Left Coast Sports Babe

Halftime score at Maples Pavilion in women’s basketball 2nd round game tonight: 33-31 Stanford over Kansas .

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Final score: 91-65 Stanford. How much do we all want to know what Cardinal coach Tara Vanderveer said at halftime. And can we bottle it?

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Dear Warriors fans: As a San Antonio Spurs fan in the San Francisco Bay Area after a 110-108 win on a rebounded missed free throw.

1. Yeah, there was one questionable foul at end against Golden State, but another ticky tack call in the last minute against San Antonio. And if it’s that close against the VERY young 2022 Spurs?

2. Popovich’s kids are close to knocking Lakers out of play-in game. Enjoy it.

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Might be just possible Coach K was brushing away a tear after his last game against Tom Izzo. Well as Tom Brady and Brett Favre say, the first retirement is the hardest. #MarchMadness

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Analysts say with demand up, airlines are confident they can quickly pass “100% of higher fuel costs” onto consumers. Uh, as a travel agent, my prediction, they will quickly pass MORE than 100% of higher fuel costs onto consumers.

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So Ted Cruz apparently missed flight in Bozeman, MT & was videoed berating airline employee, with police having been called. Sigh, if this means he has to take a redeye to get to DC, Ted’s going to be especially charming at Monday’s judiciary hearing for Ketanji Brown Jackson….

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More on Ted Cruz missing flight today in Bozeman: I have clients there. Planes are often full & this is Sunday of spring break week… Best Ted could have hoped for, if he didn’t get stuck on redeye, probably middle seat in coach. Schadenfreude is bad, right? Anyone got pictures?

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So now the “People’s Convoy” says they want the “Black Lives Matter” yellow letters removed from “Black Lives Matter” Plaza. Very white of them.

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If GOP takes back the Senate, Ron Johnson wants to investigate Hunter Biden & his business dealings. Number of times Ron Johnson talked about investigating Ivanka, Don Jr and Eric’s business dealings? Zero

Do better, Wisconsin. Please vote Moscow Ron OUT.

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Mitch McConnell today said the GOP’s pro-Putin wing is purely a few “lonely voices” in the House. So is he calling Velveeta Voldemort a “lonely voice?”

So Clarence Thomas reportedly does not have COVID, and should be released from the hospital in “a day or two.” He is, however, 73. Perhaps this might be a wake-up call to retire from SCOTUS and spend more time plotting coups with his family?

Yeah, there’s a lot of bad stuff going on in the world. But making a 2am decision Thursday morning to pick North Carolina over Baylor has put a smile on my face this morning.

(Okay, that smile got a little nervous more than once…. but no style points in basketball wins.)

Got to feel bit sorry for Murray State. Small university in southwestern Kentucky, normally could be perfect March Madness Cinderella story. Especially tonight expecting to play Kentucky And instead they play team most Americans are now rooting for – Saint Peters. #Peacocks

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After the Peacocks’ second upset (of Murray State) puts them into the Sweet Sixteen, Saint Peters’ coach Shaheen Holloway about playing big games: “Practice is tough, this is easy.” Of course, if you practice hard enough, maybe that’s how it should be.

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No doubt many of my brackets will crash to the ground by the time most people read this… but “with a little bit of luck…”

Tonight seeing complaints from Republicans about President Biden spending the weekend in Delaware. Wonder how much he’s making Secret Service spend for hotel rooms at his resort. Oh right, Joe doesn’t HAVE a resort… Never mind.

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CNN headline “The future looks bleak for America’s largest department store chain.” Was less shocked that a department store chain is in trouble than that the largest department store chain in the country is now …..Kohl’s??!!

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Since many in GOP claim their top focus on ending abortions, instead of just punishing women who might get pregnant once a year, why not law to punish men who have unprotected sex with women not their wives?

One man can cause a LOT of unwanted pregnancies.

Fox News & other conservative media love to talk about California gas prices on an ongoing basis. Wonder if they’re so concerned on costs for drivers that they never talk about the state with the toll roads in the country? Florida.

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So some in media seem focused on how Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley will try in the Senate Judiciary committee to attack Ketanji Brown Jackson? How about a bit of time spent on, for starters, what Cory Booker and Amy Klobuchar will say in Ketanji’s praise and defense?