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In what has become a long, hot summer for 蜜柚直播鈥檚 football program, the Wildcats聽whiffed on Salpointe Catholic鈥檚 Big 3 鈥� lineman聽Bruno Fina, running back聽Bijan Robinson聽and safety聽Lathan Ransom.

That鈥檚 unsettling, but also indicative of a football program that has contended for just one Pac-12 championship since 1998 and has been coached by five men in 20 years.

More troubling than Fina, Robinson and Ransom choosing to play elsewhere 鈥� hey, this is 2019, millennials are connected to a wider world than prospects of the 20th century 鈥� is that none listed 蜜柚直播 among their final three choices.

All were in the middle of their sophomore years when聽Kevin Sumlin聽was hired, so lack of time is not an excuse. The UA had plenty of time to tap into the most highly coveted recruiting class at a 蜜柚直播 school since the 1970 蜜柚直播 High Badgers produced seven Division I signees.

Few things look worse than a player of Fina鈥檚 stature, a legacy recruit, son of 蜜柚直播 1991 all-conference second-team tackle聽John Fina, not including 蜜柚直播 in his list of finalists 鈥� UCLA, Boston College and Yale.

A huge thank you to all the colleges who have offered me such great opportunities. Here are The Final Three.

— Bruno Fina (@BrunoFina1)

Robinson will choose between Ohio State and Texas on Aug. 2.

But I鈥檒l admit there is significant precedence of elite 蜜柚直播 recruits choosing not to play football at 蜜柚直播. Amphitheater鈥檚聽Tamoni Joiner聽chose Oregon. Fellow Panther聽Steve Doolittle聽chose Colorado. Sabino鈥檚聽Brady Doe聽chose Purdue. Santa Rita鈥檚聽Eric Drage聽chose BYU.

蜜柚直播鈥檚 top prospect of the 1950s, 蜜柚直播 High quarterback聽Art Acosta, chose Michigan State over Washington and Utah.

蜜柚直播鈥檚 top prospect of the 1960s, 蜜柚直播 High lineman聽Bill Dawson, chose Michigan State over Nebraska.

When the unbeaten Badgers won the 1970 state title, possibly the top team in 蜜柚直播 history, the most coveted prospect, running back聽Derral Davis, chose Oklahoma before returning to play at UA. A decade later, 1981, Sunnyside鈥檚聽Freddie Sims, a mega-talent, also chose the Sooners over 蜜柚直播.

蜜柚直播 has been slow to act on some wonderful prospects for what seems like forever.

In 1976, 蜜柚直播 did not immediately offer Catalina High linebacker聽Steve Budinger聽a scholarship. Once Stanford coach聽Bill Walsh聽heard that 鈥� yes,听that聽Bill Walsh 鈥� he flew to 蜜柚直播 and got a commitment from聽Budinger, who was an immediate standout at Stanford and progressing toward the NFL until he was seriously injured in a car accident.

Sometimes there have been mitigating forces.

In 1981, Notre Dame came to 蜜柚直播 and successfully signed Parade All-America聽linebacker聽Rock Roggeman, even though Rock鈥檚 father,听Tom Roggeman, was part of the UA football staff. But the Roggeman family had grown up in South Bend, Indiana, and the appeal of the Fighting Irish was too great to resist.

In 1985, UCLA arrived in 蜜柚直播 to recruit Canyon del Oro linebacker聽Craig Davis, the equivalent of today鈥檚 four-star recruits. Davis became a starting linebacker for the Bruins. Why? He had grown up a UCLA fan in Culver City, California, before moving to 蜜柚直播.

In 1995, Ohio State 鈥� Ransom鈥檚 college choice 鈥� successfully recruited Catalina Foothills tackle聽Joe Brown, a future NFL player, away from 蜜柚直播. How鈥檇 that happen? Brown鈥檚 father,听Ron, was an Ohio State alumnus whose Buckeye blood ran deep in the family.

And at the height of聽Dick Tomey鈥檚 power at 蜜柚直播, Sabino lineman聽Mike Saffer聽chose UCLA over the Wildcats. Saffer might have been 蜜柚直播鈥檚 top line prospect since 蜜柚直播 High鈥檚 Dawson brothers 50 years ago. How did 蜜柚直播 lose Saffer? His father,听Don, had played on聽John Wooden鈥檚 UCLA national championship teams of 1967 and 1969.

No matter the history, this looks bad for 蜜柚直播. The perception is that there鈥檚 not much local interest in what has been a vanilla football program at the school.

