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June 2 -- June 8, 2025
Issue No. 592
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The Indiana Pacers advanced to the Finals with an impressive arsenal of offensive weaponry which was simply too much for the New York Knicks. Pascal Siakam led the way for the Pacers with 31 points and Tyrese Haliburton recorded 21. For the Knicks, OG Anunoby had a team-high 24 points.
In post-game interviews the Knicks showed a lot of class. Jalen Brunson blamed himself while Karl-Anthony Towns called it "an honor" to play on the same team as Brunson. The interview ended when one loser reporter felt obliged to ask Brunson about the Knicks coach, i.e., would you want him to return? Brunson, stunned, replied, "Is that a real question, right now? YES!"
As to the unanimous proclamations of experts over the past week who have ordained the Oklahoma City Thunder "the next dynasty," my response is, au contraire. Too many teams will improve, and that includes teams from the East and West Coasts (thank you very much).
The two best teams have earned trips to the Finals. In my opinion, it's "PICK 'EM!" The Finals begin on Thursday, at 5:30 on ABC.
YOUTUBE: Pacers defeat the Knicks, 125-108: Full game highlights (12:10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1ScmGeaPIs
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Contents
Games
Oakland Ballers 9, Grand Junction Jackalopes 1
Oakland Roots SC 2 (2), AV Alta FC 2 (4)
San Jose Earthquakes 1, St. Louis CITY FC 2
Features & Commentary
Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon, by Ed Jay
Hardly Trivial, by T. Buff
How Do We Treat The People We Most Admire?, by Howard Pearlstein
Minor League Logos are Major!, by Andy Dolich
Newsletter, Image, Likeness, by Darren Heitner, Esq.
Sacramento's Baseball Scene Minor League, by Dave Newhouse
Tommy Hart, from the Autograph Colletion of Rich Yee
Organizations
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A's
Bay Area Falcons
Bay Area Panthers
Bay FC
Cal Bears
Cal State University East Bay
Golden State Warriors
Oakland Ballers
Oakland Roots SC
Oakland Soul SC
Oakland Spiders
Saint Mary's College Gaels
San Francisco 49ers
San Francsco Giants
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San Francisco Nighthawks
San Francisco Unicorns
San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose State Spartans
Santa Clara Broncos
SF City
Sonoma Raceway
St. Francis Yacht Club
Stanford Cardinal
UC Davis Aggies
University of Pacific Tigers
USF Dons
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna
Seca
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Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon
San Francisco, CA
Sunday, June 1, 2025
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On the 45th anniversary of the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon, athletes were treated with a foggy day in the low 50 degrees. The San Francisco skyline peeks through Karl the Fog, providing a visual beacon to shore before the frigid plunge to start their race.
Caption and photo by Ed Jay.
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Triathletes begin the race with a jump off the San Francisco Grand Belle of the Hornblower fleet into San Francisco Bay.
Caption and photo by Ed Jay.
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Fans get creative with their signs to motivate athletes and to make fun of the toughest part of the race. Caption and
photo by Ed Jay.
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Dylan Sorensen of the Olympic Club wins the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon in a time of 2:11:31. Quite an accomplishment to conquer the 1.8 mile swim, 18-mile bike race and 8-mile run.
Caption and photo by Ed Jay.
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Kelly Barton, also of the Olympic Club, was the first female finisher with a time of 2:22:23, by far dominating her race.
Caption and photo by Ed Jay.
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Sacramento's
Baseball Scene
Minor League
by Dave Newhouse
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Sacramento was dying to get the Oakland A’s to transition there en route to Las Vegas in order to show baseball that the capital city would be the ideal location one day for a major-league franchise.
And so this was the message coming out of Sacramento all winter long: Just watch us, baseball, we’ll show you that we’re big league. Your next expansion or relocation, we’ll be waiting by the phone.
Big talk, but an even bigger oops. The Sacramento A’s have sold out one home game so far, its opener against the Chicago Cubs. Since then, the A’s have averaged 10,800 fans a game, 3,000 short of capacity, at Sutter Health Park.
The A's sold only 6,000 season tickets for a city supposedly wild about baseball. If all these disappointing numbers represent Sacramento’s baseball business card, it would be inadvisable to pass it around.
I’m sure Sacramento would offer the lame comparison to the A’s last year in Oakland, where home attendance averaged 11,386 fans. That’s still more in leaving than getting in arriving.
Let’s not forget, too, how A’s owner John Fisher treated Oakland in leaving. He closed down concession stands and bathrooms, while raising ticket and parking costs. Nice fella.
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Sutter Health Park has a seating capacity of 14,014, including both fixed seats and lawn seating, and has experienced one sellout,
its opener against the Chicago Cubs.
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Look what you’re getting Las Vegas, for Sacramento hasn’t gotten much either. The A’s are in last place in an open air park, where the temperature climbed to 101 degrees last week, and summer will be around shortly.
This is the John Fisher era, where someone worth $2.8 billion would deliberately dismantle a big-league franchise, and expect to be treated respectfully wherever his vagabond team is playing.
The A’s are built to lose, and all because their owner treats his players as disrespectfully as he does the fans. He might be the cheapest billionaire on the planet, sports or otherwise.
Well, if your family owned The Gap clothing company, you wouldn’t need to worry about money, and so Fisher and his two brothers haven’t ever held jobs. Their favorite reading material is their bank books.
Why Major League Baseball hasn’t focused more on Fisher’s ownership incompetence is unbelievable. MLB owners act as if Fisher knows what he’s doing, when that is so far from the truth. He’s in the top ten of worst baseball owners ever, maybe even top five.
And baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred persists in contending that it was all Oakland’s fault, not Fisher’s, even though Oakland built and rebuilt its Coliseum and Arena without financial assistance from any of its three sports ownerships.
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Manfred hasn’t seen anything yet. Just wait until Fisher moves his carnival show to Las Vegas, where baseball sellouts will fall short, just like in Sacramento. Incompetence has a way of traveling.
Oakland’s victimization in losing all three teams, including the Raiders twice, gives it a unique distinction among abandoned sports municipalities.
But if treated fairly, Oakland is a fantastic sports town, with sellout crowds for each of its franchises, who’ve departed regardless.
And now here’s Sacramento, which a much smaller facility than Oakland's, which it can’t sell out while pleading that it’s a big-league sports city.
By the time the A’s are ensconced in Las Vegas — should we worry about that? — it will become clearer that Oakland was the victim, not the perpetrator.
Want to bet on that, John Fisher, Mr. Billionaire Skinflint?
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Dave Newhouse's journalism career spans more than half a century, including 45 years at the Oakland Tribune before his retirement in November 2011. Newhouse is the author of 19 books. His most recent book, Goodbye, Oakland, is available in bookstores and from Triumph Books. Dave grew up in Menlo Park, graduated from San Jose State, and has radio and television experience, in addition to his work as an award-winning sportswriter and columnist. For earlier articles by Dave published in Sports Today, click HERE.
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Minor League Logos are Major!
by Andy Dolich
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After a recent article in the Ultimate Sports Guide on the derivation of team names in the four major pro sports and the WNBA and NWSL, I decided to take a look at the 120 teams in Minor League Baseball. How do we categorize their names?
These teams are part of a developmental system for MLB players and are organized across four levels: Triple-A, Double-A, High-A, and Single-A. I tried my best in categorizing the Who, What, When, Where, How and Why of where their names came from.
At the end of my categories I added the Frontier League for all of you committed Name-a-Holics to see what you could come up with. There will be an incredible prize for the first person who properly positions the back story on the 18 Frontier League teams.
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Fresno Grizzlies
Fresno, CA
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Minor League Baseball Animals: Land-Based
Bisons (Buffalo), Bulls (Durham), Cubs (Iowa,), Yard Goats (Hartford), Timber Rattlers (Wisconsin), Chihuahuas (El Paso), Rock Hounds (Midland), Grasshoppers (Greensboro), Grizzlies (Fresno),
Fisher Cats (New Hampshire)
| | Flying Squirrels Richmond, VA | | Woodpeckers Fayetteville, NC | | | |
Airborne
Pelicans (Myrtle Beach), Woodpeckers (Fayetteville), Bluejays (Dunedin), Cardinals (Palm Beach, Springfield), Loons (Great Lakes) Bees (Salt Lake), Redbirds (Memphis), Flying Squirrels (Richmond), Aigles (Trois Rivieres) Bats (Louisville-Duoname), Fireflies (Columbia),
Shorebirds (Delmarva)
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Blue Claws
Jersey Shore, NJ
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Home On Or Under The Water
Jumbo Shrimp, (Jacksonville) Mudcats, (Carolina) Crawdads (Hickory), Blue Claws (Jersey Shore), Threshers, (Clearwater), Hammerheads
(Jupiter), Tarpons (Tampa) Blue Wahoos (Pensacola), Mighty Mussels (Fort Myers), Tortugas (Daytona) Stripers (Gwinnett),
Mud Monsters (Mississippi), Mud Hens (Toledo)
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Mighty Mussels
Ft. Myers, FL
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Iron Pigs
Lehigh Valley, PA
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River Cats
Sacramento, CA
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Animals? You Tell Me...
Sky Carp (Beloit), River Dogs,(Charleston), River Cats (Sacramento),(Garbage Pandas (Rocket City), Sod Poodles (aka Prairie Dogs), Hillcats
(Lynchburg), Mighty Mussels (Ft. Myers), Iron Pigs (Lehigh Valley),
Rumble Ponies (Binghamton)
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Storm Chasers
Lake Elsinore, CA
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Forces of Nature -- Weather
Tides (Norfolk), Dust Devils (Tri-City), Storm Chasers (Lake Elsinore), Wind Surge (Wichita), Whitecaps (West Michigan) Quakes (Rancho Cucamonga), Comets (OKC)
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Name/History of the Parent Club
Red Sox (Salem, Worcester), San Francisco Giants (San Jose), Mets (Syracuse, St. Lucie), Indians (Spokane),Phillies (Fightin Phils), Nationals (Fredericksburg), Pirateesque (Bradenton), Rainiers (Tacoma)
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Name The Team Contest
RiverDogs (Charleston), Mud Monsters (Mississippi), Sea Dogs (Portland) Dragons (Dayton), Kernels (Cedar Rapids), River Bandits (Quad Cities), Emeralds (Eugene) Red Wings (Rochester), RailRiders (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre), BaySox (Chesapeake), Rawhide (Visalia)
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Spatanburgers
Hub City, SC
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Hot Rods,
Bowling Green, KY
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Oakland Ballers
Oakland, CA
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Local Pride
Spatanburgers (Hub City), Drive (Greenville) Hot Rods (Bowling Green), Renegades (Hudson Valley), Express (Round Rock), Oakand Ballers (Oakland), River Cats (Sacramento), Drillers(Tulsa), Travelers (Arkansas), Missions (San Antonio), Canadians (Vancouver), AquaSox (Everett), Indians (Indianapolis),Curve (Altoona), RubberDucks (Akron),
Ports (Stockton)
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Vips
Knights (Charlotte), Saints (St. Paul), Senators (Harrisburg), Patriots (Somerset), Chiefs (Peoria), Emperors (Rome), Barons (Birmingham)
Captains (Lake County)
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Music --
Sounds,
Nashville, TN
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Crustacean --Crackers,
Shuckers, Biloxi, MS
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Angling Necessities -
Hooks,
Corpus Christi, TX
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Famous Players -- Comets,
Oklahoma City, OK
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Science --
Isotopes, Albuquerque, NM
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Transient Roster --
Tourists,
Asheville, TN
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Car Parts --
Lugnuts, Lansing, MI
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The Masters --
Green Jackets, Augusta, GA
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Pilots --
Aviators, Las Vegas; Flying Tigers, Lakeland, FL; Space Cowboys,
Sugarland, TX,
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A Baseball Movie --
Naturals, Northwest-AK
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Georgia Peaches --
Clingstones Columbus, GA
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Florence Y'alls,
Florence, KY
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Frontier League
Evansville Otters, Florence Y’alls, Gateway Grizzlies,
Joliet Slammers, Lake Erie Crushers, Washington Wild Things, Windy City Thunderbolts, Brockton Sox, Down East Bird Dawgs, New Jersey Jackals, New York Boulders, Ottawa Titans, Quebec Capitales,
Sussex County Miners, Tri-City Valley Cats, Trois Rivieres Aigles, Mississippi Mud Monsters
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Andy Dolich operates Dolich & Associates, a sports consultancy, in Los Altos. A local resident, Dolich has more than 50 years of experience as an executive in professional sports, working with the Oakland A's, San Francisco 49ers, Golden State Warriors, and hockey and soccer teams. Dolich is also the co-author of Goodbye, Oakland, is available in bookstores and from Triumph Books. For earlier articles by Andy Dolich published in Sports Today! click HERE.
