They had production issues earlier this year because of the drought in Mexicao but any of the 3 Ranch 99 Markets within 10 minutes drive will have bottles available.
Never bought one, but have had several gifted over the years. I don't think I've ever used one of the gifted ones, only the disposable ones that were used to sneak free booze into concerts or sporting events.
I do recall frosh year that some of us, not me, would inject vodka into oranges using a large syringe and then take these into the student section in memorial on game day. Refreshing
If a restaurant has it, I always try it. "The Lobster" at Santa Monica pier did not have it!! I asked the waiter and he said they used to have it on menu but no one ordered it so they removed. He said everyone ordered the clam chowder.
My favorite was the one from Michael Jordan's steakhouse in Chicago.
Thotsaken Thai around the corner from the Copley Symphony Hall in DT San Diego has a delightful wanton soup that used to hit the spot on chilly evenings before a performance.
I used to love making soup/stew back when I lived in the snow…cioppino was the fave.
Bring on the Lakers! If and when Klay, Wigs and/or Poole start pouring in points this team will be tough to beat. Looney was looking like an all star this series. I wonder if the coach they brought in to coach up Wiseman ended up actually benefiting Looney much more. Definitely looking like the best undersized center in the post season, if not the league.
Speaking as a fan of the Kings, I don't think Kings fans are too disappointed with this loss. The future is bright for this team. We lost to the defending champs and to a player of generational talent who rewrote history in the lore of NBA playoff basketball. On top of that, these two teams have never been rivals and there is definitely crossover in the fanbase. My biggest hope for this season is that the Warriors bring the same juice to the Lakers and send their sorry assess home.
I've watched the Dubs play, they as a team don't look anywhere as good when they won the whole- except for Curry, a lot of them seem worse, and they have no good "tall" players.
If you owned a McDonalds franchise and you let your store fall into disrepair and served moldy burgers with rat droppings, McDonalds would terminate your franchise. The MLB should (but won’t ) do the same here.
One big difference being that no city is clamoring to be the host city to a McDonald's franchise. Three are literally thousands of McDonald's franchises whereas there are only 30 MLB franchises.
Further, having a franchise in your city means that your city's name is present in the various media nearly every day during the baseball season.
MLB has an anti-trust exemption from SCOTUS and they act like it. Congress has been derelict in its duties for decades and decades: remove the anti-trust exemption through legislation.
ICYMI: Photographers were let into the pit lane on the final lap to snap shots of race winner Sergio Perez and other podium finishers at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The problem, you see, was that the race was still going on .
Really impressive defensive turnaround by Miami in the second half. They were getting destroyed in the paint and then they completely shut down the interior. It didn't help that NY was shooting ~20% from deep
White Sox had a 10 game losing streak. Bottom of the ninth with two outs and two strikes. Ray's pitcher Cleavinger's 2-2 pitch is a slow slider that is dropping well outside the zone.
Esteury Ruiz came up big in the ninth inning to help the Oakland Athletics to a 5-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
The A’s didn't waste any time getting on the board against Nick Lodolo. Brent Rooker reached on a check swing single through the right side with two outs and then came around to score on a two-run home run by Jesus Aguilar.
During a break in the Dubs game I turned over to golf for a moment. The guy who ended up finishing fourth looked unusually tall and thin. I looked up his stats. He's 6'1" and 130 pounds. Who knew I could have been a pro golfer. (Not my exact stats but I'm not far off.)
The Giants have been swept in Mexico. As much as it is our knee-jerk reaction as a country to blame our neighbor’s to the south for whatever is frustrating us, it’s not Mexico’s fault.
Yes, balls in the air were carrying. The infield turf was quick, the outfield turf probably too trampoline-y for its own good. No ball in play felt routine to players. Still the Giants lost a game they could’ve won if they had played better, consistent baseball for the full 9 innings.
I didn’t watch the games - what was the environment like? Obviously a lot of homers, but I think if there were an MLB team there you could build a Coors sized outfield with a Green Monster type fence. Or what the heck, you could just lean into it too.
