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Sports archive
Sunday, August 20, 2006
SAN FRANCISCO — Receiver Jerry Rice will retire as a member of the San Francisco 49ers next week.
Shell to coach Raiders for first time at home
OAKLAND — The Oakland Coliseum is notorious as a stadium that’s unfriendly to the Raiders’ opponents.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Barry Zito bounced back with a solid outing after two rough starts.
SAN FRANCISCO — Greg Maddux won his fourth straight decision and the Los Angeles Dodgers snapped the San Francisco Giants’ five-game winning streak with a 14-7 victory Saturday night.
Monarchs show they’re playoff-worthy
SACRAMENTO — Though the Sacramento Monarchs’ regular season felt like a mess, their first two playoff games have been works of art.
MEDINAH, Ill. — The PGA Championship has rarely looked so easy.
Newcomers at top of board in year’s last major
MEDINAH, Ill. — Atop the leaderboard for the first time in a major, Luke Donald sat before a room of reporters when he heard cheers a quarter-mile away from the 18th green at Medinah Country Club.
A’s drop doubleheader to struggling Royals
From The Associated Press
NEW YORK — When Troy Smith, Ted Ginn Jr. and the rest of Ohio State’s blazing Buckeyes were last seen on a big stage, they were whizzing around Sun Devil Stadium at warp speed.
The way Junior Seau looks at it, he’s now in graduate school.
Rough ride for Roosevelt in this presidential race
When I told my wife about the idea, she considered it for a moment, then expressed a sentiment I was sure would come from my editor: “Who’s going to write your game story while you’re running around like an idiot?”
With her golf bag just a few feet away from the first tee, Emily Talley pulled out an eight-iron, addressed the ball, took one look at the blue pin in the back of the green, and hit an aggressive, towering shot — the ball coming to rest only a few feet away from the cup at Napa Valley Country Club Thursday afternoon.
Former J-S baseball star shines for ASU
NOTES AND QUOTES for a Sunday in the Napa Valley:
Storm sends 10 players to four-year schools
Napa Valley College baseball coach Bob Freschi is saying sayonara to 10 players who are off to continue their careers at four-year universities next spring.
Marked kayak trails make backwaters more accessible to paddlers
Like biking trails for cyclists and hiking paths for backpackers, a handful of coastal kayak trails is offering ways for novice and expert paddlers alike to explore new territory, fish or just get lost on purpose.
Touring by kayak is attracting many new participants. The National Park Service recommends the following equipment on extended wilderness trips:
Local tourism:
Inside Napa Valley