Man, I'm really good at that game; good at Chess - but a 100 x better at Go - I don't lose, and if you play me a lot of games, now I have a 5 stone advantage and you get really tired of trying to win...
Yes, hoops. I primarily played baseball but did go for 30 as a PG with Newellbany in 8th grade at Orinda Intermediate School...hung them up in hoops soon after, because, hey, that was the best it was ever gonna get...plus I was soooo tiny ;-)
I was the 2nd best player on the Varsity baseball team my SR year, so instead of winning the MVP award (which went to our catcher), I was awarded the Most Inspirational Player award. This was ironic because I was ejected twice that year, once for throwing the bat after a lengthy AB with the bases loaded late in the game against future Cal 2B Ivan Lewis at St. Mary's HS (Berkeley). Normally though I was a pretty good teammate.
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The California men's soccer team opened the 2023 season with a 1-1 draw Thursday night on the road at No. 10 North Carolina Greensboro. Despite two long weather delays and a Spartan goal in the opening minutes, the Golden Bears fought tooth and nail to tie one of the top teams in the country on its own turf.
"The was the wildest game I've ever been a part of, with all the stops and starts," Cal head coach Leonard Griffin said. "I'm super proud with the group. It's just the first game, but to grind out a result given the circumstances shows the strength of our character, and hopefully it'll help us to find a way to grind out wins in games to come. The guys understand that's a good result on the road."
BUDAPEST, Hungary – As Camryn Rogers' final throw soared through the air, the 24-year-old Canadian finally let herself celebrate as she bounced on her toes and pumped her arms in the air with a huge grin.
It didn't matter how far the hammer went. The competition was over, and Rogers had already won.
After the weight landed, Rogers clasped her hands over her mouth and walked over to the waiting arms of bronze medalist DeAnna Price, who lifted her entirely off the ground, before clasping a tearful Anna Purchase – her former Golden Bear teammate – in a tight, joyful embrace. It was both a triumph for Team Canada, which now has two hammer titles at the World Athletics Championships (fellow British Columbia native Ethan Katzberg won on the men's side), and for California track & field as Rogers became the program's first champion at this level. Rogers is also just the second Canadian woman ever to win any world title, and the first since Perdita Felicien's 100m hurdles victory in 2003.
BERKELEY – Travers Family Head Football Coach Justin Wilcox announced Thursday that Sam Jackson V will be the starting quarterback for the Golden Bears' 2023 season-opener at North Texas on Sept. 2. Jackson, a transfer from TCU in his first season at Cal, had been in a three-way competition for the team's starting signal-caller position in training camp along with Ben Finley and Fernando Mendoza.
"We had an intense three-way quarterback competition during training camp," Wilcox said. "All three did a great job, and I have a great deal of confidence in all of them. But Sam began to separate himself recently. He is a dynamic athlete who can succeed both in the passing game and by making defenses account for his outstanding running ability. When your quarterback does both of those things well, it can be challenging for the defense. I'm excited to see what he does with this opportunity."
Not sure why but I was really excited that Jackson won the starting job. Don't like his chances of winning the Heisman with his teammate, Jayden Ott, as competition.
BERKELEY – Count Talya Franco as another McLendon Minority Leadership Initiative (MLI) Future Leader who has parlayed the program into a full-time job with Cal Athletics.
According to the MLI website, the purpose of the fellowship "is to provide minorities a jump-start to their careers through practical experiences, opportunities to build their network, and instilling the values of John McLendon: Integrity, Education, Leadership, and Mentorship."
SAN JOSE – The Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships kicked off competition on Thursday morning at the SAP Center, but California's Tyler Shimizu waited nearly six hours to start his first rotation as he and the senior men's field began to show their skills in front of the men's gymnastics fans at the Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships. At the end of the night, he had recorded scores on floor, pommel horse and parallel bars; he will look to improve upon those scores in two days' time when Saturday's contest begins at 4:00 p.m. PT.
My wife once felt lightheaded and dizzy. The symptoms lasted for more than an hour. We took her to ER. After getting an IV and released a few hours letter, the diagnosis was "weakness." I can't think of a less flattering diagnosis and to this day, I like to tease her about it.
It was noted yesterday that Stephen Strasburg plans to announce his retirement next month. Fourteen Ks in his first game. I remember they carried the radio feed of some of his minor league games before he was called up. Unfortunately had health issues most of his career. After being World Series MVP he signed for 7 years, $245 million. Since then he's pitched 31 innings. His contract is not insured.
The Oakland Athletics beat out the Chicago White Sox in a full-game slugfest. Eight homers were hit, and fortunately, the A’s were responsible for five of them.
It wasn’t always nice for the green and gold though. The game started off in the bottom of the 1st with Andrew Benintendi performing some loud lefty-on-lefty action. On the fifth pitch of the at-bat, the outfielder hit a solo homer over the right field fence off A’s starter Ken Waldichuk to give the Sox a quick 1-0 lead.