Noah Syndergaard made his first win in a Dodger uniform memorable in a way he probably never thought he would. It was his first win as a starter without recording a strikeout.
Perhaps this might something to watch since he had two wins last year for the Angels where he recorded just one strikeout.
Getting 4 episodes into Mrs Davis and really enjoying it - but it is seriously bonkers. Catholicism, AI, religion, and kind of a mix of Poker Face and National Treasure.
Rob Lowe is good as the brilliant, well-known founder of a bio-tech firm that is dealing with the sudden loss of his wife to a car accident. Good supporting characters, quick episodes.
Even crazier is the SCOTUS failure to recognize this is an issue of credibility and legitimacy and an opportunity to restore some modicum of what remains by engaging on this issue.
Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina accuses the judge in the E. Jean Carroll vs. Trump case as being biased and files for a mistrial with the said judge. Good luck with that. And I'm burying the lede: his name is Tacopina.
That's only since 2010, which would necessarily exclude David Binn (Cal, '94), who was a long snapper in the NFL for 17 years (1994 to 2010). Surely, this would extend Cal's lead and cement its #1 status.
PWO LB McKyle So'oto enters the portal. He finishes his Cal career with an assisted tackle during Cal's loss to Arizona that broke the Wildcat's 20 game losing streak
REDWOOD CITY – The No. 1 California men's rowing team had a successful outing at the Big Row against No. 9 Stanford, taking both the varsity and second varsity eight races at Redwood Shores on Saturday morning and retaining the Schwabacher Cup. The Golden Bears have now won nine straight matchups against the Cardinal and extended their series lead to 70-19. Both crews remain undefeated this season heading into the Pac-12 Championships in two weeks.
In the varsity eight race, Cal was able to build an open-water lead of about two seats by the 1,000-meter mark. Stanford was able to keep the distance over the next 500 meters, before the Bears made a push to extend their lead to a few seats of open water to win by five seconds in a time of 5:31.7.
BERKELEY– It was inevitable, it seemed, that the collegiate discus record would fall once again to California track & field's Mykolas Alekna.
"To be honest, I didn't expect to throw that far," said Alekna, whose astonishing mark of 71.00m (232-11) moved into this year's world lead and obliterated his all-dates PR by 1.19m (three feet, 11 inches). "I tried to use what I was working on. Coach (Mohamad Saatara) helped me to throw far, gave me advice on technique. It was good teamwork."
"Because of his schedule and long season ahead, this is sort of a 'working period' for him," Saatara, who leads Cal's throwers, said. "We're just working on a lot of technical stuff, better rhythmic throws and stability."
REDWOOD CITY – The No. 7 California Golden Bears women's rowing team nearly had a clean sweep at the Pac-12 Challenge at Redwood Shores on Saturday with the first and second varsity eights along with the first and second varsity fours going undefeated against No. 12 SMU and Iowa. The lone loss came when the Bears' third varsity eight was defeated by No. 4 Stanford.
The event also marked the team's celebration of the 50th anniversary of Title IX. The team honored members from the 1965 club team – considered the first organized team featuring Cal women students – and the 1975 team – the first NCAA-sanctioned women's varsity eight team at Cal.
Cal MBB lands commitment from Mike Meadows, who was with Legans at Eastern Washington and Portland, 2 seasons apiece. 6’2” CG, averaged 11 a game in WCC…this is his final year of eligibility. Solid shooter, 85% career from stripe, rotational depth piece. 3 scholarships remain..
BERKELEY – Makena Smith and Kacey Zobac both homered in their final home game but the California softball team came up short in an 8-5 loss to No. 14 Oregon on Sunday at Levine-Fricke Field.
The Ducks (35-11, 14-7 Pac-12) got their 13th straight win and moved into a tie for second-place in the conference with the win behind a six-run fourth inning. The Golden Bears (31-17-1, 7-13-1 Pac-12) were led by three Tatum Anzaldo hits and three RBI from Zobac.