As 蜜柚直播 has painfully learned many times in college football recruiting, the old 鈥淲izard of Oz鈥� tenet 鈥� 鈥渢here鈥檚 no place like home鈥� 鈥� doesn鈥檛 always apply.

A memorial service was held in 蜜柚直播 for prominent UA basketball fan聽George Kalil聽on Thursday. He died a week earlier at 81 after at one point attaending 1,047 of 1,050 蜜柚直播 basketball games, home and road.

But Kalil, a 蜜柚直播 High grad, wasn鈥檛 just a basketball fan. One of his favorite stories was about rallying support for 蜜柚直播鈥檚 berth in the 1968 Sun Bowl in El Paso, the school鈥檚 first bowl game in 20 years.

Kalil organized a caravan of people from the campus Newman Center to El Paso. He arranged for bus transportation and hotel accommodations.

About midnight the night before kickoff, Kalil ran into a UA fan who said he didn鈥檛 have enough money for a hotel room. As with many college-age kids, bunking four and five to a room, Kalil invited his new friend to sleep on the floor in a room with other UA fans.

When they UA students awoke, the stranger was gone 鈥� and so was their money.

Rather than curse the bad luck and ruin the trip, Kalil reimbursed everyone. That鈥檚 the George Kalil I was fortunate to know for 35 years.

1.听Mike DiMuro, a Salpointe Catholic grad, is the son of long-time major-league baseball umpire聽Lou DiMuro, who umped 2,659 MLB games. Following his father鈥檚 path, Mike called 1,878 big-league games, including the 2005 All-Star Game and three division playoff series. He retired last week, at 51. Mike DiMuro鈥檚 older brother,听Ray, also umpired briefly in MLB. The highlight of Mike DiMuro鈥檚 career: He was the home plate umpire at聽Roy Halladay鈥檚 perfect game in 2010. Halladay will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday.

2. 蜜柚直播 sophomore-to-be聽P.J. Austin聽finished second the Pan American Games U20 long jump championship Friday in San Jose, Costa Rica. It wasn鈥檛 just an obscure competition in a faraway land. Austin jumped 25 feet 7戮 inches, a jump exceeded by just four men in UA history, all of them All-Americans.聽Vance Johnson鈥檚 1982 jump of 26-11 won the NCAA championship.聽Gayle Hopkins鈥� jump of 26-9 in 1964 paved the way for him to make the USA Olympic team.聽Percy Knox聽jumped 26-3戮 in 1990 to become an All-American, and聽Luis Rivera-Morales聽cleared 26-1 in 2010, also becoming an All-American. Austin, who is from Maricopa High School near Phoenix, will enter the 2020 Pac-12 season as the league鈥檚 long-jump favorite; he jumped聽24-7 to finish third this year to two seniors from Oregon.

3. After four standout golf seasons at 蜜柚直播, including the 2018 NCAA championship,听Haley Moore鈥檚 pro career continues to thrive. She won the California State Open last week at La Costa Resort and Spa near San Diego, earning $6,000 after shooting an 8-under聽聽64 in the first round. A month earlier, Moore won the Cactus Tour鈥檚 championship at Stallion Mountain near Las Vegas. She will begin聽LGPA Tour qualifying competition next month.

Four days before 蜜柚直播 opens the football season at Hawaii, a Dick Tomey Legacy Fund benefit dinner will be held in Honolulu to benefit the Positive Coaching Alliance organization of Hawaii. Tomey, who died of cancer in April, was Hawaii鈥檚 head football coach from 1977-86. Proceeds raised will be used for youth sports organizations in the Honolulu area.

After leading Sabino High School to the 2019 state baseball championship, pitcher-infielder聽Preston Clifford聽appeared ready to play college baseball at New Mexico State. But when NMSU head coach聽Brian Green聽聽resigned to become the head coach at Washington State, he offered Clifford a scholarship to the Pac-12 school. In his final two years at Sabino, Clifford went 11-2 as a pitcher with 151 strikeouts in 98 innings, and hit a combined .401. The last 蜜柚直播an to play baseball at WSU was Salpointe Catholic/Pima College infielder聽Ryan Ramsower, who was a Cougar in 2017 and 2018.聽

After virtually no game action for a year, 蜜柚直播鈥檚 2012 All-America聽running back聽Ka鈥橠eem Carey聽is back in a starting lineup. Carey rushed 12 times for 65 yards Thursday for the CFL鈥檚 Calgary Stampeders and has gained 133 yards in Calgary鈥檚 last three games. He opened the year on the practice squad. Carey also blocked a punt and returned it for a touchdown. Married and the father of three young children, Carey, 26, has also become something of a dual threat; he has caught seven passes for 66 yards in the last two weeks.

