Pacific senior guard Lorenzo McCloud said he received a call of congratulations last Saturday from his good friend, Houston Rockets all-star guard James Harden, following the Tigers’ win over UC Irvine in the Big West Conference Tournament championship game. Harden shared his wisdom with McCloud, who might keep his words in mind when Pacific plays Miami on Friday in [...]
Pacific athletic director Ted Leland traveled Wednesday to Austin, Texas, with the No. 15 Tigers’ men’s basketball team for Friday’s second-round, East Region matchup with No. 2 Miami. Leland said outside a victory over the Hurricanes, the benefit the Tigers will receive by making the tournament is exposure on national television. “It’s huge exposure in terms of [...]
Coach Bob Thomason’s final regular-season game at Pacific was part game, part reunion, as scores of his former classmates at Clayton Valley High in Concord, former teammates from his days at Pacific, and former players in his 25 years of coaching paid their respects at Spanos Center. All were in a gleeful mood following the [...]
Officials with the Sac-Joaquin Section met for eight hours at The Reserve at Spanos Park to hash out a realignment plan that would alter several leagues, including the San Joaquin Athletic Association and Tri-City Athletic League. Here’s the URL. http://cifsjs.org/governance/realignment/realignment-1_proposal_1-e_14-18.pdf
The Dallas Morning News reported Tuesday that Dallas Braden, a Stockton resident, Stagg graduate and former Oakland A’s pitcher who threw the 19th perfect game in Major League Baseball history, will return to Texas Tech and his college baseball team this weekend for its annual alumni weekend. The weekend centers around a game between the current [...]
Pacific athletic director Ted Leland said he likely won’t file a report with the Southland Conference regarding Monday’s situation in which a Pacific fan was asked to leave at halftime of the Pacific-Oral Roberts men’s basketball game at Spanos Center. Dick McClure, a Pacific alum and longtime booster, was booted for the first time in [...]
Lavelle Hawkins was in town this week to visit family and friends during the Tennessee Titans’ bye week. The 26-year-old Edison High and Cal product is in his fifth season with the Titans. This season has been especially frustrating as the receiver has been activated for only three games. “We’ve had some injuries and [...]
Dallas Braden is fed up with Stockton’s crime and is moving to Sacramento with his grandmother Peggy Lindsey. The Oakland A’s pitcher and Stagg High graduate blew up at a town-hall meeting Wednesday at Victory Park. “I’m out of here,” he said at one point. I understand his frustration. Braden was almost car-jacked and Lindsey’s [...]
The Condors changed the name of their Dec. 27 promotion mocking Stockton’s fiscal crisis, re-naming “Our City Isn’t Bankrupt” to “Boomtown Bakersfield” after the stunt drew a bad reaction from Stockton supporters, including yours truly. On the Condors’ webiste, team president Matt Riley wrote: “The promotion was never meant to poke fun at those who [...]
Lincoln High graduate Nicole Davis, front row center, is shown in this photo with members of Team USA from the Opening Ceremony of the Summer Olympics in London. Davis is the starting libero for the No. 1-ranked women’s volleyball team and is appearing in her second Olympics.
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