J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net Winning hasn’t been complicated for Cal Poly baseball this season. Pitching and defense have carried the load while the Mustangs’ bats have provided just enough spark to give them a win. After tossing nine innings and allowing one run during Sunday’s victory over Seattle, the pitching staff has allowed 51 hits and 14 […]
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Asa Jackson takes flight
J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net “Oh shit, we just won the damn Super Bowl.” Those were the first words out of Asa Jackson’s mouth as he ran onto the Superdome field to celebrate with his Ravens teammates. Just 14 months after playing cornerback for Cal Poly, Jackson had kissed the Lombardi Trophy and become a Super Bowl […]
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Cal Poly football announces 2013 recruiting class
J.J. Jenkins jjjenkins.md@gmail.com Cam Akins had dreams of playing wide receiver for schools in the Pac-12, but an injury to his meniscus scared off scouts. Now, after becoming one of 12 recruits to receive football scholarships from the Mustangs, he’s ready to prove the doubters wrong and move onto the NFL anyway. “My objective is, […]
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Local linebacker picks Mustangs
J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net In elementary school, Jack Ferguson played Pop Warner football at halftime of Cal Poly games, but the next time he takes the field at Alex G. Spanos Stadium it will be for the Mustangs. The hotly pursued local linebacker became one of the first commitments to Cal Poly football’s incoming freshman class […]
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Punchd creators move to new apps
J.J. Jenkins jjjenkins.md@mustangdaily.net Whenever you can take something in real life and put it on your phone, it’s a good idea. Especially when Google agrees. Cal Poly computer science alumni Reed Morse and Grantland Chew added Punchd, an app that puts loyalty cards on your smartphone, to the Android and iOS marketplaces more than two years […]
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Mustangs trounce Warriors 88-59
J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net The rout was on almost from the beginning. The Mustangs trailed 4-0 three minutes into the game, then went on a 14-0 run and never looked back. Cal Poly (8-9) beat Hawaii (10-9) 88-59 and moved to 4-3 in Big West Conference play while the Warriors fell to an even 4-4. The […]
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Williams makes the leap
J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net The accolades speak for themselves. Deonte Williams can put all-star selection and second team All-American on his football résumé, but there’s one thing he wants to add: NFL running back. Williams grew up as what his mother calls “the man of the house” in a tough part of south Sacramento, thinking about […]
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Mustangs men move to top of Big West
J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net An 11-point Cal Poly halftime lead had been whittled to nothing by UC Irvine, which used a 23-6 run to take a six-point advantage with eight minutes remaining. A quick-paced Anteaters squad sucked the energy out of the Mustangs and Mott Gym, but when Chris O’Brien missed a layup only to see […]
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Tres días: how to have a successful weekend in Barcelona
J.J. Jenkins is a business administration junior and Mustang Daily study abroad columnist Words can’t do Barcelona justice. That’s why you just have to see it to believe. But the key to any weekend trip in a foreign city is the advice of someone who has spent time there. That’s why I’m presenting the definitive […]
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Catalonia caught in the crossfire
J.J. Jenkins is a business administration junior and Mustang Daily study abroad columnist. If you thought the United States presidential election was heated, the politicization of daily life in Barcelona is a full-blown wildfire. On Nov. 25, the citizens of Catalonia go to the polls in a de facto vote for independence from Spain. But […]
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When in Rome … Exploring the historic city
J.J. Jenkins is a business administration junior and a Mustang Daily study abroad columnist. If I were an author staging the opening act of a grisly novel, the place I found myself on Thursday night would be the scene of the initial murder. A blank, marble atrium inside a nondescript building in the center of […]