Russian tank manufacturer says that it is abandoning their most modern tank (Armata), citing that it's much cheaper to kill Russian crews via poor engineering with older models and because they've stolen everything they possibly can from the program anyways
Houthis get revenge on the US by attacking a Liberian-flagged Greek owned ship crewed by Filipino, Indian, and Vietnamese crew with a Chinese cargo bound for Saudi Arabia
And McConnell is not the first to cave to this craven bully. Nor do I expect will he be the last. Power justifies all bad acts seems to be the GOP motto.
I don’t think it’s notable for someone to be so craven if they face future elections, but realistically McConnell is not running again. You’d think possibly he might have a spine.
I watched through the first quarter and they were cruising. Seems like usually when they play like that early I wake up to see they lost. Not this time.
[USWNT] USA beats Canada on PKs in an epic battle to reach Gold Cup Final. Game had everything - horrific field conditions, questionable refs, OT/Penalties, after dark, goalie goals
"Theirs is an uninterrupted run of fanciful undergrad art projects that never leave the easel because under noted potato impersonator John Fisher and his wingless wingman Dave Kaval, they never get anything accomplished, as part of their grand strategy to wait for someone else to accomplish it for them."
LAS VEGAS - The California women's basketball team (18-13, 7-11 Pac-12) cruised to an opening-round victory against ninth-seeded Washington State and now is set to take on first-seeded Stanford (26-4, 15-3) at 2:30 p.m. PT on Thursday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – The swimmers took to the pool at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center on Wednesday for the opening night of the Pac-12 Championships. No. 2 California, competing without five of its top swimmers, captured third in the 800-free relay and took fourth in the 200-medley relay.
BERKELEY, Calif. - Army (2-4) closed the first half by scoring the final five goals before intermission to break open a close game and then rolled to a 15-4 win over the Cal lacrosse team on Wednesday at California Memorial Stadium.
Cal scored the game's first goal when Kennedy Goss found the back of the net unassisted with 11:21 remaining in the first, while Kalena Johnson also scored with 3:50 to go in the first to put Cal ahead, 2-1. Army scored the next three goals but when Alyssa Studdert found Kennedy Mason with 7:19 before the half the Golden Bears (1-5) were within a goal at 4-3.
BERKELEY – The 17th-ranked California women's tennis team opens Pac-12 Conference play in the Grand Canyon state, where the 17th-ranked Golden Bears play at 41st-ranked Arizona on Friday and at No. 30 Arizona State on Saturday.
BERKELEY – The No. 15 California softball team travels to Eugene, Oregon for the first Pac-12 Conference series of the season with three games against the Oregon Ducks at Jane Sanders Stadium.
First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. on Saturday and noon on Sunday with all three games carried live via Oregon Live Stream.
After seven straight away from home, the No. 4 California women's water polo team (8-3) returns to Spieker Aquatics Complex for a three-game home stand beginning Friday, March 8 against No. 21 Pacific (10-6). The Golden Bears defeated the Tigers 12-5 at the Stanford Invitational a little over a month ago behind three goals from freshman Feline Voordouw and 12 saves by senior goalkeeper Isabel Williams. On Sunday, Cal will host a Hawaii team that currently owns its highest national ranking in program history at No. 2. The Rainbow Wahine recently defeated the Bears 10-7 in the Barbara Kalbus Invitational Semifinals on Feb. 24.
BERKELEY – The California baseball team begins Pac-12 play when UCLA comes to Stu Gordon Stadium for a three-game series starting Friday starting at 6:05 p.m. All three games will be live streamed.
The Bears (8-3) got back into the win column on Tuesday evening with a 5-0 shutout of rival Stanford in a nonconference game. Cal improved its home winning streak to six games to open the 2024 season.
BERKELEY - California volleyball will play four spring matches during the month of April, giving fans their first opportunity to see first-year head coach Jen Malcom's 2024 squad.
The Golden Bears field 13 returners from the 2023 team, including reigning AVCA West Region and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year Maggie Li, All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention setter Annalea Maeder and rising fifth-year senior Sam Taumoepeau.
The California women's swimming & diving team had 15 student-athletes selected for the 2024 NCAA Division I championships on Wednesday morning, tied for the second-most in the country along with Texas.
BERKELEY – The California men's basketball team goes for its first season sweep of Stanford since 2009-10 when the two rivals meet Thursday night inside Maples Pavilion. The regular-season finale for both teams will tip off at 8 p.m. PST in a nationally-televised broadcast on ESPN2.
