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Golf
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Tim Clark wins 2010 Players Championship - Woods signs up for The Open Championships

Tiger Woods could not finish the Players Championship, bowing out Sunday due to a sore neck.

After missing the cut last week and now this maybe Tiger should shut it down for a while.

Tiger has a lot on his mind right now and I know that being on the golf course could be the only time Woods does not think about his problems, but he is not right and some time away from the game could do himself some good.

The sore neck could be stress related or it could just be another in the long line of injuries Tiger has had during his career on the PGA Tour. More click here

 

Entertainment
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It was the end of a long tour that went all across the country. It did not matter. The Goodie Mob rocked a sold out Ruby Skye in San Francisco last Sunday night.

The Mob has reunited and they showed why in their almost two hour set that had the packed the house happy they waited. Photo's click here

Akon signs San Francisco hip hop artist Ya Boy More click here

 

Fight Night
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Andre Ward (20-0, 12-KO's) is the new WBA Super Middleweight Champion after stopping champion Mikkel Kessler of Denmark (41-2, 30 tko's) in the 11th of 12 very entertaining rounds.

There was some bad news from the Ward camp.

Andre hurt his knee and will not be able to defend his title in a bout that was scheduled to be held in Oakland, Ca. in April. More click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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With the heavy fireworks over in the big free agency frenzy that is the 2010 off season the Miami heat are sitting pretty after a couple of sign and trade deals with Chris Bosh and LeBron James made their moves to South Beach official.

The Knicks threw big money at Amare Stoudemire while the Chicago Bulls were also players in the market signing Carlos Boozer away from the Utah Jazz.

The Quakes (blue) beat Philly 1-0, they returned to Buck Shaw to tie Tottenham HotSpurs 0-0 last week in Santa Clara Photo's click here

Real Madrid to play Club America at the Stick Aug. 4th

Quakes head to LA to face first place Galaxy

San Jose takes on 12-2 LA Sat. before playing Seattle July 31st at Buck Shaw in Santa Clara

San Francisco will ride the back of linebacker Patrick Willis to what they want is a trip to the playoffs.

That has not happened in the City by the Bay since 2002. Head coach Mike Singletary has his guys in place now and what's looks like a winnable NFC West in the 2010 season

Bank of the West takes over Stanford
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Marion Bartoli returns to the Farm to defend her 2009 title against a field that includes three former top ranked players in the world. Maria Sharapova, Lindsay Davenport and Ana Ivanovic were once all on top of the tennis world and they will be at Stanford trying to take home the trophy at the end of the week

NFL hopefuls get their crack at stardom

They have been pampered and spoiled just about their home football lives. They have been the best players, for the most part, on their teams in high school and college, but now they are rolling with the big dogs and what you did in high school and college does not matter in the what have you done for me lately world of the NFL.

St. Louis selected Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford with the number one pick. that was quickly followed by Ndamukong Suh being snatched up by Detroit.

Training camps are set to jump off soon giving teams a chance to get an up close and personal look at the future of there franchise while keeping tabs on vets to see where they are as far as their conditioning during the off season.

 

 

The Butler did not do it

It has been one of the greatest mysteries of the past twenty years. Which Cinderella would step up to the college basketball giants and do something many thought would never happen.

Win a national championship in basketball or football. The time will come sooner then later after watching Duke hold on for their lives to beat Butler 61-59 in one of the best National Championship games ever played.

Butler stood up to everything Duke had to throw at them, but in the end it would Butler's shooting that let them down.

You could not tell what school was playing for there fourth national title and who was playing for their first. Butler hung with Duke the while game by playing the great defense they have played throughout the season.

It was Butler's first loss in 25-games, but they have no reason to hang their heads because it was a game they could have one. Their star, sophomore Gordan Hayward had a chance to put Butler up one with 3.6 seconds left in the game but his floater over an outstretch arm of 7'1" Duke center Brian Zoubek was just long and the ball bounced off the back of the rim and into the arms of Zoubek.

He was fouled and after making one of two Heyward got the rebound, dribbled to half court before heaving one last attempt to win for Butler at the buzzer.

The ball hit the back board, then the front of the rim before bouncing away as the game ended. Duke could finally celebrate, which they did all over the court.

Duke has been put in position to win it all in the nine years since they last laid claim to the national title. Duke got a great all around game from their entire team in the victory.

Duke got a good shooting performance from Kyle Singler (7 of 13, 19pts) great off the ball defense, seven blocks to Butler's 0 and a will to win. More click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, well the West not doing so bad at the Big dance

Who would have thought about it two weeks ago. St. Mary's was sitting back and watching all the conference tournaments going on across the country after winning the WCC with a championship game victory over Gonzaga by twenty.

