DBD 5/29-5/31: It's Grillin' Time!
by Kodiak on May 29, 2010 12:05 PM PDT
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PrintWhat the hey - holiday weekend DBD. Because I know that some of you have no lives just like me in between the bbq's, bikini parties, and benders some of you might just want to wander by and say WASSUP!
Memorial Day is supposed to mark the start of the grilling and boating seasons. Boating-wise, there are more alcohol-related deaths, injuries, and accidents on this weekend (and Labor Day) than most of the year combined. I used to go out before sunrise, fish a few hours, and then have lunch at the marina watching while already-buzzed recreation boaters tried to put their boats in the water. It's an awesome, awe-inspiring and often hilarious sight. You've got a bunch of arrogant guys who haven't used their toys in over six months trying to remember how to back up a trailer, often while mildly or completely drunk and often while trying to impress a scantily clad member of the opposite sex. Inebriation + inexperience/rust + presence of bikini babes = Wow.(NSFW, in case it matters) Any one of these conditions can throw a brotha off his game - when taken in combination, the results can be epic. My buddy and I used to make a game out of it and keep score over lunch. One point for: getting your truck stuck in the water, dropping the boat on the ramp, missing the trailer completely, forgetting to put in the plug, or regular accidents.
Boats don't have brakes and inexperienced/drunk boat drivers can cause some interesting crashes.
Suffice to say, having unleashed two offspring upon the world, I no longer venture to the water during a holiday weekend. Instead, it's all about the food. Today, I'm doing some cedar-plank salmon, bbq'd oysters, and grilled artichokes, peppers, and corn. Tomorrow, I'm going to smoke some goat-cheese stuffed home-ground steak burgers and see if I can avoid screwing up a couple of racks of the semi-legendary 4 Step Beef Ribs. For sides, we're doing bbq baked beans, and a southern-style green bean salad. We usually do a macaroni or potato salad, but have scratched that due to CGB fitness. I know - it's like drinking a diet Coke at a buffet.
For those of you who missed the late-night DBD talk on ribs, I share my 4 Step recipe:
Step 1: Marinate in beer. You can also add coke, honey, soy, ginger, garlic to taste. The key thing here is you *must* test your beer several times to ensure suitability. (For the People of Walmart - please note that you should test the beer before adding to the marinate.)
Step 2: Create foil tents around the ribs and braise w/ beer in the oven for 1hr at 400 degrees. This reduces fat and helps to break down the cartilage so that your ribs are fall-off-the-bone tender.
Step 3: Apply dry rub and smoke with hickory/mesquite at 200 degrees for 4 hrs. I usually use pre-made Cajun Foreplay by Dinosaur. To avoid issues with constantly monitoring wood (like carp) and temperatures, I use a Bradley Digital smoker that feeds in pellets automatically every 20 minutes.
Step 4: Apply sauce/glaze and grill briefly on high heat (Optional step - but I like a seared outside in contrast to a tender inside)
Without straying into the realm of Topics Which Must Not Be Discussed, I will say that I'm going to take a moment this weekend to be thankful. I appreciate my home and my family, and I appreciate all of you here at CGB. Happy Memorial Day, everyone!
So what's cooking? Got any family recipes to share? Do you have wild solarise-esque debauched party plans? Playing it chill? Are you already too drunk to rEaD cLeArLy? Is Fire Starkey hosting a pool party for family and...friends? (Too soon? So rong?) What are your Memorial Day weekend traditions?
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Three Bears Advance to NCAA National Meet
Three Golden Bears – juniors Steve Sodaro and Connor Landry and freshman Alima Kamara – punched their tickets to the NCAA Championships in Oregon with outstanding performances at the NCAA West Preliminary meet Friday in Austin, Texas.
Sodaro, the Pac-10 champion in the 3000-meter steeplechase when he ran a PR 8:40.60, captured his qualifying heat with a time of 8:51.55 to earn a berth at the national meet. His time was third overall among the 48 runners.
Running in the second of two heats, Sodaro edged Texas-El Paso’s Nicodemus Ng’etich, who was second in 8:51.93, and John Sullivan of Stanford, who placed third in 8:52.50. All three runners advanced to nationals.