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Goodbye, Oakland: Winning, Wanderlust and a Sports Town’s Fight for Survival, written by Andy Dolich and Dave Newhouse (Triumph Books), transitioned from hard cover to paperback in April.
The book, dealing with Oakland’s disappearance as a major sports town, has sold in excess of 3,000 copies, thereby prompting the move to paperback.
All aspects of Oakland’s sports dissolution is covered by the authors, including interviews with civic leaders, economists, politicians and sports figures, plus in-depth studies of team owners who lifted Oakland to the top of the national sports scene, then left for San Francisco and Las Vegas (twice), stamping Oakland as America’s most abandoned sports city.
Sports commentator Chris Berman wrote on the book cover: “Goodbye Oakland takes us through all of it, from when the sky was the limit to when the bottom fell out.”
Oaktown is trying to recover with minor-league baseball and men’s and women’s soccer, but it’s a significant uphill climb.
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Luis Matos versus the Philadelphia Phillies, May 27, 2024.
Photo by Darren Yamashita
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Matos' 3-run homer sets tone in 'feel-good' win to wrap up road trip
by George Richards
MIAMI -- After a week of struggling to put up runs, a three-run home run by Luis Matos felt like much more for the Giants on Sunday afternoon.
“It was huge,’’ manager Bob Melvin said. “Felt like a 20-run homer at the time.’’
Matos’ homer in the fourth inning gave the Giants all the runs they needed in a 4-2 win over the Marlins at LoanDepot Park.
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JP Sears versus the San Francisco Giants, March 25, 2024.
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Sears' work undone late as recent trend continues for the A's bullpen
Martín Gallegos / @MartinJGallegos
TORONTO -- A collective sense of “Here we go again” permeated throughout the Athletics' dugout in the eighth inning as Addison Barger’s deep drive cleared the wall in right-center field at Rogers Centre for a go-ahead three-run homer off Justin Sterner.
The feeling was understandable. This exact game had played out so frequently for the A’s over a dreadful month of May, which began with them at 16-15 and just 2 1/2 games out of first place in the American League West and ended with them sinking to the bottom of the division at nine games back and 13 games under .500 (23-36).
On Sunday, it happened again. The A’s got a solid outing from starter JP Sears, picked up some timely hits and took a two-run lead into the eighth inning. From there, Sterner and Grant Holman allowed six runs (five earned) in the bottom of the eighth, culminating in an 8-4 loss to the Blue Jays.
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Oakland Ballers 9
Grand Junction Jackalopes 1
Raimondi Park, Oakland, CA
Thursday, May 29, 2025
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Ballers pitcher Dylan Matsuoka picked up his second victory of the young season, striking out seven over five innings and giving up one run. Photo: Oakland Ballers/Isabella Haberman
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Matsuoka Deals, Offense
Rolls in 9-1 Win
by Nevada Cullen
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Christian Almanza set the tone early with a first-inning, three-run homer in Oakland's 9-1 triumph over the Grand Junction Jackalopes on Thursday night. The Ballers blasted three bombs, held the Jackalopes to one run and played error-free baseball for the first time this season in their most complete performance to date.
Tremayne Cobb Jr. singled up the middle to start the bottom of the first and finished the night with a three-hit game, his sixth multi-hit performance in nine tries. Following back-to-back strikeouts, Cam Bufford, who also collected three knocks, singled into left to set the stage for Almanza.
The Stockton native mashed a two-out, three-run bomb into the visitors' bullpen in right. It gave the Ballers a quick 3-0 lead and pushed his team-best RBI total to 13 on the young season.
Almanza's three-run jack was all the run support Oakland starting pitcher Dylan Matsuoka truly needed. The right-hander allowed just one run over five frames and struck out seven, picking up his second win in as many starts and posting a nearly identical line to his first outing.
Davis Drewek provided some well-deserved insurance for Matsuoka in the fifth. He, like Almanza, deposited a ball into the right-field bullpen for a solo shot, his team-leading fourth long ball of the year.
