DBD 9.16.11 GO BEARS ON 1000!

Chuck Testa

(Local ad making its way around the net, courtesy of Reddit)

Just watch it.

I found this video to be fascinating

I just posted a DBD.

I felt like this DBD was a action-packed thriller. Will he make the minimum words? Will he save the Supreme Court Justices from being kidnapped? Who knew how it was gonna end?

Join the Cal Bears Cancer Walk:



BERKELEY – On Sunday, Sept. 18, California student-athletes, staff, friends and family will take to the grounds of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco as part of the Bonnie J Addario Lung Cancer Foundation’s “Your next step is the cure” 5K walk/run. The Golden Bear family will be walk and running to honor the memory of former Cal coxswain Jill Costello and Frank Renda, father to Cal baseball’s Tony Renda.

Registration to the run/walk begins at 2 p.m. with things getting underway at 3 p.m.

Bear fans are cordially invited to join the Cal Athletics for Team Jill team by clicking here.

A $25 donation/registration fee is required for adults while students, youth and seniors can register for $15.

Near the end of her life, Costello became involved with the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (BJALCF), which promotes lung cancer awareness and raises funds to find a cure. She helped raise $50,000 for lung cancer research and rallied 1,000 people for the initial Jog for Jill event that took place on Feb. 7, 2010, which was the largest charitable event in terms of number of people in the history of lung cancer. Per Costello’s request, there will be an annual Jog for Jill event every February.

Buy your MBB tickets:

Season tickets for the 2011-12 California men’s basketball season are now available with new seating options and special offers for the inaugural Pac-12 season. Fans can take advantage of newly opened sections and a Buy-one, Get-One offer for some of the best seats in Haas Pavilion as the Golden Bears prepare for their 18-game home schedule. Cal is 43-9 in home games under fourth-year head coach Mike Montgomery. For more information, pricing, and additional benefits, click here or call (800) GO BEARS.

Season Ticket Offers for 2011-12

New Seating in Section 23

Fans can now move closer to the action with regular reserved season ticket seating in section 23, starting in row 12. Click here for a Haas Pavilion seating map.
Buy-One, Get-One Free Premium Bench Season Tickets

Sit in some of the best seats in Haas Pavilion. Fans who wish to become new season ticket holders at the Premium Bench level will receive a buy-one, get-one free on the season ticket cost for 2011-12. Note: There is an initial $2,500 gift tied to each Premium Bench seat. Click here or call the Premium Sales Office at (510) 642-8131 to learn more about this opportunity.
Cal New Alumni Get 50% Off

Recent Cal graduates (2007-11) are invited to gather their friends and join the action to support the Bears. New Alumni season tickets are only $199 for all home games and are a 50% savings over the regular reserved price. In addition, $50 of each New Alumni season ticket is considered a donation to Bear Backers, which will be 100-percent matched in the renewed New Alumni Challenge. Details on the New Alumni Challenge can be found at http://campaign.berkeley.edu.

VBall hosting Colorado/Utah this week in Pac12 tilts:



7 p.m. PT – No. 1 Cal (11-0, 1-0 Pac-12) vs. Colorado (5-4, 0-1 Pac-12)
Haas Pavilion – Berkeley
Coverage: Live Video Streaming, GameTracker, Twitter
Series Record vs. the Buffs: 0-2
Last Meeting: L, 3-0 (9/2/2007)
Promotions: Pac-10 Championship Banner Unveiling; Post-Match Autographs Tickets: Adults $10; Youth/Senior $5; Cal Students Free; Group Rate $3/Person

Saturday, Sept. 17
7 p.m. PT – No. 1 Cal (11-0, 1-0 Pac-12) vs. Utah (6-4, 1-0 Pac-12)
Haas Pavilion – Berkeley
Coverage: Live Video Streaming, GameTracker, Twitter
Series Record vs. the Utes: 3-3
Last Meeting: L, 3-0 (9/25/99)
Promotions: Pre-Match Chalk Talk With Coach Feller at 6:20 p.m.; Free Admit With Cal-Presbyterian Football Ticket Stub; Post-Match Autographs
Tickets: Adults $10; Youth/Senior $5; Cal Students Free; Group Rate $3/Person

WBB gets (at least) 3 nationally televised games:


The Pac-12 announced its 20-game 2011-12 women’s basketball national television schedule on FSN with the California Golden Bears being featured in at least three broadcasts, including the regular-season finale, the Battle of the Bay against Stanford on Sunday, March 4.

