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On Sunday evening, the Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green imposed his will on the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 of the 2016 NBA Finals, contributing mightily in a 110-77 dismantling of their foe. The two-time, first team All-NBA defender scored 28 points, with Stephen Curry adding 18 and Klay Thompson netting 17, and the rout was on. The Warriors have taken a 2-0 lead in the best of seven series and the relative ease with which they have won suggests it may be time to start thinking parade. The series switches to Cleveland for Game 3 on Wednesday evening at 6 p.m., followed by Game 4 on Friday evening at 6 p.m. Game 5 would return to Oracle Arena on Monday at 6 p.m. (Above, Green in action versus the Miami Heat earlier this year.)
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"I've wrestled with alligators, I've tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning, and thrown thunder in jail. You know I'm bad. Just last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick.
I'm so mean, I make medicine sick."
Muhammad Ali
January 17, 1942 -- June 3, 2016
Above, Muhammad Ali in his second fight with Sonny Liston, May, 1965 in Lewiston, Maine.
Photo by Neil Leifer.
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A hustling CoCo Crisp makes a diving attempt to steal second base...
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San Francisco Giants right fielder Hunter Pence, shown above in the recent Chicago Cubs series, will undergo surgery to reattach a torn right hamstring tendon suffered on the recent road trip. Pence is not expected back until mid-August and his .298 batting average, tied with infielder Brandon Belt for the team lead, will be sorely missed. Photo by Rich Yee.
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Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey (No. 5) will lead the Cardinal offense once again in 2016, just as he did on this long gain against the Oregon State Beavers' cornerback Treston Decoud in Corvallis last September 25, 2015. Photo by Kenny Karst.
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Hitching a ride on the back of Tim Tsang of the Vancouver Riptide, Barrs Lang of the San Francisco FlameThrowers makes a spectacular catch for a third quarter score in their game on Saturday night, May 28, at Laney College in Oakland. The Riptide were handed only their second loss of the season (30-27) while the FlameThrowers improved to a gaudy 8-0. To view a photo album, visit our Facebook page and be sure to LIKE us.
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Cal Student-Athletes
With this issue we begin a new series for our readers, with regular reports on promising Cal athletes authored by one of their very own, Nicole Henriksson. Nicole is a talented third-year double major (Political Science/American Studies) student who still finds time to excel on UC Berkeley's field hockey team and compile profiles of her fellow student-athletes.
We are sure you will enjoy them.
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Avid Giant Race participants show off t-shirts from three of the four annual Giant Race events which take place in Sacramento, San Jose and San Francisco. The missing t-shirt? Scottsdale! Photo by Rich Yee.
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Serious multitasker: Participant #949 (left photo, far right) found time to squeeze in a race between her correspondence at both the start and finish of the race. To view a photo album, visit our Facebook page and be sure to LIKE us. Photo by Rich Yee.
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The camera's lens is so instantaneous that beads of water on the swimmer's face appear to be ice crystals. To view a photo album, visit our Facebook page and be sure to LIKE us. Photo by Rich Yee.
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| Can another rookie win the Race Across America? When the 35th Race Across America (RAAM) starts on June 14 there will be no returning winners in the solo male category but there will be four previous second-place riders all vying for their first win. And then there's the rookie Ralph "Dizzy" Diseviscourt (Luxembourg) that many fans are calling a potential winner, partially because he won last year's Tourtour (Switzerland's 1000-kilometer answer to RAAM), just as Reto Schoch (Switzerland) did in 2011 before winning RAAM 2012 as a rookie and just as Severin Zotter (Austria) did in 2014 before winning RAAM 2015 as a rookie. Diseviscourt remarked, "And Zotter finished third in the Race Across the Alps. And me too. I don't know if that's a good omen or not." Photo by Vic Armijo / RAAM Media. |
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~Leo Durocher (Leo the Lip)
MLB player and manager
Baseball Hall of Fame, 1994
(1905-1991)
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Monday, June 6
San Jose Sharks v. Pittsburgh Penguins, 5 p.m.,
Game 4, Playoffs
San Jose Giants v. Bakersfield Blaze, 6:30 p.m.
Sacramento River Cats v. Albuquerque Isotopes,
7:05 p.m.
Nashville Sounds @ Omaha Storm Chasers,
7:05 p.m.
Stockton Ports v. Visalia Rawhide, 7:10 p.m.
San
Francisco Giants v. Boston Red Sox, 7:15 p.m.
Oakland A's @ Milwaukee Brewers, 5:10 p.m.
San Jose Giants v. Bakersfield Blaze, 6:30 p.m.
Sacramento River Cats v. Albuquerque Isotopes,
7:05 p.m.
Nashville Sounds @ Omaha Storm Chasers, 12:05 p.m.