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San Jose Earthquakes 1
St. Louis CITY SC 2
Energizer Park, St. Louis, MO
Saturday, May 31, 2025
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Earthquakes 1, St. Louis CITY SC 2
San Jose equalize in 83rd minute with Josef Martínez goal but edged by St. Louis penalty kick in stoppage time to end unbeaten streak in all competitions at eight games; Black and Blue now take two-week break before returning to road
vs. Portland Timbers on June 13
ST. LOUIS — The San Jose Earthquakes fell to St. Louis CITY SC 2-1 on Saturday in Major League Soccer regular-season play at Energizer Park in front of 22,423 fans to end their unbeaten streak in all competitions at eight games.
The game was scoreless until the waning moments of the first half when in the second minute of stoppage time, St. Louis winger João Klauss outraced everyone to an Eduard Löwen long ball and struck it in to give the hosts a 1-0 lead heading into the break.
After intermission, San Jose would probe the St. Louis defense for holes and finally found one in minute 83. Beau Leroux sprayed the ball out to the left wing for Vítor Costa, whose cross for Josef Martínez was expertly flicked in by the prolific striker for the 1-1 equalizer.
However, in the 90th minute, the hosts drew a penalty kick after threatening in transition and Löwen subsequently converted from the spot two minutes later to give St. Louis a late 2-1 lead they would eventually protect until the final whistle.
The Black and Blue will now take a two-week break before resuming the MLS season with a road game against the Portland Timbers on Friday, June 13. Kickoff from Providence Park in Portland, Oregon, will take place at 7:30 p.m. PT and will be broadcast globally via MLS Season Pass on Apple TV (English/Spanish), as well as via local radio KSFO 810 AM (English) and 1370 AM La Kaliente (Spanish).
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Oakland Roots SC 2 (2)
AV Alta FC 2 (4)
Lancaster Municipal Stadium, Lancaster, CA
Saturday, May 31, 2025
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RRoots Secure One Point in USL Jägermeister Cup, Fall to AV Alta FC After Penalties
Just seconds away from securing their first victory in the USL Jägermeister Cup after a thrilling comeback, Roots conceded a leveling goal that sent the match to penalties, eventually falling to USL League One side AV Alta FC in the group stage of the tournament on Saturday night in Lancaster.
Oakland was flying out of the gate. For the first 20 minutes of the game, Roots were dominating the pitch, finding scoring chances one after the other and playing a very aggressive style of soccer.
But this aggression couldn’t be sustained as AV Alta settled in for the remainder of the frame and earned some very quality looks of their own on goal. Oakland keeper Raphael Spiegel played some of his best soccer of the season during the contest, thwarting the AV Alta opportunities with a number of highlight-reel-worthy saves.
The second half saw Roots returning to a more even-keeled form, moving the ball wonderfully and setting up in the attacking third frequently.
AV Alta would find the back of the net first, however, despite the strong play from Spiegel. In the 57th minute Alta’s Sebastian Cruz found space behind the defense and put a shot towards the net while in close. Spiegel made the initial save, but an unlucky bounce saw the rebound deflect off of Cruz and into the twine to make it 0-1.
Looking determined to get back into the match, Roots continued to push. This determination boiled over into the scoring column when newcomer Morey Doner, who signed with Oakland on Friday, entered the match.
With one of his first touches in a Roots kit, Doner sent a shot in from what seemed like an impossible angle far to the right of the AV Alta box. Perhaps unprepared for a strike from that position, Alta keeper Carlos Avilez miscalculated his dive and wound up deflecting the ball into his own net in the 62nd minute to level the match at 1-1.
Just seconds after play restarted, Doner helped deliver Oakland a lead when he put a low cross from the end line through traffic to find Peter Wilson who buried the finish to give Roots a 2-1 advantage in the 63rd minute.
Roots looked comfortable protecting their lead for much of the remaining match, countering AV Alta’s desperation press by moving the ball around and killing the clock.
Just as it looked as if Oakland was sure to exit the pitch with a victory and all three points in the group table, AV Alta earned a corner kick in added time. The referee concluded that the service took a deflection off of a Roots player and over the crossbar, and gave Alta a lifeline with a second straight corner try.
The second opportunity from the corner found AV Alta’s Alassane Maboumou who finished a header just inside the right post to even the score at 2-2 with no time remaining.
PKs would be the immediate decider as per USL Jägermeister Cup rules. Making up for his earlier gaff, Alta’s keeper Carlos Avilez made saves on Baboucarr Njie and Peter Wilson, while his teammates converted all four of their tries to deliver them the victory and two points in the group standings.
Oakland will return to USL Championship regular season play for their next action, as they head home to the Oakland Coliseum for a double-header with Oakland Soul to face El Paso Locomotive on Saturday, June 7th.tive on Saturday, June 7th.
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SAN FRANCISCO UNICORNS AND BART SIGN CO-PROMOTION CAMPAIGN
- Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to promote public transit usage for San Francisco Unicorns home games at the Oakland Coliseum for the 2025 Cognizant Major League Cricket (MLC) season.
- San Francisco Unicorns will support BART with player activations and bespoke, multi-channel digital content to help guide fans to the stadium and promote the public transit system’s convenience.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 30, 2025) — The San Francisco Unicorns will collaborate with BART, the Bay Area’s rapid transit network, to help promote the inaugural home games at the Oakland Coliseum and the convenience of using public transport to travel to Cognizant Major League Cricket matches at the stadium.
As part of the shared marketing campaign, BART will provide branding opportunities on digital screens at high-traffic stations in Downtown San Francisco and Oakland, and print station banners at select stations.
