And the foot dragging continues. A highly regarded retired attorney posted to Bob Dunning's baseball article and stated that an investigation could largely be completed within a few weeks. Incompetence, or purposeful?

This sounds like spin. What 'future' (beyond Europe) does a 6'0" G have who averages 12 PPG?

Looks like the Vikings already had 2 solid guards and then recruited three more D1 proven 6'5" guards after Squires signed. They look solid on paper. If the new HC can create a cohesive team, they could have a 20+ win year.

Speaking of Portland State, it looks like their new coach got a load of Transfers who can play, and have size. And they return 3 starters.

MARLON RUFFIN - 6'5" G, JR, 13 PPG and 3.4 RPG

MICHAEL CARTER III - 6'5" G, JR - 14.6 PPG at The Beach

SQUIRES - 6'0" G, JR - 12 PPG and 1.5 APG

JAMES JEAN-MARIE - 6'8", 235 SR F - averaged 12 / 5 RPG at Hawaii. Fellow Canadian to give Squires company.

HAYDEN CURTISS - SO, 6'10", limited action. 2 PPG / 2 RPG / 1 BPG

MIKAL STARKS - pass first point guard from Georgia.

EZEKIEL ALLEY - 6'0" SR G - DII transfer which averaged 20 PPG. Interesting jump, good luck to the young man.

That's over 50 PPG, not counting the DII transfer.

LB Ripp from Los Gatos chooses Boise State.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/05/football-recruiting-los-gatos-star-chooses-boise-state/

I've recommended it to friends. I've never been. Around the same Era as a young, healthy Bill Walton? Has Portland gone too far (to some?), have drugs, 'homelessness', and anarchy gone too far?

Stories like this, the Angels Ohtani, and The Greek Freak are what I love about sports.

If I'm the opposing team (I'm not an expert on our squad now), I go at Anigwe right away. Wear him down, get him in foul trouble. Control the boards and paint.

Disrupt our best wing, and let the Ags try to win via the 3.

RE - your baseball concerns.

The Aggie Band-a was eliminated on largely trumped up charges.

Physical Education, a hallmark of Davis, was axed - Eliminating a healthy avenue when we have skyrocketing obesity levels, and potentially violating the student funding mechanisms. (I'm guessing the funding goes to some mumbo jumbo causes.)

Your concerns are valid... they didn't add in a little extra legroom at Dobbins?

We seem to be stronger and deeper across the board, but two key areas to these non professional eyes are QB & DB. QB has already been discussed.

Length / athleticism at DB seems to be a separation point for the elite teams. EWU, M, MSU send out 6'3" WRs, and pick apart 5'10" DBs. I love Perryman, King, Thomas and Duncan. Duncan, what a beast.

Harlston - 6'3", 205# - RedFrosh - three star recruit, highly coveted. DNP.

Venable - 6'2", 175# - SO - really came on last year. Third on the team in tackles. Split time at safety w Tiger Garcia.

Horne - 6'3", 190# - RedFrosh - DNP.

Speckman comments on schedule.

https://twitter.com/MarkSpeckman/status/1420958027197292549?s=20

How about beer drinking? Pool? Axe throwing?

Not big on surfing, skate boarding & rock climbing, either.

A move to bring in younger viewers?

Our smallest D1 team?

Ten guards, 4 forwards... 3 young.

Not a Sochor downplay.

With Dixon, 3 deep at RB, not counting Magic.

Agreed. Interesting that we apparently had a playoff invite.

Big assertion by Hawk, so I'm guessing maybe he purposefully limited our Offense in anticipation of this Fall? Get some work in and limit injury exposure. Big claim given recent Maier & Doss combo. Deepest RB depth we've ever had?

I haven't followed MLB recently. Either way, an All Star pitcher & home run leader? Amazing.

35th dinger, tops in the Majors. By a starting pitcher.

https://twitter.com/Angels/status/1419382384340856832?s=20

We can agree one item. Progress. 69 conveniently ignores many positive achievements, including wages rising, wages rose more for low income workers, record low Black, Latino, Asian & female unemployment. China's economy was reeling. Facts CNN will bury.

Trade researcher Alan Tonelson asserts Team Biden is now supporting numerous Trump trade positions (Biden's town hall was a disaster.)

FWIW, retired attorney Booher is a Davis High School grad.

A great Facebook post from Bob Dunning's recent column, re baseball column.

Lawrence J Booher, former counsel for Texaco and trial attorney for Caltrans. (Dunning asserts he is a great attorney.)

"Before retirement, I was a labor lawyer for a large company. From time to time we conducted internal investigations of serious matters - employee theft, discrimination or harassment based on gender (most cases), new hires (at the union level), other factors (rarely race or ethnicity - we had a vary diverse and well integrated workforce where promotions were based on performance), promotions, substance abuse, incompetence (usually a result of substance abuse).I cannot recall any case that took more than two weeks to resolve - including my review which often lead to additional interviews or documentation. (Note - in cases of potential termination for incompetence, the process was much more lengthy with job reviews, plans for improvement, more job reviews, etc.)In most cases, the majority of the work was done in less than a week. One or two people(two is better) conduct interviews of the complainants, those complained against, and possible witnesses. Relevant documentation is copied. My review. Presentation of the findings to management including recommended action. It is not a time consuming process, even if there are several claimed victims, accused, and witnesses. Most HR professionals have carried out investigations many times and know how to do it. On reflection, I cannot conceive what could delay completion of an investigation for four months. Suggestion - make an inquiry in a few weeks and ask how many interviews have already been conducted. If the answer is several, ask what more interviews are needed and what is the delay? If the answer is few, suggest more experienced investigators should be brought in. Good column."