Stockton Ports v. Visalia Rawhide, 7:10 p.m.
San Rafael Pacifics v. Pittsburg Diamonds,
7:05 p.m.
Sonoma Stompers v. Vallejo Admirals, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, June 8
Golden State Warriors @ Cleveland Cavaliers,
6 p.m., Game 3, Playoffs
San Francisco Giants v. Boston Red Sox, 7:15 p.m.
Oakland A's @ Milwaukee Brewers, 5:10 p.m.
Sacramento Republics FC v. Real Monarchs SLC,
8 p.m.
San Rafael Pacifics v. Pittsburg Diamonds,
7:05 p.m.
Sonoma Stompers v. Vallejo Admirals, 6 p.m.
San Jose Sharks @ Pittsburgh Penguins, 5 p.m.,
Game 5, Playoffs
San Jose Giants @ Modesto Nuts, 7:05 p.m.
Sacramento River Cats @ El Paso Chihuahuas,
6:05 p.m.
Nashville Sounds @ Oklahoma City RedHawks,
4:35 p.m.
Nashville Sounds @ Oklahoma City RedHawks, Makeup of 4/17 ppd (Game 2)
Stockton Ports @ Bakersfield Blaze, 7:45 p.m.
San Rafael Pacifics v. Pittsburg Diamonds,
7:05 p.m.
Sonoma Stompers v. Vallejo Admirals, 6 p.m.
Golden State Warriors @ Cleveland Cavaliers,
6 p.m., Game 4, Playoffs
San Francisco Giants v. Los Angeles Dodgers,
7:15 p.m.
Oakland A's @ Cincinnati Reds, 4:10 p.m.
San Jose Giants @ Modesto Nuts, 7:05 p.m.
Sacramento River Cats @ El Paso Chihuahuas,
6:05 p.m.
Nashville Sounds @ Oklahoma City RedHawks,
7:05 p.m.
Stockton Ports @ Bakersfield Blaze, 7:45 p.m.
San Rafael Pacifics v. Vallejo Admirals, 7:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh Diamonds v. Sonoma Stompers, 7 p.m
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Saturday, June 11
San Francisco Giants v. Los Angeles Dodgers,
4:15 p.m.
Oakland A's @ Cincinnati Reds, 1:10 p.m.
San Jose Spiders v. Los Angeles Aviators, 7 p.m.
Sacramento Republics FC @ Real Monarchs SLC,
7:30 p.m.
San Jose Giants @ Modesto Nuts, 7:05 p.m.
Sacramento River Cats @ El Paso Chihuahuas,
6:05 p.m.
Nashville Sounds @ Oklahoma City RedHawks,
7:05 p.m.
Stockton Ports @ Bakersfield Blaze, 7:45 p.m.
San Rafael Pacifics v. Vallejo Admirals, 5:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh Diamonds v. Sonoma Stompers, 6 p.m.
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Sunday, June 12
San Jose Sharks v. Pittsburgh Penguins, 5 p.m.,
Game 6, Playoffs (if needed)
San Francisco Giants v. Los Angeles Dodgers,
5:30 p.m.
Oakland A's @ Cincinnati Reds, 10:10 a.m.
San Francisco FlameThrowers v. Los Angeles
Aviators, 1 p.m.
San Jose Giants @ Modesto Nuts, 1:05 p.m.
Sacramento River Cats @ El Paso Chihuahuas,
5:05 p.m.
Nashville Sounds @ Oklahoma City RedHawks,
6:05 p.m.
Stockton Ports @ Bakersfield Blaze, 7:45 p.m.
San Rafael Pacifics v. Vallejo Admirals, 1:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh Diamonds v. Sonoma Stompers,
12 p.m.