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I was going to post links to the Cal softball game.
Uhhhh…
Not exactly how we envisioned it. But still a great season for our Bears.
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Bears Dropped by Bulldogs, 10-1; Georgia Wins Super Regional
After a grand slam in the second and five runs off five Georgia hits and two Cal errors in the fourth, No. 6-seeded Georgia defeated No. 11-seeded California, 10-1, in five innings on Saturday afternoon to win the Athens Super Regional. With the loss, the Golden Bears’ season concludes at 44-19 overall for the 37th winning season in program history while the Bulldogs advance to the Women’s College World Series with a 48-11 record.
The Bears earned three hits off of Georgia’s Sarah McCloud. The Bulldogs earned their 10 runs with seven hits off Cal hurler Jolene Henderson and two Cal errors. The crowd of 1,494 at the UGA Softball Stadium was the eighth largest in the facility’s history.
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Juricova Advances to NCAA Singles Quarterfinal
No. 2-ranked California women’s tennis sophomore Jana Juricova became the first Golden Bear to advance to the NCAA singles championship quarterfinal since 2006. Juricova put together her 17th consecutive win as she defeated No. 13 Maria Mosolova of Northwestern, 6-3, 7-6, in the round of 16 of the 2010 NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Singles Championship on Friday (May 28) at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on the campus of host University of Georgia.
It was Juricova’s third-career victory over Mosolova and extended her set-winning streak to 20. She turned a No. 1-ranked Mosolova away with a 6-4, 6-1 win at the top court during the 2009 NCAA team championship quarterfinal in their first meeting and earned a 6-3, 6-1 win in the semifinals of the ITA Team Indoor Championship on Feb. 14.
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Bears’ Varsity 8+ Wins in Day One at NCAA Championships
No. 3 California women’s crew advanced all three boats to Saturday’s semifinals at the NCAA Women’s Division I Rowing Championships after Friday morning’s heats at Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif., with the Golden Bears’ varsity 8+ winning its heat and Cal’s second varsity 8+ and varsity 4+ taking second in their respective heats. The Bears, who won the 2010 Pac-10 championship on May 16, hope to add a third national championship to their 2005 and 2006 NCAA team titles.
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Cal Baseball Defeats No. 21 Oregon, 4-3
The Cal baseball team (28-22, 12-13) received some outstanding pitching from freshman left-hander Justin Jones and sophomore right-hander Erik Johnson in a 4-3 victory over No. 21 Oregon Friday night at PK Park in Eugene. The Golden Bears also got a key two-run double from sophomore catcher Chadd Krist and a home run from sophomore center fielder Chad Bunting.
In a crucial game in Cal’s bid for an NCAA postseason bid, the Bears were able to hold on for a win over the Ducks. Jones was able to win his 10th game of the season (10-5) by throwing 7.0 innings with six hits, two runs, one earned run, one walk and four strikeouts. He was relieved in the eighth inning by Johnson, Cal’s regular Friday starter, who threw the final 2.0 innings (one hit, one run, two walks, four strikeouts) to earn his first save of the year.
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Cal at NCAA Championships Tuesday-Sunday for First Time Since Winning in 2004
CAL TO PLAY AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2004
Cal will play at the NCAA Championships for the first time since winning their lone national title in 2004 and the sixth time in school history. The Bears were also participants at the NCAA Championships in 1995 (6th), 1998 (15th), 1999 (16th) and 2000 (17th).
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Forsett, 24, looks even quicker and more explosive than he did last season. And although he’s only 5-8, 195 pounds, Forsett is a good runner in between the tackles. The humble RB out of Cal believes he could be an every down runner in the league.
And PomPom just cut Lendale White. I hope Forsett gets his shot and tears it up this year.
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wait, JB weighs more than Forsett!?
no cal bear? no care
by EchoOfSilence on Jun 1, 2010 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn, I want to swing by and eat your delicious food.
