DBD 10.26.11 Happy Diwali!

I hid my DBD, Rishi, so we can go with yours here.

The California men’s tennis team will send two doubles teams to the USTA/ITA Indoor Championships

The fourth-seeded California men’s tennis doubles team of junior Carlos Cueto and sophomore Ben McLachlan triumphed in the title match of the 2011 USTA/ITA Northwest Regional Championships on Tue., Oct. 25, at the Nordstrom Tennis Center. The Golden Bears also took home the team trophy for securing the most wins of any participating program.

By virtue of their victory in the final, Cueto and McLachlan receive an automatic berth and will join Cal’s fifth-ranked duo of senior Nick Andrews and junior Christoffer Konigsfeldt, next weekend (Nov. 3-6), at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships in New York. This is the first time in program history that the Bears will send two doubles teams to the indoor championships.

Football to take on UCLA:



2011 CALIFORNIA FOOTBALL
Saturday, Oct. 29, 4:00 p.m. (PT)
Cal (4-3, 1-3 Pac-12) at UCLA (3-4, 2-2 Pac-12)
The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA

Live Coverage
TV: Prime Ticket – Bill McDonald (Play-by-Play), J.J. Stokes (Analyst), Chris McGee (Sideline Reporter)
Cal Commercial Radio: KGO 810 AM (San Francisco) – Joe Starkey (Play-By-Play), Troy Taylor (Analyst, Pregame Show), Todd McKim (Pregame Show, Sideline), Lee Grosscup (Postgame Show), Kate Scott (Postgame Show) P*Postgame at the Paragon, Claremont Hotel Club & Spa, 41 Tunnel Road, Berkeley, CA
IMG College/Cal Radio Network Affiliates: KFPT 790 AM (Fresno), KESP 970 AM (Modesto), KPRZ 1210 AM (San Diego), KMZT 1260 AM (Los Angeles), KTKZ 1380 AM (Sacramento), KFIG 1430 AM (Fresno).
All-Access Radio: The Cal commercial radio broadcast feed of the game can be heard on the Internet thorugh the All-Access channel on CalBears.com. All-Access can be found under the Multimedia tab at the top of the page.
Cal Student Radio: KALX 90.7 FM (Berkeley) – KALX 90.7 FM (Berkeley) – Danny Freisinger (Play-By-Play), Elliott Schwimmer (Analyst)
Sirius XM Satellite Radio: The home team’s commercial radio broadcast feed of the Cal-UCLA game can be heard on Sirius XM satellite radio. The UCLA home feed of the contest is available on Channel 85 on both Sirius and XM.

Rugby in 7s tourney in Moraga this weekend:

BERKELEY – The California Golden Bears continue their efforts in developing a Rugby Sevens team, playing the same format in which the sport returns to the Summer Olympics in 2016, with their participation in the California 7s Saturday and Sunday at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, Calif.

With the spring season on the American college landscape devoted to the full 15-man version of the game, autumn has emerged as the ideal season for the growth of the college seven-man game.

The Bears continue to face facility issues, including a lack of dedicated access to Witter Rugby Field during the ongoing renovation of Memorial Stadium until at least the fall of 2012. It is at that time that Cal hopes to have a comprehensive, long-term sevens development plan up and running.

“We are pretty green in the sevens game,” said head coach Jack Clark. “No doubt we have very good potential, but similar to most university teams, we are new to fitting sevens into our annual training and competition plans.”

The Bears have already accepted an invitation from NBC to play in its national collegiate invitational tournament in June of 2012. Cal has participated in that event the previous two years, advancing to the final in 2010 and the quarterfinals in 2011.

Cal-WSU sked set:

(BERKELEY) – Comcast SportsNet California will telecast the Cal-Washington State game scheduled to be played at AT&T Park on Saturday, Nov. 5. Kickoff for the Pac-12 contest is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. PT.

In addition, the commercial radio broadcast of all Cal football games can be heard on the IMG College Sports Radio Network, with KGO 810 AM in San Francisco serving as the flagship station. The KGO broadcast is also available live online at CalBears.com, while KALX 90.7 FM offers fans the student radio broadcast.

