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Internet star joins Thunder

By Scott Linesburgh | Published: August 17, 2010 | 0 Comments
If you haven’t seen this, take a look. The Thunder signed forward Scott Howes, who is the player who started one of the best goal-scoring plays you’ll see while playing with the Victoria Salmon Kings last season. He started the play with some fancy passes through the legs of a Bakersfield Condor. Adam Taylor scored, and [...]
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Something’s up

By Bob Highfill | Published: August 13, 2010 | 0 Comments
In a previous blog I wrote that the Stockton Lightning website had nothing on it but a one-sentence greeting saying they were gone but coming back soon. A few days after posting this, word came that the San Jose Wolves of the American Indoor Football Association want a new home and they’re interested in relocating to [...]
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Fun give-and-take at the Thunder’s meet-and-greet

By Scott Linesburgh | Published: July 15, 2010 | 0 Comments
Thunder Matt Thomas said he thoroughly enjoyed Wednesday’s discussion with season ticket holders at the arena. Thomas, team owner Brad Rowbotham and team president Dan Chapman fielded questions from about 250 fans, and Thomas often kidded back and forth with the questioners. One person asked him when he planned to introduce his seven-month-old son, Devlin, to [...]
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ECHL free agency: Who is returning to the Thunder? Let’s take a guess

By Scott Linesburgh | Published: July 5, 2010 | 0 Comments
This is the time of year where facts are hard to come by and hockey fans play a guessing game as they try to figure out or will come back to, or join, their favorite team. We can get some information from who is on the Thunder’s protected list, and who isn’t. Forwards Chris D’Alvise, Igor Gongalsky, [...]
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Can Stork deliver in Greenville?

By Scott Linesburgh | Published: July 3, 2010 | 0 Comments
Dean Stork, the Stockton Thunder’s first captain, has been named the new head coach of the Greenville Road Warriors of the ECHL. Stork, 34, retired after serving as Stockton’s team captain during its inaugural 2005-06 season, and became the assistant coach of the Cincinnati Cyclones. A defenseman who played seven seasons, Stork was given much credit [...]
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Put a cork in it

By Bob Highfill | Published: June 15, 2010 | 0 Comments
Stockton resident Bill Schubert purchased a game-used Pete Rose bat from the 1985 season when Rose was in pursuit of Ty Cobb’s all-time hits record. Schubert suspected the bat might have been corked, due to rumors that Rose used corked bats in 1985. Below are photos of the bat and the X-ray showing something foreign [...]
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Live Chat on Thursday

By Scott Linesburgh | Published: May 26, 2010 | 0 Comments
I’ll be chatting on recordnet.com beginning noon on Thursday. We can talk about the Thunder’s past season and future, it’s new ownership situation, motorsports or any other sports subject of interest. If you get a moment, come by and say hi. There will be a link on the front page of the website.
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Al Pereira, longtime official, dies

By Bob Highfill | Published: May 26, 2010 | 0 Comments
Longtime sports official and lifelong sports fan Al Pereira of Stockton died early Wednesday morning at age 89. His son, Mike, who recently retired as the NFL’s vice president of officiating, confirmed his father’s death in an email to The Record. “We lost a true sports fan,” Pereira wrote. “He was a good man and a good [...]
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Landis lacks credibility

By Bob Highfill | Published: May 21, 2010 | 0 Comments
Floyd Landis fessed up this week and confirmed what many have suspected for years that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career. He lied about his involvement with PEDs time and time again, including when he was stripped of his Tour de France title in 2006. He lied under oath, and used donations from ordinary citizens [...]
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In defense of Braden’s career line

By Kirk Barron | Published: May 10, 2010 | 0 Comments
Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Dallas Braden throws to the Tampa Bay Rays during the third inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif. Sunday, May 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) I keep reading about how unimpressive Dallas Braden’s career stats are after his perfect game on Sunday. Many reference his career 4.62 ERA and 17-23 [...]
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