Experts Caution About Early Focus on One Sport – nytimes
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Roky Erikson – Don’t Slander Me
Okkervil River
Soulsavers – Revival
Alvarez’s image takes beating – timesonline
Interview: Hank Peters – Front Office Icon – bizofbaseball
Decision 2009: Mark Ellis – mvn
Decision 2009: Dallas Braden – mvn
The death of the credit card economy. – slate
2007 : America’s #1 Management Practitioner
2005 : The Long Emergency
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Tampa’s Joe Maddon 129, Verschlimmbesserungophobia 0: – mgmtbybaseball
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Cal-vs-MSU: Game Notes – calbears
The Circus: A New Day – bearinsider
Gameday: Cal hosts Michigan State – scout
Autumn Fever: Bears have optimism, inexperience – sfgate
position-by-position – sfgate
Tedford Press Conference Quotes – calbears
Best is Back – calbears
Mr Pac-10’s Season Preview – scout
What did we find out? – beartalk
Longshore’s focus the same despite new role as Cal’s backup quarterback – cctimes
For Team-First Bears, 2008 Is Clean Slate – dailycal
Running Back Matchup Highlights Opener – dailycal
Position Breakdown: Offense Defense Special – dailycal
Michigan State Game Notes – bearinsider
Player Analysis: Cal – msuspartans
Ringer’s running will test Cal’s new defense – sfgate
Mark Dantonio Weekly Press Conference Transcript – msuspartans
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Calexico Previews New Album – npr
Catching Up With Calexico – paste
Asylum Street Spankers – Blade of Grass
Aerosmith – Three Mile Smile/Reefer Head Woman
Five Dollar Priest – Decatur Street
The New Pornographers – All For Swinging You Around
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The Diseconomies of Scale – mgmtbybaseball
Proved (Indisputably)(Again) by the 2008 Olympics
New Stadiums: Prices, and Outrage, Escalate – nytimes
Conference Outlook: B.C.S. Conferences – thequad
College Football – nytimes
The Price of Success in Sports – sportseconomist
Fans riled over parking – columbiatribune
Eighth Annual Herbie Awards – espn
Spanish staying power – guardian
Get a Whiff of Matthew Sweet’s Smell of Excess – ocweekly
How Baseball Explains the Economy – boxscore
Conversation With Stan Kasten – nats320
  
  
  
Do cats always land unharmed on their feet, no matter how far they fall? – straightdope
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Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America? – nytimes
Drink Outside the Box – nytimes
Manny Stars as Manny in a New Summer Hit – nytimes
More than 3,700 words from Jim Bowden on Aaron Crow – washingtonpost
Hamilton respected? – chicagotribune
Brewers taking risky approach with Sabathia – krosenthal
Dodgers making moves, but missed a key one – krosenthal
Umpires reach instant replay deal with MLB – krosenthal
Cal in great shape with Best – sfgate
Spread the offense and don’t bother getting in huddle – sfgate
Q package is the talk of preseason for UT – statesman
“The Bob Stoops Economy“ – sportseconomist
   Stoops a financial savior for OU – newsok
Arsene Wenger: Success – I make it, I won’t buy it – independent
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The Genius of Miles Davis: Explained – mentalfloss
Interview: Silver Jews – pitchfork
Together Again in Different Time Zones – nytimes
Vinyl records make a return – latimes
The Waifs prove blood is thicker than buzz – sfgate
King Curtis – Memphis Soul Stew
Calexico – Two Silver Trees
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Study: Kids need time to heal from concussion – sfgate
Eight Strikes and You’re Out – tfriedman
About that economic impact… – sportseconomist
Young a vital cog in Cal’s new 4-man linebacking scheme – sfgate
Time flies – beartalk
QB Competition Still Tight After Similar Showings in Scrimmage – dailycal
Williams, Follett Selected to The Butkus Award 2008 Watch List –
Cal’s Davis wants to be known for sacks, not military service – EspnU
Spartans hope Cal game can springboard them to success – freep
Earl Weaver turns 78 – BBPrimer
The biggest rules change since the DH is coming soon – tverducci
Owners to discuss blackout solution – jpassan
Piratesí Coonelly faces a deadline dilemma – jpassan
Baseball’s Draft System Is Badly Broken – tmarchman
An Interview with SIís Jon Heyman – thebiglead
Do the Angels have what it takes? – dperry
Keeping same lineup will get expensive for Halos – krosenthal
Paying Manny $100M would set a dangerous precedent – jstark
Manny Ramirez Likes Red Sox’s New Blue Uniforms – theonion
Ex-Giant Leonard still feisty as Reno manager – sacbee
Decision 2009: Dan Meyer – “mvn”
When Action Figures Come Out to Play – nytimes
The French Horn, That Wild Card of the Orchestra – nytimes
Chat with musician Scott McCaughey – espn
Read Between the Lines: An Interview With Keith Moon – crawdaddy
Pitching Pop – crawdaddy
The Bay Area’s visionary chefs – sfgate
Topped right, pizza can be a balanced meal – sfgate
Bubbly with history – sfgate
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Cal’s youth movement on DL is about coach, too – EspnU
Jones is Cal’s new ‘1’ to watch – cctimes
Blue and Gold Sundays – bearinsider
True Freshman Anthony Battles for Playing Time at Stacked CB Position – dailycal
Rising Up – dailycal
Fresh start for Cal’s Longshore – cctimes
Post-practice: Tuesday 8/12 – beartalk
Big-10 Preview: Michigan State – jsonline
Absentee – Bitchstealer
Reefer Madness – austinchronicle
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Superbugs – newyorker
The new generation of resistant infections is almost impossible to treat.