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by atomsareenough on May 29, 2010 12:18 PM PDT reply actions
Ha! Should have thought of that before you blew off all those workouts this week. Sorry, man. Gotta cut you off for your own good. ;)
If it makes you feel any better, I won’t get to over-indulge, either. Provided that Psycho-Teething Baby’s fever goes away, we’re dropping off most of the food at my grandparents/parents tomorrow, and then the in-laws on Monday.
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LOL, touché. You make a very fair point.
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by atomsareenough on May 29, 2010 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
rec'd for weekend DBD!
you must test your beer several times to ensure suitability
Mmmm… that’s real trichinosis flavoring!
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"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
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Anybody watch the soccer game? How about that 2nd half performance!
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
The United States came from behind to claim a morale-boosting victory over Turkey in their final match before heading to South Africa for the World Cup.
Arda Turan opened the scoring after 27 minutes for the visitors in front of more than 55,000 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.
But Jozy Altidore netted just before the hour mark to level things up and Clint Dempsey struck the winner 15 minutes from time.
For those of you who were busy drinking beer cooking like me and missed the game.
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Night and day.
Surprised it only took one half for some of the A players to shake the rust off against a quality opponent like Turkey.
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by Thoroughbred on May 29, 2010 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
The halftime substitutions at midfield seemed to help maintain possession (Ricardo Clarke really seemed to struggle in the first half) but the scoring came when Landon and Clint started playing up to their abilities.
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Clark isn’t usually like that. I think it’s rust, but I’m not opposed to the 2nd half MF starting
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by Thoroughbred on May 29, 2010 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions
U-S-A! U-S-A!
On the flip side of Ricardo Clark, Torres looked completely different from the Netherlands game last year. Then, his passes weren’t at players’ feet, he wasn’t tracking back, just seemed out of it. Today, he was a man on fire. He was either marking someone, or making a great pass, or holding onto the ball. I had watched the Pachuca-Toluca game a few weeks ago to see what BB saw in him, and he looked fairly decent, but from today’s results I say he should start.
I thought Jay Demerit also played really well, he was the defender of last resort during all of Turkey’s counters. Findlay obviously looked dangerous in the 2nd half, but the real reason to let him start is that the 4-5-1 or 4-4-1-1 sort of diluted Landon’s and Clint’s touches. I also give the nod to Cherundolo over Spector, barely, for how well he was pushing up out wide in the 2nd half.
Jozy did well tracking back to midfield several times in the first half, since the service wasn’t very good; granted, he wasn’t dominant, but the improvement from playing in the EPL is clear.
IDK what’s been the deal with Spector. Seems like he’s just kinda trailed off this season.
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by Thoroughbred on May 29, 2010 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions
He had a horrible season at West Ham, IIRC, but I trust him back there more than a lot of the other scrubs we’ve been using at left back – I mean do you take the guy who plays well in the d-league or the starter who plays in the NBA?
(I take spector – he’s not going to be intimidated when Walcott or Rooney are running at him)
He’s playing RB now though, I thought
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by Thoroughbred on May 30, 2010 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, Dolo definitely had the better game yesterday, but then again, he already had the rust out after playing so much of the opener versus the Czechs. We’ll see how Spector does against Australia.
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by Thoroughbred on May 30, 2010 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, I don’t want to start spector – my back line is Dolo, Demerit, Gooch and Boca. But I’d rather have Spector as my next guy off the bench than Bornstein.
Bornstein is the last guy off the bench right now. He just played yesterday to play, ya know?
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by Thoroughbred on May 30, 2010 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Well what would you like to know about it?
by Missing Barry on May 31, 2010 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Despite advanced cancer diagnosis, Jill Costello leads crew to NCAAs
After enduring nearly 20 rounds of chemotherapy and a half dozen radiation treatments, Jill Costello went looking for a miracle. A year ago, this young, fit nonsmoker and senior coxswain on Cal’s women’s crew was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer.
Stage IV is the most advanced form of the disease.
So off to Lourdes, France, it was for the 22-year-old native San Franciscan and devout Catholic, hoping the waters considered by believers to have miraculous properties would cure what 21st century medical science thus far could not.
