In observation of Easter Sunday and Cesar Chavez Day, school campuses closed for the day including schools with Chico Unified School District, Chico State and other campuses; and the fair weather brought opportunity for a walk in the park, biking, flying kites, soccer, slack lining and fishing.

The A’s committed five errors in the first three innings against the Boston Red Sox in their 9-0 loss on Monday night to become the first team in 29 years with at least 13 fielding miscues in the first five games of the season.

The mistakes came early with catcher Shea Langeliers throwing a ball into center field on a stolen base attempt by Jarren Duran two batters into the game.

Two more errors came in the second inning with center fielder JJ Bleday dropping Emmanuel Valdez’s drive to the warning track for a two-base errors and right fielder Lawrence Butler throwing the ball away on a sacrifice fly, allowing a second run to score.

Two more miscues followed in the third with first baseman Ryan Noda throwing the ball away on an infield hit by Valdez and starter Joe Boyle making a wild throw on a pickoff attempt at second base.

The A’s have made at least one error in every game with the 13 the most in the first five games of a season since the Chicago White Sox had 18 in 1995. It’s also the most errors in the first five games of a season for the franchise since the Philadelphia had 16 in 1923.

Tanner Houck struck out 10 batters in six scoreless innings to get the victory in front of an announced crowd of 6,618 fans.

“He was excellent,” manager Alex Cora said. “Mixed up his pitches. Repeated his delivery. He was the aggressor the whole night. He was ahead in the count and induced weak contact and got swings and misses.”

Jarren Duran had three hits and three steals in the first three innings, Trevor Story added a two-run double and Ceddanne Rafaela hit two sacrifice flies to help Boston score eight runs in the first three innings against the mistake-prone A’s.

Houck (1-0) did the rest with the latest strong start for Boston, allowing three hits and no walks. Through one turn through the rotation, all five starters for the Red Sox have gone at least five innings and allowed two runs or fewer. The quintet has allowed four runs overall in 28 innings, while striking out 37 and walking only one batter.

Chase Anderson finished the four-hitter for his first save.

Joe Boyle (0-1) allowed eight runs — seven earned — and eight hits in 2 2-3 innings in his first start of the season to take the loss for Oakland.

But he got no help from his teammates with the five early errors.

“We couldn’t get out of our way the first three innings,” manager Mark Kotsay said.

“We’re going to push the envelope as a group,” Cora said. “Yeah, they struggled defensively, but we put pressure on them, too.”

Oakland also became the first team in seven years to commit at least five errors in the first three innings of a game with Seattle the last to do it on Aug, 27, 2017, against the New York Yankees.

“I wish I had an answer for the defense right now,” Kotsay said. “They’re going to have to get better. That’s just all there is to it. These first five games, if you told me we were going to play as bad defensively as this, I would have said you’re dead wrong. We’ll see how they respond tomorrow.”

He throws batting practice, coaches third base, chats with parents while scribbling the lineup onto a notepad, empties trash cans and locks the gates.

The son of Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants star pitcher Vida Blue grew up around America’s pastime, and he’s all-in as a first-year softball head coach for the Hayward school’s program.

“I love being on the field,” Blue said. “Sunflower seeds, chewing gum and hitting some balls around during batting practice.”

To many, Derrick Blue, 54, is the son of the late Bay Area baseball legend and forever the kid who spent part of his childhood wandering the Coliseum’s clubhouse and expansive foul territory.

To Mt. Eden senior Andrea Toledo and the rest of the Monarchs, he’s just “Blue,” their upbeat former assistant coach and the obvious choice to succeed longtime leader Nick Sanchez when the 69-year-old retired in December.

“I was thrilled when I heard that he was going to become our head coach,” Toledo said. “I wouldn’t necessarily say he’s laid back, because he pushes us to be the best we can.”

Blue described himself as a so-so ballplayer, and chuckled as he recalled the memory of his fifth-grade baseball coach in Alameda telling him, “I can’t wait to see you coach.”

Vida agreed with that prediction.

When Derrick moved back to the East Bay from Sacramento a few years ago and was mulling over whether or not to get back into coaching, the elder Blue was his biggest supporter.

Derrick, who works as a transportation analyst for the state, had coached softball in different East Bay rec leagues and then at San Leandro High when Sanchez asked him to join the Mt. Eden staff.

“I remember he was like, ‘Do you like coaching?’ And I would be like, ‘Yeah, I do,’” Blue remembered.

