On scheduling down...I agree. I hate these games. One, every once in a while maybe, but we have two this coming season and there were rumors of a third? How does Bob Dunning think UCD is a Pac 12+ ready team if we schedule Academy of Art? I recall a comment on this site that WCC schools avoid Big West schools because Gonzaga wants the conference to keep its strength of schedule at a high level so that, if nothing else, the Zags' schedule looks good, to say nothing of getting other conference teams into the post season. No one benefits by scheduling a bunch of games against lower division schools. I'd prefer to see one game every other year or so against someone like UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz, or a CCAA school, but no more than that.

[MAYBE I SHOULD SAY "SPOILER ALERT" HERE]
So I am up in the middle of the night because I am an old man...The listing for TV says women's gold medal water polo, which at least sounds interesting AND the USA is still in it AND the USA is the defending gold medalist....well the water polo match was apparently already over (USA did it again!) and I watch a woman doing a combination ballet and floor exercise with a hula hoop. That was followed by other women doing something similar with a child's playground ball. One thing that struck me was that they all wore sequined leotards and had their hair pulled up in buns, all looked like the synchronized swimmers without the nose plugs, (or I guess if it's one contestant it is "artistic swimming.") I don't doubt for a second that the artistic and synchronized swimmers are athletic. Some of them make water polo goalies look lame and they hold their breaths for an interminable period. All of this led me to think they should have somthing like the pentathlon where competitors (apparently mostly Eastern European women) compete in both rhythmic gymnastics and artistic swimming, perhaps with a ping-pong, er, table tennis, ball or badmitton shuttle cock...or curling stone.

Pub sports might be a testing ground for future Olympic sports. Curling? Shuffleboard on ice. A sport where the equipment consists of a large flat rock and a broom.

Could this lead to pub darts? That could make for some excitement.

The next great Olympic sport?

https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31944288/the-next-great-olympic-sport-cornhole

Let's bring back "plunge for distance!" It was an Olympic event in 1904.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plunge_for_distance

Video gaming? Beer pong?

I prefer sports that are capable of some objective measurement: goals scored, time, tape measure...over those where the winner is determined by human judgment. (And yes, all sports are subject to some human judgment via referees....)

The Olympic motto is “Faster, Higher, Stronger," not "Most liked by a panel of human judges."

Not a fan of the picnic sports like badminton and table tennis. How long before we see cornhole? (And am I the only person old enough to remember when "cornhole" had a whole (HAR!) different connotation, perhaps like a certain Band-Uh cheer.)

The grey and white coloring of the logo doesn't exactly fit the catch phrase, "Only the bold."

I am at best a casual bike rider, and it has been a long time since I have even done that with any consistency, but I made it a habit to not go through an intersection if there was a car there until the driver and I made eye contact. (And to my annoyance and my wife's persistence, if I am going on downtown streets I wear a bright orange or lime green vest. I'm a big boy and it's hard to miss me, ...bit it's even harder in day-glo clothing.)

"There has been an update on the online story.
The story will be on A1 in Sunday's issue."

Page A1 of Sunday's Bee was a full color photo of a shrinking Folsom Lake leading to an article about the city of Folsom's continued growth while it faces a diminishing water supply. There was an article about the baseball team on page B1, the first page of the Sports section, but while it tweaked the initial Bee story, it added nothing to what everyone already knew - that the suspensions were the result of hazing.

I discontinued the Bee's print edition some time ago. 99% of what is in the print edition, which isn't much, was on the Bee's website anywhere from one day to several days before the Bee's circulation contractor threw the physical paper into the neighbor's sprinkler system.

Is counseling available for our resident baseball aficionado?

Speaking of Australia, they handed the USA a second straight exhibition loss tonight, 91-83.

...so the USA lost to the Gaels' alumni team.

If Chima had become an Australian citizen he probably would have had to go to St. Mary's to play for the Australian team. Three former Gaels are players and one is a coach on the current national team.
https://smcgaels.com/news/2021/7/8/mens-basketball-mbb-former-gaels-prep-for-olympics-with-australian-national-team.aspx

We have to be careful where we throw stones from the security of our wine cellar....

A follow up article from the Bee on Humboldt's plans:
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article252517963.html

This will be ripe for comment:

"As part of the university’s push for a polytechnic designation, Humboldt State announced proposals for the addition of several new degree programs, including ..., Cannabis Studies, ...."

CFL Toronto Argonauts post about passing of Rick Mohr:

https://3downnation.com/2021/06/18/argos-saddened-by-passing-of-1983-cfl-all-star-rick-mohr/

A buddy of mine lives on a piece of property in the Bay Area which his family traces back to Mexico. He says that when California ceased to be a Mexican territory land owners were required to prove up their titles in what was then the capital, Monterey. Easier for his ancestors than those who lived down south. I think that was the last time anyone in northern California had a home 'court" (Har!) advantage over anyone in the south.

Frankly a more intimate venue near an entertainment hub like Vegas makes some sense. And as 69aggie noted, it's probably a better money deal for the conference.

I keep thinking there is something you asked us to say if you EVER wrote about baseball again. What was it?

(Please keep it up.)

An obit:
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/pacific-grove-ca/richard-mohr-10226821