Craig Robinson, the Obamas and Oregon State: How he makes it work
*** Note: This is a slightly-updated version of the column that ran in Thursday’s Mercury News, for those who missed it (and care) … No college basketball coach in history has had a year like Oregon...
View ArticleCould Stanford actually lose to Bakersfield tonight?
Stanford fans should certainly expect a victory, but don’t be surprised if the Cardinal stumbles. (OK, maybe mildly surprised, but that’s as far as you should go on the surprise-o-meter.) This is a...
View ArticleAction/reaction: Cal rolls, UCLA survives, the Pac-10 COY race and more bad...
All Pac-10 basketball (it’s that time of year) … Action: Stanford falls behind 25-6, rallies late and loses at Oregon State. Reaction I: For those scoring at home: Stanford is 0-7 0-6 on the road in...
View ArticleUCLA, Cal, Gonzaga and Washington survive a wild night out west:...
Goodness, what a night. From the overtime in Seattle and wipeout in Pullman all the way through the Bay Area thrillers — three games, all in doubt with a few minutes left — to a near-epic collapse in...
View ArticlePac-10 report: Player and Coach of the Year projections
It’s tough to pick the COY and POY in the conference, but for very different reasons: Too many good candidates for COY, too few for POY. So here’ my suggestion to commish Tom Hansen: In one of his...
View ArticlePac-10 report: My picks for player, freshman and coach of the year, plus...
The all-league team and awards are coming out any minute. I wanted to get this posted first and will be updating ASAP with the results and more analysis of my picks: (10:05 update: I’m told the awards...
View ArticleAction/reaction: Cal recruiting, USC football, Kentucky’s bad press, the...
If I twittered, as Kawakami thinks I should — and because Kawakami knows of what he speaks, I’ll probably start — then this is the stuff I’d be twittering about in the final week in May, which is...
View ArticlePac-12 basketball: USC and UCLA in search mode while OSU, WSU and Stanford...
Two things to keep in mind as the coaching carousel spins at high speed in SoCal: 1. As with realignment, nothing’s done until it’s done — and sometimes not even then. Sean Miller rejected Arizona’s...
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