“Do it, and do it the best that you can,” Vida told his son.

Derrick threw himself into his role as an assistant at Mt. Eden, but had to take a step back last spring with his father’s health ailing. Vida Blue died on May 6 after a long battle with cancer.

After Derrick gave so much time and energy to the team, the Monarchs were there for the grieving coach when he needed them the most.

“We wanted to be a support system for him,” Toledo said. “We just wanted to be sort of a community that he could come back to and count on.”

Blue vividly remembered the day he returned to the team.

He said the players stopped what they were doing when they saw him standing by the fence, ran up to the man and then embraced him in a team group hug.

“That was probably the closest moment I came to crying, because they wore these blue wristbands for me,” Blue said. “That really got to my heart.”

He had a short but poignant message for the teenagers after that.

“Make sure you hug your parents tonight.”

Blue said his father had become his “best friend” over the last 15 years, the two sharing an obsession with both LSU football and Major League Baseball.

“We’d go to dinner a couple times a month, and I remember the last time we went to dinner, I had to go to the bathroom, and he says, ‘I’m paying for dinner, man. You don’t have to hide,’” Blue said. “He always had that sense of humor, and I’ll miss that.”

Though Vida played on both sides of the Bay, where the former MVP and Cy Young winner’s allegiance lay was clear during their conversations.

“I remember he would text or call me when he was out golfing asking, ‘Did we win?’ And I knew who he meant,” Blue remembered. “‘Did we win’ meant ‘Did the A’s win?’”

Blue said he hopes the A’s will stay in Oakland, but that he understands the chances of that are slim. He added that he will represent his father regardless of where his favorite team ends up.

“My dad and I did discuss this,” Blue said. “It is a business. Unfortunately, whether you believe that the A’s did enough to build a fanbase, or the fanbase didn’t do enough to support them, it is a business.”

As the younger Blue noted, Vida wholeheartedly supported his son as both a young baseball player and later as a softball coach. However, he did so from afar and was only able to watch a small portion of one of Derrick’s games as a player.

Fans mobbed the ace pitcher shortly after he arrived at an Alameda diamond back in the 1980s.

While holding a bag with the McDonald’s fast food he and his son were going to eat after the game, Vida Blue had to leave after just a few minutes while his son watched from the field.

By the time Derrick became an assistant at Mt. Eden, his father’s poor health prevented him from attending any games.

“One of those things I wish he had the opportunity to do was to watch me coach, and say a few things to the girls,” Blue said. “He loved softball.”

Derrick’s similar love of the sport is obvious when he coaches and was one of the reasons Sanchez felt comfortable stepping away at the end of 2023.

“He has that energy and that sweet disposition that kids love,” Sanchez said. “He’ll be a good coach. I’m proud of him. He’ll ask me for advice from time to time, and I’ll give it to him because I want Derrick to do well.”

One of Blue’s goals as head coach is to continue Sanchez’s mission of instilling a sense of pride in the Mt. Eden program.

Blue and the players put up blue and gold Mt. Eden banners around the recently repainted softball field. The outfield is still uneven, and the fence is bent out of shape, but the coach said the facility is in far better condition than it was a few years ago.

“When I first got this job, I wanted to make this look like the other schools,” Blue said. “Let’s put some paint on this thing and make it playable. The girls take pride in it.”

Mt. Eden consistently shows why it’s one of the best teams in the West Alameda County Conference Shoreline Division when it takes the field.

The Monarchs haven’t had a losing season since 2014, and Blue said that making it back to the North Coast Section playoffs is all he wants.

With talented players such as Toledo, Annelise Burgos and Jasmine Cruz on the roster, that’s well within the realm of possibility.

“My biggest goal is to get us a NCS game, because I want them to be able to line up on the baseline and hear their name being called out,” Blue said.

And nobody should be surprised if that happens.

After all, winning in the East Bay runs in the family.

Fun times with Michael Mulcahy & chatting with Lakers legend @paugasol at Bay FC’s home opener in San Jose! #BayFC pic.twitter.com/WsWb9ppb8A

— Chris Roth (@chrisroth408) March 31, 2024

Former NBA stars Andre Iguodala and Pau Gasol were part of the soldout crowd at PayPal Park for Bay FC’s inaugural home game Saturday night.

