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PROFESSIONAL TENNIS

2012 Aussie Open

Photo by Eric Taylor

There is a new number 1 in the world of women's tennis and her name is Victoria Azarenka.

She climbed to the top of the mountain after beating defending champion Kim Clijsters in the finals of the 2012 Aussie Open to claim her first Grand Slam title while replacing Caroline Wozniacki as the number one women's player in the world.

There is no doubt who the top men's player in the world right now.

Novak Djokvic outlast Rafa Nadal in an epic five hour Aussie final to become the first man to win three majors in a row since 1968.

NCAA BASKETBALL

Stanford 84 Colorado 64

Photo by Eric Taylor

Stanford got 18pts from freshmen Chassen Randle and some great team defense in their rout of Colorado at home Saturday.

Tied at 42 in the second half the Cardinal closed out the game with a 42-22 run over the last 15-minutes of the game to win going away.

Stanford is now 14-3, 4-1 in the Pac 12 and tied with Cal atop the Pac 12 standings.

The final score was a welcome sight after Stanford survived Utah 68-65 on Thursday. Photo's click here

Soccer

Mexico got their 2014 World Cup campaign underway with a 3-1 victory over Paraguay in a friendly at the McAfee Coliseum in Oakland, Ca.

Javier Hernandez (above) score twice and Mexico jumped out to a 3-0 first half lead in front of over 48,000 fans in Oakland. Photos Click Here

Some of the best men's tennis players in the world will compete at the SAP OPEN in San Jose's HP Pavilion Feb 13th - 19th 2012 Tickets click here

2012 US Figure Skating Championships Jan. 22nd - 29th 2012 HP Pavilion San Jose, Ca Tickets click here

St. Mary's , Salesian split rivalry tilt in the BSAL in front of packed house at Contra Costa College

Raiders hire Bronco Defensive coach Dennis Allen as their new head coach More click here

Showdown weekend in women's college basketball; Cal, St. Mary's come up just short

Photo by James Taylor

Stanford got career high's in points (27) and rebounds (16)from sophomore Chiney Ogwumike and the Cardinal held on to beat Cal 74-71 in overtime.

The Lady Bears scored the last nine points in regulation to force the extra period, but then made only one of the nine shots in OT to become the 74th team in a row to lose at Stanford.

The St. Mary's women played tough but a late game surge propelled Gonzaga to a big WCC road victory.

San Francisco comes up just short of ultimate goal

Photo by Tod Fierner

It was right there for them. Leading 14-10 late in the game San Francisco forced the New York Giants to punt the ball.

Waiting for the punt was 49er Kyle Williams (#10). The ball hit the turf and Williams ran towards it only to have the ball nicked off his knee, gifting the Giants new life.

It was too much for the 49ers to handle as New York would go on to win the game in overtime More click here

Raiders cleaning house, fire head coach Hue Jackson

Photo by Eric Taylor

The Oakland Raiders sacked Hue Jackson after just one year and a 8-8 record.

The Raiders started out the season 7-4, but they could not overcome the injury of tailback Darren McFadden and limped home with a 1-4 record in their last five and missed the playoffs for the ninth year in a row.

New general manager Reggie Mckenzie wasted little time leaving a mark on the team letting Jackson go just three days after joining Oakland. More click here

Oakland drops pivotal game to San Diego 38-26 miss playoffs

Photo by Eric Taylor

Oakland came this close to getting in position to beat San Diego and make the playoffs in 2012.

The Chargers return man Richard Goodman just got out of the end zone preventing a safety that would have pulled Oakland to within 31-28 in the fourth quarter.

San Diego went on a 99 and a half yard touchdown drive in just four plays that iced the game and knocked Oakland out of the playoffs More click here

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Life in the Association is getting back to normal

Miami is on fire to start the season, now find themselves in third place in their division More click here

Sacramento having growing pains with their young center

Oklahoma City serves notice to the rest of the NBA that they are a year older and a year better More click here

Photo by Eric Taylor

Former Raider greats return to the Pro Football home in honor of Al Davis

Oakland Raiders paid their respects to NFL legend Al Davis at halftime of Oakland's 24-17 victory over Cleveland.

