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BETHESDA, Md. _ Gee, what do you know? It can really happen. There can really be a golf tournament without Tiger Woods that thrills the divots off anyone lucky enough […]

BETHESDA, Md. _ Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the new Nike slogan: I'm Tiger Woods. And I'm mad and don't want to talk about it. As expected, nothing mattered Thursday at […]

BETHESDA, Md. _ Jack Nicklaus has won every major championship under the sun. But he has never played in one with a son until this morning. For the first time […]

SAN JOSE - Think it will be easy for Tiger Woods to win the U.S. Open next weekend? Think again. And while you are thinking, take your car up into […]

The Giants are honoring Jackie Robinson before Saturday's game against Atlanta. One speaker will be Hank Aaron. A cynical Giants fan might wonder why. Aaron never played on the Dodgers […]

Joanie Weston drew one last full house Wednesday morning. It was sad and good, all at once. It was sad because the inside of St. Joachim's Church in Hayward was […]

SAN JOSE - Is Fuzzy Zoeller a racist? Let me pose another question: Does it matter, if that is all we care about? The Kmart Corp. certainly has some 'issues' […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Welcome to the Netsite. Point and click and watch the shot clock. Get it? Nets? Basketball nets? No world wide webs here this weekend, pal. We're […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ I know a guy who says Al Sims ought to be very worried. About his job as coach of the Sharks, I mean. As this guy […]

They are a tribe with leaders but nothing to follow. They are diners in a restaurant with no food they like. They are emotional men with dog biscuits and nowhere […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ To be a Hall of Famer, you must have Hall of Fame stories. Yosh Uchida will join the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame in two […]

ATLANTA _ I pulled out my world map Wednesday morning, just to make certain. Yes. There it was. The map still said this was the United States of America, not […]

ATLANTA _ There was blood on Jair Lynch's hands. But don't worry. This was good blood. Silver medal blood. 'I think I became a surgeon tonight,' Lynch said. 'After I […]

ATLANTA _ My favorite baseball team won again here Sunday. Cuba beat the United States, 10-8, and I hereby propose a trade before the upcoming major league deadline: The Cubans […]

ATLANTA _ You can search for the bravest man at the Olympics. And find Richard Jewell, the security guard who discovered the bomb in the park and warned people away, […]

ATLANTA _ Centennial Olympic Park was supposed to be the gathering place. Not only that, it was supposed to be the fun place. When the Olympics were awarded to this […]

ATLANTA _ So it turns out that Janet Evans' best lap at these Olympics was during the Opening Ceremonies. She carried the torch around the track. She handed it off […]

ATLANTA _ Over in a corner, Mark Young was sipping a beer. Quietly. 'We all knew this was possible,' Young said softly, shaking his head. 'But to see it come […]

ATLANTA _ Sunday afternoon was Dawn Staley's revenge. As a kid growing up in North Philadelphia, she would go to the neighborhood rec center and play basketball with the other […]

BROOKLYN, Mich. _ Jimmy Vasser's day began with a bang. In auto racing, this is not a preferred noise. 'It was a bummer,' he said. I guess that's one word […]

BROOKLYN, Mich. _ Back when he was a teen-ager, cruising the streets of Morgan Hill, Calif., in his black 1969 Camaro, this was exactly where Jimmy Vasser wanted to be. […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Listen up, America. We've got the scoop right here, straight from the Tiger's mouth. 'It's not true,' Eldrick Woods said firmly. You may know him better […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Once again Saturday, soccer attempts a corner kick at the heart of America. But will the heart of America _ or any of the nation's other […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. _ Syracuse can't do it. That is what you are telling me. Kentucky is the top banana in tonight's NCAA title game. Syracuse is the comic foil. […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ John Wooden told me this would happen. During an interview several years ago when he visited the Bay Area, I was lamenting the perpetually mediocre state […]

RENO, Nev. _ Sometimes, stories are too good to be true. And sometimes they're even better. They go into overtime. This was San Jose State's basketball story Sunday, as the […]

OAKLAND _ Give the Raiders an 'A' for effort Tuesday, but also give them an 'I' for incomplete. It was a grand idea to sign up Larry Brown as a […]

SAN MATEO, Calif. _ At last report, terrorism had no upside. But it's fascinating how the cruelest twist of fate can carry a person's life around a happier curve, furlong […]

TEMPE, Ariz. _ The Dallas Cowboys ought to be ashamed of themselves. They ought to throw this one back and demand a rematch to prove how good they really are. […]

SAN JOSE _ Now it can be told. Todd Eldredge, America's defending champion of sit-spins, can confess the wicked truth. Eldredge is not only a great figure skater, he is […]

STANFORD, Calif. _ So the consensus seems firm. For the 49ers to reach the Super Bowl again, they must add two or three key players. Well, I've got just the […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Three weeks later, the furor still has not died. Three weeks after Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell announced his heinous franchise shift to Baltimore, passsionate fans […]

He's the guy. He'd better be. Jeff Hostetler has never been called an $85 million quarterback. But that's what he is now _ whether he likes it or not. In […]

OMAHA, Neb. _ Look, I won't kid anyone. The College World Series is nothing at all like the real World Series. It's much better. For one thing, unlike the real […]

CINCINNATI _ Deion Sanders, Super Bowl hero and accused criminal vermin, walked into the courtroom Monday afternoon wearing a spiffy conservative double breasted suit and _ I saw it, I […]

ANAHEIM, Calif. _ Steve Young threw his first interception Sunday afternoon since the last lunar eclipse. This shocking event happened in the second quarter, breaking Young's San Francisco 49ers record […]

OAKLAND, Calif. _ Chris Webber? I think the Golden State Warriors will keep him. That's just a wild guess, you understand. But it's a pretty safe one. After watching the […]

IRVING, Texas _ Steve Young wants another chance to play at Texas Stadium this season. If the San Francisco 49ers advance to the playoffs and must visit the Dallas Cowboys, […]

LOS ANGELES _ They will search for one more hero today. The application line is open. In the closest race for a baseball division title since 1982, the Giants need […]

CANTON, Ohio _ For one of the few times ever, Bill Walsh's script broke down. His voice was steady here Saturday morning, until he spoke about his family. He stood […]