Parece que a Pau Gasol también le gusta Bay FC. https://t.co/2sh3LNYV4w pic.twitter.com/lx2DR3vTEh

— Nagore Domínguez (@nagoredomnguez_) March 31, 2024

The ex-Golden State Warriors star Iguodala is a member of Bay FC’s ownership group. And before Gasol won two NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers, he played on Spain’s illustrious soccer team, FC Barcelona. The new Bay FC star forward Asisat Oshoala transferred from Barcelona’s women’s team.

Bay FC lost in a back-and-forth match, 3-2, in front of a capacity crowd of 19,000.

Decked out in Bay FC merch, Iguodala held true to his promise at a rally for the team at the Presidio in June:

“We’re going to do this thing right and I’m going to see you at many games,” he told the crowd. “I couldn’t be prouder to be part of this fantastic group.”

Shaw said he was contracted through the playground and shade equipment company Park Planet.

The shade roof and new playground at the park on East 16th Street were thanks to a $2.9 million grant from California State Parks. The park had a grand reopening in January.

We’re talking about lumpia, the great Filipino appetizer. Chef-owner Alex Retodo and his Oakland-based venture, The Lumpia Company, have been serving their uber-popular fried spring rolls to San Francisco Giants fans for going on six seasons. It’s a first for a Major League Baseball stadium, he says.

And they’re not just a favorite of foodies; they’ve received the stamp of approval from local rapper E-40, a longtime lumpia lover who is now a co-owner.

So while the baseball is whizzing around the diamond at Oracle Park, Retodo and his crew are busy folding ground meat and sauteed vegetables into paper-thin wrappers, rolling them and then frying ’til golden.

“For 82-plus games, we’ll go as hard as we can until the 7th inning,” he says.

Before that long season gets under way, we nabbed him for a chat about life behind home plate — in Section 116, Promenade Level, that is.

On his passion for sharing Filipino food >>>

It all started with his mom’s lumpia — the best, of course. When Retodo was a kid growing up in Hayward, she and relatives would make thousands of lumpia for the All Saints Church carnival. He’d sneak them to his buddies (“That’s how I made best friends back then”) and introduce them to friends who came over to his house (“That was the ice-breaker,” he says, their introduction to Filipino cuisine). A born marketer, he nevertheless earned a marketing degree from San Jose State and began encouraging restaurateurs to bring iconic dishes to a broader audience. “I always wanted to push Filipino food forward.” If others wouldn’t, well, he’d do it himself.

His love of the game >>>

Not surprisingly, the East Bay native started out rooting for the A’s. “I grew up a fanboy of No. 33, Jose Canseco!” But he also followed the Giants’ Kevin Mitchell and Will Clark and says he even tried to emulate Mitchell’s “graceful, left-handed swing” (as a right-hander). Now, he says, “I’ve grown into it. I love the Giants. They have the culture.”

On pitching to the Giants >>> 

Retodo launched his lumpia business at festivals, then sold at a seven-day-a-week pop-up. Through it all, he knew that baseball fans would respond in a big way to Filipino food, so he kept trying to sell the Giants on the concept. “Finally, the time came in 2019. ‘Are you ready to jump in?’ they asked. I said yes, I’ve been waiting for this moment half my life.”

Two great American pastimes >>>

Major League Baseball and great food have a hand-in-glove relationship. “It’s a perfect fit,” Retodo explains. “In basketball, you can’t miss a minute. You don’t want to miss Steph Curry. Football is all about the tailgate.” Baseball, he says, lures people who love to watch the game … and talk … and eat.

What’s on the menu this season >>>

Look for the “classic hits” at the stand this season: Chicken Shanghai Lumpia and Mama’s Veggie Lumpia (made in a separate fryer), served with sweet chile sauce for dipping. Retodo says he may offer an occasional special, like the Bacon Cheeseburger Lumpia he created a few years ago or Pork Belly Chips.

The perfect lumpia companion >>>

The stand now offers Filipino-inspired beers on tap. The Ube Ale is brewed with the purple yams used frequently in Filipino foods. And the Calamansi Pilsner is a citrusy sip.

His inning-by-inning guide >>>

He laughingly outlines an Oracle Park eating strategy. “Before the game, you get in line for lumpia and your first beer. Third inning, one of you goes to get the crab sandwiches and the other gets the garlic fries. Seventh inning, are we going to have the Dole Whip for dessert or the Ghirardelli sundae?”

Outside the box >>>

No, not the batter’s box. The box that limits creativity. Retodo doesn’t hang there. When he’s not at the ballpark, you’ll probably find him at his new flagship location at Brooklyn Basin, an evolving residential, retail and restaurant destination at the Ninth Avenue Terminal on Oakland’s waterfront. He’ll be experimenting with new flavors. Spicy Coconut Pork, anyone?