After the Washington State contest, the Bears will play their 2011 regular-season home finale at AT&T Park against Oregon State (Sat., Nov. 12).

Cal fans can enjoy each of the two remaining contests at AT&T Park in style by purchasing a single-game luxury suite. Remaining suites are located in the end zone along the first base line and include 16 game tickets. Each suite is furnished with interior and exterior HDTV’s, a kitchen, wet bar and internet access.

KMens golf in 4th at tourney:


(WINDERMERE, FL) – Cal (293-301-294 – 888, +24) wrapped up its fall season by moving up two spots on the third and final day of action at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational as the Golden Bears tied for fourth at the event co-hosted by Texas Tech and UCF. Cal’s six-over par round on the final 18 holes was the third-best round of the day behind only the six-under par effort by team champion Texas (295-289-298 – 886, +22) and the three-over par tally from Indiana (296-301-291 – 888, +24), who tied for fourth with Cal.

“Win, lose or draw here I wanted us to do a couple of things,” Desimone said. “I told our guys the night before the tournament that I wanted us to play well and manage our games, and if we did those two things then we’d make a good showing here.”

LSU (295-289-298 – 882, +18) and North Florida (287-300-299 – 886, +22) were the only other teams to finish ahead of the Bears in the final standings of a 15-team field that included eight teams ranked in the top 25 nationally. Cal was the nation’s No. 7 team according to Golfweek prior to the event and ranked No. 10 in the Golfstat poll.

Second Conference Honor

California senior attacker Ivan Rackov has been named the KAP7 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Player of the Week for the second time this season, and the fourth time in his career, after leading the Golden Bears to an 11-8 victory over Pepperdine last Friday at Spieker Aquatics Complex, it was announced Monday (Oct. 24) by MPSF commissioner Al Beaird. Rackov, a 6-1, 177-pounder from Belgrade, Serbia, paced Cal with four goals in the MPSF league win over No. 6 Pepperdine. He helped the Bears improve to 15-3 overall and 3-1 in the MPSF by scoring two of his four goals in the fourth period as Cal outscored the Waves, 3-2, in the final eight minutes to help clinch the win. With Rackov’s four scores he now has 219 career goals, placing him second on the Bears all-time career scoring list. He leads the MPSF with 54 goals in 17 matches (3.18 gpg).

Cal might have to face Jerry Rice Jr this Sat:

Talking about the reality of facing Cal with six of his players suspended for the game, UCLA head coach Rick Neuheisel said, among other things, “We’ve got some other ways to play 11-man football.”

One of them being to give playing time to a redshirt sophomore heretofore buried on the Bruins’ depth chart. Though Jerry Rice caught more passes than anyone in NFL history, his son Jerry Rice Jr. has yet to catch his first pass in college.

That might change Saturday when the ursine matchup of Bears and Bruins takes place at the Rose Bowl.

“Jerry Rice has been champing at the bit to play,” Neuheisel said, meaning Jerry Jr., from Menlo School. “He’s one of those great kids you have in your program. You’re trying to find a chance to give him an opportunity and here he finds himself with a golden opportunity.”

NinersNation talks Fullbacks:

Something I haven’t missed from the Nolan-Singletary days is the continuous position battles at damn near every position. When Jim Harbaugh came to town, it was clear that he thought that would be a waste of people’s time and energy to withhold information like that, but it appears as if a position battle has emerged.

At the fullback position, Bruce Miller and Moran Norris are the two active players competing for playing time. Norris, the longtime lead blocker for Frank Gore, has been sidelined by injury, giving Miller a chance to show what he brings in Norris’ absence. Norris has become more frail in his age, and appears to have taken a backseat to Miller, ability-wise.

Miller is anxious and excited to get out there and contribute as a blocker and pass catcher. Meanwhile, Norris has never really been known for his versatility and it could hurt him starting immediately. While Norris was out, Miller took over as the starter but was never officially slated as the number one on the depth chart.

Sharks win:

Joe Thornton just recently played in his 1.000th NHL game. Since he’s been such a prolific scorer throughout his illustrious journey, a huge career achievement in the points department couldn’t be far behind.