STANFORD – Sampson Zheng secured an individual top-10 finish with a 1-under par 69 in the final round and the California men's golf team finished in eighth place at the Pac-12 Championships on Sunday at Stanford Golf Course. The Golden Bears shot an 11-over 361 in the final round and rounded out the 72-hole, three-day tournament at 16-over par.
Tournament host Stanford, which was tied for third after 54 holes, pummeled the field with a fourth-round 4-under 346 – no other team shot better than 3-over par on Sunday – and won the team championship by 13 strokes at 19-under par. Cardinal golfer Michael Thorbjornsen (-15) shot a fourth-round 68 on Sunday and claimed individual medalist honors.
PITTSBURGH – The Cal baseball team pounded out 13 hits on the afternoon but host Pittsburgh completed the sweep, winning 10-5 on Sunday afternoon at Charles L. Cost Field.
Cal (18-22) got a three-hit performance from Kade Kretzschmar, his 12th multi-hit game of the month and sixth three-hit game of the season. He finished the afternoon 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored. Peyton Schulze and Dom Souto also collected multiple hits on the day. Schulze went 2-for-5 with a run scored, Souto was 3-for-5 with two runs scored. Nathan Manning led the Bears with two runs driven in. Caleb Lomavita knocked in a run and extended his reached base safely streak to 13 games after finishing the day 1-for-5.
BERKELEY – The California beach volleyball team is going dancing for the second straight year after earning an NCAA Championship berth Sunday morning. The No. 8 Golden Bears (28-9) received their highest seeding in school history and will face No. 9 Long Beach State (24-14) in the first round on Friday at 8 a.m. PT.
The Bears will make their second appearance in Gulf Shores, Alabama, after a historic regular season in which they broke the program's all-time wins record and finished second at the Pac-12 Championship. The at-large bid was cemented last week after the Bears opened the conference tournament with three straight wins, including a 3-2 upset of reigning national champion No. 3 USC.
SAN JOSE –An eight-goal second half wasn't enough for the No. 6 California women's water polo team to overcome No. 1 USC in Saturday's MPSF Semifinal as the Golden Bears were defeated 16-10.
For the second straight year, Cal (18-9) will close out the MPSF Championships in the third-place game against No. 3 UCLA on Sunday.
Eight different Bears found the back of the net, with two goals each coming from junior Maddie DeMattia and sophomore Rozanne Voorvelt. Senior goalkeeper Isabel Williams finished with six saves – moving her to No. 5 in program history for her career – to go along with four steals.
SAN JOSE – In the final minute of perhaps the most thrilling game the No. 6 California women's water polo team has been a part of this year, redshirt freshman Claire Rowell scored her third goal with 18 seconds left in regulation and senior goalkeeper Isabel Williams saved No. 3 UCLA's final shot attempt to claim a 12-11 win in the MPSF Championship Third-Place Game.
Rowell's heroic strike broke Cal (18-9) out of its sixth tie of the day – and third of the fourth quarter – with the Bruins (20-7). Then, for the second straight year, Cal's defense stuffed UCLA's potential last-chance equalizer to preserve a one-goal Bear victory.
College Commitment Day. My kid is going to attend college at Fordham (Lincoln Center campus) studying Economics. Looks like I'll be having lunch with HSB more often.
Seydou Traore enters the portal again after being at CU for three months during the offseason. I suspect he sees what the rest of us see -- Coach Prime's schtick has a lot of bluster but not a lot of heart
Texas A&M Texarkana vs. U Houston-Victoria baseball game called a no-contest after a Texarkana pitcher was hit by a stray bullet in the fifth inning. Texarkana is in the top 5% most dangerous cities in Texas.
Over the weekend, I thought of another "something that disappeared and nobody noticed":
Sriracha
I mean, it hasn't disappeared, but it went from being everywhere to being difficult to find on store shelves near me.
https://www.thekitchn.com/huy-fong-foods-sriracha-shortage-2023-23521462
Yes! I was trying to find it this weekend and had to get a rando other brand
They had production issues earlier this year because of the drought in Mexicao but any of the 3 Ranch 99 Markets within 10 minutes drive will have bottles available.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-11/sriracha-shortage-california-company-huy-fong-foods-chile-supply
Do you or have you ever owned a hip flask?