There’s been the Mustache Gang. The Bash Brothers. Charlie O – the owner AND the mule. The greatest of all time. Moneyball. The voice of God. And The Streak.

How much longer those memories will be made in Oakland wasn’t clear as the A’s prepared to open a season in the East Bay for the 57th time, but there is no question they have left an indelible mark on the Bay Area sports scene.

Here’s a look at some of the teams, players and moments that will forever link the A’s to Oakland.

The Streak

The A’s had their Big Three starting pitchers  – Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder and Barry Zito – at the height of their powers, but it was Cory Lidle who led the team with four wins during the stretch. For much of the streak, the A’s were untouchable. During one 14-game stretch, they outscored their opponents 105-37 and trailed for a total of just five innings.

The Streak also included a Labor Day weekend performance that cemented Miguel Tejada’s MVP credentials with consecutive walk-off hits for wins No. 18 and No. 19.

Then came the thriller for No. 20. With Hudson on the mound, the A’s blew an 11-0 lead to the Royals, but Scott Hatteberg came off the bench in the bottom of the ninth to hit a home run to give the A’s a 12-11 win in front of 55,000 delirious fans.

The A’s went on to win 103 games and the A.L. West. But after taking a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five ALDS against the Twins, their magical season ended with two straight losses. The A’s held the record streak until 2017, when Cleveland won 22 in a row.

Years later, the streak was revisited in “Moneyball”, the film based on the 2002 season and GM Billy Beane’s role as a sabermetrics revolutionary. Beane cemented his Hall of Fame status by crafting perpetually low-payroll A’s teams into contenders. From 2000 to 2020, the A’s reached the playoffs 11 times. They won just one series, but only the Yankees, Dodgers and Cardinals appeared in the playoffs more often during those 21 years.

Swingin’ A’s

When the A’s arrived from Kansas City in 1968, their roster was loaded with young talent that, in short order, went on to form the core of one of the great dynasties in baseball history.

Nicknamed the “Mustache Gang” because most of the players had long hair (by early 1970s standards, anyway) and grew facial hair to collect a $300 bonus offered by then-owner Charlie O. Finley, the A’s won back-to-back-to-back World Series titles in 1972, ‘73 and ‘74.

From 1969 to 1976, the A’s never finished lower than second in the A.L. West, at one point winning five straight division titles. By the time their dynastic, winning ways ended after the 1976 season, most of their stars had been traded or allowed to depart as free agents.

Jim “Catfish” Hunter, who anchored those rotations along with Vida Blue and Ken Holtzman, delivered the first signature moment in the Oakland era in 1968, in the franchise’s 11th home game, by pitching the AL’s first perfect game in more than 40 years.

Reggie Jackson, who went on to become a cultural icon later in the 1970s with the Yankees, was the biggest star of the era, making the All-Star team six times in eight seasons and winning the MVP in 1973. Gene Tenace went from backup to 1972 World Series hero to All-Star, and Joe Rudi and Campy Campaneris also were All-Stars and vital components. But third baseman Sal Bando was the captain and the one teammates looked to when things got rough. And make no mistake, this could be a volatile bunch,

Among the most notorious scrapes were between John “Blue Moon” Odom and Blue  – in the clubhouse after they had clinched their first World Series berth – Jackson and Bill North, and Rollie Fingers and Odom. But when the A’s were finished fighting each other – and Finley’s tight-fisted financial ways – they took on the rest of the baseball world and usually won.

Bash Brothers

For much of the late 1980s and early 1990s, the A’s were the rock stars of baseball. It’s difficult to imagine now, but the A’s drew nearly 3 million fans to the Coliseum in 1990 and were a top attraction in every A.L. city where they went.

Sluggers Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco introduced the world to the forearm bash home run celebration, but the Bash Brothers were hardly the only stars during an era that saw Oakland reach the World Series three years in a row, from 1988 to 1990, and winning it all in 1989 in the earthquake-interrupted series against the cross-bay rival Giants.

Oakland native Dave Stewart never won a Cy Young award and was an All-Star just once, but he won 20 games in four straight seasons, finishing in the Cy Young voting as high as second to Bret Saberhagen in 1989. Stewart was 6-0 in ALCS games and always seemed to get the best of Boston star Roger Clemens.

