Rough Year Ahead for Bay Area Teams; Commissioner Kliavkoff Fumbles Again
If the Pac-12 pre-season media poll can be believed, it's going to be a long year for Bay Area college football fans. The 36 pundits who...
Gary Cavalli
Jul 24, 2023
The Northwestern Debacle; The Death of The News
The mess unfolding at Northwestern took me back several decades to when I was Associate Athletic Director at Stanford and the folks at...
Gary Cavalli
Jul 17, 2023
Notes of Note: Webb Rules; Madsen Excites; McCray Passes; Kelly Scores; Pac-12 Twists
Giants' ace Logan Webb threw the first nine-inning shutout of his career yesterday as the Giants edged Colorado 1-0. It was only the 20th...
Gary Cavalli
Jul 10, 2023
The Prime of Mr. Brook Lopez; The Ohtani "Thwack"
The Warriors' Steph Curry isn't the only NBA player still going strong and improving at the age of 35. Former Stanford star Brook Lopez...
Gary Cavalli
Jul 3, 2023
The Vanishing .300 Hitter; Dunleavy's Impressive Debut; Lucky Man
As of this morning, there are exactly eight players in the major leagues hitting .300 or better. Eight. Out of the 300 or so men who play...
Gary Cavalli
Jun 26, 2023
The Clown Commissioner; A Few Good Men; Big FB Recruiting Coup for Stanford
Baseball writers and national columnists have been piling on MLB commissioner Rob Manfred this week. With good reason. Manfred held forth...
Gary Cavalli
Jun 19, 2023
The NIL Mess
A delegation led by NCAA president Charlie Baker, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, Alabama coach NIck Saban and others visited Washington...
Gary Cavalli
Jun 12, 2023
PGA Sells Out to Saudis
Apparently, it's acceptable to murder and dismember a journalist or hijack planes and crash them into the Twin Towers if enough money is...
Gary Cavalli
Jun 7, 2023
The Simple Joys of Baseball and Softball; SEC Wimps Out Again on Scheduling
Two college sports that don't get nearly enough attention are men's baseball and women's softball. I spent most of my weekend...
Gary Cavalli
Jun 5, 2023
Trojans Blow It Again; Pac-12's Clock Ticking; Colorado's Transfer Epidemic
As regular readers of this blog know, I’ve never been a big fan of the University of Southern California. It stems from my days as an...
Gary Cavalli
May 29, 2023
