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    No playoffs for Dodgers this year? No big deal - Jim Alexander
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.5 Mb)

SAN DIEGO - It is almost a given that, unless you are a fan of maybe a handful of elite teams, you are destined to be disappointed at Saturday's trade deadline.

Fans love big. Big deals. Big names.


    Dodgers could use Steinbrenner mentality - Jim Alexander
Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.5 Mb)

Through all of the words written and spoken about George Steinbrenner in the days following his death, the ones that best sum up his complex yet unmistakable impact on baseball were his own.

For example: "I hate to lose. Hate, hate, hate to lose.


    Big Papi knows best in Derby - Boston's slugger has been a father figure to Florida's Ramirez, who takes second
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.7 Mb)

ANAHEIM - This was a little different than trying to knock off your dad, or your big brother, on the golf course or the driveway basketball court.

But Monday night's Home Run Derby was maybe not that much different.


    More than a game now - The All-Star Game that debuted in 1933 has morphed into a multi-day extravaganza
Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.6 Mb)


ANAHEIM - It figures, doesn't it?

Baseball possesses the original -- and also the best -- of any of pro sports' All-Star games, the only one where the play is actually competitive.


    Amazing Bo dominated in '89 -
Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:00:00 GMT (2.3 Mb)

The last time baseball's All-Star Game visited Anaheim, it had Bo Jackson's stamp all over it.


    Behind-the-scenes All-Star moments -
Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.7 Mb)

Regardless of what Fox wants you to believe, All-Star games aren't about results as much as memories and moments. And for the participants, the memories tend to be personal.


    Time to treat Vlad as a foe - Jim Alexander
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.5 Mb)

ANAHEIM - This hero's welcome stuff has got to stop.

Angel fans, you've worn your Vladimir Guerrero jerseys to the ballpark the past two nights. You've showered the expatriate with affection, in remembrance of the good times.

That's fine.


    Farewell to Coach Wooden - The UCLA coach, who won 10 NCAA titles, leaves a legacy of wisdom that has touched generations
Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.6 Mb)


LOS ANGELES - The setting was a basketball venue, one of the most famous in college athletics.

But the theme of Saturday's public goodbye to John Wooden was far bigger than hoops.


    You can't win, please 'em all -
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.4 Mb)

LOS ANGELES - Amid the hellos and how's the familys and did he shake hands with A-Rod yets , the Dodgers and Yankees got around to playing a baseball game in Chavez Ravine on Friday night.

Imagine that.


    Scioscia still going strong -
Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.5 Mb)

LOS ANGELES - Here's an idea: Give Mike Scioscia the American League Manager of the Year award permanently, and then retire it.

Either that, or name it after him.


    AD Garrett doesn't seem in control -
Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.6 Mb)

In the NCAA Committee of Infractions report on USC -- which was in the works for, oh, what seemed like a decade before it was released Thursday -- the term "institutional control," describing lack of same, appears 10 separate times in 67 pages.


    Special Section: Heated rivalry started half a century ago - Jim Alexander
Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.9 Mb)


It is the NBA's defining rivalry, maybe the best in all of sports, and it's not because of geography or frequency or because the competing cities have a lot or even a little in common.


    Los Angeles Lakers: 2010 NBA Playoffs
Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.0 Mb)

Third Round - Lakers vs.


    Dog-pile injury could cripple Angels - Jim Alexander
Sat, 29 May 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.4 Mb)

ANAHEIM - The dog pile at home plate, as celebration, may have expired shortly after 4:05 Saturday afternoon.


    UCR's flagship deserves better - Jim Alexander
Fri, 28 May 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.5 Mb)

RIVERSIDE - It could have been an electric atmosphere at the Sports Center Friday night.

Just imagine if UC Riverside had been in serious contention for the Big West baseball title or an NCAA tournament spot.


    Sprinter excels in many roles at RCC - Jim Alexander
Thu, 20 May 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.5 Mb)


RIVERSIDE - If Riverside Community College sprinter Marquis Pilchur is running with even more purpose than usual at this weekend's state track and field championships in Lancaster, it's perfectly understandable.


    His response is perfect - Jim Alexander
Fri, 14 May 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.4 Mb)

ANAHEIM - Pitchers always tell you they don't look at it as a matchup against the opposing pitcher, but against the other team's hitters.

Sure.


    She's sold on togetherness -
Wed, 12 May 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.6 Mb)

REDLANDS - You've seen those ads on telecasts of NCAA championship events: young people going out to save the world while a voice-over intones that most athletes will "turn pro in something other than sports.


    It's about more than the red jacket -
Mon, 10 May 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.3 Mb)

RIVERSIDE - In the end, when they convene at the Riverside Convention Center every May to honor the best of this city's sports past and present, it's about people.


    CS Fullerton baseball model for Highlanders -
Sat, 08 May 2010 08:00:00 GMT (1.5 Mb)


FULLERTON - This is what UC Riverside's baseball program should, and does, aspire to.

A legacy of success. A national profile.



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