罢耻肠蝉辞苍鈥檚听Delaney Schnell聽has been one of America鈥檚 leading junior divers for almost a decade. Last week, she became one of its leading divers of any rank. She won a bronze medal in the 10-meter platform event at the FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, and now, entering her junior year at 蜜柚直播, is near the top of the radar for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Schnell arrived at 蜜柚直播 a year after two-time Olympic silver medalist聽Michele Mitchell聽left the UA swimming and diving program, taking a job with the Mission Viejo Nadadores in Southern California. Schnell has persevered and continued to improve through three diving coaches at 蜜柚直播. Schnell continues to cut into China鈥檚 dominance of women鈥檚 diving; the Chinese have won seven of the last nine Olympic platform diving gold medals. Now Schnell is fully on the map, trying to get where Mitchell and another former UA head diving coach,听Cynthia Potter, a 1976 Olympic bronze medalist, have been.

Harsh Parikh, one of the leading prep tennis players in 蜜柚直播 history, won the ITA men鈥檚 singles championship last week in Claremont, California, beating USC鈥檚聽Ryder Jackson, 6-3, 2-6, 10-7, to claim one of the top championships of his career. Ranked No. 1 in 蜜柚直播 and No. 51 in America at his age group, Parikh will now enroll at Penn and the Wharton School of Business. He will also play tennis for the Ivy League school. His older brother, two-time state champion聽Yash Parikh, also a Salpointe Catholic grad, will enter his junior season at Davidson after a second-team All-Atlantic 10 Conference selection

Dylan Hidalgo聽has created a strong path for himself after playing basketball at Rincon High School and at Kansas Wesleyan. He was a top assistant coach under聽Brian Peabody聽when Pima College went 31-5 and finished No. 2 in the NJCAA national championships a year ago. Hidalgo then accepted a graduate assistant coaching position under聽Dan Majerle聽at Grand Canyon, and last week was promoted to director of basketball operations at GCU. Hidalgo will continue to work on a master鈥檚 degree at Grand Canyon. Last week, GCU received a recruiting commitment from PCC sophomore forward聽Rashad Smith, who scored 13 points per game for an Aztecs team that finished No. 7 in the nation last year.

Recovering from a stroke on the morning of July 4, 蜜柚直播鈥檚 Hall of Fame pass rusher聽Tedy Bruschi聽has been promoted by ESPN to be part of its Sunday studio show 鈥淪unday NFL Countdown.鈥� Bruschi is to join panelists聽Rex Ryan,听Sam Ponder听补苍诲听Randy Moss聽for three hours every Sunday morning in the 2019 season. He has worked for ESPN for nine years, including an analysts role on NFL Live and as a regular contributor to SportsCenter. Bruschi, 46, previously suffered a stroke in 2005 and recovered fully.

Monday afternoon, a day before聽Book Richardson聽caught an early morning flight at 蜜柚直播 International Airport 鈥� destination: the Federal Correctional Institution in Otisville, New York, about 75 miles northwest of New York City 鈥� the former 蜜柚直播 basketball assistant coach was coaching his last shift at聽Bob Spencer鈥檚 LEAD Athletic Complex near Interstate 10 and Palo Verde Road.

How quickly things change: On Saturday, former Wildcat and NBA Finals MVP聽Andre Iguodala聽was part of a clinic at the LEAD basketball training facility.

Richardson is starting a three-month sentence at Otisville, and is uncertain of his future when released in October.

What seems odd is the inconsistent penalties given to the assistant coaches found guilty in the FBI investigation into college basketball.

Richardson and ex-Oklahoma State assistant聽Lamont Evans聽received three-month prison sentences. Ex-USC assistant聽Tony Bland聽did not receive a prison sentence. Former Auburn assistant coach聽Chuck Person, who prosecutors said took $91,500 in bribes 鈥� more than $70,000 more than Richardson allegedly took 鈥� was not sent to prison; judge聽Loretta A. Preska聽said there would be 鈥渘o purpose served by incarceration.鈥�

That ruling seemed most appropriate after the entire FBI investigation went out with a whimper.

Richardson鈥檚 post-prison options include writing a tell-all book about college basketball, or, given his communication skills and outgoing personality, making himself available as a speaker. He could talk to college athletic departments about how to avoid the pitfalls of recruiting.

I think Richardson鈥檚 network of connections in grassroots basketball will get him back in some type of coaching/instruction after he serves time at Otisville. At 46, it鈥檚 not to late for him to start over and become a success at whatever he chooses.