LAS VEGAS (AP) Leilani McIntosh scored 19 points and tied her career-high with five 3-pointers as eighth-seeded California beat ninth-seeded Washington State for the third time this season, posting a 65-44 victory on Wednesday in the opening round of the Pac-12 Tournament. The 19-point margin of victory is the largest for the Golden Bears in the Pac-12 Tournament since beating Washington State, 77-58, on March 7, 2019 in the opening round.
I think we may be getting a little ahead of ourselves. You see very few college coaches matriculating up into the pros nowadays. And the track record has not been good historically with those hires. Billy Donovan and Brad Stevens are prolly the last that I can recall. One won two chips and the other at least got to a championship final. We’re awhile away from touching those heights, and I’d gladly take the bargain of losing Madsen if that was the cost to get there.
No benefit in worrying about it. I hope Madsen has so much success here that he is mentioned as a candidate in every coaching search going forward. And if he leaves in three to five years as a result of that success, so be it. It will mean that we have had success and he has put the program in a better situation for the hand off to the next coach. Been fooled before, but I think he's sticking it out at least as far as to the extent of the promises he has made to himself and to the institution.
Colorado and Oregon met yesterday in the first round of the Pac 12 women's basketball tournament. Check out these stats: The Ducks scores by quarter:7, 4, 8 and 11. An 11-point first half followed by a relatively torrid 19 point second half that got their game total to 30 in a 79-30 loss. Oregon had one player hit three field goals and two others with two. Their three leading scorers had 9, 8 and 6 points. The Ducks shot 18.9% from the field and an incredible 7.7% on three pointers (1-13). Fortunately they hit 75% of their free throws for nine points, nearly a third of their point total. Also the Buffalos had four times as many assists as Oregon, 24-6. That's what I call a blowout.
Oregon has really fallen far and fast. That program is going to have to have a complete reset going into the B1G. Only question is do they think Kelly Graves, who has some notable accomplishments on his resume, is the guy for the rebuild, or is definitely not the person for the job.
Oracle Park in San Francisco is easily the best (which makes up for years at Candlestick which was -- with the possible exception of Oakland's dump -- easily the worst). Fenway Park is also a gem. Dodger Stadium is vastly overrated. It has all the charm of a strip mall.
Dodger Stadium: It's home for me, and the last bastion of LA fandom that I have left since leaving for the Bay. The perfect game day meal: Dodger Dog, nachos, cold beer, and a Cool-a-Coo for dessert.
Close second: Oracle Park (or whatever they're calling it nowadays). I hate the Giants (see above) but it is a fantastic place to watch a game.
Obviously Dodgers stadium because there is nothing to distract you from watching the game, other than the views of the San Gabriel Mountains.
Petco is really nice as is Pac Bell Park.
The only 2 other ballparks that I would make special trips to go see is Pittsburgh and Baltimore. The rest I'll see only if I happen to be in the area. For example, maybe ATL before or after the Auburn game, but I don't think I'll have time.
[EXCESSIVE FORCE, the Dwarven chief]: "So, Prince Charming, you're telling me she ate a poisoned apple and you rescued her with a kiss and now you're marrying her at the castle. And you're claiming that you didn't just try to get on her unconscious body after slipping her a roofie and then fleeing to another jurisdiction that your father runs after someone saw you?"
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SHE BLINDED ME WITH...
The European "Large Blue Butterfly" is metal AF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JoEWdV7tpQ
Carnian Pluvial Event -- and you thought Seattle's weather forecasts were predictable
https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/earth-rained-2-million-years
Bonnacon protects its hoard of platinum with this one silent but deadly defense
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn04rd314lro
pqtm
Scientists discover the 3rd dimension
https://www.sci.news/physics/single-atom-three-dimensional-imaging-12742.html
CHAOTIC WORLD
Russian tank manufacturer says that it is abandoning their most modern tank (Armata), citing that it's much cheaper to kill Russian crews via poor engineering with older models and because they've stolen everything they possibly can from the program anyways
https://defence-blog.com/russia-abandons-armata-tank-due-to-its-high-cost/
Houthis get revenge on the US by attacking a Liberian-flagged Greek owned ship crewed by Filipino, Indian, and Vietnamese crew with a Chinese cargo bound for Saudi Arabia
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68490695
The Global economy at its best!