It took nearly 21 hours from start to finish, but the Dodgers finally got their first win of the series against the Guardians, beating Cleveland 6-1 at Progressive Field in a game that began on Wednesday night and ended on Thursday but featured Mookie Betts throughout.
Just like in the first game of the series on Tuesday, the Dodgers struck in the top of the first. Four hits from the first six batters against Xzavion Curry plated three runs, including a two-out, two-run double by Kiké Hernández.
Kiké Hernández had three extra-base hits on his birthday and Michael Busch hit his first major league home run, leading the Dodgers’ 9-3 win over the Guardians on Thursday afternoon at Progressive Field in Cleveland.
Hernández doubled twice in the second game on Thursday, on his 32nd birthday. He then added a home run in the top of the ninth inning, the fifth game in his career with three extra-base hits, including the postseason.
During Jim Harbaugh's suspension, Michigan is going with five different head coaches, the DC for the first game, and one for each half during the other two all-cupcake out-of-conference season
Watching the last few episodes of the last season of Leverage. I still have a few episodes of Leverage: Redemption to go. Paused finishing it up since it looks like there won't be a season 3 of it.
Donald Trump - after years of being off of Twitter - finally tweets again. In it, he says he will never surrender, which is ironic since he also posted his own mug shot after he surrendered.
What’s with all the make up? Makes him look super weird. He’s like one of those people who’s too much plastic surgery and seem unaware of how strange they look. T with the permanently caked on orange makeup is just so bizarre looking - how does no R challenger poke fun at him over this, given that the R primaries are basically like a middle school election?
GO
Bears!
Go!
BEARS!
Go!
BEARS!
Bears!!!
Go!
Man, I'm really good at that game; good at Chess - but a 100 x better at Go - I don't lose, and if you play me a lot of games, now I have a 5 stone advantage and you get really tired of trying to win...
what's your ranking? My son was a 4k back when he was in middle school
Dang, I couldn't find enough people who played to win that!
CAL
Do you still have eligibility?
https://twitter.com/CalMBBall/status/1694807360882233390
Yup. I did play guard at RSF.
https://na3.docusign.net/Signing/?insession=1&ti=e7eafae41c824909b4d898047bb09dbe
would like to see the responses to these questions. and the scoring rubric!
> what is your greatest on-court attribute/skill-set?
> what makes you a good teammate?
- Being so slow as to catch the other side off guard
- Quick to point out what others do wrong so that they can get it right next time.
Yes, hoops. I primarily played baseball but did go for 30 as a PG with Newellbany in 8th grade at Orinda Intermediate School...hung them up in hoops soon after, because, hey, that was the best it was ever gonna get...plus I was soooo tiny ;-)
I was the 2nd best player on the Varsity baseball team my SR year, so instead of winning the MVP award (which went to our catcher), I was awarded the Most Inspirational Player award. This was ironic because I was ejected twice that year, once for throwing the bat after a lengthy AB with the bases loaded late in the game against future Cal 2B Ivan Lewis at St. Mary's HS (Berkeley). Normally though I was a pretty good teammate.
Are you telling me you didn't play for Hickory?
I did not.
I probably would’ve been benched like Rade for hoisting it up from deep instead of passing 4 times…
[MSOC] Cal Ties No. 10 UNCG 1-1 In Season Opener
https://calbears.com/news/2023/8/24/mens-soccer-cal-ties-no-10-uncg-1-1-in-season-opener.aspx
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The California men's soccer team opened the 2023 season with a 1-1 draw Thursday night on the road at No. 10 North Carolina Greensboro. Despite two long weather delays and a Spartan goal in the opening minutes, the Golden Bears fought tooth and nail to tie one of the top teams in the country on its own turf.
"The was the wildest game I've ever been a part of, with all the stops and starts," Cal head coach Leonard Griffin said. "I'm super proud with the group. It's just the first game, but to grind out a result given the circumstances shows the strength of our character, and hopefully it'll help us to find a way to grind out wins in games to come. The guys understand that's a good result on the road."
[T&F] WORLD CHAMPION!
https://calbears.com/news/2023/8/24/track-field-world-champion.aspx
BUDAPEST, Hungary – As Camryn Rogers' final throw soared through the air, the 24-year-old Canadian finally let herself celebrate as she bounced on her toes and pumped her arms in the air with a huge grin.
It didn't matter how far the hammer went. The competition was over, and Rogers had already won.