Thornton became just the 50th player in NHL history to notch 700 assists as a result of a two assist performance in a 3-1 win over the Nashville Predators. It goes without saying that we’re watching a player who will likely be included in the Hall of Fame when he finally skates off into the sunset.

We’re a far way away from that, though, as Thornton showed tonight that he remains one of the NHL’s most dangerous passers. Joe Pavelski, who has six goals in seven games this season, has been the prime recipient of Thornton’s feeds so far this year and chipped in two more with the captain’s help tonight.

Police use of GPS tracking in investigations is something of a hotbed issue that calls into question how much privacy people are entitled to. But when it’s used successfully, as it was to arrest a California man who committed identity theft against 300,000 people, that argument becomes much more complex.

According to Cnet’s Declan McCullagh, a Los Angeles man by the name of Richard Delgado who obtained a whole lot of JC Penney credit card numbers, and then went on a shopping spree. Then one victim who had been hit brought it to the attention of a U.S. Postal Inspector, who found Delgado’s number through Facebook and linked it to calls he made to the credit card bank.

As long as a warrant is required, I don’t see a problem. I have nothing to hide…unless the 5-0s use it to track me being outside Twist’s house snapping photos of him flexing in front of the mirror—-topless.

http://gizmodo.com/5853465/police-used-gps-tracking-to-bust-identity-thief-with-over-300000-victims

Silver And Black Pride taks Marcel Reese:

The Raiders offense has been in a steady decline since Marcel Reece was lost to injury in Week 3. They struggled to find the endzone against New England, barely gained a first down in the first half against Houston, and they were a disaster last game.

The absence of Marcel Reece can’t be understated. Reece has turned into a decent blocker, but his best blocking and havoc wreaking come from his versatility. Teams have to account for Reece in their game plan. He is a constant threat to catch the ball out of the backfield, and teams have to rotate their defense and spread out when he lines up wide.

He adds another dimension to the offense that frees others up to produce as much as he produces himself. His presence is especially valuable in the red zone and short yardage situations. He prevents teams from loading up against the run.

Whether you’re sliding a bar or pulling a puzzle piece across your smartphone screen, you’re performing an action patented by Apple. Seriously, any “predefined gesture” used to unlock a phone is now covered under patent 8,046,721, issued today.

http://gizmodo.com/5853398/apple-now-owns-the-unlock-slide-gesture

CGB being full of Indians

Cherokee or Navajo?

These (SB Nation generated?) standings count our win over Colorado as a conference game. Cal is shown as 2-3 in Pac-12, when we should be 1-3; Colorado is shown as 0-5 in the Pac-12, when they should be just 0-4.

That said, if we can somehow retroactively have our win at CU declared a conference game, that’d be great.

Just a typical day at the Pizza Hut

Dog Walker Acquitted in Pooper-Scooper Case

A dog walker accused of failing to clean up after a friend’s pet has been acquitted.

A seven-person jury delivered its verdict after only about 15 minutes of deliberations, with one juror saying afterward the case appeared to be a "vendetta."

Two households at the Penderbrook condominium complex have been feuding for years. The Cornell sisters, Virginia and Christine, complained that their neighbor had walked a dog without cleaning up the waste for three consecutive days in late March and early April. The sisters offered evidence from a camera that is always mounted in a window because of the feud. (They also offered other photos shot from handheld cameras.)

The photos showed their neighbor, Kim Zakrzewski, walking a dog. Handheld shots of dog poop on the ground were also submitted.

But the owner of the dog, Michelle Berman, testified that the poop in the photos didn’t look like waste produced by her 19-pound dog. Berman told the judge she had bagged more waste from the dog as the day began, and offered to bring it in from her car.

Mugshot of the Day

For attorney Ray Richards, it was a first: an 87-year-old man with muttonchops charged in a major drug bust.

“This will be my first actual drug case where the accused is this old,” Richards said of his latest client, Leo Sharp.

Sharp of Michigan City, Ind., was in federal court in Detroit on Monday after being arrested during a traffic stop near Ann Arbor. Police said they found 104 kilograms, or 229 pounds, of cocaine in his pickup. That’s at least $2.9 million worth of cocaine in wholesale value, police said.

This season keeps getting better.