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Video: Stockton mayor talks about Dallas Braden

By Ian Hill | Published: May 14, 2010 | 0 Comments
The praise continues to roll in for Oakland A’s pitcher Dallas Braden, a Stockton native who threw the 19th perfect game in Major League Baseball history and the second in Oakland Athletics history on Sunday. The Stockton Ports will honor Braden May 22-23 before games at Stockton Ballpark; click here for more info. On Thursday, Stockton Mayor [...]
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Giants? Not so much

By Bob Highfill | Published: May 13, 2010 | 0 Comments
The San Francisco Giants have lost five of their last six games. Their pitchers issued 35 walks in that span. This week, they were swept at home by the first-place Padres. The Giants scored just four runs in the three-game series and were shutout on one-hit Thursday.
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Does it really matter?

By Bob Highfill | Published: April 30, 2010 | 0 Comments
Noted journalist Frank Deford said in a recent commentary on National Public Radio that we should stop believing athletes are role models and that we shouldn’t care so much about what they do off their respective field of endeavor. For the most part, I agree with him. I’ve long sided with Charles Barkley’s statement that raised some eyebrows [...]
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Offense vs. Defense (update)

By Jagdip Dhillon | Published: January 16, 2010 | 0 Comments
Well, the Cardinals made it easy by losing 45-14 to the Saints. So all the Tigers and Anteaters have to do is combine for 60 points. That should be done be halftime, right? Under…
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Offense vs. Defense

By Jagdip Dhillon | Published: January 16, 2010 | 0 Comments
The Arizona Cardinals will visit the New Orleans Saints today in a NFL Divisional playoff game. After last week’s Packers-Cardinals 51-45 overtime thriller, there is a real possibility the teams could combine for 100 points at the Superdome today. Pacific will host UC Irvine at 7 p.m. tonight at Spanos Center in a crucial early-season Big West [...]
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Carroll to Seattle? Makes sense

By Bob Highfill | Published: January 8, 2010 | 0 Comments
I was as shocked as Jim Mora Jr. reportedly was when he was shown the door after one season as head coach of the Seattle Seahawks on Friday. Mora went from being the head coach of the Falcons, to coach-in-waiting, to being issued a pink slip after one season as the Seahawks’ skipper. That rash move tells [...]
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Deceased Bengals WR Chris Henry not the Chris Henry from Stockton

By Ian Hill | Published: December 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry has died, one day after falling out of the back of a pickup truck in what authorities described as a domestic dispute with his fiancee. You can read a story about Henry’s death here; the photo at right is by Amy Sancetta / Associated Press. Henry, 26, was a native of [...]
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Singletary names Smith new starter

By Jason Anderson | Published: October 26, 2009 | Comments closed
San Francisco 49ers coach Mike Singletary made his move today, naming former No. 1 draft pick Alex Smith the team’s new starting quarterback. Singletary told reporters in Santa Clara this is “not going to be a flavor-of-the-month kind of thing,” adding “we feel that, right now, we need to go with Alex, and I feel [...]
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Hasselbeck in Week 6

By Bob Highfill | Published: October 16, 2009 | Comments closed
“Vigalante” sent a comment to my blog for Fantasy Football Week 6 that said, “You didn’t mention the shootout in Seattle where Hasselback should be able to score big. Thanks for the rest.” You’re absolutely right about Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck being a good play this week. Seattle and Arizona meet Sunday in a key NFC [...]
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Henry reportedly signing with Texans

By Jason Anderson | Published: October 6, 2009 | Comments closed
The Houston Chronicle is reporting that the Houston Texans are going to sign Edison High School graduate Chris Henry to their practice squad. The third-year running back was waived by the Tennessee Titans on Sept. 28. The Titans selected Henry out of Arizona in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He had 122 yards [...]
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