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48 Texas at San Antonio61 Oregon The term “also ran” got its start in racing forms. One horse won, one horse placed, one horse showed, and the rest of the field “also ran”. “Also ran” is not such a bad thing. An Olympics also-ran is pretty effing great, whether in 4th place or last — […]
Hooboy, I’m more tired than usual. Fell asleep during Oregon at Portland, and Pacific at Arizona State. I’m not sure why. Some writers exert themselves in harrowing adventure, or running through airports. I sit on my butt, fueled with coffee and Spindrift. Advent of Code started, and that’s hard on my brain, because I’m not […]
Stanford 79 Albany 35 In the first five minutes, Cameron Brink had 2 points, 2 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 2 assists. She’s going to triple again, I thought, but Albany then stayed beyond Brink’s reach — until the 4th, when a Great Dane offensive rebounder tried to put it back, and Brink smacked it away. […]
UCSB won by 25 at Northridge Thursday. Sophomore forward Alexis Whitfield had 11 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals in 20 minutes off the bench for the Gauchos. I think it was Dallas Maverick Jim Farmer who coined the term “billion” for a player line in an old-fashioned newspaper basketball score that indicates one minute […]
News: Junior guard Alyssa Marin made four free throws in the last eight seconds to pull UC Santa Barbara ahead of Cal State Bakersfield 63-62 Wed. at the Thunderdome. Marin also completed the Gauchos’ last defensive stop with the rebound. Opinion: The UC Santa Barbara Thunderdome isn’t my favorite venue. I’ve received four parking tickets […]
I was so impressed with Arroyo Grande HS (Arroyo Grande, Calif.) freshman guard Kathleen Hutchens that I committed to my suggestion that she be scouted, even though I could only see her highlight clips for four years. I heard UC Irvine sent someone to see her. Hutchens hired an agency that seems to be in […]