Golden Nuggets: BREAKING FLAVORTOWN NEWS

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Hello and welcome to Golden Nuggets! In this weekly write up, we try our best to cover all things Cal, Berkeley, Bearkeley, UC Berkeley, University of Cal Berkeley, University of Berkeley at Cal, BerkeleyInspire, and California Berkeley University that happened more or less in the last week! Let’s dig in!

Holy, Moly Stromboli!

And now some news out of Flavortown. This past week, ‘Guy’s Grocery Games’ wrapped up its Greatest of All Time GOAT Tournament (or the GOAT GOAT Tournagoat) featuring previous winners from the show including The Next Iron Chef contestant Eric Greenspan. Chef Greenspan (or @ChefGreeny) on Twitter is a Cal Alumni having graduated from the Haas School of Business.

He also has a great book about Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. Read more about his prestigious victory here. Or catch him down in Los Angeles cooking at the Tesla Diner and Drive-In in Hollywood. Congrats Eric! Now to make some sandwiches…

*Slaps Roof of Super Computer*

This baby can make memes super fast.

The Associated Press put together a video article on a new supercomputer currently being built up in the hills at the Berkeley National Lab. The supercomputer will be used by researchers across a variety of concentrations to power the next major breakthrough and ensure that there next will be Stanfurdium. That or the Calgorithm is going to be able to make memes in record time. Read more in Berkeleyside’s write up here.

Hot Links

• Listen, I’m fully aware that about 9 of the 98 Yards are still on the Cal Roster, but that will never ruin for me 98 Yards with the Boys. Check out the calculus behind it here!

• Charmin Smith joined ABC 7 after a recent Valkyries game to talk about next years team. Catch it here!

• Fresh off a squirrel robot, UC Berkeley researchers are thinking small.

Golden Bear Honors

• Jack Alexy won the 100m Freestyle and punched a ticket to the World Aquatic Championships in Singapore later this summer. Alexy also won the 50m freestyle.

• Gabriel Jett took second in the 200m freestyle and also booked a ticket to the World Aquatic Championships.

• Keaton James took second in the 200m backstroke. Guess where he’s going.

• Dare Rose won the 50m butterfly. Wonder if he has summer plans. Dare also came in third on the 100m butterfly.

• Mykolas Alekna was named to the Pre-NCAA Outdoor Championships Bowerman Watchlist, clinching a spot on every Bowerman Watchlist this season.

• Cal picked up another 2012 Olympic Bronze this week (yes, you read that right) following a Court of Arbitration for Sports decision that awarded the Women’s 800m Bronze Medal to Alysia Montaño

• Ryan Erisman came in third in the 400m freestyle race, breaking the boys’ 17-18 NAG record in the process

• Incoming bear Tiago Silva (Men’s Tennis) picked up his first professional title this week winning the M15 doubles title in Monastir, Tunisia

• Trenton Julian placed third in the 200 IM

• Carl Emil Overbeck and Timofey Stepanov were named the ITA Tennis Northwest Regional Most Improved Players

Cal Athletics Round Up

• A number of Cal Athletes competed at the US Nationals this past week. Catch the recap here.

Cal Pros Round Up

NFL

• Aaron Rodgers signed with the Steelers. And also got married? Congrats!

• Cam Bynum is a Dad! Just in time for Father’s Day.

NBA

• It appears Jason Kidd may be taking his talents to New York.

PGA

• The US Open starts this week. Colin Morikawa, Ben An, and Michael Kim will be on hand with Morikawa tabbed as a Tier II potential winner and Kim tabbed as a Tier III potential winner.

Next Week in Bear Territory

• Track and Field starts NCAA Championships! (6/11-6/14)

Well that about wraps it up for us here at Golden Nuggets. As always, let me know what I inevitably forgot to include this week in the comments. Until next week, I’m gonna be working my way through some grilled cheese sandwiches.