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Press Enterprise sports writer Jim Alexanders's news and opinion column. Press-Enterprise is the leading provider of news and information for the Inland Empire and Inland Southern California through newspaper and magazine publishing, printing, Internet an


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    Coyotes hope intimate setting is zoo -
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.5 Mb)


It's a little bit embarrassing, isn't it? Cal State San Bernardino's big volleyball moment, the opportunity to host the 2009 NCAA Division II West Regionals by virtue of its 29-1 record and No.


    UCR women need a leader to step up - Jim Alexander
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.5 Mb)


RIVERSIDE - These are the situations John Margaritis may have forgotten about the past couple of years, when he had a team of dependable veterans and he knew who could make the plays in crunch time.

Now he has no idea.


    UCR has different outlook on season -
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT (0.0 Mb)


RIVERSIDE - This is new territory for UC Riverside men's basketball.


    Growing Coyotes shoot for NCAA tourney berth - Jim Alexander
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.4 Mb)


SAN BERNARDINO - Kim Cherniss and Jeff Oliver have set the bar awfully high at Cal State San Bernardino.


    Cal Baptist gives San Diego State a scare -
Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.4 Mb)


SAN DIEGO - It's bound to happen, when the guys with the names on the back of their jerseys play the guys without them. Sooner or later, the big guys impose their will.


    Galaxy, Chivas give fans SoCal playoff series - Jim Alexander
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.6 Mb)


CARSON - Those SoCal sports fans who looked forward to the day when two of our own would slug it out in a postseason series ... well, Chivas USA vs. Galaxy likely wasn't the first matchup that leaped to mind.

Let's see, we almost had Clippers vs.


    Running a route to stardom? - Jim Alexander
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.5 Mb)


RIVERSIDE - Father knows best, indeed.

Emmanuel Ngula can run. His raw talent and his Kenyan heritage all but demand it.


    No ace, no World Series -
Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.6 Mb)


PHILADELPHIA - One guy doesn't lose a series, and one guy doesn't win one, either. But one guy can certainly set a tone.


    Dodgers need 'hair on fire' approach -
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.6 Mb)


PHILADELPHIA - For the young Dodgers, faced with the daunting obstacle of a 3-1 deficit in a best-of-seven series, there is at least the resource of people in their clubhouse who have been there before, who have seen a team on the brink of elimination.


    Mattingly talking to Indians about managing job -
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.7 Mb)


PHILADELPHIA - It's almost an article of faith that Don Mattingly is the heir apparent in the Dodgers dugout, the next in succession when Joe Torre decides to step down as Dodgers manager.

Accent on almost.


    Game 4 again burns LA's Broxton -
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.6 Mb)


PHILADELPHIA - If it were you, or me, or most other people enduring the déjÀ vu of Monday night, we'd run screaming from any further mention of Game 4, or the Philadelphia Phillies, or Matt Stairs.


    Former Dodger found his Werth in Philly -
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.5 Mb)


PHILADELPHIA The memories of Jayson Werth as a Dodger are, to be sure, hazy.

The first of his three seasons in LA, he played 89 games and hit .262 for a division champion in 2004. The next spring, the downward spiral began when Florida's A.J.


    Time to second-guess Dodgers' moves -
Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.7 Mb)


PHILADELPHIA - Do second-guessers multi-task?

If so, this bone-chilling October night provided ample opportunity to dissect what has become a Dodgers' starting pitching dilemma, on two fronts.


    Intensity of Philly fans awaits Dodgers -
Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.6 Mb)


PHILADELPHIA - This is the crucible that will determine whether the young Dodgers are worthy of reaching the World Series.


    Did Torre's patience cost Dodgers? -
Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.4 Mb)


LOS ANGELES If Joe Torre had to do it again, would he have had a quicker hook for Clayton Kershaw in the fifth inning Thursday night?

Hard to tell.


    Favre passes an easy test - Jim Alexander
Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.5 Mb)


T LOUIS - True story: At the Gateway Arch gift shop Saturday morning, a sales clerk was chatting with a lady wearing a Minnesota Vikings sweatshirt and asked this question:

"Who's your quarterback this year?"

The clerk didn't appear to be kidding,.


    Can Cardinals bounce back? -
Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.5 Mb)


T LOUIS - Tony La Russa has seen this before. It soured his stomach in 1988, and it likely has had him reaching for the antacids the last of couple days.


    LA pitchers lack playoff experience -
Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.7 Mb)


LOS ANGELES - This is where the Dodgers' pitching dilemma may be about to rear its ugly head.

Depth doesn't always translate to excellence.


    Tough transition for UCR volleyball -
Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.4 Mb)


When Ron Larsen was named the second women's volleyball coach in UC Riverside history back in May, he talked about not only making his new team a contender in the Big West but eventually a national contender, too.


    Cal Baptist goalkeeping trumps kicking in Hawaii - Jim Alexander
Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMT (1.5 Mb)


RIVERSIDE - Four years of high-test, high-pressure Division I football did not slake Dan Kelly's thirst for competition. Fact is, the taste it left wasn't very sweet at all.

Then again, sport as industry has a way of bleeding the enjoyment out of play.



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