Golf Tournaments
Minor League Team Affiliations (Hockey)
San Jose Barracuda (San Jose Sharks) -- AHL,
American Hockey League
Stockton Heat (Calgary Flames) -- AHL,
American Hockey League
Minor League Team Affiliations
(Baseball)
Nashville Sounds (Oakland A's) -- AAA,
Pacific Coast League
Sacramento River Cats (San Francisco Giants) --
AAA, Pacific Coast League
San Jose Giants (San Francisco Giants) -- Class A
Advanced Affiliate, California League
Stockton Ports (Oakland A's) -- Class A
Advanced Affiliate,
California League
Legend
(BB): Basketball
(M): Men
(W): Women
Media
Cal BB (M): KGO 810 AM
Cal BB (W): Pac-12 Network
Cal football: KGO 810 AM
Fresno Grizzlies: KYNO 1430 AM
Fresno State football: 940 AM ESPN Radio
Golden State Warriors: KNBR 680 AM
Oakland A's: 95.7 FM The Game
Oakland Raiders: 95.7 FM The Game,
KFOX
102.1/98.5 FM
Sacramento Kings: KHTK 1140 AM
Sacramento River Cats: Talk 650 AM KSTE
San Francisco 49ers: KNBR 680/1050 AM, KGO
810 AM, KSAN 107.7 FM
San Francisco Giants: KNBR 680 AM
San Jose Barracuda: KDOW 1220 AM
San Jose Earthquakes: 1590 KLIV AM,
1370 KZSF AM (Spanish)
San Jose Giants: MiLB Gameday Audio
San Jose SaberCats: KDOW 1220 AM
San Jose Sharks, KFOX 98.5 FM San Jose,
102.1 FM San Francisco
San Jose State football: KLIV 1590 AM
Stanford BB (M): KNBR 1050 AM, TBS (TV)
Stanford BB (W): KZSU 90.1 FM
Stanford football: KNBR 1050 AM
Stockton Ports: KWSX 1280 AM
UC Davis football: KTHK 1140 AM
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Sonoma State Athletic Director Bill Fusco is pictured with cross country and track and field student-athlete Maria Hurtado at The Wolfies in April of 2015. Photo courtesy of SSU sports information.
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Fusco Selected As 2015-16 Under Armour Athletic Director of the Year
By Tyler Lobe
Sonoma State University Senior Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
Bill Fusco has been selected as one of 28 athletics directors around the country, among seven different divisions, to earn the 2015-16 Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year (ADOY) award, it was announced by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).
The award spans seven divisions (NCAA FBS, FCS, Division I-AAA, II, III, NAIA/Other Four-Year Institutions and Junior College/Community Colleges). The ADOY Award highlights the efforts of athletics directors at all levels for their commitment and positive contributions to student-athletes, campuses and their surrounding communities.
Fusco is now in his 19th year as the Senior Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at Sonoma State University in 2015-16. Under his leadership, SSU intercollegiate athletics has grown from 11 teams to 14, with conference affiliation in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) and Pacific West Conferences.
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Co-authors Lou Campanelli (left) and Dave Newhouse at their book signing at Barnes & Noble bookstore in Emeryville earlier this year.
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Dare to Dream: How James Madison University Became Coed and Shocked the Basketball World
By Lou Campanelli
and Dave Newhouse
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Former Cal basketball coach Lou Campanelli and local veteran sportswriter Dave Newhouse have co-authored a book chronicling Campanelli's accomplishments as a successful collegiate basketball coach. Campanelli started in 1972, when he arrived at a small teachers college known as Madison College in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. The name was changed to James Madison University and Lou built the basketball program into national prominence before coming to Cal and returning the Bears program into a Pac-10 winner.
Co-author Dave Newhouse will be making the following appearances: Friday, June 10, Berkeley Breakfast Club, 7 a.m. (general author talk); Saturday, June 25, Castro Valley Library, 2 p.m. (general author talk); Saturday, July 23, Montclair Library, Oakland, 3 p.m. (general author talk).
The book can be ordered at Amazon.com and at bookstores.
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Sports, Energy, Consciousness Sports Festival Starts Friday
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The inaugural SEC Sports Festival kicks off Friday through Sunday, June 10-12, to explore the future of athletic performance, coaching and training. The celebration, taking place at Dominican University in San Rafael, will be highlighted by Michael Murphy, founder of Esalen Institute and Ken Wilbur, founder of Integral Institute, two of the leading figures in the integral movement combining body, mind, heart and soul as it relates to athletic abilities. These practices have been emerging at the highest levels of professional sports, by the likes of Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and basketball's legendary Phil Jackson.
Hands-on workshops and breakout sessions will be led by renowned experts in their field, including David Meggyesy, former NFL linebacker; Scott Ford, USPTA Elite Pro; Mike Spino, Ph.D., Olympic-level running coach; and Greg Warburton, M.S., Mental Training Coach, will examine such topics as "getting in the zone and staying there," "being present and mindful in competition," and "team chemistry and fan energy."
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De La Salle Summer Basketball Camps
Now Open!
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Registration for our summer 2016 De La Salle basketball camp sessions are filling up quickly, with young boys and girls eager to have fun. Inspire a child's love for basketball by encouraging them to sign up and participate in one of our many camps this summer.
Click here to register for our summer basketball camps. Early registrations by May 1 will receive a special discount off the regularly scheduled price.
We hope to see many young boys and girls this summer at De La Salle High School.