BART will also run informative Unicorns scrolling messages highlighting the upcoming games and the best routes to the Oakland Coliseum, and will provide additional coverage in its weekly e-newsletter, BARTable This Weekend, which will also feature sweepstakes opportunities to win tickets and premium match packages for Unicorns matches.
In return, the Unicorns will partner with BART to deliver an engaging selection of player-driven content, focusing on sharing gameday journeys and the simplicity of using public transit on matchdays. BART will also have branding, a dedicated page on the Unicorns’ website, and various gameday promotion opportunities.
Ticket discounts for BART users with a special discount code will also be available, while the transit network will also receive a booth space at the San Francisco Unicorns Family Day on June 8, 2025, which has attracted upwards of 2,500 attendees in recent editions.
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NBA Championship Fever!
I'll be cheering on the Eastern Conference.
(It ain't the same without the Celts...)
The first basketball championship was played in 1947 when the league was known as the Basketball Association of America. Everybody knows the Philadelphia Warriors won that series, 4 - 1.
Who did the Warriors defeat?
Answer below...
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How Do We Treat The People
We Most Admire?
by Howard Pearlstein
Personally, as far as I’m concerned, once the Dubs are out, NBA playoffs are over for me. I really wanted to see how the Steph, Butler, Draymond. Podz, Kuminga, Hield, TJ-D, Looney, Moody, GPII, Post, Santos and Spencer rotation could handle the OKC juggernaut.
Maybe working out all the kinks after another dozen games together? In the words of the immortal Roseanne Roseannadanna: “It could happen.”
But there was that hamstring. Next year.
My focus is on how well the NWSL fares with their new contract. Because if it works, it can become a great model for professional sports, putting the players’ careers in their own hands.
The essential features are elimination of the draft; trades made only with the player’s approval including to which team. And absolute free agency at end of a contract. It means the “owner” owns the team, but does NOT own the players. The players can own their own lives.
Start by eliminating the NFL and NBA drafts, because when you scrape all the eggs off the cast iron pan, it’s buying and selling people.
It’s ironic that the people we most admire, professional athletes, have less freedom to choose their employers than most high school or college graduates who can go to interviews and decide where they would prefer to work. (Hey Cooper Flagg – did you want to spend your career in Dallas, Texas? Nothing wrong with that fine city, but if you had your druthers, would you have chosen it?)
The money is awesome, but the hard fact is that the worst teams get the best players. Is the money enough to make it ok for a stellar athlete to get bought and sold? A very luxurious version of Human Trafficking.
The NFL draft makes me hear echoes of Oscar Brown Jr’s Bid ‘em In song from the 60s, about a slave auction in the old south. The new version goes like this:
"Here’s young man big and tough/ smart and nasty more than good enough
Look at those arms, nearly a yard, getting to your Quarterback’s gonna be hard,
And look at those thighs, that jack rabbit start! Can win games with him till he falls apart.
Bid ‘em in…”
Of course it’s not slavery, but it IS disrespectful.
The women of the NWSL have created a model for humane sports that respects players as human beings. I’ve learned over many years that it’s wise to listen to what women have to say about “generally accepted” things. And sometimes a BIG mistake to ignore it without first considering if it might work.
Would it be so terrible for the NFL or the NBA to let an athlete go through all the same requirements: the Combine, tryouts, all the rest. And THEN, when they decide, the team(s) that want him will make him an offer – salary, perks, all of it.
And then HE gets to decide which offer to take: where he wants to play and live, where he can become successful, wealthy, even famous.
I know it’s gonna be torture for an “owner” to give up control. I imagine an NFL owner saying “You can take away the draft when you pry it out of my cold dead fingers.”
But I think it would make for better games.
Maybe better all around, not treating athletes like toys they use until they break.
And while we’re at it, stop promoting gambling, at least during games. “Place your bets right now on the spread, or whatever.”
Gambling cheapens and devalues everything fine about the sport.
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Someone once told me that my peripatetic life-path reads like the dust jacket of an experimental novel. He didn't realize that it is that novel, still being written.
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Tommy Hart -- from the
Autograph Collection of Rich Yee
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A few years ago I had the chance to meet former San Francisco 49er Tommy Hart at the Multi-Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Oakland. He was one of the honorees that evening and he sat at the next table during the dinner and I could hear him tell stories of playing for the 49ers back in the 1970s. After the ceremony I went up to Tommy to congratulate him on his induction and ask him to sign the program book for me,
which he gladly did.
Rich Yee, Sports Today Photographer
| | Newsletter, Image, Likeness Vol. 134: Innovation Is About To Meet Desperation In College Sports | | |
by Darren Heitner, Esq.
Founder of Heitnerlegal -- Sports, Entertainment, Trademarks, Copyrights, Business, Litigation, Arbitration
The Weekly Longer NIL Thought
The NIL landscape is experiencing what can only be described as its most pivotal moment since the initial policy changes in 2021. As we stand on the precipice of the House v. NCAA settlement implementation (assuming Judge Wilken provides final approval to the settlement, and that still isn't a certainty) and the launch of Deloitte's "NIL Go" clearinghouse, we're witnessing a fascinating case study in how regulatory uncertainty breeds both innovation and desperation in equal measure.
What struck me most about the recent SEC coaches' meeting in Miramar Beach (well documented by Ross Dellenger) wasn't the rave reviews for Deloitte's presentation, but rather Kirby Smart's candid admission about what's happening in the shadows. When a coach of Smart's stature openly discusses schools paying high school recruits "$20,000 a month" through booster collectives with clawback provisions, we're not talking about isolated incidents—we're looking at systemic behavior that reveals the profound anxiety permeating college athletics.