Cal’s first trip to Salt Lake City to take on Utah as a conference opponent will be the first of the three games shown nationally on Fox Sports Net and locally on CSN Bay Area. The Bears and Utes will play on Sunday, Jan. 15 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time.

The other two televised contests will be home games. Cal’s game against Washington State on Sunday, Jan. 22 will tip at 3:30. Cal closes out the season, and the regular-season TV schedule with the Battle of the Bay against Stanford, taking on the Cardinal at Haas Pavilion on Sunday, March 4 at 6 p.m. Pacific Time.

Cal rugger Mike McDonald (who were interviewed and who was on my high school’s rival wrestling team) won man of the match at the Rugby World Cup:



NEW PLYMOUTH, NEW ZEALAND – Former Golden Bear Mike MacDonald ‘04 was named Man of the Match following the United States’ 13-6 win Thursday over Russia at the Rugby World Cup.

MacDonald, making a record-tying 10th RWC appearance for the U.S. National Team, received the honor for his performance as the Eagles improved to 1-1 in the third-most-viewed sporting event in the world with matches against Australia and Italy remaining for the Americans in pool play.

The 20-nation tournament began for the U.S. on Sept. 11 with a 22-6 loss to Ireland. The top-two teams from all four pools will advance to the quarterfinals.

Womens soccer to take on USF Dons:

Sunday, Sept. 18
1 p.m. – No. 22/25 Cal (6-1) at San Francisco (2-5)
Negoesco Stadium – San Francisco
Series Record with the Dons: 11-3-2
Last Meeting: W, 1-0 at home (Sept. 17, 2010)

BERKELEY – The No. 22/25 California women’s soccer team continues its two-match road swing at San Francisco this Sunday at 1 p.m. at Negoesco Stadium. Winners of six straight, the Golden Bears enter Sunday’s match 6-1 overall, while the Dons come into the weekend with a 2-5 mark.

Cal Makes Debut in National Rankings
The Bears made their season debut in several national polls this week. Cal is ranked No. 22 in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) poll and No. 25 in both the Soccer America and Soccer Times national poll released earlier this week. The Bears are rated No. 16 in the latest TopDrawerSoccer.com poll, which ranks the top-64 teams in the nation.

It is Cal’s first appearance in the national rankings since Oct. 5 of last season when the Bears were ranked No. 16 by Soccer America, No. 20 by Soccer Times and No. 21 by the NSCAA.

Winning Streak
Since a 2-1 season-opening loss to Pepperdine, the Bears have won six straight matches and head into Sunday’s contest with a 6-1 mark on the year. It is the longest winning streak for Cal since the 2007 season when the Bears put together seven straight victories at the end of the regular season and into the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Cal saw that winning streak come to an end with a 1-1 tie (lost in penalty kicks, 7-6) in double overtime against Stanford in the second round of the NCAA Tournament that season.

Searching for these celebrities could be very dangerous for your computer.

Former Victoria’s Secret model and current host of “Project Runway,” Heidi Klum is the Internet’s “most dangerous celebrity,” security firm McAfee announced today. According to McAfee, when people type Klum-related queries into a search engine, nearly 10 percent of the results are “malicious.”

“Fans searching for ‘Heidi Klum and downloads,’ ‘Heidi Klum and ’free’ downloads,’ ‘Heidi Klum and screensavers,’ ‘Heidi Klum and hot pictures’ and ‘Heidi Klum and videos’ are at risk of running into online threats designed to steal personal information,” McAfee said today in a statement. “Clicking on these risky sites and downloading files like photos, videos or screensavers exposes surfers or consumers to the risk of downloading viruses and malware.”

Star Trek 2?

Back in July came somewhat of a confirmed update that J.J. Abrams, the director who quite successfully rebooted the Star Trek franchise in 2009, would be returning to direct the sequel, but the proposed summer 2012 release date was being pushed back to allow for a non-rushed completion of the script. Since then Abrams has skirted the issue of confirming his return to the director’s chair. But now apparently Vulture has learned Abrams is fully committed to shooting the sequel himself, pre-production is underway, the script will be finished by the end of the month, and the film will begin shooting this winter.

