Roundup: Bleacher Report feature on Klay Thompson and family
Longtime NBA reporter Ric Bucher whips up this feature on Klay Thompson and his family for Bleacher Report. A lot of great stuff about football and basketball games in the Thompson household played by the brothers Mychel, Klay and Trayce.
TheSunDevils.com explains how Maggie Ewen is staying focused on the present as her Sun Devil career winds down. The senior thrower currently holds the NCAA record in the hammer and shot put as she heads into her final conference meet with the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships this weekend at Stanford.
Just one round of NCAA Women’s Golf Regionals play left, and Oregon State’s Nicole Schroeder leads the Madison Regional after firing a program-record-tying 66. The Beavs are tied for fourth and in line to advance to the NCAA Championships for the second time in school history.
While the Golden Bears as a team are far from the top six in their regional (top six make it to the NCAA Championships), Cal women’s golfer Marthe Wold is tied for fourth at the San Francisco Regional after two rounds, going 71-70 so far in her first 36 holes.
Stanford women’s tennis dominated the Pac-12 all-conference honors, with Lele Forood earning Coach of the Year, Emily Arbuthnott and Michaela Gordon being named Doubles Team of the Year and Michaela Gordon getting Freshman/Newcomer of the Year accolades.
Former USC football coach John Robinson was inducted into the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame on Tuesday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Ryan Kelapire of Arizona Desert Swarm lets us know that Arizona quarterback Khalil Tate is the No. 7 college player to watch according to NFL.com. He certainly was a joy to watch in 2017. Oregon’s Justin Herbert and Stanford’s Bryce Love also crack the NFL.com top 10.
Adam Wells of K5 News has this story on Washington athletic director Jennifer Cohen’s concern for athletes’ mental wellness. Video is included.
Oregon softball remained at No. 2 in both major polls, trailing only conference foe UCLA (The Oregonian/OregonLive). The Ducks and Bruins are tied for first, but Oregon took two of three from UCLA in March.
Utah baseball defeated BYU 6-3 Tuesday in Salt Lake City, and our Thad Anderson and Kevin Stocker break it down in the recap.
UCLA baseball lost to Long Beach State 5-1 Tuesday night at Jackie Robinson Stadium, and Jim Watson and longtime Mark Marquess right-hand man Dean Stotz have the recap for us.
Pat Rooney gives us a recap of how spring workouts went for Colorado women’s volleyball. The Buffs are coming off a Sweet 16 appearance in 2017, their first since 1997.