

The New Normal
Things I thought I’d never see… Hundreds of people lined up with their shopping carts, waiting to get into Costco. Half of them wearing...
Gary Cavalli
Apr 6, 2020


Uncertain Times
Has there ever been a time of such uncertainty in American sports? Never have so many sports been cancelled altogether, re-scheduled, or...
Gary Cavalli
Mar 30, 2020


Unseemly Signing$; 49er Fumbles; Viewing Tip; Good Govs
Hundreds of thousands of people are out of work. People are locked down inside their homes. Many are worrying where the next meal or...
Gary Cavalli
Mar 23, 2020


Life Goes On (Well, Sort Of); Mailbag: Readers Respond
With the sports world virtually closed down because of the coronavirus pandemic, there isn’t much to write about. It seems the real world...
Gary Cavalli
Mar 16, 2020
Sports World Reacts to Virus...Finally
The sports world was slow to react to the coronavirus—though at least no one called it a hoax—but that all changed yesterday when the NBA...
Gary Cavalli
Mar 12, 2020


The Coronavirus Clown Show
Donald Trump has finally met something he can’t bully, tweet away or drown out with rally chants. The deadly coronavirus pandemic has...
Gary Cavalli
Mar 9, 2020


Trojan Tremors, Costly Costume
One of Larry Scott’s first accomplishments as Pac-12 commissioner was getting all the teams in the league to agree to an equal...
Gary Cavalli
Mar 2, 2020


The Money Game
Last week brought another series of examples of how college football has become a big business, and how totally out of control spending...
Gary Cavalli
Feb 24, 2020


Newspaper Nostalgia; Pac-12 Under Fire
I delivered newspapers back when I was in the sixth grade. And I'm considering a return to the profession. More on that in a minute, but...
Gary Cavalli
Feb 17, 2020


Pac-12 Takes Another Hit; Positive MLB Rule Changes
The folks who run the Pacific-12 Conference fail to understand one basic fundamental fact: the amount of money that the conference...
Gary Cavalli
Feb 13, 2020