Give the DBD a triple shot of a singer/band's songs (please include links)
The Crystal Method: Trip Like I Do (feat Filter), Keep Hope Alive, Name of the Game
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7SedYMP-PA
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=LZi4qE6Ll6E
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=hP8pItthKkg
Of Monsters and Men (from Iceland)
Little Talks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghb6eDopW8I
Visitor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq1lpEC70Hg
Dirty Paws: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCHUw7ACS8o
Steely Dan -
Kid Charlemagne - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ9Xk-VoGqo
Deacon Blues - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICK6e9WK2A8
Time out of Mind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhlB7lT7UNs
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Dean Phillips drops out
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/06/dean-phillips-drops-out-00145403
Senator endorses presidential candidate who once called him a "stone cold loser"
https://apnews.com/article/mitch-mcconnell-endorsement-donald-trump-super-tuesday-422a2ec6f19917b46804b4cf6ee40371
These people have no shame. It’s one thing to have policy/philosophical differences but to cave when attacked personally is pathetic.
And McConnell is not the first to cave to this craven bully. Nor do I expect will he be the last. Power justifies all bad acts seems to be the GOP motto.
I don’t think it’s notable for someone to be so craven if they face future elections, but realistically McConnell is not running again. You’d think possibly he might have a spine.
If you have been unable to evade media coverage of him, it reveals he has, not surprisingly, nothing left in the tank.
DBD AV CLUB
Coldplay's Chris Martin is exchanging in-laws from Blythe Danner to Melanie Griffin
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13166641/Chris-Martin-Dakota-Johnson-engaged-Coldplay-singer-set-wed-actress-Gwyneth-Paltrows-blessing.html
PRO
Update: Iditarod musher who shot a moose penalized two hours because he didn't field dress it well enough
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/39670290/iditarod-musher-gets-penalty-not-properly-gutting-moose-killed
Dubs dominate Bucks 125-90 at home
https://www.espn.com/nba/matchup/_/gameId/401585527
The ups and downs in the modern NBA are amazing
I watched through the first quarter and they were cruising. Seems like usually when they play like that early I wake up to see they lost. Not this time.
[USWNT] USA beats Canada on PKs in an epic battle to reach Gold Cup Final. Game had everything - horrific field conditions, questionable refs, OT/Penalties, after dark, goalie goals
https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/693476
The Las Vegas Athletics' Opera House
https://twitter.com/Athletics/status/1765115075994800441
I also heard an armadillo.
Ray Ratto is always good for some snark:
https://defector.com/as-unveil-renderings-of-yet-another-ballpark-that-will-never-be-built
"Theirs is an uninterrupted run of fanciful undergrad art projects that never leave the easel because under noted potato impersonator John Fisher and his wingless wingman Dave Kaval, they never get anything accomplished, as part of their grand strategy to wait for someone else to accomplish it for them."
Damn, that pretty much nails it.
It's delicious snark, as usual.
Jason Kelce had his ankles taped for his retirement speech
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/jason-kelce-had-eagles-trainer-who-s-fighting-cancer-tape-his-ankles-for-retirement-speech/ar-BB1jpXFI
KAT out with a torn meniscus.
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1765740182198722833
CAL
Yeeeeeee!
https://twitter.com/CalFootball/status/1765445673040982105
[WBB]Cal Faces No. 2 Stanford In Pac-12 Tournament Quarterfinals
https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/6/womens-basketball-cal-faces-no-2-stanford-in-pac-12-tournament-quarterfinals.aspx
LAS VEGAS - The California women's basketball team (18-13, 7-11 Pac-12) cruised to an opening-round victory against ninth-seeded Washington State and now is set to take on first-seeded Stanford (26-4, 15-3) at 2:30 p.m. PT on Thursday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
[MSWIM] Bears Battle On Opening Night Of Pac-12 Championships
https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/6/mens-swimming-diving-bears-battle-on-opening-night-of-pac-12-championships.aspx
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – The swimmers took to the pool at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center on Wednesday for the opening night of the Pac-12 Championships. No. 2 California, competing without five of its top swimmers, captured third in the 800-free relay and took fourth in the 200-medley relay.
[LAX] Cal Stopped By Army, 15-4
https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/6/lacrosse-cal-stopped-by-army-15-4.aspx
BERKELEY, Calif. - Army (2-4) closed the first half by scoring the final five goals before intermission to break open a close game and then rolled to a 15-4 win over the Cal lacrosse team on Wednesday at California Memorial Stadium.