My darn allergies keep acting up…
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As first mentioned by Baggs late last night, the Giants have finally called up Buster Posey, presumably to play at least 5 games a week at 1b and catcher.
Now let’s see if Bruce Bochy actually plays him 5 games a week, which pitchers Posey catches, and if Bochy has the patience to wait out an early slump.
This call-up was, of course, due.
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The right move at the stupidest moment possible, and done in a way that will help the team as little as possible. Sigh.
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And you’re surprised…how?
After all, there is exhaustive evidence of clear-thinking and foresight behind the Gigantes management for the past several years.
Over/under on Bochy actually playing Posey besides the occasional pinch-hit?
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Sadly, I’m not surprised at all. And the reported plan will actually let Buster play…at the expense of Nate Shierholtz, one of the few players who actually deserves to play for both his bat and his defense. Sigh.
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Hopefully
I’ll see him play when I go to the game on Monday. Terrible timing, but predictable for Sabean. He’s so fucking stupid
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It's okay, Ryan Verdugo. I don't love you any less even though you suck right now.
It’s a tough call – do you want your team to do badly so that ownership will finally pull the trigger and get a GM and manager that have a clue?
It’s a shame to waste prime years for Timmy and Cain with such a toothless lineup.
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You guys signed Burrell? Awesome.
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by atomsareenough on May 29, 2010 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Your SF Giants:
turning catchers into corner infielders since 2008!
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
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by natteringnabob on May 29, 2010 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I can’t believe I’m posting a link for Dodgers/Lakers fans
What can I say? We’re all about being fair and reasonable.
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After seeing the link, I can believe it. This one’s better, though.
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by atomsareenough on May 29, 2010 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, bonus video you might actually enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT8h4UmuN1Q (NSFW or children though)
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by atomsareenough on May 29, 2010 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
<a href=“http:// ”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A31ld3D4VG4&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A31ld3D4VG4&feature=related" target="new">Mildly amusing
Uhhh…What were we talking about again?
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/flagged
for letting Twist use your account to post!
"I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."- Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti
"What do I want you to do? What are you doing in the National League?"- John McGraw
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by natteringnabob on May 29, 2010 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Pac-10 football: Five thoughts for the summer
Anyhow, here are five thoughts for Pac-10 football fans to ponder this weekend, next month and all the way to training camp — or at least until USC hears from the NCAA, the Oregon schools kick someone else off the team and UCLA loses another transfer.
I hope everyone has a nice holiday.
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Going out now to pick up Backbreaker!
Expect a review in the near future.
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iPod Touch!
I just got one as a graduation present from my uncle. Anybody got recommendations for awesome apps?
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Sorry, man. Most of my aps are all games for pre-school age kids.
Awesome Notes is pretty good for keeping track of notes/files. Stanza is handy for books on the go.
And I think I speak for all of us when I say that I will BAN your *ss with extreme prejudice if we don’t get some updates starting Tuesday. ;)
Congrats again on graduating.
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Congratulations on your big day! Also, you have a nice uncle.
I loooooove Shazam, to identify the music you hear playing randomly (or on the radio). It can tell you that song on the telly, or playing in a store, or anywhere. It’s genius.
Angry Birds and Plants vs. Zombies will keep you entertained for hours, in short little episodes, so they’re great for when you’re waiting for someone or something.
UrbanSpoon is good for finding restaurants, and OpenTable for making reservations. Fandango for movie schedules/tickets. RunPee tells you when it’s a good time to take a potty break while you’re at the movie, and summarizes what you missed.
ESPN ScoreCenter. IndieBound for book recommendations from independent book stores. Cabulous tells you where the closest taxi in SF is and lets you hail it.
Shazam is tight, but it’s better with an iPhone than an iPod Touch. You have to remember to bring along a microphone with you.
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by Avinash Kunnath on May 29, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Flightcontroller is pretty fun, for .99 plus tax.
Guiding in aeroplanes to the tarmac can get pretty hectic!
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by Maisbikkja on May 30, 2010 9:18 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
My birthday is Monday!
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It's okay, Ryan Verdugo. I don't love you any less even though you suck right now.
High five, Gemini! (I’m a week from tomorrow). Happy Birthday.