Yep, a traditional metal one and a soft-skin, flexible one that we used to sneak into baseball games
As my friend in college used to say, “nobody checks the sack”!
😳
The ex-Mrs. Jimmy C’s reputation obviously precedes her…;-)
Yep. Very handy on a ski lift.
so many of them...sneak them into football games and get trashed
Never bought one, but have had several gifted over the years. I don't think I've ever used one of the gifted ones, only the disposable ones that were used to sneak free booze into concerts or sporting events.
Oh yeah, very nice one, with enough fluid to share - usually a great bourbon
No.
I do recall frosh year that some of us, not me, would inject vodka into oranges using a large syringe and then take these into the student section in memorial on game day. Refreshing
Not surprisingly, I’ve owned, and used, a number of hip flasks, in all types of settings…
here is mine. i primarily use it for bourbon while on backpacking or ski touring trips
https://photos.app.goo.gl/zR4besfgPbRN2YrB7
also pictured are some Kukuxumusu t-shirts that i have collected over the years w/ the same "wolf in sheep's clothing theme"
Nicaragua
FAVORITE SOUP
New England Clam Chowder. When it's good, it's sublime.
Yep. Give me a bowl of clam chowder and a nice, thick piece of bread to dip in it and I will be quite happy
Shrug, never had any of this as "great" - maybe just bad luck?
agreed. one of the good things in the world
Red pepper tomato bisque
A really good avgolemono goes a long way. (Greek lemon, chicken and egg soup)
Tom Yum Kung is good too
Lobster Bisque
If a restaurant has it, I always try it. "The Lobster" at Santa Monica pier did not have it!! I asked the waiter and he said they used to have it on menu but no one ordered it so they removed. He said everyone ordered the clam chowder.
My favorite was the one from Michael Jordan's steakhouse in Chicago.
That’s a tough one.
1. Pho
2. Ramen
3. Udon
4. Chicken noodle
Whatever my wife makes
Tomato soup with a touch of garlic powder.
French Onion, in addition to New England Clam Chowder
If I want a meal, Wor Won Ton. Beats Yee Fu Won Ton by a step.
Also a big fan of Pepper Pot, which is hard to find. Not so popular, probably due to the tripe which unusual for many people.
Thotsaken Thai around the corner from the Copley Symphony Hall in DT San Diego has a delightful wanton soup that used to hit the spot on chilly evenings before a performance.
I used to love making soup/stew back when I lived in the snow…cioppino was the fave.
PRO
Curry drops 50 as Dubs close out the Kings on the road 120-100
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/36330953/stephen-curry-50-sets-game-7-record-warriors-eliminate-kings
I wonder if the Kings dominating game 6 and then the Monk comment that the Warriors are old game them a false confidence.
Steph giving a speech at practice between games 6 and 7. I really want to hear the speech.
https://theathletic.com/4475672/2023/04/30/stephen-curry-50-point-speech-warriors-kings/
Bring on the Lakers! If and when Klay, Wigs and/or Poole start pouring in points this team will be tough to beat. Looney was looking like an all star this series. I wonder if the coach they brought in to coach up Wiseman ended up actually benefiting Looney much more. Definitely looking like the best undersized center in the post season, if not the league.
I'm a Warriors fan, but that game still made me feel bad for the Kings. When a great player goes off like that, what can you do?
Nah they can kick rocks. Good showing for their first playoff appearance with this group, but like Steph said "you're not ready for this shit"
Speaking as a fan of the Kings, I don't think Kings fans are too disappointed with this loss. The future is bright for this team. We lost to the defending champs and to a player of generational talent who rewrote history in the lore of NBA playoff basketball. On top of that, these two teams have never been rivals and there is definitely crossover in the fanbase. My biggest hope for this season is that the Warriors bring the same juice to the Lakers and send their sorry assess home.
