Home Runs Can Cure a Lot of Ills
I watched every inning of the Bay Bridge Series between the Giants and A's. Playoff-type atmosphere. Two excellent baseball teams. Three...
Gary Cavalli
Aug 23, 2021
Rookie QBs Shine; NCAA Death Spiral Continues
The hype around 49ers’ first-round draft pick Trey Lance is pretty astounding. Judging from the news reports emanating from the 49ers'...
Gary Cavalli
Aug 16, 2021
Nice Work If You Can Get It
According to a USA Today review of Stanford University's tax returns released last Thursday, Stanford football coach David Shaw raked in...
Gary Cavalli
Aug 9, 2021
Biles’ “Twisties” Roil Cursed Tokyo Olympics; Realignment Sows Distrust
The biggest story of these Tokyo2020 Olympic Games is “twisties.” As gymnasts and divers describe it, flipping or twisting—or both—can be...
Gary Cavalli
Aug 2, 2021
The Olympics from Hell; Conference Realignment Returns; NFL Plays Hardball; Giannis
Welcome to the COVIDlympics, where all the merchandise reads “Tokyo2020”. Unfortunately, as everyone knows, it’s 2021. These Olympics...
Gary Cavalli
Jul 26, 2021
Emmert's Awakening; Baseball's Decline; Giants' Power
As the heat turns up, the NCAA may be looking to get out of the kitchen. Hapless and stunningly incompetent NCAA president Mark Emmert...
Gary Cavalli
Jul 19, 2021
Arguments Against NIL Ring Hollow
The college sports world just got a little fairer. On July 1, college athletes started getting compensated for the use of their name,...
Gary Cavalli
Jul 9, 2021
Absurd Rule, Absurd "Sport"
Sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has been banned from the Olympic 100 meter race in Tokyo for testing positive for marijuana at the U.S....
Gary Cavalli
Jul 5, 2021
A Sea Change in College Football; NC State Baseball Sent Packing; Nifty Fifty
As the old Bob Dylan song says, “the times they are a-changin,’” and nowhere is this more apparent than in college football. For decades...
Gary Cavalli
Jun 28, 2021
MLB Polices Spin Doctors; Playoff Proposal Will Extend Season, Generate Billions; The Kimmel Bowl
People have been cheating in baseball for as long as the game has been played. From taking amphetamines and performance enhancing drugs,...
Gary Cavalli
Jun 21, 2021