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by atomsareenough on May 29, 2010 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Gemini
Everyone loves a Gemini because everyone loves a schizophrenic. You like to think that you are a half-and half mixture of Socrates and Michelangelo, but in reality it’s more like Prince and Bea Arthur. You are progressive, outgoing, and one of the most popular rides at Cedar Point. However, you can and will negate all of this by the time you’re finished reading this sentence. Geminis drive funny cars. They often drive them into trees or buildings. Geminis are pushy and overbearing. They pick fights with small children and moon people at weddings.
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You say “Prince and Bea Arthur” like it’s a bad thing. To me, it says that we are funky, sexy, immensely musically talented, and possessed of a rapier wit. I’ll take that compliment.
I do drive a funny car, but I can’t afford to drive it into any objects right now. And, I do not fight kids and moon people at weddings, but I will moon children at a funeral.
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by atomsareenough on May 30, 2010 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions
Lakers one quarter away from the NBA Finals
Could this really be the Playoffs of Artest?
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by Avinash Kunnath on May 29, 2010 7:40 PM PDT reply actions
It’s starting to look like it. Still remains to be seen if he can avoid going bad-crazy in the finals. Maybe he and KG will try to bite each other’s ears off.
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Ballgame. Don’t like either of them, but have to give credit to Kobe and Fish for making tough shot after tough shot down the stretch.
IF the Celtics can get healthy and stay healthy, I think their depth, physicality and D gives them the edge. If Rondo and KG remain limited, it’s a coin toss.
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Great series by Kobe-Dominated when he had to, deferred when he had to.
He does that against the Celtics, the Lakers will get their revenge. Well, also if Gasol doesn’t play with a collar around his neck like he did tonight.
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by Avinash Kunnath on May 29, 2010 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, the Celtics and Lakers are playing in the Championship again
/shoots self again
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by Thoroughbred on May 29, 2010 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Celtics team D >>>> Suns D.
If Kobe stays hot, he’s going to get his. Nothing wrong w/ the guys checking him, he was just making some insane shots. If Gasol struggled against Stoudamire, Lopez, Amundsen, Frye…is he really going to respond to the more physical waves of Celtic bigs? I think the Lakers outside of Kobe are going to have trouble scoring.
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It wasn’t the Suns D as much as their energy and double teams and zoning that flustered Gasol. They didn’t need Pau to be that successful.
Man-to-man against Garnett, I like him a lot more.
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by Avinash Kunnath on May 30, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Report: Celtics, Lakers Finals Would Allow Sportscasters To Endlessly List The Last Names Of Former Celtics, Lakers
“At the top of our pregame broadcast, or anytime they cut back to the studio, I could say, ‘Russell. Chamberlain. Cousy. West. Havlicek. McHale. Worthy. Baylor,’ in a tone suggesting viewers should feel emotionally transported by the sheer historic force of the Lakers-Celtics rivalry,” ESPN’s Michael Wilbon said on Saturday
via The Onion
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The funny part is, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.
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by Avinash Kunnath on May 30, 2010 12:24 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s a good thing Walton is still working his way back slowly. Can you imagine him going on and on about all the former greats?
Btw…Did anyone else laugh when Van Gundy called Nate Robinson’s grandstanding “hubris” during the Celtics close-out win?
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All Cal Boats Qualify For Finals at NCAA Championships
No. 3 California women’s crew advanced all three boats to Sunday’s finals at the NCAA Women’s Division I Rowing Championships after Saturday morning’s semifinals at Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif., with the Golden Bears’ varsity 4+ winning its heat. The Cal varsity 8+ came in second and the second varsity 8+ finished third. The top three boats in each semifinal automatically qualified for the grand finals; the bottom three boats move on to the petite finals.
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ROW ON YOU BEARSSSSSSS!!!
Vereening off into the future....
Three-Set Grind Takes Juricova Into NCAA Singles Semifinal
No. 2-ranked California women’s tennis sophomore Jana Juricova started slow but finished in a flurry as she claimed a three-set victory over No. 20-ranked Nina Secerbegovic of Baylor, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, in the NCAA singles quarterfinal. Juricova earned her 18th straight win to advance to the semifinal round of the 2010 NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Singles Championship on Saturday (May 29) at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on the campus of host University of Georgia.