Agreed all around
I've watched the Dubs play, they as a team don't look anywhere as good when they won the whole- except for Curry, a lot of them seem worse, and they have no good "tall" players.
We shall see.
I know, I just remember when the Warriors were in the same position.
Meh, they have time and a good coach on their side
Kings need some rim protection.
no one else except Looney had an impressive stat line, but it felt like a good team win including all the Curry-dominated heroics.
MLB edits out anti-ownership signs at A's game
https://twitter.com/OaklandAUK/status/1652322576625016834
Such chickenshit.
If you owned a McDonalds franchise and you let your store fall into disrepair and served moldy burgers with rat droppings, McDonalds would terminate your franchise. The MLB should (but won’t ) do the same here.
One big difference being that no city is clamoring to be the host city to a McDonald's franchise. Three are literally thousands of McDonald's franchises whereas there are only 30 MLB franchises.
Further, having a franchise in your city means that your city's name is present in the various media nearly every day during the baseball season.
MLB has an anti-trust exemption from SCOTUS and they act like it. Congress has been derelict in its duties for decades and decades: remove the anti-trust exemption through legislation.
ICYMI: Photographers were let into the pit lane on the final lap to snap shots of race winner Sergio Perez and other podium finishers at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The problem, you see, was that the race was still going on .
https://twitter.com/tyson_whelan/status/1652653926578266112
That was probably the most exciting moment, for all the wrong reasons, of an otherwise dull race
Heat beat Knicks 108-101 in New York to go up 1-0
https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401544973
Really impressive defensive turnaround by Miami in the second half. They were getting destroyed in the paint and then they completely shut down the interior. It didn't help that NY was shooting ~20% from deep
And apparently Jimmy Buckets not doing anything on O for the last 5? min of the game.
ABC used this stock footage for their B-roll during the game
https://twitter.com/awfulannouncing/status/1652766419358982147
just unearthed it from the last Knicks/Heat series
The entire AL East has a winning record and they haven't even played the A's yet
https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings
White Sox had a 10 game losing streak. Bottom of the ninth with two outs and two strikes. Ray's pitcher Cleavinger's 2-2 pitch is a slow slider that is dropping well outside the zone.
https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/1652790765498793984
Historically-good Boston Bruins crash out of the first round after losing 4-3 to the Panthers in OT of game 7
https://twitter.com/BallyPanthers/status/1652853436566630401
The NHL playoffs are just a random number generator.
To go 65-12-5 and lose in the first round is insane. It was 7 games and the last game was OT.
Esteury Ruiz delivers a walk-off as A’s beat Reds 5-4
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2023/4/30/23705767/athletics-vs-reds-final-score-esteury-ruiz
Esteury Ruiz came up big in the ninth inning to help the Oakland Athletics to a 5-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
The A’s didn't waste any time getting on the board against Nick Lodolo. Brent Rooker reached on a check swing single through the right side with two outs and then came around to score on a two-run home run by Jesus Aguilar.
During a break in the Dubs game I turned over to golf for a moment. The guy who ended up finishing fourth looked unusually tall and thin. I looked up his stats. He's 6'1" and 130 pounds. Who knew I could have been a pro golfer. (Not my exact stats but I'm not far off.)
Mets vs. Braves ..
headed to 100p game today. we always were going to go to this one, but it is now a double header w/ all the weekend rain.
LAKERS!!!! - Win by 40.
Giants swept internationally
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2023/4/30/23705985/mlb-final-san-francisco-giants-san-diego-padres-mexico-city-series
The Giants have been swept in Mexico. As much as it is our knee-jerk reaction as a country to blame our neighbor’s to the south for whatever is frustrating us, it’s not Mexico’s fault.
Yes, balls in the air were carrying. The infield turf was quick, the outfield turf probably too trampoline-y for its own good. No ball in play felt routine to players. Still the Giants lost a game they could’ve won if they had played better, consistent baseball for the full 9 innings.