After the weight landed, Rogers clasped her hands over her mouth and walked over to the waiting arms of bronze medalist DeAnna Price, who lifted her entirely off the ground, before clasping a tearful Anna Purchase – her former Golden Bear teammate – in a tight, joyful embrace. It was both a triumph for Team Canada, which now has two hammer titles at the World Athletics Championships (fellow British Columbia native Ethan Katzberg won on the men's side), and for California track & field as Rogers became the program's first champion at this level. Rogers is also just the second Canadian woman ever to win any world title, and the first since Perdita Felicien's 100m hurdles victory in 2003.
[FB] Sam Jackson V Named Cal Starting Quarterback
https://calbears.com/news/2023/8/24/football-sam-jackson-v-named-cal-starting-quarterback.aspx
BERKELEY – Travers Family Head Football Coach Justin Wilcox announced Thursday that Sam Jackson V will be the starting quarterback for the Golden Bears' 2023 season-opener at North Texas on Sept. 2. Jackson, a transfer from TCU in his first season at Cal, had been in a three-way competition for the team's starting signal-caller position in training camp along with Ben Finley and Fernando Mendoza.
"We had an intense three-way quarterback competition during training camp," Wilcox said. "All three did a great job, and I have a great deal of confidence in all of them. But Sam began to separate himself recently. He is a dynamic athlete who can succeed both in the passing game and by making defenses account for his outstanding running ability. When your quarterback does both of those things well, it can be challenging for the defense. I'm excited to see what he does with this opportunity."
Not sure why but I was really excited that Jackson won the starting job. Don't like his chances of winning the Heisman with his teammate, Jayden Ott, as competition.
[LAIR] MLI Fellowship Stokes Franco’s Fire At Cal
https://calbears.com/news/2023/8/24/inside-the-lair-mli-fellowship-stokes-francos-fire-at-cal.aspx
BERKELEY – Count Talya Franco as another McLendon Minority Leadership Initiative (MLI) Future Leader who has parlayed the program into a full-time job with Cal Athletics.
According to the MLI website, the purpose of the fellowship "is to provide minorities a jump-start to their careers through practical experiences, opportunities to build their network, and instilling the values of John McLendon: Integrity, Education, Leadership, and Mentorship."
[MGYM] Shimizu Closes Out Day One Of U.S. Championships
https://calbears.com/news/2023/8/24/mens-gymnastics-shimizu-closes-out-day-one-of-us-championships.aspx
SAN JOSE – The Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships kicked off competition on Thursday morning at the SAP Center, but California's Tyler Shimizu waited nearly six hours to start his first rotation as he and the senior men's field began to show their skills in front of the men's gymnastics fans at the Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships. At the end of the night, he had recorded scores on floor, pommel horse and parallel bars; he will look to improve upon those scores in two days' time when Saturday's contest begins at 4:00 p.m. PT.
Go Bears!!!
Must go faster. Must go faster.
[Volume warning]
https://twitter.com/UNEWSworld/status/1694974879546953991
This ursa is taking "Go Bears," a bit too literally.
Looked like maybe two little ones in the background. From my time in Alaska I know not to eff around with nature.
[MSOC] Cal plays at Wake Forest University, which I will remind everyone is a 2 hour drive away from its namesake town where it was founded
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Wake+Forest+University,+Wake+Forest+Road,+Winston-Salem,+NC/Wake+Forest,+NC+27587/@35.9296067,-80.0552808,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x8853adf824f2c181:0x9e805d290cfd29f0!2m2!1d-80.2792887!2d36.1354887!1m5!1m1!1s0x89ac518806853099:0x1600b0ce662398f0!2m2!1d-78.5097228!2d35.9798734!3e0?entry=ttu
Weak
My wife once felt lightheaded and dizzy. The symptoms lasted for more than an hour. We took her to ER. After getting an IV and released a few hours letter, the diagnosis was "weakness." I can't think of a less flattering diagnosis and to this day, I like to tease her about it.
Are you guys Godfather fans? Call her Fredo...that'll go over well ;-)
Zero
"Don't mess with Mr. Zero"
T-shirt worn by the movers who showed up to move Harry Burns out of his apartment when his wife dumped him in When Harry Met Sally.
SHE BLINDED ME WITH...
The only way to stop a civilization-destroying tsunami is with another civilization-destroying tsunami
https://thedebrief.org/researchers-manipulating-time-cause-first-ever-successful-photon-collisions/
DBD AV Club
Finished 2nd season of Lincoln Lawyer this week, good show, not great, but fun.
Started Ahsoka - first episode was quite good, looking forward to more.
I guess the 4th episode of 3rd season of Dark Winds - a sort of fun, not intense episode, but we quite enjoy in general.
PRO
Raiders sign some new players. They now have two linebackers: Isaac Darkangelo and Divine Deablo
https://www.raiders.com/team/players-roster/
Where is Lucifer?
Camryn Rogers - 2023 hammer world champion
https://www.instagram.com/p/CwVwRomvpiL/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
https://twitter.com/WorldAthletics/status/1694819789443899784
Won it on her first throw of the night.