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Cal Baseball Defeats No. 21 Oregon, 13-3
Led by an impressive offensive display, including a grand slam by junior first baseman Mark Canha and home runs from sophomore catcher Chadd Krist and freshman designated hitter Devin Rodriguez, the Cal baseball team (29-22, 13-13) defeated No. 21 Oregon, 13-3, Saturday night at PK Park in Eugene. The Golden Bears also got 5.0 innings from sophomore right-hander Dixon Anderson (5-3) and a save from junior right-hander Kevin Miller. Freshman right fielder Tony Renda finished 4-for-5 with two doubles and two RBI as well.
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Mark Matusak Sets Cal Record in 1500 Meters at NCAA Preliminary Meet
Senior Mark Matusak established a Golden Bear record in the men’s 5000 meters, running 3:39.59, and sophomore Deborah Maker and both the 4×100 and 4×400 relays earned qualifying marks for the NCAA Championships Saturday as Cal wrapped up action the NCAA West Preliminary meet in Austin, Texas.
After three days of competition at Mike A. Myers Stadium, the Bears claimed spots in seven events at the national meet June 9-12 at Oregon’s Hayward Field. In addition, Mike Morrison will vie for the title in the decathlon based on his score from earlier this season, giving Cal eight total entries.
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3:39.59… I could do that
oh 3 hours
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by Thoroughbred on May 30, 2010 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Buster Posey goes 3 for 4 with 3 RBI’s
Buster Posey awakened Saturday morning in Salt Lake City, caught a flight to San Francisco, rescued a kitten from a tree, helped an old lady across the street and donated two pints of blood.
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He ain’t no Jason Heyward!
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 30, 2010 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions
Probably a good thing. If he were, Sabean would probably have left him in Fresno.
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If Triple-A stats mean nothing, I wonder what Single-A stats are!
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 30, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
And the obligatory link for Dodger fans.
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Why do you think blue is associated with virility and strength?
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by atomsareenough on May 30, 2010 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Because true blue is associated with Cal, of course.
Lesser, diluted shades naturally need a little help. You’re not claiming to be a closet ucla fan like Twist, are you?
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You’re hairsplitting with the shades, I see. Dodger blue is not powder blue like the baby bears. It’s a much deeper and more regal shade. Your team’s Halloween colors, on the other hand, are appalling.
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by atomsareenough on May 30, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the colors are like combat camouflage – they’re supposed to distract you from the past-prime toothless lineup with no plate discipline.
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Pat the Bat is toothless and past his prime, but has some plate discipline…
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by atomsareenough on Jun 1, 2010 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions
“I’m comfortable with the offense,” Mack said Thursday. “I’m not running tons of laps, so I’m having a good time. There’s enough heat out here (without the laps).”
The respected website profootballfocus.com tracks every player on every play and ranked Mack as the sixth most efficient center in the entire league in 2009.
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It’s hard not to miss a Center who got picked in the Top 20
Cooler than a Polar Bear's toenails.
by Thoroughbred on May 30, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
Gamers and World Cup fans actually agree?
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Don’t you wish you could throw like a girl?
“The Knuckle Princess” made her American pro pitching debut Saturday night, and her part of the game wound up as a draw.
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Friday declared another national holiday
Apparently, that’s when the hammer’s gonna fall (or not) on USC. Please God, don’t make it “not”.
You’d think that if we got a bowl ban for Ainsworth/Davenport’s academics, there’d have to be some ka-boom on the way.
If only the NCAA actually had some credibility…
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Or a retroactive Cal Pac-10 Championship.
And how bout a retroactive Rose Bowl berth?
Cooler than a Polar Bear's toenails.
by Thoroughbred on May 31, 2010 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Just seeing the pics of the chicken n’ waffles sandwich wiped out one of my arteries. Now I’m intrigued…
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Weekend – STFU Fattie as I ate my way through Hong Kong. From the world’s best scrambled eggs at the Australian Dairy Company to homestyle Cantonese to Hong Kong style western food at Goldfinch and seafood feasts on Lamma Island and at Sushi Kuu. Four straight days of face stuffing. We did, however, walk almost everywhere.