CA State Supreme Court rejects noncompete clauses – sfgate
Will Angels grant Vladimir Guerrero a stay? – latimes
10 stretch run factors – foxsports
Samardzija proving he made the right decision – krosenthal
School spirit: list of Bay Area products making an impact – sfgate
Go Go, GoGo Gio (PITCH fx analysis) – oaktownas
A bigger giant – sfgate
Interview: King Khan & the Shrines – pitchfork
Great rock ‘n’ roll myths debunked – sfgate
Eno and Byrne reunite in the return of the digital masters – timesonline
Record Number of Golden Bears to Compete in Olympic Games – calbears
Tedford is looking for Best in his return man – sfgate
Follett Relishing in Outside Role – dailycal
Hill Set to Take Care of Business in Second Playing Season – dailycal
Post-practice: Wednesday 8/6 – beartalk
Top 10 toughest places to play college football – foxsports
The Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites – pcmag
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Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization – adbusters
Wheels on fire, take two – jcarroll
Do you seek full-contact cycling?
Seasonal Cook: Fresh from the pod – sfgate
Fantasy Studios: Alive and Well in Berkeley – crawdaddy
Girl-Guy Duos: Then vs. Now – crawdaddy
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Double-parking the otter’s cheese
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From all of us in the bullpen: Thanks, Mr. Holtzman – tjones sportingnews
Indians manager wants new closer by spring – ohio
Waters runs deep in O’s debut – baltimoresun
Westward woe – sfgate
Oakland Athletics Top 20 Prospects in Review – minorleagueball
New A’s ballpark
Tedford On What Went Wrong and What Will Change – bearinsider
Meet the Recruits: Football – dailycal
Cal’s Tepper opens camp with injury – sfgate
Fall Camp Notebook: Day Two – dailycal
Blue and Gold Sundays: Tracking former Cal players now in the pros – bearinsider
Inside the Women’s Huddle – bearinsider
Spartans open camp healthy, identified – freep
The Urge to Merge – Making it in the Battle for a Lane – nytimes
Olympic-sized crowds? – sportseconomist
Beijing’s welcome is mix of pride, spies and suspicion – usatoday
Price Of Gas Rises To Four Expletives Per Gallon – theonion
2004 : Archaeologists of the future
2003 : Dressed to the nines
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Number of 100 degree days almost tops record – statesman
Who uses their closers in tough situations? – actasports
Take your pick: Manny deal produced winners all around – krosenthal
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Street’s role changing? – sfgate drumbeat
Accountability Week with the A’s – sfgate
Matthew Sweet: Web Extras – performingsongwriter
Oh, What a Mangled Web We Leave – nashvillescene
5 Things You Didn’t Know: Johnny Cash – askmen
Johnny Cash documentary airs on PBS Aug. 5 – austin360
Band Leaks Track to BitTorrent, Blames Pirates – torrentfreak
Blondie – Parallel Lines: Deluxe Edition – pitchfork review
$700k salary can’t get Sony BMG a digital exec – valleywag
Two Bears, One Back: Jahvid Best Shayne Vereen – dailycal
Position battles – beartalk
Cal’s Worrell Williams talks Pac-10 linebackers – espnU
Cal Practice Review – sfgate
Bears’ Mack is centered – insidebayarea
Cal Football Coach Tops University’s Compensation Report With $2.8 Million – cbsnews
Bears should be backing Riley – insidebayarea
20 Ways to Die Trying to Dunk a Basketball – athlists
Cal-Ital’s second act – sfgate
After a slow start, Italian grapes find their place in California
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