My brother and I once got those first-generation crazy straws - long straws that did little loops and was fun for kids to backwash their milk. It was nearly impossible to clean so my mom refused to wash them and they eventually somehow disappeared. It's a mystery how they disappeared.
You often get erudition in the letters to the Guardian's Football (soccer to you, Yanks) Daily. For example: "As a budding pedant, I was surprised to hear the commentator refer to an ‘instinctive’ save by the wonderfully brave, and talented Latvian goalkeeper. It was indeed a wonderful save but it wasn’t ‘instinctive’. It was reflexive. Animals have instincts, human have thought, intuition, feelings and reflexes."
Opening Day is today!!! Let's Go!! Except for 2 teams for some reason. Oh it looks like it's to give workers time to change the Yankees spring training location to Rays colors.
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - The No. 3 California men's swimming & diving team claimed its second consecutive national championship in the 800-yard freestyle relay in record-setting time while setting another program record in the 200-yard medley relay on the opening day of the NCAA Championships at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center.
HARRISONBURG, Va. – The California softball team erupted for 15 runs in the third inning en route to a 16-2 nonconference run-rule victory in five innings at James Madison on Wednesday.
Coming in ranked No. 2 in the IRCA/IRA Men's Collegiate Rowing Preseason Poll, the California men's rowing team will compete in the annual San Diego Crew Classic at Mission Bay on Saturday and Sunday. The Golden Bears will only send their freshman 8+, who will compete in both the men's collegiate varsity 8+ Cal Cup and the men's open 8+ Anderson Borthwick Memorial Trophy races.
NORFOLK, Va. – Theo Dean clinched the 10th-ranked California men's tennis team's 6-1 victory at No. 60 Old Dominion on Wednesday at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center. The Golden Bears have won seven consecutive matches, including the last three in the state of Virginia.
5 IN A ROW - Cal's current five-game win streak – with all victories coming on the road - started March 18 at Saint Mary's before continuing with a three-game sweep at No. 14 Stanford (March 21-23) and a victory at San Francisco (March 24). Cal has outscored its opponents during its current five-game win streak, 55-25.
BERKELEY – The California men's golf team will make the short trek south this weekend to compete in The Goodwin, hosted by Stanford at Stanford Golf Course. The three-day, 54-hole tournament will begin Thursday and continue through Saturday. All three rounds will begin with a staggered start from holes 1 and 10 at both 7 a.m. and noon PT.
Trump administration is now going after [checks notes]... the Smithsonian for having the African American museum, the DC Zoo for some unknown reason, and Independence National Historic Park for being too [checks notes]... too anti-slavery and pro-liberty which is bumming them out.
Trump administration pulls Rep Stefanik (R-NY) nomination for UN Ambassador. The undercurrent isa that the GOP is scared of losing this R+20 district in midterms
That video sent chills up my spine. Straight out of the secret police handbook. Reportedly folks who happened to be on the street at the time were followed as they left the scene.
ICE picked up Venezuelans with tattoos to rendition to prison in El Salvador—including a man whose tattoo was an autism awareness ribbon in honor of his 15 year old brother.
Remember Spencer Petras - the QB on the 2020-2022 Iowa teams that was so offensively inept that it was comical? Well, he transferred to Utah State sat out a year, had a top 30 year, and is now attending Pro Day. That's quite the bounce back.
Starting Kentucky QB Brock Vandergiff's little sister Audrey is a freshman at Alabama. She leads the country in stolen bases playing for the Tide's softball team. Her 40 steals is only 3 fewer than the entire Cal team.
I'm constantly being stunned and saddened by what creeps so many people of my gender are. (Unless this is simply a matter of Michigan being a "woke institution.")
STRAW
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One of the best travel bands in college sports.
My brother and I once got those first-generation crazy straws - long straws that did little loops and was fun for kids to backwash their milk. It was nearly impossible to clean so my mom refused to wash them and they eventually somehow disappeared. It's a mystery how they disappeared.
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Dubs Gary Payton II tears his left thumb ligament - out indefinitely
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44430581/sources-warriors-gary-payton-ii-indefinitely-torn-thumb-ligament
Ugh...their best POA defender goes down.
You often get erudition in the letters to the Guardian's Football (soccer to you, Yanks) Daily. For example: "As a budding pedant, I was surprised to hear the commentator refer to an ‘instinctive’ save by the wonderfully brave, and talented Latvian goalkeeper. It was indeed a wonderful save but it wasn’t ‘instinctive’. It was reflexive. Animals have instincts, human have thought, intuition, feelings and reflexes."
Dodgers and Giants do not lose the off day. Yet again, the A's do
Opening Day is today!!! Let's Go!! Except for 2 teams for some reason. Oh it looks like it's to give workers time to change the Yankees spring training location to Rays colors.
CAL
Go Bears!!!
[MSWIM] Bears Crowned National Champions In 800 Free Relay
https://calbears.com/news/2025/3/26/mens-swimming-diving-bears-crowned-national-champions-in-800-free-relay.aspx
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - The No. 3 California men's swimming & diving team claimed its second consecutive national championship in the 800-yard freestyle relay in record-setting time while setting another program record in the 200-yard medley relay on the opening day of the NCAA Championships at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center.