Fremont’s Dennis Eckersley was the top closer in baseball, winning the Cy Young and MVP awards in 1992.

Topping the lineup for the end of the Bash Brothers era was the greatest leadoff hitter of all time. Oakland native Rickey Henderson debuted with the A’s at the age of 20, when the franchise was at one of its bleakest moments, and became an instant star in the “Billy Ball” era. After five seasons with the Yankees, he came home midway through the 1989 season and produced a remarkable postseason that saw him hit .441 (15 for 34) with 12 runs scored, eight RBIs and 11 stolen bases in nine games, as the A’s plowed through the Blue Jays and the Giants for their first title since 1974.

Outside the lines

Then-owner Finley had already built a reputation as a showman before he moved the A’s to Oakland, and he never let up until he sold the franchise … after trying multiple times to move it again.

When the A’s arrived from Kansas City, a mule named Charlie O and a mechanical rabbit named Harvey were part of the package. Charlie O was led past the stands before games, and fans could sit on the mascot for photos. And Harvey popped out of the ground near home plate to deliver fresh baseballs to the umpire.

Finley also brought the A’s colorful uniforms and untraditional white spikes from Kansas City. In Oakland, Finley was the first to hire ball girls, but was unsuccessful in getting MLB to adopt orange baseballs.

Finley also gets credit for hiring Roy Steele, who was the Coliseum public address announcer for nearly 40 years and became known to fans as “The Voice of God.”

And the team has had their share of colorful players who could fill reporters’ notebooks and TV sound bites on and off the field. In the 1970s, it was Reggie, Vida and others fighting Finley and each other. By the late 1980s, the players were treated like celebrities – and gossip writers had a field day when Canseco was linked romantically with pop superstar Madonna in 1991.

Jason Giambi, the 2000 AL MVP,  hit for average and power, partied like a rock star and helped set the stage for its “Moneyball” era success, though fans never forgave him for riding that success and charisma into a record deal with the New York Yankees.

Oakland A’s by the numbers

4 – World Series title won by the Oakland A’s: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1989

7 – MVPs: Vida Blue (1971), Reggie Jackson (1973), Jose Canseco (1988), Rickey Henderson (1990), Dennis Eckersley (1992), Jason Giambi (2000), Miguel Tejada (2002)

5 – Cy Young winners: Vida Blue (1971), Jim “Catfish” Hunter (1974), Bob Welch (1990), Dennis Eckersley (1992), Barry Zito (2002)

7 – Rookies of the year: Jose Canseco (1986), Mark McGwire (1987), Walt Weiss (1988), Ben Grieve (1998), Bobby Crosby (2004), Huston Street (2005), Andrew Bailey (2009)

1,406 – Rickey Henderson’s career stolen bases, 468 more than Lou Brock, who is No. 2 in MLB history. Henderson also holds the modern record for steals in a season, 130 in 1982.

17 – Western Division championships

6 – American League pennants

4 – World Series MVPs: Gene Tenace (1972), Reggie Jackson (1973), Rollie Fingers (1974), Dave Stewart (1989)

124 – All-Star Game selections: Mark McGwire represented Oakland nine times; Rickey Henderson and Reggie Jackson are tied for second with six appearances as Oakland A’s.

1 – All-Star Game MVP: Terry Steinbach (1988)

10 – MLB players born in Oakland who played for the A’s

#49ers George Kittle in attendance to support his Alma matter Iowa for their Women’s NCAA basketball game

: @HawkeyeFootball pic.twitter.com/hL833sZdpx

— OurSF49ers (@OurSf49ers) March 26, 2024

Former Iowa Hawkeyes George and Claire Kittle were in Iowa City Monday night to cheer on the women’s basketball team and the NCAA Division 1 all-time leading scorer, Caitlin Clark.

George Kittle is in the building to watch Caitlin Clark and the Hawkeyes take on West Virginia in her final home game of her career#ESPN #Hawkeyes #Kittle #CaitlinClark pic.twitter.com/BeF6M1fNpw

— Curtis Feder (@CurtisFeder_) March 26, 2024

George Kittle got an incredible round of applause as he walked to his seat! pic.twitter.com/U7a9WFJqgP

— Owen Siebring (@owensiebring) March 25, 2024

The San Francisco 49ers star tight end somehow managed to squeeze into his wife’s former Iowa basketball jersey. Claire played on the team between 2012-2016 — the same time George played football — and the two met as freshmen.