This anxiety stems from a fundamental tension that the clearinghouse system hasn't yet resolved: the gap between promise and performance. Schools are making financial commitments to recruits based on projected third-party NIL deals that may never receive clearinghouse approval. It's essentially a high-stakes game of financial chicken, where athletic departments are betting their recruiting success on their ability to navigate an untested regulatory framework.
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Laguna Seca
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Who is the second driver under 30 to win the
Indianapolis 500 in the last 10 years?
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Racing is often considered a sport dominated by the young and fast. Successful racers start their careers in karting well before they can legally drive on the highway, and some peak in their early 20s. However, the Indianapolis 500 proves that you don’t have to be born in the 21st century to win races, with Bobby and Al Unser both claiming wins at 47. In fact, only two drivers under the age of 30 have won the race in the last 10 years. The first was Alexander Rossi in 2016, and Alex Palou became the second with last Sunday’s epic Indianapolis 500 win.
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Palou’s victory adds to the history books as being the first Spanish driver ever to win the Indy 500. Palou, who was born in Sant Antoni de Vilamajor, Spain, is also the first Spanish driver to win an INDYCAR championship in 2021. He would back that title up with two more championships in 2023 and 2024. As the points leader in 2025, Palou is on the verge of joining the rare club of drivers to win three straight championships. That elite group includes Ted Horn (1946-48), Sebastien Bourdais (2004-07) and Dario Franchitti (2009-11) as drivers to win three straight championships.
While no stranger to the winner’s circle, Palou’s Indianapolis 500 win was his first in six attempts. It was also the sixth time a car starting in sixth has won the race. Adding to something mysterious about the number six and Palou, it was also his fifth win in six races this season and the sixth Indy 500 win for Chip Ganassi Racing.
Palou has dominated at Laguna Seca with four podiums in four career starts in the INDYCAR Grand Prix of Monterey. He won the race in 2022 and 204, while claiming second in 2021 and third in 2023 along with the fastest race lap record. On a tear so far this season, Palou is definitely a favorite to win when the race returns to Laguna Seca on July 25-27!
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Legendary NASCAR Broadcaster Mike Joy to Compete in Historic
Trans Am at Sonoma Raceway During Toyota/Save Mart 350 Weekend
SONOMA, Calif. (May 20, 2025) – NASCAR on FOX lead announcer Mike Joy is trading the broadcast booth for the driver’s seat during one of the biggest weekends in wine country racing. Joy will join the Historic Trans Am Series at Sonoma Raceway, racing alongside his son Scott during the Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR weekend, July 11–13.
Best known as the voice of the NASCAR Cup Series on FOX, Joy will suit up to compete in a fully restored 1970 Chevrolet Camaro Z28, a historic car originally raced by Jerry Thompson for Tony DeLorenzo’s Owens Corning Racing Team with factory backing. Sonoma’s own Chris Drysdale will prep the car.
The Historic Trans Am Series features a remarkable collection of restored race cars from the golden era of American road racing—1966 to 1972—when names like Parnelli Jones, Dan Gurney, Mark Donohue, George Follmer, and Sam Posey ruled the track in Mustangs, Camaros, and Challengers. These iconic muscle cars will race on Friday and Saturday and remain on display for fans to enjoy on Sunday.
NASCAR weekend’s racing action kicks off Friday with the ARCA Menards Series West, continues Saturday with the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Historic Trans Am, and culminates Sunday with the main event – the Toyota/Save Mart 350 NASCAR Cup Series race broadcasted live on TNT at 12:30 p.m. PT.
Tickets, premium, upgrades, camping, and parking options for NASCAR weekend in Sonoma are available at SonomaRaceway.com or by calling (800) 870-RACE [7223].
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RELIVE THE ACTION OF THE 2024 ROLEX
BIG BOAT SERIES
And mark your calendars for September 10-14, 2025!
Sixty years, one excellent regatta! Take a moment to watch a recap video from the 2024 Rolex Big Boat Series, and mark your calendars for next year. We look forward to seeing you on the water September 10-14, 2025, at St. Francis Yacht Club!
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The Chicago Stags were the losing team and folded in 1950! This link takes you to a list of all NBA champions.
At the site, I learned it took the Lakers franchise
32 appearances to win 17 championships as opposed to only 23 Celtic appearances for their 18 championships, the league record. The Golden State Warriors are third with seven championships out of 12 appearances...
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No. 1 Cal Places Third In V4+ IRA Grand Final
2V8+, 3V8+ Advance To Grand Final
CAMDEN, N.J. – The No. 1 California men's rowing team finished third in the V4+ grand final and advanced its 2V8+ and 3V8+ to Sunday's grand final at the IRA Championships at Cooper River. However, the Golden Bears' V8+ suffered a miscue in its semifinal and finished in sixth. While battling for first position with Harvard and comfortably ahead of the rest of the pack during the final 250 meters, an oar caught a wave in the challenging conditions and the Bears were unable to get back in the race.
In the V4+ grand final, Cal and Washington led the pack after 500 meters, but the Huskies held a half-boat lead. Washington pulled away and the Bears were neck and neck with Harvard for second position after 1,000 meters. Cal and Harvard went back and forth over the third 500 meters, but the Crimson pulled away over the last 500 meters to lock in second place. The Bears finished third in a time of 6:17.470.
It was a fairly even start across the board in the second 2V8+ AB semifinal until Cal took a three-seat lead over Syracuse to lead the pack after 250 meters. The Bears continued to pull away from the field and opened an open-water lead after the halfway point and didn't let up on the way to the win in a time of 5:33.880.
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No. 1 Stanford Sweeps Heats to Open NCAA Rowing Championships
Cardinal advances all boats to AB semifinals after dominant performances in heat racing
WEST WINDSOR, N.J. – No. 1 Stanford made a commanding statement on Friday at the NCAA Championships, sweeping all three of its heat races on Day 1 at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J.