It was noted yesterday that Stephen Strasburg plans to announce his retirement next month. Fourteen Ks in his first game. I remember they carried the radio feed of some of his minor league games before he was called up. Unfortunately had health issues most of his career. After being World Series MVP he signed for 7 years, $245 million. Since then he's pitched 31 innings. His contract is not insured.
Slugging Shea takes A’s to the moon
https://www.athleticsnation.com/2023/8/24/23845303/oakland-athletics-chicago-white-sox-shea-langeliers-brent-rooker-zack-gelof
The Oakland Athletics beat out the Chicago White Sox in a full-game slugfest. Eight homers were hit, and fortunately, the A’s were responsible for five of them.
It wasn’t always nice for the green and gold though. The game started off in the bottom of the 1st with Andrew Benintendi performing some loud lefty-on-lefty action. On the fifth pitch of the at-bat, the outfielder hit a solo homer over the right field fence off A’s starter Ken Waldichuk to give the Sox a quick 1-0 lead.
Crazy game, 5-5 ended with 3 sol HR by A's to win 8-5
Also so hot and sweaty.
Mookie Betts sets fire to the rain in Dodgers win over Guardians
https://www.truebluela.com/2023/8/24/23844454/mookie-betts-five-hits-dodgers-guardians-rain-suspended
It took nearly 21 hours from start to finish, but the Dodgers finally got their first win of the series against the Guardians, beating Cleveland 6-1 at Progressive Field in a game that began on Wednesday night and ended on Thursday but featured Mookie Betts throughout.
Just like in the first game of the series on Tuesday, the Dodgers struck in the top of the first. Four hits from the first six batters against Xzavion Curry plated three runs, including a two-out, two-run double by Kiké Hernández.
Kiké Hernández & Michael Busch power Dodgers over Guardians
https://www.truebluela.com/2023/8/24/23844853/michael-busch-enrique-hernandez-dodgers-home-runs-guardians
Kiké Hernández had three extra-base hits on his birthday and Michael Busch hit his first major league home run, leading the Dodgers’ 9-3 win over the Guardians on Thursday afternoon at Progressive Field in Cleveland.
Hernández doubled twice in the second game on Thursday, on his 32nd birthday. He then added a home run in the top of the ninth inning, the fifth game in his career with three extra-base hits, including the postseason.
DBD Street Journal
Apple reverses course, now backs right-to-repair in California
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/24/apple-backs-california-right-to-repair-bill-in-major-policy-shift.html
Yay! I guess
Hamster
Me - on that wheel at work
Emperor's Ultimate
dam
Exercise wheel
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Caleb Williams says he may not agree to EA Sports flat-fee compensation system
https://twitter.com/RossDellenger/status/1694710295749656578
typical SC douchenozzle!
During Jim Harbaugh's suspension, Michigan is going with five different head coaches, the DC for the first game, and one for each half during the other two all-cupcake out-of-conference season
https://sports.yahoo.com/michigan-announces-jim-harbaugh-will-be-replaced-by-4-head-coaches-including-his-son-during-3-game-suspension-225338506.html
TGIF
For me this means, Thank God I'm Finnish.
DBD AV CLUB
Watching the last few episodes of the last season of Leverage. I still have a few episodes of Leverage: Redemption to go. Paused finishing it up since it looks like there won't be a season 3 of it.
3 episodes in to Hijack on AppleTV...Idris is good..it's interesting
Oh, I'll download it and check it out.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Donald Trump - after years of being off of Twitter - finally tweets again. In it, he says he will never surrender, which is ironic since he also posted his own mug shot after he surrendered.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1694886846050771321
Trump sold Mar-a-Lago to a shell company owned by Don Jr.
This isn't illegal per se, but where'd Don Jr get $442 million dollars?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-transferred-ownership-of-mar-a-lago-estate-to-his-son-days-before-arrest/ar-AA1fK8rO
Donald Trump had his mugshot taken. And he self reported himself to be 6'3" 215 pounds.
https://people.com/donald-trump-mug-shot-released-georgia-charges-7644257
In response, Trump said "I took a mugshot, I'd never heard the words mug shot, they didn't teach me that at the Wharton School of Finance."
You know who's that height/weight?
Ravens' QB Lamar Jackson, Cal WR Brian Hightower, Cal pitcher Tucker Bougie, 49er WR Jauan Jennings.
Muhammad Ali
Ha! More like 315 lbs.
What’s with all the make up? Makes him look super weird. He’s like one of those people who’s too much plastic surgery and seem unaware of how strange they look. T with the permanently caked on orange makeup is just so bizarre looking - how does no R challenger poke fun at him over this, given that the R primaries are basically like a middle school election?
Are we back to shiny helmets this year? TBH they look better under the lights.
Yes
https://twitter.com/CalFootball/status/1694185840514380057