Cal scored the game's first goal when Kennedy Goss found the back of the net unassisted with 11:21 remaining in the first, while Kalena Johnson also scored with 3:50 to go in the first to put Cal ahead, 2-1. Army scored the next three goals but when Alyssa Studdert found Kennedy Mason with 7:19 before the half the Golden Bears (1-5) were within a goal at 4-3.
[WTEN] No. 17 Cal Begins Pac-12 Schedule In Arizona
https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/6/womens-tennis-no-17-cal-begins-pac-12-slate-in-arizona.aspx
BERKELEY – The 17th-ranked California women's tennis team opens Pac-12 Conference play in the Grand Canyon state, where the 17th-ranked Golden Bears play at 41st-ranked Arizona on Friday and at No. 30 Arizona State on Saturday.
[SB] No. 15 Cal Opens Pac-12 Slate At Oregon
https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/6/softball-no-15-cal-opens-pac-12-play-at-oregon.aspx
BERKELEY – The No. 15 California softball team travels to Eugene, Oregon for the first Pac-12 Conference series of the season with three games against the Oregon Ducks at Jane Sanders Stadium.
First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. on Saturday and noon on Sunday with all three games carried live via Oregon Live Stream.
[WPOLO] No. 4 Bears Set To Begin Home Stand
https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/6/womens-water-polo-no-4-bears-set-to-begin-home-stand.aspx
After seven straight away from home, the No. 4 California women's water polo team (8-3) returns to Spieker Aquatics Complex for a three-game home stand beginning Friday, March 8 against No. 21 Pacific (10-6). The Golden Bears defeated the Tigers 12-5 at the Stanford Invitational a little over a month ago behind three goals from freshman Feline Voordouw and 12 saves by senior goalkeeper Isabel Williams. On Sunday, Cal will host a Hawaii team that currently owns its highest national ranking in program history at No. 2. The Rainbow Wahine recently defeated the Bears 10-7 in the Barbara Kalbus Invitational Semifinals on Feb. 24.
[BASE] Bears Begin Pac-12 Play Against Bruins
https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/6/baseball-bears-begin-pac-12-play-against-bruins.aspx
BERKELEY – The California baseball team begins Pac-12 play when UCLA comes to Stu Gordon Stadium for a three-game series starting Friday starting at 6:05 p.m. All three games will be live streamed.
The Bears (8-3) got back into the win column on Tuesday evening with a 5-0 shutout of rival Stanford in a nonconference game. Cal improved its home winning streak to six games to open the 2024 season.
[VB] Volleyball Announces Spring Schedule
https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/6/volleyball-announces-spring-schedule.aspx
BERKELEY - California volleyball will play four spring matches during the month of April, giving fans their first opportunity to see first-year head coach Jen Malcom's 2024 squad.
The Golden Bears field 13 returners from the 2023 team, including reigning AVCA West Region and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year Maggie Li, All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention setter Annalea Maeder and rising fifth-year senior Sam Taumoepeau.
[WSWIM] Bears Qualify 15 Individuals, 5 Relays For NCAAs
https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/6/womens-swimming-diving-bears-qualify-15-individuals-5-relays-for-ncaa-championships.aspx
The California women's swimming & diving team had 15 student-athletes selected for the 2024 NCAA Division I championships on Wednesday morning, tied for the second-most in the country along with Texas.
[MBB] Bears Close Regular Season At Stanford
https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/6/mens-basketball-bears-close-regular-season-at-stanford.aspx
BERKELEY – The California men's basketball team goes for its first season sweep of Stanford since 2009-10 when the two rivals meet Thursday night inside Maples Pavilion. The regular-season finale for both teams will tip off at 8 p.m. PST in a nationally-televised broadcast on ESPN2.
[WBB] Cal Dominates Washington State In Pac-12 Tournament Opener
https://calbears.com/news/2024/3/6/womens-basketball-cal-dominates-washington-state-in-pac-12-tournament-opener.aspx
LAS VEGAS (AP) Leilani McIntosh scored 19 points and tied her career-high with five 3-pointers as eighth-seeded California beat ninth-seeded Washington State for the third time this season, posting a 65-44 victory on Wednesday in the opening round of the Pac-12 Tournament. The 19-point margin of victory is the largest for the Golden Bears in the Pac-12 Tournament since beating Washington State, 77-58, on March 7, 2019 in the opening round.
I'm going to Maples tonight. Anyone else? Gonna thank Hasse personally for his stellar service over the past nine years.