Go Spartans,
Coach AJ Kuhle
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San Francisco 49ers Preseason Schedule
Date Opponent Time TV
Sun., Aug. 14 Houston Texans 4 p.m. KPIX 5
Sat., Aug. 20 @ Denver Broncos 6 p.m. KPIX 5
Fri,, Aug. 26 Green Bay Packers 7 p.m. KPIX 5
Thur., Sep. 1 San Diego Chargers 7 p.m. KPIX 5
San Francisco 49ers Season Schedule
Week Date Opponent Time TV
1 Mon., Sept. 12 Los Angeles Rams 7:20 p.m. ESPN
2 Sun., Sept. 18 @ Carolina Panthers 10 a.m. FOX
3 Sun, Sept. 25 @ Seattle Seahawks 1:05 p.m. FOX
4 Sun., Oct. 2 Dallas Cowboys 1:25 p.m. FOX
5 Thurs., Oct. 6 Arizona Cardinals 5:25 p.m.
CBS/NFLN/Twitter
6* Sun., Oct. 16 @ Buffalo Bills 10 a.m. FOX
7* Sun., Oct. 23 Tampa Bay Bucs 1:05 p.m. FOX
8* Sun., Oct. 30 BYE Week
9* Sun., Nov. 6 New Orleans Saints 1:05 p.m. FOX
10* Sun., Nov. 13 @ Arizona Cardinals 1:25 p.m. FOX
11* Sun., Nov. 20 New England Patriots 1:25 p.m. CBS
12* Sun., Nov. 27 @ Miami Dolphins 10 a.m. FOX
13* Sun., Dec. 4 @ Chicago Bears 10 a.m. FOX
14* Sun., Dec. 11 New York Jets 1:05 p.m. CBS
15* Sun., Dec. 18 @ Atlanta Falcons 1:05 p.m. FOX
16 Sat., Dec. 24 @ Los Angeles Rams 1:25 p.m. FOX
17* Sun., Jan. 1 Seattle Seahawks 1:25 p.m. FOX
All times Pacific
* Beginning with Week 6 and excluding Week 16, 49ers kickoff times are eligible to be "flexed" into the Sunday-night window.
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Oakland Raiders Preseason Schedule
Date Opponent Time TV
Fri., Aug. 12 @ Arizona Cardinals 7 p.m. KTVU/KICU
Thurs., Aug. 18 @ Green Bay Packers 5 p.m. KTVU/KICU
Sat., Aug. 27 Tennessee Titans 5 p.m. CBS
Thurs., Sept. 1 Seattle Seahawks 7 p.m. KTVU/KICU
Oakland Raiders Season Schedule
Week Date Opponent Time TV
1 Sun., Sept. 11 @ New Orleans Saints 10 a.m. FOX
2 Sun., Sept. 18 Atlanta Falcons 1:25 p.m. CBS
3 Sun., Sept. 25 @ Tennessee Titans 10 a.m. CBS
4 Sun., Oct. 2 @ Baltimore Ravens 10 a.m. CBS
5* Sun., Oct. 9 San Diego Chargers 1:25 p.m. CBS
6* Sun., Oct. 16 Kansas City Chiefs 1:05 p.m. CBS
7* Sun., Oct. 23 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 10 a.m. CBS
8* Sun., Oct. 30 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 a.m. CBS
9* Sun., Nov. 6 Denver Broncos 5:30 p.m. NBC
11* Mon., Nov. 21 Houston Tex. (Mex. City) 5:30 p.m. ESPN
12* Sun., Nov. 27 Carolina Panthers 1:25 p.m. CBS
13* Sun., Dec. 4 Buffalo Bills 1:05 p.m. CBS
14* Thurs.,
Dec. 8 @ Kansas City Chiefs 5:25 p.m.
NBC/NFLN/Twitter
15* Sun., Dec. 18 @ San Diego Chargers 1:25 p.m. CBS
16 Sat., Dec. 24 Indianapolis Colts 1:05 p.m. CBS
17 Sun., Jan. 1 @ Denver Broncos 1:25 p.m. CBS
All times Pacific
* Subject to change due to flexible scheduling.
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Sports Today Article Index!
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What do all these illustrious names below have in common?
All these writers have contributed articles to
at the top of the home page
and three indexes will appear: by issue, author and category. All are cross-indexed and provide links to every article
we have published.
Michael Altfest, Steve Baker, James Brandt, Paul Brekke-Miesner, Robinson Brown, David Bush, Walter Champion, Harvey Cohen, Isaac Cronin, Eileen Curran, Nick Curran, Glenn Dickey, Andy Dolich, Jeff Elefante, Pete Elman, Leland Faust, Nancy Finley and Chris De Benedetti, Jim Fitzpatrick, Rob Flammia, Daniel Geary, Andre Johnson, Kenny Karst, Ira Klein, Richard Lupoff, Bruce Macgowan, Patric Mayers, Ross McKean, Robert Moselle, Dave Newhouse, John Ourand, Howard Pearlstein, Rudi Petschek, Laurel Poeton, Phil Schaaf, Dan Siegel, Jonathan Siegel,
Tom Stern,
Shelia Young.
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