John Madden (Left) lit a torch in the honor of Big Al as dozens of former players watch at midfield.

Just win Baby, and that is what Oakland has been doing ever since Mr. Davis passed away.

2-0 since his passing, the Raiders have pulled out to close games and improve to 4-2 for the first time since Oakland last went to the Super Bowl back in 2002

RAIDERS V BROWNS PHOTOS CLICK HERE

Oakland tailback Tawain Jones shows his respect for the passing of Al Davis

The Oakland Raiders traveled to Houston with a heavy heart and came away with a exciting 25-20 victory over the Houston Texans Sunday.

The game was won on the final play when defensive back Michael Huff intercepted a pass from Texans quarterback Matt Schaub in the end zone as time ran out.

The game was played a day after NFL legend Al Davis passed away. He was 82-years young. Oakland v Texans photo's click here

Tiger Woods returns to action at the 2011 Fry's.com Open

Tiger Woods gets back to the game he loves at the Fry's.com open in San Martin, Ca. More click here

Raiders can't keep up, lose at home to New England 31-19 More click here

De La Salle loses in Florida, Berkeley High gets a big win, Encinal and Alameda battle in the Island Bowl More click here

NBA labor talks are heading nowhere and the regular season is in jeopardy

George Akinson became the first true freshmen to return a kickoff for a touchdown for the Fighting Irish since 1988 when Raghib "The Rocket" Ismail turned the trick.
Photo courtesy of Notre Dame University

Local boy makes good

It did not take long for true freshmen George Akinson 111 (#34) to make his mark on the football field at Notre Dame.

George, in just his third game in college, helped the Fighting Irish (1-3) win their first game of the 2011 season with a 89-yard kick off return.

The score answered a Michigan St field goal off a Notre Dame turnover and turned a 7-3 lead into a 14-3 game.

The Fighting Irish never looked back, winning 31-13. George, from Livermore's Granada High, has quickly made the transition to the world of big time college football.

George's brother Josh, also a freshman at Notre Dame is also on special teams

NFL FOOTBALL

Photo by Eric Taylor

NEW ENGLAND QB TOM BRADY

1/22/2012 - The New England Patriots are back in the Super Bowl after beating the Baltimore Ravens 23-20 at home Sunday in the AFC Championship game.

The game came down to the last few seconds with the Ravens coming back after New England scored a late game winning touchdown to set up a 32-yard field goal for the tie with 20-seconds left in the game.

Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff missed wide left and just about all of New England went crazy. More click here

PGA TOUR

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Tiger returns to Pebble Beach

1/7/2012 - The PGA Tour got off to a flying start out in Hawai'i. Steve Stricker held off three challengers to win by three stokes in the Tournament of Champions at Kapalua, Hawai'i.

Stricker showed he is still one of the toughest golfers to deal with. Face with the prospect of neck surgery last year, Steve instead opted not to get cut and just rehabbed the injury back to healthy.

With the win at the Tournament of Champions Stricker has now won eight of the last fifty PGA events. More click here

BOXING

Photo by Eric Taylor

YOU CAN CALL HIM CHAMP

12/17/2011 The ends have justified the means in the career of now undisputed Welterweight world champion Andre Ward after Ward dominated Carl Froch in Atlantic City to claim Froch's WBC belt to his collection.

Ward was in control from the outset and he landed nearly one hundred more punches then Froch in the finals of the Super Six competition.

Ward improved to 35-0 with the victory

Ward and his manager, Virgil Hunter, have taken heat for not rushing into a title fight after Ward won a gold medal in the 2004 Olympic's.

They are both shining bright now and the sky is the limit for the 28-year old Ward who will now look to defend his title in a prize fight down the line.

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