The Cardinal opened the regatta with authority in the varsity eight race, securing a 3.466-second victory in Heat 1, the fastest time across all four heats. No other crew came within a second of Stanford’s mark, and its margin of victory was the largest of all preliminary races.
Stanford maintained its momentum in the second varsity eight race, winning its heat by more than four seconds. Again, the Cardinal posted the widest margin of victory among all heats in the event, as no other team won by more than 2.724 seconds.
The varsity four capped off Stanford’s dominant day with a sub-seven-minute performance, defeating No. 9 Michigan by 4.858 seconds. The Cardinal was the only team in any heat to break the seven-minute barrier.
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Spartans Punch Four Tickets to Nationals on Final Day of NCAA
West Prelims
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Simone Johnson, Emilia Sjostrand and Katharina Graman in triple jump as well as Sky Hagan in the 100m hurdles who also set a new school record, all punched their tickets to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore. to lead San José State Track & Field after the fourth and final day of competition at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds hosted by Texas A&M on Saturday from E.B. Cushing Stadium.
In the 100-meter hurdles, Sky Hagan delivered a breakthrough performance, clocking a personal-best 13.14 seconds to place fifth in her heat and 11th overall. Her time shattered the SJSU school record for the third time this season, highlighting a year of steady improvement and rising national presence. This marks Hagan’s first career trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, capping off a stellar season.
The Spartans’ elite triple jump squad made a statement, qualifying three athletes for nationals—one of the most impressive team efforts seen in the event across all programs at the West Prelims.
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Simone Johnson, a graduate transfer and seasoned national competitor, jumped a career-best 13.63m (44' 8¾"), the fifth-best mark of the day. This performance secures her second career trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships and confirms her status as one of the top jumpers in the country.
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Emilia Sjostrand, one of the most consistent performers in program history, recorded a strong 13.49m (44' 3¼")to finish with the eighth-best mark. She becomes a three-time NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier, bringing experience and poise to the national stage.
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Katharina Graman, a sophomore, also rose to the occasion with a season-best 13.50m (44' 3½"), securing the seventh-best mark and earning her first-ever trip to the NCAA Championships. Her clutch performance under pressure exemplified the team’s readiness at this elite level.
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BSB | Gaels Put Together Another Solid Ballgame but Fall 6-4 to USC, Rematch Set with 8th Ranked Beavers Sunday Afternoon
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Saint Mary's took the field in their second game of the Corvallis Regional and put together another solid performance, but three long balls from the Trojans offense would give USC the two-run victory and send them into the regional final Sunday evening. The Gaels season isn't done yet though as they will face off with the 8th ranked Beavers for the second time in three days in an elimination game Sunday afternoon at 3:00 PM.
The Gaels pitching staff was solid again as junior starter John Damozonio battled through five innings allowing four runs off nine hits. The three arms on the night for Saint Mary's did not allow a walk, just the second time that's happened this season. A clutch two-out RBI single in the eighth would give USC some insurance as they retired the Gaels in order in the top of the ninth to seal the 6-4 win and send themselves into the regional final.
Cody Kashimoto and Aiden Taurek each had two hits on the night including a solo blast from Taurek in the fourth inning, his 11th of the season. Diego Castellanos also had a two-run home run back in the second that put the Gaels in front 2-1 at the time. Saint Mary's defeated regional host Oregon State on Friday 6-4 and will have to do it again on Sunday in order to keep their postseason hopes alive and have a shot at their first regional championship. The winner of the elimination game Sunday afternoon will turn back around and take on USC in the nightcap for the regional championship.
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Photo: SMC Athletics / Emily Smith
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Former All-WCC Infielder Jack Winkler Called Up to Miami Marlins
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - The Miami Marlins announced on Thursday that the franchise has selected the contract of Jack Winkler, a former infielder for San Francisco from 2018-2021, from the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (AAA).
With this transaction, Winkler made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut on Friday, May 31 against the San Francisco Giants at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Fla.
So far this season, Winkler was slashing .275/.331/.754 with five home runs, 19 RBI, 15 stolen bases, and 21 runs scored across 142 at bats with Jacksonville. On December 11, 2024, the Marlins selected Winkler in the minor league phase of the 2024 Rule 5 draft. He then began the 2025 season with Jacksonville.
Winkler was originally drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 10th round (308th overall) of the 2021 MLB Draft. He split his first professional season between the rookie-level Arizona Complex League (ACL) Athletics and Single-A Stockton Ports. In 2022, Winkler was promoted to High-A Lansing, where he slashed .267/.355/.379 with four home runs, 25 RBI, and four stolen bases across 60 appearances for the Lugnuts.
One year later, Winkler spent the season split between Lansing and the Double-A Midland Rockhounds. In 117 appearances in 2023, he slashed .245/.331/.359 with seven home runs, 58 RBI, and 22 stolen bases across the two affiliates. Winkler returned to Midland for the 2024 season, where he made 127 appearances while hitting .223/.310/.345 with eight home runs, 57 RBI, and 28 stolen bases.
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Jalen Williams and the Thunder Punch Ticket to NBA Finals
SANTA CLARA, Calif.- Former Santa Clara men's basketball standout and current Oklahoma City guard Jalen Williams helped the Thunder punch their ticket to the 2025 NBA Finals after capturing the Western Conference Championship on Wednesday with a 124-94 game five victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Williams tallied 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists in the victory to send OKC to the Finals for the first time since 2012.
