Offensive tackle Mark Tos, a two-time All-Great West Conference selection, has been named a preseason All-American by both Phil SteeleÕs College Football Preview and The Sports Network, headlining several UC Davis football players to receive distinction with the 2010 season just around the corner. Tos, a 6-foot-6, 290-pound senior from Hanford, was selected to the … Continue Reading
Special to The Enterprise Often we read the newspaper to find out about races/meets being won and records being broken. However, there are more reasons to do sports besides the obvious wanting to be a champion. And success comes in a variety of forms … For example, take the child who was born with a … Continue Reading
Woodland Rep. Mike Thompson declares the just-passed Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will save us all from financial wrong-doing so ÒTaxpayers should never have to pay the price for Wall StreetÕs irresponsibility.Ó But who will save us all from CongressÕ irresponsibility? His banner self-congratulatory puff piece in SundayÕs edition of The Daily Democrat … Continue Reading
Davis Mikos Fabersunne writes and challenges me to further investigate the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which tried to penetrate and control the Davis Food Co-op for political purposes. Big mistake; I seldom dodge a challenge. Further investigation confirms my previous allegation that the BDS is a rather slimy front group for the Palestinian Liberation … Continue Reading
The issue: Leaked cables are evidence of a highly difficult situation in Afghanistan Aside from revealing a serious security problem, those 91,000 leaked documents pertaining to military operations in Afghanistan highlight how difficult prosecuting that war truly is. In fact, during the period covered by the leaks, January 2004 to December 2009, the U.S. and … Continue Reading
Special to The Enterprise The headline of a piece in ThursdayÕs Davis Enterprise read ÒMuseum thaws century-old Scotch.Ó As volunteer director of the Hattie Weber Museum of Davis, my initial assumption whenever I see something about a ÒmuseumÓ in the local paper is that it is about the Hattie Weber. And the piece was in … Continue Reading
Special to The Enterprise ROSEVILLE Ñ The Davis Aquadarts, 64 swimmers strong, finished third in the Sierra Nevada Local Swim CommitteeÕs biggest long-course swim meet of the season. Conducted over the weekend at Summer Sanders Olympic Pool, the object of the meet is to bring together the top regional swimmers, giving them a chance to … Continue Reading
Enterprise staff writer WEST SACRAMENTO Ñ The Sacramento River Cats spent the first two months and 60 games of this year setting or tying 37 franchise marks for worst records at certain times of the season. Since then, however, the River Cats are back to playing the type of baseball theyÕre known for and have … Continue Reading
Enterprise staff writer ÒHey! We donÕt walk here … you guys should know better!Ó came the coachÕs admonition. A little later the unthinkable happens Ñ and as the coach approaches with a quick cadence, a glint in his eyes but command in his voice, those who know Steve Smyte understand thereÕs a lesson coming… ÒWhat … Continue Reading
Special to The Enterprise The Davis Water Polo Club boys 16U and 18U teams both captured third place in respective tournaments last weekend. The 16-and-under group played most of the weekend with only one substitute, but the team nontheless beat Lodi, 15-0, with goals from Scott Perry, Connor Stapleton, David Lester, Brandon Rueda, Tre Moynihan, … Continue Reading
VILLA PARK Ñ Blue Devil girls water polo players went to Orange County and finished fourth in a prestigious tournament last weekend. In the three years the Villa Park shootout has been conducted, Davis distaffers are the first from Northern California to finish in the top eight among 32 teams from throughout California. The tournament … Continue Reading
Enterprise correspondent I previously interviewed filmmaker Jared Martin about a year and a half ago, shortly before his movie ÒThe Lost Boys of SudanÓ was screened at the Davis Film Festival. MartinÕs award-winning documentary went on to be shown at various film festivals around the country, and today is under consideration for distribution to television … Continue Reading
Enterprise drama critic Is ÒShear Madness,Ó continuing through Sept. 5 at SacramentoÕs Cosmopolitan Cabaret, a bad play or a very good cabaret show? Well … yes to both. Seen as a play, even a comedy, itÕs not very good. ItÕs full of eye-rollingly bad/good puns, situations where the actors break each other up frequently, excessively … Continue Reading
Teresa Tudury will conclude this seasonÕs Winters Friends of the Library outdoor summer concert series, with a performance at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Rotary Park Gazebo, on Main Street east of Railroad Avenue, downtown Winters. Tudury will present an evening of original songs and stories: part comedy show, part singer/songwriter concert and part cabaret … Continue Reading
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