I didn’t watch the games - what was the environment like? Obviously a lot of homers, but I think if there were an MLB team there you could build a Coors sized outfield with a Green Monster type fence. Or what the heck, you could just lean into it too.
Giants need a down to the studs rebuild
Fire everyone.
Syndergaard gets first win in 6-3 victory over the Cardinals
https://www.truebluela.com/2023/4/30/23705703/syndergaard-gets-first-win-in-6-3-victory-over-the-cardinals
Noah Syndergaard made his first win in a Dodger uniform memorable in a way he probably never thought he would. It was his first win as a starter without recording a strikeout.
Perhaps this might something to watch since he had two wins last year for the Angels where he recorded just one strikeout.
DBD AV CLUB
Getting 4 episodes into Mrs Davis and really enjoying it - but it is seriously bonkers. Catholicism, AI, religion, and kind of a mix of Poker Face and National Treasure.
Unstable. Netflix, 14/19.
Rob Lowe is good as the brilliant, well-known founder of a bio-tech firm that is dealing with the sudden loss of his wife to a car accident. Good supporting characters, quick episodes.
I watched E1 and kinda liked it. But a bit too "look at us" manic...and the nepo-baby aspect.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
SCOTUS ethics issues expand to Gorsuch
https://twitter.com/protecttruth_/status/1652681880045494273
As awful as all these recent revelations are, I remain deeply skeptical that anything meaningful will result from them.
It’s bananas that the ethics rules that apply to all other fed judges don’t apply to them - a fact they could change with a snap of their fingers!
Even crazier is the SCOTUS failure to recognize this is an issue of credibility and legitimacy and an opportunity to restore some modicum of what remains by engaging on this issue.
Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina accuses the judge in the E. Jean Carroll vs. Trump case as being biased and files for a mistrial with the said judge. Good luck with that. And I'm burying the lede: his name is Tacopina.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donald-trump-requests-mistrial-rape-accuser-carrolls-civil-case-2023-05-01/
I seriously doubt this is true
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1652838054401277952
There was a mass shooting event in Texas. Gov. Abbott dehumanized the victims by saying they were illegal immigrants in his official announcement.
https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1652783731290013696
Also seems to be sort of calling for vigilante Justice? What a nutcase
Calling him a bag of shit would be unkind to bags of shit
Turkey announces they have killed the leader of ISIS
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2023/04/isis-leader-abu-hussein-al-qurashi-killed-in-syria/
CAL
It's official. Suck it, Rutgers!
https://twitter.com/SickosCommittee/status/1653022251237736452
We are LSU!
That's only since 2010, which would necessarily exclude David Binn (Cal, '94), who was a long snapper in the NFL for 17 years (1994 to 2010). Surely, this would extend Cal's lead and cement its #1 status.
Go Bears!!!
PWO LB McKyle So'oto enters the portal. He finishes his Cal career with an assisted tackle during Cal's loss to Arizona that broke the Wildcat's 20 game losing streak
[MROW] No. 1 Cal Sweeps No. 9 Stanford At Big Row
https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/29/mens-rowing-no-1-cal-sweeps-no-9-stanford-at-big-row.aspx
REDWOOD CITY – The No. 1 California men's rowing team had a successful outing at the Big Row against No. 9 Stanford, taking both the varsity and second varsity eight races at Redwood Shores on Saturday morning and retaining the Schwabacher Cup. The Golden Bears have now won nine straight matchups against the Cardinal and extended their series lead to 70-19. Both crews remain undefeated this season heading into the Pac-12 Championships in two weeks.
In the varsity eight race, Cal was able to build an open-water lead of about two seats by the 1,000-meter mark. Stanford was able to keep the distance over the next 500 meters, before the Bears made a push to extend their lead to a few seats of open water to win by five seconds in a time of 5:31.7.
[T&F] UNSTOPPABLE
https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/29/track-field-unstoppable.aspx
BERKELEY– It was inevitable, it seemed, that the collegiate discus record would fall once again to California track & field's Mykolas Alekna.