Apparently most of the delay on the script is due to Alex Kurtzman (who co-wrote the first film with Robert Orci) finishing his first directing effort Welcome to People. But apparently the film is complete and now Kurtzman is back on the Star Trek boat, working hard to finish the script. Frankly, this confirmation is merely a formality as we’ve always assumed that Abrams would return for the Star Trek sequel, especially after taking a break from the franchise with Super 8. However, after this installment, I wouldn’t be surprised if he hands the reigns to someone else and concentrates on more original films.

Scariest mugshot ever?

WITH a sinister ‘666’ emblazoned across his forehead and horn implants sticking out of his head, this murder suspect poses for one of the most frightening mugshots ever.

Caius Veiovis’ chilling face also includes spiked nose piercings and angry tattoos across his body.

The heavily-pierced Satanist changed his name from Roy Gutfinski to Caius Veiovis with Veiovis a god of the underworld and Caius a character in the Twilight saga.

Police dragged the 31-year old in to face murder and kidnapping charges in connection with the deaths of three men in Massachusetts.

This guy has watched too much porn.

A woman waiting for cable installation at home wound up getting a more explicit display — right in her own living room.

The 24-year-old woman told Sarasota County Sheriff’s deputies a Comcast cable installer came to her home on July 31 and exposed himself. Tuesday night, deputies tell our news partners WWSB-TV that they tracked down and arrested 31-year-old Shane Wheatley of Port Charlotte for the crime.

The woman told deputies Wheatley showed up to install cable service and began touching himself through his shorts. Then, when she looked away, she says Wheatley exposed himself and began masturbating while smiling at her.

Wheatley denies any wrong-doing, but deputies charged him with “Exposure of Sexual Organs” anyway.

NinersNation talks about the Cowboys front 7:

efore we take a look at a few screenshots of the Cowboys’ defense against the Jets, here are some defensive stats from the game:

Sacks: 4
QB Hits: 6
Forced fumbles: 2 (Mark Sanchez)
Fumble recoveries: 1
Held Jets rushing attack to 45 yards on 16 carries (2.8 ypc)

Ware lead the team with two sacks and added three quarterback hits (sounds like Justin Smith numbers). They also did a good job of limiting the Jets to just 45 yards rushing and 2.8 yards per carry. The Jets ranked fourth in the NFL in rushing last season with 148.4 yards a contest. They didn’t run much against the Cowboys, mostly because they were behind most of the game, but any time you hold a good running team to under three yards a rush you are doing a great job against the run.

Silver And Black Pride talks about the BIlls:

This is a huge game. It’s only Week 2, but this game is the seed from which this season will be planted. The Raiders will return home for this game having to face the Jets and the Patriots in their next two games.

A loss to the Bills could leave this team with a 1-3 start quicker than you holy f*&(&^ …&$#@$$!.

If the Raiders beat the Bills, they will return to Oakland surrounded by a growing buzz and lofty expectations. This will be a team rolling into their home opener in front of jacked-up fans of a team ready to bully the Jets of the front burner.

If they lose, they return home with the ever present and looming fear of that 1-3 start.

The wide receivers are broken; Michael Huff is dinged, and they are on the road playing against a team that won by 34 points last week.

This is the exact kind of game where they have come up disgustingly flat and been blown out time and again. A win here and they will cross that final hurdle separating them from the dark ages.

They need to win a game on the road to a team outside of their division. Jump over for more….

Sacramento! Restaurants are better than Detroit!

As restaurant closures around the Sacramento area continue to mount, there’s a double-whammy of bad news about local dining. According to results of a national survey released today, Sacramentans ranked their city as the second worst dining scene in the country.

I was sure that today’s DBD would be about the return of the Pirate King!?!?!?!

Pump pump pump?

There are two brand new sporting events coming to AT&T Park this weekend.

First, the Cal football team will play it’s season opener inside the park. The team needed the new digs this season because Memorial Stadium is undergoing a much-needed retrofit.

Second, Cal alum will play a water polo game outside the park in McCovey Cove. The match will be the first ever for the league and for the cove.

You’ll need a ticket to get in the football game, but the water polo game is free to anyone who wants to grab a rock or stand along the pier.

The polo is scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m. The match is between the UC Berkeley Cal Alumni Water Polo Players and The Olympic Club Water Polo Team.

The effort is the real deal. There will be a full 25 yard course set up inside the cove with two goals, four 10 minute quarters, a shot clock, a scoreboard, a referee, and numerous wetsuits.

The alumni players note that leagues in Europe play in the ocean, so why not give it a go here?

This is a first for McCovey Cove.