Sunday – 5 km and 20 minutes of jump rope and then bike riding around Shanghai (er. . . to go get Beijing style hot opt)
Today – 3 km, 30 minutes on the spinning bike (there is this cute girl at my gym I always say hi to who was riding the other spinning bike so I cough switched over there to sweat next to her)
3 x10, x 4, x 1 pull-ups
3 × 10, x7, x7 dips
3 × 12 bicep curls
3 × 15 tricep push-ups – these hurt
Tomorrow – 2 hours of basketball
I can’t offer up any stfu fattys since I spent Fri/Sat doing bicep curls…with modelos, hefes, and stouts instead of the normal barbells. The knee/shin is finally feeling better again after plenty of stretching/ice/rest.
Yesterday:
20 minutes on the heavy bag/speed bag instead of the bike
3 sets x 50 pushups
3 sets x 7 pullups
3 sets x 10: shoulder press, triceps extension, woodchop, flies, ab rotation, bicep curls
Today:
Headed to the in-laws for lunch…which means elevated blood pressure for a few hours
Circuit training and more bagwork scheduled for later this pm…going to play it safe and avoid the bike one more day.
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Cal Finishes Second at NCAA Championships
No. 3 California women’s crew finished in second place in the overall team standings at the NCAA Women’s Division I Rowing Championships after Sunday morning’s finals at Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif. The Golden Bears’ varsity 4+ recorded a second-place finish in its final. The Cal varsity 8+ came in fourth and the second varsity 8+ finished third. Virginia won the NCAA title with 87 points. Cal came in second with 82 points and Princeton in third with 76 points.
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Juricova Earns Spot in NCAA Singles Title Match
No. 2-ranked California women’s tennis sophomore Jana Juricova advanced to the 2010 NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Singles Championship title match with her 19th consecutive victory on Sunday (May 30) at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on the campus of host University of Georgia. Juricova’s 14th win over a ranked opponent in her last 19 matches came against 2009 runner-up No. 7 Laura Vallverdu of Miami in the semifinal. She becomes the first Golden Bear to advance to the singles championship match since 2006 when Susie Babos claimed the crown as a sophomore.
Juricova will seek her 20th consecutive victory, 45th overall, when she faces No. 12 Chelsey Gullickson of Georgia in the title match at 2 p.m. ET on Monday, May 31. Juricova now holds a 44-6 record in 50 singles matches this season, including a 23-3 mark in duals.
Cal gets another shot at Georgia…
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The singles final is at 11:00 AM Pacific Time. There is purported to be streaming video of the match at ncaa.com.
Go Bears! Go Jana!
Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.
Juricova ended up losing in two sets. She lost the first set 6-3 and had a lead in the second set before Gullickson came back and forced a 6-6 tie. The tiebreaker was very competitive, but Gullickson eventually earned a two-point lead and won the tiebreaker 9-7, thus earning a victory in the second set.
"Some people watch adult videos on their computer - I go to YouTube and watch Jahvid Best highlight clips. That’s what gets me going."- Jim Schwartz, Detroit Lions head coach
Man, stupid Georgia.
"UC Davis??? hahahahaha" - Aaron Rodgers
by atomsareenough on Jun 1, 2010 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions
Cal Baseball Topped, 6-5, at No. 21 Oregon
Freshman right fielder Tony Renda was 3-for-4 and freshman designated hitter Devin Rodriguez hit a two-run homer, but the Cal baseball team fell just short of sweeping No. 21 Oregon, losing 6-5 Sunday in the final game of the three-game Pac-10 series at PK Park in Eugene. The Golden Bears (29-23, 13-14) had won the first two games of the key series against the ranked Ducks, 4-3 and 13-3, to help bolster their bid for an at-large berth into an NCAA Regional.
The selection show for the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship will be Monday, May 31 at 9:30 a.m. (PT) on ESPN.
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