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OAKLAND — Kurt Suzuki homered for the second straight day, a walkoff, three-run home run in the 10th inning, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago White Sox 8-5 on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep.

ATLANTA — Even with Barry Bonds on the bench, the San Francisco Giants put on quite a power display.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Cobbs scored on a 7-yard run and John Beck slipped into the end zone for the 2-point conversion with 4:30 left, leading Miami (2-0) past Kansas City 11-10 Thursday night.

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The U.S. Tennis Association’s Northern Section Wheelchair Circuit is putting on a Napa wheelchair tennis tournament today through Sunday at the Napa Valley College tennis courts.

If there’s one area of the Oakland Raiders football team that shapes up as a strength in 2007, it’s the defense.

The Napa Roadrunners, a 10-under softball team, took second place in the Dixon/Davis/Vacaville Tournament on Aug. 4-5.

The Tornadoes softball organization is offering fall ball tryouts for several age groups on the following dates at Allan Witt Park in Fairfield: