jay. | |
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A rendering of a proposed Dodger Stadium gondola project that would aim to ferry up to 5,000 passengers an hour from Union Station in downtown L.A. to the stadium. (LA Aerial Rapid Transit) | | |
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A Gondola for the Dodgers
by Amaury Pi-Gonzalez
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Remember when the A’s talked about building a Gondola to transport people to their future new home at Howard Terminal? It was in January 2019, and it was met with many bad jokes, primarily by cynical A’s fans. Something similar is in the works for the Los Angeles Dodgers to alleviate traffic to the games at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Aerial Rapid Transit gondola was proposed by Aerial Rapid Transit Technologies LLC, an entity created by McCourt Global.
The company’s CEO is Frank H. McCourt, who owned the Los Angeles Dodgers and the stadium from 2004 to 2012. Originally, the LA gondola was said it would cost $125 million. Still, after all the environmental studies (as usually happens in costly California constructions), the cost now looks like a half-billion dollars for the project.
The aerial system would get fans from downtown Union Station to Dodger Stadium in about seven minutes. Up to 5,500 people per hour in each direction, which means that 10,000 fans could be transported to Dodger Stadium two hours before the start of a game.
Anybody who has attended games at Dodger Stadium has experienced the incredible amount of traffic going to a baseball park which averages about 47,000 fans per game. The Dodgers have led MLB in attendance for a few years now.
No city in North America has more automobiles than Los Angeles, so a gondola to Dodger Stadium is practical and it is not a joke and makes sense. Coincidentally, if approved, the gondola would take thousands of fans from Union Station to Dodger Stadium in seven minutes, just in time for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
The gondola is planned to be inaugurated in 2028, the same year the Oakland Athletics plan to inaugurate their new ballpark in the Las Vegas Strip, but…without a gondola. Finally, and ‘for the record,’ the Dodger Stadium gondola was planned years before the Oakland A’s announced they wanted to have one for what was to be their new home at Howard Terminal.
Gondola Trivia: The original gondola has existed in Venice, Italy since the 11th century. It is estimated that there were eight to ten thousand gondolas during the 17th and 18th centuries, most over the canals of Venice. There are only 400 hundred in active service today, most of them used by tourists.
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Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play voice on the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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Newsletter, Image, Likeness
Vol. 59: Having An Attorney Or Agent Read NIL Contracts Matters
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The Weekly Longer NIL Thought
by Darren Heitner
Founder of HEITNERLEGAL
"Having an attorney or agent read contracts matter. Happy more athletes are doing this."
Pete Nakos, my friend and one of the best writers when it comes to NIL, tweeted that sentence as National Signing Day came to a close.
Unfortunately, it's only partially true.
Having an attorney or agent read contracts before they are executed, and negotiate them, and redline them, and explain them, is vital.
And more college-bound athletes do seem to be retaining counsel to be a part of this process. It has been my honor to work with some of them.
But not enough high-profile players are working with competent counsel and it could come to severely bite them later on if things do not go according to plan.
Nakos' tweet was impliedly a reaction to Jeremiah Smith's agent reading the terms of his NIL-related paperwork before Smith's National Letter of Intent (NLI) was signed. Smith is the player who nearly made Ohio State head coach Ryan Day faint. He had appeared to sign his NLI during a ceremony at his high school but then waited a while to send it in, which led to some speculation as to whether he would make a last-minute flip.
Anyhow, kudos to Smith and the myriad of other players who had at least one representative assisting them with their affairs.
Yet, I'm concerned by some other stories I heard in and around National Signing Day.
Thus, you may be wondering what its relevance is to a newsletter focused on NIL.
Judge Bailey does make references to NIL within the 31-page order.
On Page 9 of the order, he describes the process of schools wooing players to transfer from one institution to another.
"Once an institution lures an athlete to transfer to their school (often with the promise of NIL money), the institution does not want anyone else to take the student-athlete as a transfer," wrote Judge Bailey.
I found it interesting to see a federal judge put that in writing. We all know this type of "NIL" activity is occurring rampantly, but I don't recall a judge ever acknowledging same. It flies in the face of the NCAA interim NIL policy, which continues to preclude such type of inducement-related activity.
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For a full report, click HERE.
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Saint Mary's Gaels 64
Missouri State Bears 69
UCU Pavilion, Moraga
Saturday, December 23, 2023
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Saint Mary's Gaels guard Augustas Marciulionis led the team with 17 points and five assists as the Gaels dropped a 69-64 decision to the Missouri State Bears on Saturday, December 23rd at UCU Pavilion in Moraga. Caption and photo by Darren Yamashita. | |
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Check out Season 3 of The Charge
on NBC Sports Bay Area
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The debut of season three for The Charge, San José State's All-Access Show, aired recently on NBC Sports Bay Area. There will be several re-airs throughout January on NBC Sports California.
Season 3, Episode 1
- First segment: Meet the Jenkins twins that helped lead the football team to a second consecutive bowl game and the first Mountain West championship in 2020.
- Second segment: The men's golf team took a global trip to Japan to compete in a world/amateur golf tournament.
- Third segment: Professional women's soccer is back in the Bay Area as Bay FC will partner with SJSU.
- Fourth segment: The men's water polo team captured the inaugural West Coast Conference championship in stunning fashion.
#AllSpartans
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USF Dons 77
Fresno State Bulldogs 57
War Memorial Gym, Sobrato Center, San Francisco
Friday, December 22
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USF Dons guard Malik Thomas hit four three-pointers on the way to 22 points as the Dons defeated the Fresno State Bulldogs, 77-57, at War Memorial Gym at the Sobrato Center on Friday, December 22nd. Caption and photo by Darren Yamashita. | |
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Creator Ammar Bhaiji is a Cal alumni who graduated in the Spring of 2023. Ammar majored in public health and hopes to attend medical school in the future, but is taking some time to explore other passions, including social media and football. Outside of sports and social media reporting, Ammar enjoys the outdoors, swimming, and hanging
out with friends.
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It was the Best of Games and
the Worst of Times
by Howard Pearlstein
The game was the best. Even though the Dubs had beaten them for the 2022 Championship, I was still haunted by the 1950s Warriors’ gestalt. A great season, visions of playoffs dancing in the rafters… and then the Celtics would come to town: Bill Russell, Bob Cousy Tommy Heinsohn, Bill Sharman, Sam Jones, Arnie Risen, Andy Philip -- every All-Star but Godzilla, if he’d been available.
Still, we have Steph. And Klay and Wiggs and Looney have been handing multi-point middle-finger games to the “career is over” doubters in the peanut gallery.
The starting lineup: Steph, Podziemski, Looney, Kuminga, Klay. It looked like Coach Kerr was going with his ideal: 10 players, all starters, Mix and Match the five on the court at any time according to needs of the moment.
Kerr’s fluid roster was working, coming from never too-far behind to tie it for OT, Dubs players giving Curry protection through the fourth quarter, killing the Celtics’ belief that the five fouls would put him out, handing the surprised Celtics a sort of tutorial on what it means when all the players are really working together on the same page.
And the worst? It starts with the crappy “big time” announcers we get with big games. Kevin Harlan obviously reading the research squib about Podziemski for the first time. Sloppy, chatting, not even noticing an amazing play a few minutes into the game: Kuminga passed the ball to Klay, his 3-point shot blocked straight up by Derrick White and fielded by Kuminga who took it in for a layup. (The announcers thought it was a second-chance rebound.) So ok, I’m small-time and I’m used to announcers like Fitz and Buike, who actually watch the game and know what they’re talking about.
But then comes the real stinker. The infamous turd in the punchbowl showed up early, just before seven minutes in the first quarter. Steph scored and drew a foul, but before the shot, the TNT feed turned to commercials – to the congenial Jamie Foxx, smiling into the camera and asking: “Oh, what’s up? Watching the game? Or one later? Put a little Bet-um GM action on it and any game becomes THE game.”
I figured, ok, a little sleazy, people betting on making the foul shot or not.
But then, below his smiling face, bottom third of the screen green with white type showing the BETMGM logo ALWAYS BET RESPONSIBLY. Below that: GAMBLING PROBLEM? CALL 1-800 GAMBLER and a series of locations with the various phone numbers to call. And I thought, this one makes the Hall of Fame for Hypocritical Bullshit. Come on, bet on the game, come on… but be responsible…. it got worse.
That was just the first half of what we used to call a Split-60 – two short commercials tied together so they’d always be shown in that order.
“Ready to sell your car? Just enter your info on CarMax.com and get a real offer in two minutes or less. Yeah, it’s that easy.” A family in a red sedan. “Car-selling re-imagined.” We see the family, the red car disappears, they land on their butts on the blacktop. Smiling.
Later, we see a FanDuel logo across the front of the check-in table. Athletes used to be thrown out for gambling. Now the bookies own the game. And their spokesman is the late Oscar Brown Junior’s
Mr. Kicks:
“I teach a course in ruination from the devil’s text
For fools who can’t withstand temptation,
Step right up, you’re next”
Progress – ain’t it grand?
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Howard Pearlstein has been a few places and done a few things.
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Barry Bonds -- from the Autograph Collection of Rich Yee | |
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As far as I know, Barry Bonds has never appeared at a sports collector show. He has always been a very difficult autograph to obtain. A few years ago he did a private signing to avoid the fan interaction and charged quite a bit to sign items. I purchased this 11x14 inch photo from that signing which included his own hologram near his signature. No San Francisco Giants collection would be complete without something from Barry Bonds.
Rich Yee, Sports Today Photographer
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Quakes Foundation, PG&E Foundation to Donate $200,000 Toward 50,000 Meals for Earthquakes’ 50th Anniversary
Community partnership to assist multiple organizations in fighting food insecurity
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The Quakes Foundation, in partnership with The PG&E Corporation Foundation (PG&E Foundation), will donate a total of $200,000 for 50,000 meals to help fight food insecurity in 2024. In honor of the Earthquakes’ upcoming 50th anniversary season, the club and The PG&E Foundation will work with 10 Bay Area organizations to distribute the meals, including Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen, Hunger at Home, and Martha’s Kitchen. Additional organizations will be announced later.
This initiative stems from the Earthquakes’ Pledge 74 campaign, an organization-wide program that aims to combat food insecurity concerns in the Bay Area. Pledge 74 was named after the team’s founding in 1974 and carries with it a legacy of nearly 50 years of community service.
“We couldn’t be more excited to partner with The PG&E Foundation and our local organizations to address food insecurity in our community,” said Earthquakes President Jared Shawlee. “This partnership aligns with our Pledge 74 program to have a major impact on this issue. As we celebrate our 50th anniversary, we recognize our history as a community steward and look forward to supporting our fans and families for the next 50 years.”
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www.sjearthquakes.com
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The Trans Am Series has been thrilling fans and drivers alike since 1966, with a range of classes that include production-based entries all the way up to the iconic 850-plus horsepower Trans Am class. Come see America’s muscle like Mustangs, Camaros, and Challengers competing against European-based Audi and Mercedes-AMG for racing honors on Monterey County’s iconic racecourse, Trans Am’s spiritual Monterey home.
Supporting the modern-day racing is a full grid of the original Historic Trans Am racers of the past that made the series so dominating. These historic Trans Am cars of the ‘60s and ‘70s will once again roar to life on the same track where driving legends once competed in door-to-door and paint-swapping action.
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New Racing Surface to Greet Drivers at Sonoma Raceway; Bay Cities Paving & Grading
to Repave Iconic Racing Surface
Photo courtesy Brandy Falconer
SONOMA, Calif. (December 5, 2023) – Racers and fans are about to be treated to a newly paved surface at California’s busiest racing facility.
Sonoma Raceway announced today a significant milestone in its ongoing commitment to providing the best racing experience for fans and drivers alike. The world-renowned road course will undergo a comprehensive repaving project in preparation for the June 7-9, 2024 NASCAR race weekend.
“Our racing surface is in use more than 300 days per year,” said Brian Flynn, executive vice president and general manager of Sonoma Raceway. “While our headline event is the Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR weekend, our raceway is used by car clubs, automotive enthusiasts, corporate clients and manufacturers on a daily basis. It’s important that we continue to upgrade this first-class facility for everyone who comes to Sonoma Raceway.”
Local area business Bay Cities Paving & Grading of Concord, CA has been awarded the contract for the project.
“We’re thrilled to have our repaving project managed by a Bay Area company,” Flynn said. “This is part of our continuing effort to work within our community while producing world-class events that bring in guests from around the country and the world.”
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www.sonomaraceway.com
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No. 7 Cal Opens Season At Mean Girls Super 16
Golden Bears To Face Alabama, Auburn, UCLA
BERKELEY- The No. 7 California women's gymnastics team will begin its 2024 campaign at the Mean Girls Super 16 Gymnastics Championships on Saturday, Jan. 6 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.
For the second-straight year the Golden Bears will compete in the biggest regular season event in collegiate gymnastics history that features 16 NCAA teams and over 300 student-athletes. Cal will compete in the final quad meet of the weekend which begins at 6 p.m. and features No. 5 UCLA, No. 8 Alabama, and No. 17 Auburn.
The rest of the field includes No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 6 Michigan, No. 9 Kentucky, No. 10 Denver, No. 11 Michigan State, No. 13 Oregon State, No. 18 Minnesota, No. 21 Washington, No. 24 Southern Utah, No. 26 Illinois, No. 31 BYU, and San Jose State.
In 2023 the Bears won their quad and recorded the second-highest team score out of all 16 teams in attendance notching a 197.475.
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www.calbears.com
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Cold Shooting Night Hinders Stanford
in San Diego
Stanford closed its non-conference action
against the Aztecs
SAN DIEGO – Taking the court for the final time before the start of Pac-12 competition, Stanford men's basketball dropped a 74-60 contest to San Diego State at Viejas Arena.
Maxime Raynaud led the offense with 15 points and a game-high seven rebounds, while Michael Jones and Brandon Angel were in double figures with 14 and 10 points apiece. The Cardinal, which entered the night leading the Pac-12 in made 3-pointers per game, shot just 3-for-20 from beyond the arc and 40.8 percent from the field on the night. Stanford made 17 of 19 free throws (89.5%).
Stanford led for a majority of the first half, and took an early five-point lead, 10-5, after six early points from Raynaud. The Cardinal was unable to extend its lead, with the entire period played within two possessions. Jones scored four points later in the frame, but San Diego State scored the final four to take a two-point edge into the half, 34-32.
The Aztecs went on a 15-3 run to open the second half and create separation. Andrej Stojakovic scored all six of his points in the second half, and Stanford cut the lead to 10 on three different occasions, but the Aztecs held on for the victory.
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Photo: Orlando Ramirez - USA TODAY Sports
www.gostanford.com
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SPARTANS TAKE DOWN SANTA CLARA, 81-78
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Myron (MJ) Amey Jr. scored 17 points and Alvaro Cardenas recorded a double-double to lead the San José State men's basketball team (7-6, 0-0 MW) in an 81-78 win over Santa Clara (8-5, 0-0 WCC) on Wednesday night.
In addition to his 17 points, Amey Jr. filled the stat sheet with nine rebounds, five assists, four steals and one block.
Cardenas registered 14 points and 10 assists for his third double-double in his last four games.
Latrell Davis tallied 12 points and a career-high seven rebounds.
Tibet Görener also produced 12 points, shooting an efficient 50 percent from the field.
Adrame Diongue marked his return to action with a career-high 10 points.
William Humer was a game-high +17.
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WBB | Gaels Come Back for 61-56 Win at Denver
DENVER – Saint Mary's Women's Basketball won the final three quarters at Denver University on Thursday night for a 61-56 comeback win over the Pioneers.
If taking on the Cal State East Bay Pioneers in SMC's last game was like a big leaguer going down a level to get their swing right, the start of the game versus the Denver Pioneers saw the Gaels miss on some fastballs down the middle.
Saint Mary's struggled offensively to start the game, including missing some open layups, even on fast break opportunities. They found themselves down by 11 to start the second quarter before going on a 11-0 run.
A couple of layups from Addison Wedin to start the quarter helped give the Gaels some offensive stability before the run started with a basket and the foul for Tayla Dalton. The three-point play cut it the deficit to eight with 6:40 to go in the second frame, and gave the Gaels some momentum.
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#GaelsRise --- Photo/Tod Fierner
www.smcgaels.com
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Dons Power Past Bulldogs for Tenth Win
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Picking up another dominant win at home, the University of San Francisco men's basketball team (10-4) used a second half surge to take down Fresno State (6-6), 77-57, on Friday evening at War Memorial at the Sobrato Center.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
Matching each other out of the gates, Fresno State scored the first four points of the ballgame to get the evening started, but San Francisco responded by knocking down back-to-back three-pointers courtesy of Malik Thomas and Marcus Williams to take their first lead of the night, 6-4, at 17:33.
After the Bulldogs fought back to retake their advantage, 9-8, following a layup from Isaac Tavares at 15:33, Ryan Beasley cashed in on a triple of his own at 14:42 to put the Dons back in front, 11-10.
Over the next three-plus minutes, the green and gold found their rhythm offensively as USF used a 10-0 run to stretch their lead to double digits, 21-10, after Williams nailed a jumper in the paint at 10:47. Shortly thereafter, Fresno State answered with an 8-0 run of their own to make it a three-point contest, 21-18, with 7:56 remaining in the first half.
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Photo: Christina Leung
www.usfdons.com
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Women's Basketball Tops Cal State Fullerton
FULLERTON, Calif. – Santa Clara women's basketball picked up its 11th nonconference win of the season at Cal State Fullerton on Thursday evening 76-57. The Broncos jumped out to an early lead and made a big halftime advantage hold up.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Santa Clara (11-3) started quick, scoring the first 13 points before Fullerton (4-6) finally got on the board with a pair of free throws at the 5:04 mark in the first quarter. The Titans missed their first seven field goals of the game over the first 6:46.
The Broncos lead hung around 10 for most of the second quarter until a 9-0 run to end the half stretched their lead out to 43-24.
The second half was much more even but Santa Clara's lead from the first half meant the Broncos came away with the comfortable 19-point win.
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Photo: Christina Leung / Santa Clara Athletics
www.santaclarabroncos.com
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PERALTA, VAVIC NAMED ACWPC
ALL-AMERICANS
STOCKTON, Calif. – Graduate student Stefan Vavic and fifth-year senior Rene Peralta were named ACWPC Men's Water Polo All-America Honorable Mention selections, the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches announced Thursday.
"I'm extremely happy for Rene and Stefan to be recognized for their excellent play this year," said Pacific head coach James Graham. "They were elite at both ends of the pool and were fantastic leaders. Congrats to Rene and Stefan. They truly deserve it."
The ACWPC All-America award is a prestigious honor that recognizes athletes nationally and throughout all collegiate divisions. This award is presented to water polo athletes who exhibit immense talent in the pool, provide leadership, and have helped build and advance the sport. Recipients are selected by ACWPC member coaches.
Vavic and Peralta were key catalysts for the offense of the Tigers, who were nationally ranked the entire campaign as part of their inaugural season in the West Coast Conference.
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www.pacifictigers.com
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Aggies Open 2024 Season at Home
DAVIS, Calif. — The UC Davis gymnastics team will open up the 2024 season at home against Causeway rivals Sacramento State on Sunday, Jan. 7. The meet will begin at 2 p.m. at the University Credit Union Center.
"I am excited for this upcoming season and can't wait to showcase the team's hard work in the fall," remarks head coach, Tanya Ho. "We have thirteen returners coming off a successful 2023 campaign and three newcomers who will make an immediate impact."
FIRST YEAR AS HEAD COACH
After a sparkling season as interim head coach, Tanya Ho will begin her first official season as head coach of the UC Davis gymnastics team. Ho took the interim position for the 2023 season, and what a season it was. She led the Aggies to their first conference championship since 2015 and earned MPSF Head Coach of the Year honors. She posts her own impressive record, as a notable Aggie alumna. Ho is a 2010 UC Davis grad, who majored in exercise biology and was a majorly successful student-athlete. Ho won 13 All-MPSF awards and nine conference weekly honors. She was the first Aggie gymnast to make three straight trips to the NCAA postseason, the second to make the region meet in back-to-back years as an all-arounder, and the fourth to crack the 39-point barrier in the all-around. She was also inducted into the Cal Aggie Hall of Fame in 2016.