[SB] 15-Run Inning LIfts Cal To Lopsided Victory
https://calbears.com/news/2025/3/26/softball-15-run-inning-lifts-cal-to-lopsided-victory.aspx
HARRISONBURG, Va. – The California softball team erupted for 15 runs in the third inning en route to a 16-2 nonconference run-rule victory in five innings at James Madison on Wednesday.
Cal has pretty good bats, tied for 19th in D1 softball for batting average. We're okayish at pitching 75th out of 300 for ERA.
https://www.ncaa.com/stats/softball/d1/current/team/282/p2
[MROW] Men’s Rowing Heads To San Diego Crew Classic
https://calbears.com/news/2025/3/26/mens-rowing-mens-rowing-heads-to-san-diego-crew-classic.aspx
Coming in ranked No. 2 in the IRCA/IRA Men's Collegiate Rowing Preseason Poll, the California men's rowing team will compete in the annual San Diego Crew Classic at Mission Bay on Saturday and Sunday. The Golden Bears will only send their freshman 8+, who will compete in both the men's collegiate varsity 8+ Cal Cup and the men's open 8+ Anderson Borthwick Memorial Trophy races.
[MTEN] No. 10 Cal Wins Seventh Straight At ODU
https://calbears.com/news/2025/3/26/mens-tennis-no-10-cal-wins-seventh-straight-at-odu.aspx
NORFOLK, Va. – Theo Dean clinched the 10th-ranked California men's tennis team's 6-1 victory at No. 60 Old Dominion on Wednesday at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center. The Golden Bears have won seven consecutive matches, including the last three in the state of Virginia.
[BASE] Cal Takes 5-Game Win Streak To Louisville
https://calbears.com/news/2025/3/26/baseball-cal-takes-5-game-win-streak-to-louisville.aspx
KEY THINGS TO KNOW
5 IN A ROW - Cal's current five-game win streak – with all victories coming on the road - started March 18 at Saint Mary's before continuing with a three-game sweep at No. 14 Stanford (March 21-23) and a victory at San Francisco (March 24). Cal has outscored its opponents during its current five-game win streak, 55-25.
[MGOLF] Cal Primed For The Goodwin
https://calbears.com/news/2025/3/26/mens-golf-cal-primed-for-the-goodwin.aspx
BERKELEY – The California men's golf team will make the short trek south this weekend to compete in The Goodwin, hosted by Stanford at Stanford Golf Course. The three-day, 54-hole tournament will begin Thursday and continue through Saturday. All three rounds will begin with a staggered start from holes 1 and 10 at both 7 a.m. and noon PT.
POLITICS
Trump administration is now going after [checks notes]... the Smithsonian for having the African American museum, the DC Zoo for some unknown reason, and Independence National Historic Park for being too [checks notes]... too anti-slavery and pro-liberty which is bumming them out.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/
The pandas are here undercover. Their job is just that much harder since they’re confined to the zoo.
Trump administration pulls Rep Stefanik (R-NY) nomination for UN Ambassador. The undercurrent isa that the GOP is scared of losing this R+20 district in midterms
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-preparing-pull-elise-stefaniks-nomination-un-ambassador-rcna198389
AG Bondi tries to gaslight the world by saying that sharing military actions before they happen isn't secret, so no crime happened.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/politics/signal-leak-prosecution-bondi.html
Pete Hesgeth tries to gaslight the world by saying he never texted secret plans to the Atlantic journalist
https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-denies-texting-war-plans-journalist-2049883
DHS brownshirts detain legal student without any charge because she peacefully protested. They seek to deport her.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-immigration-authorities-detain-international-tufts-graduate-st-rcna198158
Literally just arresting people for speech. Terrible and un-American.
And I bet only for one side. I bet someone protesting for the right won't get deported.
I mean, he already pardoned all the Jan 6th people so it's gone even further than that.
True.
That video sent chills up my spine. Straight out of the secret police handbook. Reportedly folks who happened to be on the street at the time were followed as they left the scene.
Why Kamala lost
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-david-shor.html
ICE picked up Venezuelans with tattoos to rendition to prison in El Salvador—including a man whose tattoo was an autism awareness ribbon in honor of his 15 year old brother.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/trump-el-salvador-venezulea-deportation-prison-cecot-bukele/
Oh. My. F$%*ing. Gawd! When will it stop?
Hopefully in 1395 days. Heh...I start to type "number of days until" in Google and it auto completes to Jan 20, 2029...
We can only hope the shambles left of our nation will be salvageable.
DBD AV CLUB
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Remember Spencer Petras - the QB on the 2020-2022 Iowa teams that was so offensively inept that it was comical? Well, he transferred to Utah State sat out a year, had a top 30 year, and is now attending Pro Day. That's quite the bounce back.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4360480/spencer-petras
Starting Kentucky QB Brock Vandergiff's little sister Audrey is a freshman at Alabama. She leads the country in stolen bases playing for the Tide's softball team. Her 40 steals is only 3 fewer than the entire Cal team.
The allegations against the former OC for Michigan football is shocking and sickening.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/44418190/how-hacking-scandal-former-u-m-coach-ripple-nationwide
I'm constantly being stunned and saddened by what creeps so many people of my gender are. (Unless this is simply a matter of Michigan being a "woke institution.")