It was standing room only at the California State weight lifting championship this year, held  Saturday in Chico. The audience witnessed the all-time bench press record of 911 pounds by Mike  Womack of Modesto in the men's elite open division.

PHOENIX — When Phoenix Municipal Stadium was remodeled some years ago, they decorated the main concourse with banners containing various baseball slogans and terminology.

Napa Valley Baseball Club offers under-10 tryouts

In the championship game of the Optimist Youth Basketball 11th-12th Grade Boys Division, Replay Sports, coached by Tyler Nunn, stunned previously undefeated Napa Emergency Room Doctors, 67-51, behind balanced scoring as eight players posted points.

Coach Trisha Wall didn’t go easy on Hailey Breakwell, a freshman, during the first day of softball practice at Justin-Siena High School last year.

Today marks the beginning of spring 2009.

The UC Berkeley women’s swimming team won its first-ever NCAA championship Saturday night at the Student Rec Center Natatorium in College Station, Texas. The Golden Bears, who have former Vintage High School and Napa Valley Swim Team member Natalie La Rochelle, finished with 411.5 points, ahead of second place finisher Georgia with 400.5 points.

In honor of the flag dropping on the start of the IndyCar Series season, Infineon Raceway has introduced the Green Flag Special for its upcoming Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma race weekend, Aug. 21-23.