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Pioneer Women's Basketball Drops Exhibition Game to Saint Mary's on Monday
MORAGA, Calif. - Cal State East Bay women's basketball traveled to Moraga on Monday to take on NCAA Division I member Saint Mary's College in Moraga for an exhibition game as Pioneers lost 83-67 inside University Credit Union Pavilion.
The Pioneers trailed by two at the end of the first quarter 22-20. In the second quarter, the Gaels pulled away outscoring the Pioneers by seven 18-11 for a 40-31 lead. Although the third quarter was even at 22-22, the Gaels pulled away in the fourth quarter for the 83-67 victory.
Peyton Sterk led the Pioneers in scoring with 19 points. Jaela Richardson had a double double with 12 points and a game high 16 rebounds.
Also scoring in double figures for the Pioneers were Kayla Rosemon with 18 points and Lailah Carey with 12.
Defensively, Richardson had a pair of blocks and three steals.
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Photo/Rob Edwards / KLC foto
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SAN FRANCISCO & TINSELY ISLAND
St. Francis Yacht Club’s facilities include the city clubhouse, an historic Mission-style building on the waterfront adjacent to Crissy Field and the Marina District of San Francisco, and Tinsley Island, a 40-acre private island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The city clubhouse provides a boating and social venue for members and their guests, featuring deep-water docks, three outstanding dining rooms and incredible event spaces with vistas of the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Bay. Tinsley Island is approximately 60 miles from the clubhouse and accessed by a Club-owned launch or private boat. This year-round getaway for Members features docking and houseboats, on-island lodging and kitchen facilities, a swimming pool, small boat fleet for member use and a variety of other diversions in a rustic, relaxed setting.
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www.stfyc.com
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Saint Mary’s (MBkB) Gaels 64, Missouri State Bears 69,
December 23, 2023. Photos by Darren Yamashita.
USF (MBkB) Dons 77, Fresno State Bulldogs 57, December 22, 2023. Photos by Darren Yamashita.
Stanford (MBkB) Cardinal 82, Idaho Vandals 64, December 17, 2023. Photos by Darren Yamashita.
Hoodslam Oakland. December 4, 2023.
Photos by Rich Yee.
Cal (WBB) Bears 76, Nevada Wolf Pack 49, December 9, 2023. Photos by Darren Yamashita..
Cal (WBB) Bears 70, Gonzaga Bulldogs 78, December 7, 2023.
Photos by Darren Yamashita.
Cal (WBB) Bears 74, Saint Mary’s Gaels 69, December 2, 2023. Photos by Darren Yamashita.
Stanford Cardinal (FB) 23, Notre Dame Fighting Irish 56, November 25, 2023. Photos and captions by Alex Ho.
Cal Bears (FB) 33, UCLA Bruins 7. November 25, 2023.
Photos and captions by Darren Yamashita.
Golden State Warriors 118, San Antonio Spurs 112, November 24, 2023. Photos and captions by Rich Yee.
Cal Bears (WBB) 74, San Jose State Spartans 51, November 24, 2023. Photos and captions by Darren Yamashita.
UC Davis Aggies (FB) 31, Sacramento State Hornets 21, November 18, 2023. Photos and captions by Ron Sellers.
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Monday, December 25, through
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Monday, December 25
San Francisco 49ers vs. Baltimore Ravens, 5:15 p.m.
Las Vegas Raiders @ Kansas City Chiefs, 10 a.m.
Golden State Warriors @ Denver Nuggets, 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday, December 26
Wednesday, December 27
San Jose Sharks @ Los Angeles Kings, 7 p.m.
Thursday, December 28
Golden State Warriors vs. Miami Heat, 7 p.m.
San Jose Sharks vs. Edmonton Oilers, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 29
Saturday, December 30
Golden State Warriors vs. Dallas Mavericks, 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 31
San Francisco 49ers @ Washington Commanders, 10 a.m.
Las Vegas Raiders @ Indianapolis Colts, 10 a.m.
San Jose Sharks vs. Colorado Avalanche, 5 p.m.
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