Don’t poke fate too much…until they hire a new coach, there’s still a chance they jack Madsen…
I have no real fear of Mad Dog jumping ship just yet, even for the Farm. Loyalty is his m.o.
I totally agree regarding Madsen’s character, and I would be surprised if he bolted after a year.
HOWEVER, it IS Jim Knowlton and this IS Cal, sooooooo pretty much every scenario is on the table, if we’re being honest.
I feel much like with Mariucci, the larger concern with Madsen would probably be jumping to the pros.
I think we may be getting a little ahead of ourselves. You see very few college coaches matriculating up into the pros nowadays. And the track record has not been good historically with those hires. Billy Donovan and Brad Stevens are prolly the last that I can recall. One won two chips and the other at least got to a championship final. We’re awhile away from touching those heights, and I’d gladly take the bargain of losing Madsen if that was the cost to get there.
My worry is in, let's say 5 years, if the next Furd coach flames out and MM has us making the NCAA a few times, they come calling again.
No benefit in worrying about it. I hope Madsen has so much success here that he is mentioned as a candidate in every coaching search going forward. And if he leaves in three to five years as a result of that success, so be it. It will mean that we have had success and he has put the program in a better situation for the hand off to the next coach. Been fooled before, but I think he's sticking it out at least as far as to the extent of the promises he has made to himself and to the institution.
yeah I guess that's true. As long as we don't end up with a Wyking after.
GO!
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Colorado and Oregon met yesterday in the first round of the Pac 12 women's basketball tournament. Check out these stats: The Ducks scores by quarter:7, 4, 8 and 11. An 11-point first half followed by a relatively torrid 19 point second half that got their game total to 30 in a 79-30 loss. Oregon had one player hit three field goals and two others with two. Their three leading scorers had 9, 8 and 6 points. The Ducks shot 18.9% from the field and an incredible 7.7% on three pointers (1-13). Fortunately they hit 75% of their free throws for nine points, nearly a third of their point total. Also the Buffalos had four times as many assists as Oregon, 24-6. That's what I call a blowout.
Oregon has really fallen far and fast. That program is going to have to have a complete reset going into the B1G. Only question is do they think Kelly Graves, who has some notable accomplishments on his resume, is the guy for the rebuild, or is definitely not the person for the job.
What are your favorite ballparks to watch baseball?
Tiger Stadium in Detroit - RIP
loved the old school feel that you just dont get anymore
I just looked up Tiger Stadium. Looks so cool. Never knew about it.
I think they used old Tiger Stadium in the 61* movie.
We were there in summer ‘84, when they had that WS Championship team…place was electric.
Baseball Parks
New Generation:
1. PNC
2. Pac Bell
3. Petco
4. Camden
5. Comerica
6. Ballpark at Arlington
7. Safeco
8. Coors
9. Busch
10. Suntrust
Old-School
1. Tiger Stadium
2. Comiskey
3. Fenway*
4. Wrigley*
5. Yankee Stadium
Oracle Park in San Francisco is easily the best (which makes up for years at Candlestick which was -- with the possible exception of Oakland's dump -- easily the worst). Fenway Park is also a gem. Dodger Stadium is vastly overrated. It has all the charm of a strip mall.
Dodger Stadium: It's home for me, and the last bastion of LA fandom that I have left since leaving for the Bay. The perfect game day meal: Dodger Dog, nachos, cold beer, and a Cool-a-Coo for dessert.
Close second: Oracle Park (or whatever they're calling it nowadays). I hate the Giants (see above) but it is a fantastic place to watch a game.
Obviously Dodgers stadium because there is nothing to distract you from watching the game, other than the views of the San Gabriel Mountains.
Petco is really nice as is Pac Bell Park.
The only 2 other ballparks that I would make special trips to go see is Pittsburgh and Baltimore. The rest I'll see only if I happen to be in the area. For example, maybe ATL before or after the Auburn game, but I don't think I'll have time.
OSKI DISCIPLE’S TRIVA FUN, A DAILY DBD FEATURE
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves was originally conceived as a police procedural.
(All trivia verified by the International Trivia Foundation.)
[EXCESSIVE FORCE, the Dwarven chief]: "So, Prince Charming, you're telling me she ate a poisoned apple and you rescued her with a kiss and now you're marrying her at the castle. And you're claiming that you didn't just try to get on her unconscious body after slipping her a roofie and then fleeing to another jurisdiction that your father runs after someone saw you?"
Wow, I didn't know the original script was available online.
Can't figure out how to comment further on this without sounding creepy.