Machado, a guard out of Iona College, was called up April 7 by Golden State and was in uniform during the team’s game against the Utah Jazz. A day later, Golden State assigned Machado to its D-League affiliate, the Santa Cruz Warriors, where he had been for the previous month or so and had played 10 games.

It was an odd move, considering the back-and-forth nature of it all. But from what I’ve been told and what I’ve heard, Golden State likes Machado, so the call-up wasn’t out of the ordinary. And the assignment to the D-League wasn’t exactly bizarre, either, considering Golden State has plenty of guards and are still playing for the best possible seed in the playoffs — even today, April 17, the final day of the regular season.

Did Golden State sign him to prevent another team from signing him? Possibly. They had a roster spot to use. Ridiculous Upside brings up that point.

But whether that’s the case or not, Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted earlier this week that Machado will sign with Golden State for the rest of the season. So if they were preventing him from signing with another team, they like him enough to keep him around.

UPDATE: Golden State has signed Machado for the remainder of the season, the team announced today. Machado remains on assignment with the Santa Cruz Warriors, though, and he’s expected to play tonight when Santa Cruz opens Game 1 of its best-of-three D-League semifinal against host Austin at 5:30 p.m.

Anyway, I was on the bus with the team heading to shootaround on a Saturday morning. It was about 10 a.m. when the players arrived at CenturyLink Arena, where the Idaho Stampede play, and I remember sitting down courtside to watch the practice and take notes.

Already on the court at that time was an older man, on his hands and knees, scrubbing away at the minor scuffs and scratches that were on the floor. He said “hello” and appeared genuinely pleased that I was there. I was immediately impressed by the Stampede’s attention to detail, their friendliness, but also feeling as if they were working their custodial staff too hard.

It wasn’t until about an hour later, when shootaround was wrapping up, that I found out the older man, who was scrubbing away at the court, was actually Stamepede managing investor Bill Illet. In the front office, he’s at the top of the food chain.

This is what Illet does, of course. KBOI TV in Boise did a segment with Illet and his pregame ritual.

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Esparza, of course, qualified to the 2012 Olympics in women’s boxing and was the first American female to qualify.

In the video, Moreno is wearing the white head gear.

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The below video catches all the magic of the night, which included a mascot groin shot. As one commenter pointed out, Rockhold should perhaps stick to kicking people instead of soccer balls.

Enjoy.

UPDATE: The video was No. 1 in ESPN SportsCenter’s Not Top 10 for the week. It’s now up against Mark Sanchez’s Butt Fumble in a Worst of the Worst showdown. You can vote here.

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Thanks to digi drums for the link. As always, enjoy.

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Anyway, when I was searching for stats online, I came across her recently released mixtape for her junior year. Figured I’d post it here.

Enjoy.

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Well, Jim might have. How else do you explain all the flexing?

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Mulhern lost by a TKO in the first round. Here’s the brief write-up we had in Sunday’s Sentinel. We’ll hopefully catch up with Mulhern shortly.

Here’s the video of the fight (Mulhern is in the red/black trunks):

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MISSION TRAIL ATHLETIC LEAGUE
All-League

Most Valuable Player — Morgan Green, Pacific Collegiate
Coach of the Year — Tito Velasco, King City
Elgie Bellizio Sportsmanship Award — Christina Cobb, York School

First Team
Kayce Stachelek, Carmel
Abby Herrera, Greenfield
Jessica Davis, King City
Sarah Shepard, King City
Morgan Green, Pacific Collegiate
Irini Pateras, Pacific Collegiate
Jessica Matthews, Pacific Grove
Lucy Scattini, Santa Catalina
Tierney Hightower, Santa Catalina
Felicia Villarruel, Soledad

Honorable Mention
Meg Paraguya, Soledad
Nicole Trenka, Stevenson
Margie Howard, Pacific Collegiate
Araceli Martinez, Greenfield
Sabrina Riffle, Pacific Grove
Amber Clark, Carmel
Madelynn Whittaker, Carmel
Luzz Bugarin, Soledad
Lauren Domingos, King City
Kylie Moses, Santa Catalina