How did that happen. The Zags had beaten St. Mary's twice this season and looked good both times. The Gaels needed the win in the worst way and now they sit two games away from the Final Four after beating second seeded Villanova in the second round of the NCAA Tourney.

St. Mary's along with Washington out of the Pac 10 has moved on and will play a second weekend. More click here

Danica Patrick makes her move toward a seat in NASCAR

It might not be a ride in a Sprint Cup car but Danica Patrick will turn some laps around the Daytona Motor Speedway during the Daytona 500 weekend, but in a Nationwide car.

Photo by Eric TaylorPatrick was able to get into the field and will race against 12 full time Sprint Cup drivers among the 53 that are entered.

Tony Stewart and Patrick's boss, Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be in the race as well.

Danica got a little taste of what life is like on a high speed oval in an ARCA race last week in which she dodged wreck after wreck to bring her car home in sixth place.

That showing gave Danica the confidence to jump into the car this weekend and race in the Nationwide series.

She will gain a lot of experience running with some of the best that NASCAR has to offer.

The cars are not as big,heavy and fast as a Sprint Cup car but Nationwide cars are the next best thing and the Daytona Motor Speedway is no joke.

You have to be on point on the high bank oval

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Oakland Raiders
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Raiders look to rebound in 2010

The Oakland Raiders took a sort of a enema, if you will, and got rid of a whole lot of dead weight, Jamarcus Russell.

That has given fans hope that their Silver and Black might kick up a little dust this season.

New QB Jason Campbell should help the offense that was not that bad when Russell was not under center.

The Raiders need somebody to step up and produce in the wide receiver dept in 2010.

 

 
Track & Field
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2010 Meet of Champions

The best high school track and field athlete's in nortthern Cali took over Cal's Edwards Stadium for the Meet of Champions to decide who the North Coast Section will send off to the CIF State Championships next week at Clovis West High School.

The NCS has some of the best athlete's in the nation like Chizoba Okodogbe of Deer Valley (above).

Okodogbe is second in the nation in the 400m dash this year and she showed why with a NCS record 53.05 to win Saturday.

2010 Meet of Champions photo's click here

2009 JC State Track meet photo's

Pac 10 Championship photo's click here

 

 

 

Track & Field
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Laney captures 2010 state track & field championship

It took them a year or two longer then they might have liked, but a year after finishing second in the California JC Women's track and field championships the Laney Eagles are bring home the first place trophy this year after amassing 81pts to out pace second place Sacramento JC who had 61pts.Laney swept first and second in the 100 and 200m dashes. Lauryn Newson won the 100m with Shanae Roach placing second.The order was reversed in the 200m with Roach coming in ahead of Newsom.The margin of victory would have been even greater if Laney's nationally ranked and state leading 4x100m relay team did not drop the stick and bow out of the state championships in last weeks NorCal championships. 2009 JC State Track meet photo's

Pac 10 Championship photo's click here

 

 

 

Track & Field
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Welcome home

Several track and field stars returned home, if you will, for the Pac 10 Track & Field championships at Cal-Berkeley. San Pablo and Hercules High's own, Jamesha Youngblood swept the long and triple jumps while anchoring the Ducks winning 4x100m relay team as Oregon won both the men's and women's title. Oregon sweeps at the Pac 10 Multi's at Cal Berkeley over the weekend Photo's click here Pac 10 Championship photo's click here

 

 

 

 

NCAA Championships
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UCONN WOMEN NET BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Connecticut women's basketball team beat Stanford 53-47 to win the 2010 National Championship game and there appears to be no stopping the UCONN women in the near future although Stanford did a pretty good job of trying holding the high powered Lady Huskies to a 12pt first half.

That's right Stanford led UCONN, a team that had blown every team out by 38pts a game heading into the final was losing 20-12 at the half.

No worries for UCONN who righted the ship with a 17-2 run and grabbed command of the game.

Maya Moore led the way with 23pts and 11-rebounds for a UCONN team that could win it all again next year. Nnemkadi Ogwumike (above) had 11pts and 13-rebounds in the loss.

 

 

 

 

NFL NEWS
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An Eagle no more

He was booed when he got drafted before becoming a Philly legend by putting the Eagles on his back and carrying them to NFC Championship games and a Super Bowl in 2004.

Donovan McNabb spent 11 years in Philly, but the Eagles had a log jam at the quarterback position and they went with the youth movement keeping Kevin Kolb and Michael Vick while sending McNabb to Washington for a bunch of draft picks.

 

 

 

 

College Hoop
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Photo's by Rene Galindo

Stanford v UCLA photo's click here

Stanford Women's Pac 10 tourney photo's click here

The Cardinal get rematch with UCONN in NCAA Championship They are the last team to beat UCONN, but that was 77 games ago. Stanford is all that stands in the way of the Huskies becoming the first women's team to go through two years without a single loss.They will add another National Championship trophy to their display case to boot. Photo's click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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