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“Put me in, coach – I’m ready to play, today.” That line from John Fogerty’s Centerfield has become somewhat of a summer baseball anthem. With the smell of freshly cut grass, the sound of a bat cracking as it makes contact with a speedy ball, and the roar of crowd, fans of this summertime staple … Read more
Stanford economist and co-author of “Sports, Jobs and Taxes” Roger Noll has been quoted a few thousand times in recent years by both supporters and opponents of a 49ers football stadium in Santa Clara. So a couple of weeks ago I had my own conversation with this oracle of sports economics. Rather than ask Noll … Read more
Randomly ask someone to name a summer Olympic sport. There’s a really good chance the sport they come up with will be gymnastics. As one of the most popular sports of the Olympic games, gymnastics combines incredible physical strength with flexibility, agility, coordination, balance and elegance. It also takes an immense amount of self-discipline and … Read more
Who wants the glory that comes with announcing “checkmate” at the end of a chess match? Most likely, each of the thousand kids who came from all over northern and central California to compete in the CalChess 2011 State Scholastic Championship wants their moment to shine. The event, held on the first weekend of April … Read more
It was no April Fool’s Day joke. The Santa Clara Sporting Soccer Club presented a check for $18,000 on April 1 to El Camino Hospital for breast cancer screening for low-income women. The ’98 Black Team (pictured in the club bingo hall), all boys under 12 years of age, raised $2,054 of that amount during … Read more
Finally, soccer fans can breathe a sigh of relief! The anticipation is over and the San Jose Earthquakes are back and ready for action as they open their season against Real Salt Lake at Buck Shaw Stadium this Saturday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m. Many exciting things have happened this offseason and according to the … Read more
After a nearly two year hiatus, the San Jose SaberCats suited up and took the field at home against the 2010 Arena Football League champion Spokane Shock on March 11. In what could have been a disasterous return to the league, the Sabercats did not disappoint as the SaberCats crushed the Shock 76-48. On the … Read more
When Santa Clara University senior Lena Gipson tore her ACL the summer before her senior year of high school she was told she would never play again, but she was determined to prove everyone wrong. She spent the summer rehabbing and left for her freshman year at Arizona State University where she had signed a … Read more
In an upset, 20-year old Canadian Milos Raonic beat the number 9 player in the world, Fernando Verdasco, during the finals match at the SAP Open, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5). Raonic, who got to the finals when his semi-final opponent Gael Monfils was forced to withdraw due to a wrist injury, dazzled on the court … Read more
Kevin Foster As a child, Santa Clara University sophomore, Kevin Foster, would play basketball and pretend to be on his hometown Houston Rockets in the championship game. Now, it appears that Foster’s childhood dreams may not be too far off. He’s had record-breaking seasons over his first two years as a Bronco and people outside … Read more