"To be honest, I didn't expect to throw that far," said Alekna, whose astonishing mark of 71.00m (232-11) moved into this year's world lead and obliterated his all-dates PR by 1.19m (three feet, 11 inches). "I tried to use what I was working on. Coach (Mohamad Saatara) helped me to throw far, gave me advice on technique. It was good teamwork."
"Because of his schedule and long season ahead, this is sort of a 'working period' for him," Saatara, who leads Cal's throwers, said. "We're just working on a lot of technical stuff, better rhythmic throws and stability."
[WROW] No. 7 Cal Dominates Pac-12 Challenge
https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/29/womens-rowing-no-7-cal-dominates-pac-12-challenge.aspx
REDWOOD CITY – The No. 7 California Golden Bears women's rowing team nearly had a clean sweep at the Pac-12 Challenge at Redwood Shores on Saturday with the first and second varsity eights along with the first and second varsity fours going undefeated against No. 12 SMU and Iowa. The lone loss came when the Bears' third varsity eight was defeated by No. 4 Stanford.
The event also marked the team's celebration of the 50th anniversary of Title IX. The team honored members from the 1965 club team – considered the first organized team featuring Cal women students – and the 1975 team – the first NCAA-sanctioned women's varsity eight team at Cal.
Cal MBB lands commitment from Mike Meadows, who was with Legans at Eastern Washington and Portland, 2 seasons apiece. 6’2” CG, averaged 11 a game in WCC…this is his final year of eligibility. Solid shooter, 85% career from stripe, rotational depth piece. 3 scholarships remain..
[SB] Smith, Zobac Homer On Senior Day
https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/30/softball-smith-zobac-homer-on-senior-day.aspx
BERKELEY – Makena Smith and Kacey Zobac both homered in their final home game but the California softball team came up short in an 8-5 loss to No. 14 Oregon on Sunday at Levine-Fricke Field.
The Ducks (35-11, 14-7 Pac-12) got their 13th straight win and moved into a tie for second-place in the conference with the win behind a six-run fourth inning. The Golden Bears (31-17-1, 7-13-1 Pac-12) were led by three Tatum Anzaldo hits and three RBI from Zobac.
[MGOLF] Cal Places Eighth At Pac-12 Championships
https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/30/mens-golf-cal-places-eighth-at-pac-12-championships.aspx
STANFORD – Sampson Zheng secured an individual top-10 finish with a 1-under par 69 in the final round and the California men's golf team finished in eighth place at the Pac-12 Championships on Sunday at Stanford Golf Course. The Golden Bears shot an 11-over 361 in the final round and rounded out the 72-hole, three-day tournament at 16-over par.
Tournament host Stanford, which was tied for third after 54 holes, pummeled the field with a fourth-round 4-under 346 – no other team shot better than 3-over par on Sunday – and won the team championship by 13 strokes at 19-under par. Cardinal golfer Michael Thorbjornsen (-15) shot a fourth-round 68 on Sunday and claimed individual medalist honors.
[BASEB] Panthers Complete Sweep
https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/30/baseball-panthers-complete-the-sweep.aspx
PITTSBURGH – The Cal baseball team pounded out 13 hits on the afternoon but host Pittsburgh completed the sweep, winning 10-5 on Sunday afternoon at Charles L. Cost Field.
Cal (18-22) got a three-hit performance from Kade Kretzschmar, his 12th multi-hit game of the month and sixth three-hit game of the season. He finished the afternoon 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored. Peyton Schulze and Dom Souto also collected multiple hits on the day. Schulze went 2-for-5 with a run scored, Souto was 3-for-5 with two runs scored. Nathan Manning led the Bears with two runs driven in. Caleb Lomavita knocked in a run and extended his reached base safely streak to 13 games after finishing the day 1-for-5.
[BVB] Bears Earn Second Straight NCAA Championship Berth
https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/30/beach-volleyball-bears-earn-second-straight-ncaa-championship-berth.aspx
BERKELEY – The California beach volleyball team is going dancing for the second straight year after earning an NCAA Championship berth Sunday morning. The No. 8 Golden Bears (28-9) received their highest seeding in school history and will face No. 9 Long Beach State (24-14) in the first round on Friday at 8 a.m. PT.
