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Randy Johnson columns
November 17th, 2009
A cloud has been lifted over OaklandSo the Golden State Warriors traded Stephen Jackson to Charlotte on Monday for Raja Bell and Vladimir Radmanovich.
September 29th, 2009
Rookie Curry set for NBA challengeOAKLAND — Steve Smith spent the first 11 of his 14 years in the NBA chasing Dell Curry all over the court.
September 25th, 2009
Stop being so Crabby, MichaelTalk is cheap, the saying goes, unless you’re Michael Crabtree.
July 24th, 2009
Is Wallace on his way home?If it happens, you read it here second. That’s because the proposed trade between Oakland and St. Louis — involving Athletics slugger Matt Holliday and Cardinals minor league prospect Brett Wallace, a 2005 Justin-Siena High School graduate — was first reported by ESPN’s Buster Olney on Thursday.
July 3rd, 2009
Edwin Jackson: The Tiger that got awayOAKLAND — I got into this business because I was a sports fan first.
June 26th, 2009
No more excuses for good ol’ Clippers after latest lottery ‘luck’I’ve changed my mind about the L.A. Clippers picking Blake Griffin.
June 4th, 2009
How 'bout three cheers for 30 yearsI want to be Marty James when I grow up.
May 16th, 2009
Thanks for all the memories, WaymanHistory will show that the first professional athlete that I ever met was LaSalle “Tank” Thompson, who for some reason showed up at the vaunted American Lakes Elementary School “Balloon Day” in Sacramento when I was a young student there.
May 8th, 2009
Don't take me out to the ballgameI remember it like it was yesterday, the first time I ever saw a major league baseball field with my own eyes.
April 6th, 2009
Raiders camp just got more exciting, darn itMan, I thought we made it out of the woods when Terrell Owens signed with Buffalo.
March 27th, 2009
Coaches, let's have "The Talk" ... later“The Talk.”
February 10th, 2009
Die-hard fan strikes out at San Francisco Giants big FanFestThe Register’s Web guy, Brian Kennedy, is a die-hard San Francisco Giants fan. As a byproduct of that devotion, he is a huge follower of Cy Young Award-winning ace pitcher Tim Lincecum.
January 13th, 2009
Rickey gave generation of fans simply great memoriesBack when the Oakland Coliseum was a nice, airy, open ballpark — and you could see the golden hills in the distance beyond center field — there weren’t too many more exciting announcements made by longtime Oakland A’s announcer Roy Steele than this one:
December 30th, 2008
I'll be there when Lions reach mountaintopWhat, you didn’t think I’d hide under a rock, did you?
November 27th, 2008
Thanksgiving puts the Detroit Lions on the big stageDid you know that the last Thursday of November is a national holiday?
September 12th, 2008
From now on, call me Randy Ocho CincoYes, yes, yes! Finally, I have a reason to write this column, one that I’ve been wanting to do for years and never really had what we in the business like to call a “hook.”
July 3rd, 2008
Both sides won in Baron Davis EraSo, um, yeah, about that tranquil offseason for the Golden State Warriors.
June 25th, 2008
A's-Marlins game shows how baseball is very much a team sportIf someone were to ask me before Sunday’s Athletics-Marlins game about which of the “Big Four” — baseball, basketball, football or hockey — is the most team-oriented sport, I would not have said baseball.
June 6th, 2008
Signing with ASU a great move for Braves sluggerI saw Brett Wallace play exactly one game at Justin-Siena High School. Truth be told, I only needed to see one at-bat to realize that yep, this guy was pretty good.
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