Shad Powers
@shad_powers
I'm the sports columnist at The Desert Sun. Also I'm tall. Got a unique story idea for sports fans in the Coachella Valley? I'd love to tell it - (760) 778-4627
What does a PGA Tour tournament director think about six months from an event? golfweek.usatoday.com/story/sports/g…
Acrisure Series tickets now available. Thanksgiving college hoops.
Tickets for the 2025 Acrisure Series are ON SALE NOW! 🎟️ Lock in your seat for four days of nonstop college hoops in the desert. Grab yours here: acrisurearena.com/event/acrisure…
MUST SEE: Big-old-beautiful photo gallery from @andy_abeyta at last night's fight card at Fantasy Springs. Boxing photo never disappoint.
Photos: Coachella boxer Manny Flores faces Jorge Chavez in headlining fight in Indio desertsun.com/picture-galler…
NEWS: Seattle Kraken unrestricted free agent (UFA) D Maxime Lajoie has signed a one-year contract with Omsk (KHL). #NHL #SeaKraken (📷: Desert Sun)
NEWS: The #CVFirebirds have re-signed goaltender Jack LaFontaine to a one-year AHL contract. Welcome back, Laffer! bit.ly/4lDZeWV | #LetsFly
And the award for least-appealing two-word phrase goes to ...
'Corn sweat' will add to heat, humidity in Michigan this week. Here's why lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/loc…
EXCLUSIVE: Matchups set for @AcrisureSeries in California on Thanksgiving week! Iowa-Ole Miss Minnesota-Stanford Grand Canyon-Utah Washington-Nevada Part of a 20-team, 18-game field. @tsnmike @GoodmanHoops @bycraigmeyer Schedule, ticket info: desertsun.com/story/sports/b…
MATCHUPS SET: The Minnesota Gophers men's basketball team will face Stanford on Thanksgiving Day in the @AcrisureSeries in California. Their second game will be against either Saint Louis or Santa Clara. @GopherHole @GopherCrew @BarstoolUMN Details: desertsun.com/story/sports/b…
The @GCU_MBB team will face Utah in its opening game at the @AcrisureSeries in California during Thanksgiving week and will see either Iowa or Ole Miss in its second game. @GCU_Lopes @lopeshoopnews Full schedule, details and tickets here: desertsun.com/story/sports/b…
The @IowaHoops team will face Ole Miss in its first game at Acrisure Series basketball tournament in California on Thanksgiving week. Second game will be against either Utah or Grand Canyon. @DavidEickholt @SBock247 Full details here: desertsun.com/story/sports/b…
A semantic factoid about #TheOpen co-leader Christiaan Bezuidenhout. He's never won a PGA Tour event, but he did take home the first-place paycheck once. It was "C-Bez" who finished second to amateur Nick Dunlap at the 2024 @theamexgolf - Dunlap was ineligible for the cash.
Firebirds hire new goaltending coach, a 32-year-old whose experience is in the college ranks. @EmeraldCityHky @sound_hockey desertsun.com/story/sports/h…
Meet the Buddhist monk who’s contending @TheOpen ⬇️ Thailand’s Sadom Kaewkanjana took a short hiatus from professional golf in 2023 to live as a Buddhist monk and practice meditation. He won twice on the Asian Tour and finished 11th at the 2022 Open at St. Andrews before…
Had a nice chat with the newest desert Major Leaguer. Travis Adams of the @Twins reflects on his first two outings in the big leagues. Another @PDHS_Athletics product in the bigs. @LetsTalk_Twins @realmnsportsfan @StPaulSaints
'Strangely calm:' Palm Desert grad Travis Adams surprised himself during Major League debut desertsun.com/story/sports/h…
So in this #AllStarGame there has been one bad call by the home plate umpire and it the challenge system corrected it. Seems logical to me. I'm in favor of it, but I like that the ump is still involved, as opposed to just a full automatic ball/strike robot ump. Thoughts?
NEWS: The #CVFirebirds have signed defenseman Gustav Olofsson to a two-year AHL contract. Welcome back, Goose! Read more here: bit.ly/44xzZje
A mash-up of two of my greatest loves when I was a kid! Of course that was back then. Now I'm an adult and I certainly wouldn't be excited if someone from Michigan sent me a box of these. And if they DMed me, I certainly wouldn't give them my address. @Lions @KelloggsUS
There’s a Lions edition of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes cereal on local grocery store shelves 🔥 (📸: @kayboo1284)