The Bears will make their second appearance in Gulf Shores, Alabama, after a historic regular season in which they broke the program's all-time wins record and finished second at the Pac-12 Championship. The at-large bid was cemented last week after the Bears opened the conference tournament with three straight wins, including a 3-2 upset of reigning national champion No. 3 USC.
[WPOLO] No. 6 Cal Defeated By No. 1 USC In MPSF Semis
https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/29/womens-water-polo-no-6-cal-defeated-by-no-1-usc-in-mpsf-semis.aspx
SAN JOSE –An eight-goal second half wasn't enough for the No. 6 California women's water polo team to overcome No. 1 USC in Saturday's MPSF Semifinal as the Golden Bears were defeated 16-10.
For the second straight year, Cal (18-9) will close out the MPSF Championships in the third-place game against No. 3 UCLA on Sunday.
Eight different Bears found the back of the net, with two goals each coming from junior Maddie DeMattia and sophomore Rozanne Voorvelt. Senior goalkeeper Isabel Williams finished with six saves – moving her to No. 5 in program history for her career – to go along with four steals.
[WPOLO] Rowell, Bears Prevail In Thriller Over No. 3 Bruins
https://calbears.com/news/2023/4/30/womens-water-polo-rowell-bears-prevail-in-thriller-over-no-3-bruins.aspx
SAN JOSE – In the final minute of perhaps the most thrilling game the No. 6 California women's water polo team has been a part of this year, redshirt freshman Claire Rowell scored her third goal with 18 seconds left in regulation and senior goalkeeper Isabel Williams saved No. 3 UCLA's final shot attempt to claim a 12-11 win in the MPSF Championship Third-Place Game.
Rowell's heroic strike broke Cal (18-9) out of its sixth tie of the day – and third of the fourth quarter – with the Bruins (20-7). Then, for the second straight year, Cal's defense stuffed UCLA's potential last-chance equalizer to preserve a one-goal Bear victory.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
College Commitment Day. My kid is going to attend college at Fordham (Lincoln Center campus) studying Economics. Looks like I'll be having lunch with HSB more often.
Mine decided on University of Edinburgh.
That's pretty cool. Congrats!
nice. that is a cool adventure they are in for. plus you will be drinking more Scotch i guess
I will try my best to deal with the burden ;)
nice. lots of good places to lunch in NYC!
Awesome!! Congrats ClassOf2027 SGBear!
Seydou Traore enters the portal again after being at CU for three months during the offseason. I suspect he sees what the rest of us see -- Coach Prime's schtick has a lot of bluster but not a lot of heart
https://twitter.com/chris_hummer/status/1652699079770513418
Pac-12 schools who didn't have a player drafted in the NFL this year:
Colorado
Washington
Arizona
https://pac-12.com/article/2023/04/29/pac-12-sees-uptick-selections-2023-nfl-draft
Somewhat surprised UW had no one picked, considering their history and the success of the team in DeBoer’s first season.
Scary version: that means a team that won 10 games is returning a lot of guys, including an elite QB. Dark horse CFP candidate.
How did they win 10 games with no draftees? Pretty weird
@heart@
Texas A&M Texarkana vs. U Houston-Victoria baseball game called a no-contest after a Texarkana pitcher was hit by a stray bullet in the fifth inning. Texarkana is in the top 5% most dangerous cities in Texas.
https://sports.yahoo.com/texas-am-texarkana-baseball-player-shot-by-apparent-stray-bullet-during-home-game-011732523.html
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/tx/texarkana/crime#:~:text=One's%20chance%20of%20becoming%20a,lower%20crime%20rate%20than%20Texarkana.
Damn
KTVU's anchor Julie Haener's son is Jake Haener of Fresno State. He was drafted #127 by the Saints
Very tough kid.
He did toss the pick 6 that Weav returned for a TD.