This game is tighter than George Kittle’s jersey pic.twitter.com/MLE0wYFIqb

— Madelyn Burke (@MadelynBurke) March 26, 2024

The reason George Kittle’s jersey was so tight last night is because it was one of Claire’s from college pic.twitter.com/DtG8Ws6Y8r

— DraftKings (@DraftKings) March 26, 2024

The Kittles’ alma mater advanced to the Sweet Sixteen round in the NCAA tournament defeating West Virginia 65-54. It was Caitlin Clark’s last game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena after she announced plans to enter the WNBA draft in a few weeks. The Kittles posed with the predicted No. 1 pick after the game.

Awesome: Iowa alums 49ers George Kittle and wife Claire showing their support for @IowaWBB and star player Caitlin Clark pic.twitter.com/7TVBPY6lDk

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) March 26, 2024

Kittle is the second 49ers star to attend a women’s NCAA tournament game in as many days. Brock Purdy and his wife, Jenna, were at Maples Pavilion Sunday, watching Stanford beat their alma mater Iowa State in OT.

In the team’s first, albeit preseason, game at the Coliseum of the year, the A’s were defeated by the San Francisco Giants 4-1 in the first of a two-game series between the Bay Area rivals. 

Abraham Toro’s RBI single drove in Butler and elicited the closest thing to a roar the Oakland portion of the reported 7,850 fans could muster during what could be the first home game of the team’s last season in Oakland. 

“I feel like I did pretty well, but there’s always room for improvement,” Butler said. “We’ve still got to take better at-bats and have better routes (to balls) in the outfield, but you know, that’s what spring training is for.”

Promising second-baseman Zack Gelof was 0-1 and drew a walk, while 2023 All-Star Brent Rooker struck out in two of his three at-bats. 

Second-year righthander Mason Miller lit up the radar gun in the top of the ninth. The 25-year-old struck out the side using a fastball that touched 101 MPH.

The A’s dropped to 13-14 in spring training, while the Giants improved to 14-11.

The high-spending Giants are in many ways the anthesis of the A’s, and it was one of their high-profile additions that perplexed Oakland’s overmatched bunch of youngsters and low-cost veterans. 

Ex-Cardinal Jordan Hicks, the recent recipient of a four-year, $44 million contract, struck out 10 A’s in five innings of hitless work. 

JP Sears had a tougher time, allowing two home runs to Giants catcher Tom Murphy in 3.2 innings. The 28-year-old also walked and struck out three while throwing 70 pitches. 

“I’m not super-thrilled with the results, but I feel good about my body and my workload, and how I feel going into Saturday,” Sears told media.

Sears didn’t have his best stuff on Monday, but said he has both high standards and what he considered achievable goals going into the regular season. 

“I’m going to keep it simple, which is trying to get to 30 starts and make it into the sixth or seventh inning every game,” Sears said. 

After an Austin Slater sacrifice fly and Wilmer Flores belted a home run off A’s reliever Michael Kelly, the offense stayed dormant until Hicks exited in at the end of the sixth. 

Oakland will take the trip across the Bay Bridge to Oracle Park for the San Francisco portion of the home-and-home series. The A’s, focused on health, should trot out a much different lineup for the preseason finale. 

“The goal of every team is to get out of spring training healthy, and we’ve got a group that we feel confident in,” manager Mark Kotsay said. “We’ve sustained some injuries in the last week and a half. So I’ll get in there tonight and look it over.”

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy and his wife Jenna were courtside at Maples Pavilion Sunday to watch the No. 2 ranked Stanford women’s basketball team take on Iowa State – sporting Stanford opponent’s Cardinal red and gold colors.

Vibes are HIGH with QB1 in the house

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— Cyclone Basketball (@CycloneWBB) March 25, 2024

The Purdys’ cheered on their alma mater, where they met as students. Newlyweds, the couple recently tied the knot in Des Moines on March 9.

Stanford defeated the Cyclones 87-81 in OT in thrilling fashion. But at one point the Iowa State band tried to rally the team chanting, “Pass it to Purdy! Pass it to Purdy,” pointing to the 49ers star.

Brock Purdy has arrived for tonight’s 9:00 p.m. tip against Stanford.

Cyclones trying to make a sweet sixteen for the 7th time.

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— 𝙄𝙤𝙬𝙖 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 (@IowaStateNation) March 25, 2024

Another celeb at the game who was clearing rooting for the Cardinal was Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State and former Stanford Provost.