A native of Denver, Colo., Williams had a breakout year for the Thunder, earning his first NBA All Star team selection averaging 21.6 ppg, 5.3 rpg, and 5.1 apg in the regular season. He was named to the All-NBA Third Team and was an NBA All-Defensive Second Team selection, becoming the first Bronco alum to receive All-NBA honors since Steve Nash.
Williams has continued to thrive in the postseason, posting top five numbers in points (20.4), rebounds (5.8), assists (5.3) and steals (1.6) for the Thunder. The Oklahoma City superstar is also shooting 45.7 percent from the field, 31.8 percent from three, and 77.1 percent from the free throw line. Williams scored in double figures in all five games of the WCF and all but one game this postseason, including a playoff career-high 34 points in the Thunder's decisive 128-126 game four victory in Minnesota.
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Alaksza Becomes Two-Time All-America Honorable Mention Selection
STOCKTON, Calif. – For the second straight year, Pacific women's water polo standout Dora Alaksza was tabbed an All-America Honorable Mention by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches.
The junior from Budapest, Hungary led the team with 95 goals on the season, which was the second-most in the program's single-season history. She was named to the Golden Coast All-Conference First-Team and GCC All-Tournament Team.
Alaksza broke the school record for goals in a game with 11 in a win against Concordia on 13 shots. She scored in goal in all 24 games on the season and registered 18 hat tricks, eight four-goal games and six five-goal outings.
In three games at the GCC Tournament, Alaksza netted 11 goals. She helped the team earn a third-place finish.
Alaksza, who has another year of eligibility remaining, is up to 243 career goals, which ranks third all-time in Pacific history. She's chasing Molly Smith's program-leading tally of 286 goals from 1997-00 and Jessica Schroeder who is second with 268 goals from 2001-05.
Alaksza is the sixth student-athlete in program history to earn All-America honors multiple times. It includes Smith (1998, 2000), Schroeder (2003, 2005), Dara Tawarahara (2010-11), Grace Smith (2014-15) and Mariana Duarte (2017-19, 2022).
As a department at Pacific, Alaksza is the seventh Tiger to earn All-America honors in 2024-25. The list includes Alexa Edwards from women's volleyball, and the men's water polo quintet of Jeremie Cote, Reuel D'Souza, Bae Fountain, Matthew Hosmer and Mihailo Vukazic.
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Miller and Hungerford Bank ACWPC All-American Honorable Mention Recognitions
DAVIS, Calif. – senior Kelly Hungerford and sophomore Bridget Miller have been named as 2025 Association of College Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-Americans, raking in the Honorable Mention Title.
Miller has also been labeled Big West All-Conference Second Team following the 2025 season, highlighting her efforts from the center position. Miller led the team in goals with 47 on the season, and added 8 assists, 15 steals, and drew a whopping 57 exclusions. She totaled up fifteen multi-goal games of the 28 played, scoring 4 against Cal Baptist, UC Merced, and Cal State Fullerton. A marksman in her craft, Miller has maintained a perfect shooting rate in the game five times this season as well.
Hungerford scooped up her first Big West title, reining in the Honorable Mention for her final season at Davis. She led the team in assists with 47 on the season; also breaking the Davis career assist record, now crowned at the top with 154. She has also put up 20 goals, 45 steals, 14 drawn kickouts, and 14 field blocks. Hungerford had a monumental game versus UC Irvine, where she found the back of the net five times and added two assists to her stat line in the one game alone. She aided her teammates' offense and made five assists on two separate occasions: versus Pacific and Cal State Monterey and has had five multi-goal games this season.
These are the pair's first ACWPC awards collected in their collegiate careers.
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Carmona Named to USTFCCCA Division II All-West Region
NEW ORLEANS - This week, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced its All-Region honors for NCAA Division II Women's Outdoor Track & Field. From Cal State East Bay, freshman jumper Julia Carmona was named to the USTFCCCA All-West Region Team for the triple jump.
Carmona's first season as a Pioneer was spectacular. It was capped off with a silver medal in the triple jump at the 2025 CCAA Track & Field Championships presented by Pollo Campero with a personal-best mark of 11.85 meters.
Throughout the season, Carmona was very successful overall in the triple jump, as she placed first in her final three meets of the regular season, including the Johnny Mathis Invitational (11.59 meters), Chico Invitational (11.48 meters) and the Mike Fanelli Track Classic (11.12 meters; first career triple jump win). In six of seven meet in which Carmona was entered for the triple jump, she placed in the top-10.
Also to note, Carmona had a great season in the long jump, including four top-5 finishes. She also competed once in the 200 meters in 2025 and once in the 4x400 meter relay.
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Weekly Bay Area
Sports Calendar
Monday, June 2, through
Sunday, June 8, 2025
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Monday, June 2
San Francisco Giants vs. San Diego Padres, 6:45 p.m.
Athletics vs. Minnesota Twins, 7:05 p.m.
Tuesday, June 3
San Francisco Giants vs. San Diego Padres, 6:45 p.m.
Athletics vs. Minnesota Twins, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday, June 4
San Francisco Giants vs. San Diego Padres, 6:45 p.m.
Athletics vs. Minnesota Twins, 7:05 p.m.
Thursday, June 5
San Francisco Giants vs. San Diego Padres, 6:45 p.m.
Athletics vs. Minnesota Twins, 12:35 p.m.
Friday, June 6
San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves, 7:15 p.m.
Athletics vs. Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday, June 7
San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves, 1:05 p.m.
Athletics vs. Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 p.m.
Oakland Roots vs. El Paso Locomotive FC, 7 p.m.
Bay FC vs. Portland Thorns, 4:30 p.m.
Oakland Soul SC vs. Stockton Cargo, 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 8
San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves, 1:05 p.m.
Athletics vs. Baltimore Orioles, 1:05 p.m.
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