Left Coast Sports Babe

Before Caitlin Clark

There was Tara, (and there was Pat Summitt, RIP).

But

Stanford coach Tara Vanderveer coached Jennifer Azzi, Kate Starbird, Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike, Candice Wiggins….. So many superstars who paved the way for the glory that is women’s college basketball now.

Can’t remember not seeing her on the Stanford sideline. But wishing her happiness in a well-earned retirement.

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As we look ahead to next year and watching college basketball

JuJu Watkins, USC

Paige Bueckers, UConn

Kiki Iriafen, Stanford.

Hannah Stuelke, Iowa.

Tessa Johnson, S. Carolina.

and others will be returning.

Can anyone name a returning men’s college player?

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And UConn’s win over Purdue in the men’s final averaged 14.82 million viewers, according to Nielsen.

“That was not enough to surpass the 18.87 million who watched South Carolina defeat Caitlin Clark and Iowa in Sunday afternoon’s women’s final on ABC and ESPN.”

(and the men were in prime time.)

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Meanwhile SF Giants, 1-27 recently with RISP went 1-6 with RISP tonight. Including a 9th inning where down two with bases loaded and no outs they scored ZERO.

Two of the right outs would have tied the game.

Too soon to start talking abut the curse of Renel?

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I don’t think it’s asked enough. What has Trump promised RFK Jr?

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Anyone who works with feral cats knows the cheapest way to prevent unwanted pregnancies is not spaying female cats but neutering males. Seems to me if we really want to reduce abortions men should get vasectomies at puberty, reversible only on proof of marriage & responsibility.

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GOP pollster Frank Luntz says that “abortion is a hard core issue for younger women, a little bit less so for younger men. And older you get, it’s still important but it’s not a voter driven issue…” Wanna bet? No longer a ‘younger woman’ & I’m furious. I am not alone.

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Kari Lake pretends now she doesn’t want abortion ban.

When she supported a ban in 2022.

Who knows what she’ll say next?

But you know who absolutely wants to protect womens’ right to choose? Ruben Gallego. No need for Arizona voters to take chances on their rights. #VoteBlue

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Something that didn’t get enough coverage last night. Recently retired GOP Rep Ken Buck is a very conservative man, first elected in 2014 as part of the Tea Party. And he referred to Marge Three Names, as “Moscow Marjorie.”

President Biden did have both South Carolina (women) and UConn (men) winning March Madness. Has Velveeta Voldemort come out and said HIS secret ballot was perfect yet?

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Wonder what the ratings were for the men’s basketball national championship were tonight or more especially, how much lower they were than the women’s final.

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72 pitches through 3 innings and three earned runs from the Giants biggest free agent. Along with a completely forgettable male voice announcing the game at Oracle Park tonight.

So far initial reviews – SF Giants could have saved money on Blake Snell and spent a fraction of it on rehiring Renel Brooks-Moon.

So who had April 8, 2024 as the day Trump would start attacking Lindsey Graham? And is it time to start the next pool, when Lindsey goes down to Mar-A-Lago to genuflect before Donald again?

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President Biden announces major student debt relief and media – other than the eclipse – is focused on Velveeta Voldemort’s hush money trial. And later in the week I presume there will be more stories how Joe Biden isn’t connecting with young voters?

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Dear Wisconsin. Didn’t think it was possible to be worse than Ron Johnson.

But here’s California multi-millionaire Eric Hovde, who is running for Senate in 2024 in Wisconsin.

“We had nursing homes with 100% voting…. If you’re in a nursing home, you only have a 5-6 month life expectancy. Almost nobody in a nursing home is in a point to vote.”

Please re-elect Tammy Baldwin.

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Let’s make this very clear: Trump claims to be pro-life.

But as he’s shown with DACA kids & now with reproductive rights, Donald believes your life as a woman is only important if you are lucky enough to be born in the right place to the right parents – or just have rich white parents.

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So how long until some Trump supporters who looked at the eclipse without dark glasses start blaming President Biden because Obamacare doesn’t cover vision care?

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Trump claims he never had sex with Stormy Daniels. Maybe the real reason he’s fighting so hard against this hush money trial is that the woman has receipts, as in she can accurately describe his small… hands?!

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Marge Three Names is a do-nothing Congresswoman from a deep red district in Georgia. Can we stop giving her more attention than members of Congress who actually get stuff done. Sincerely, Americans tired of nonstop coverage of noisy narcissists.