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ANAHEIM, Calif. _ Here's what would be so cool, and here's what will never, ever happen: Barry Bonds, opening the door this weekend. Just a tiny bit, I mean. To […]

Now, about that pitching rotation. Nothing is more important to the Giants if they plan to beat Anaheim in the World Series. No arguments about that statement, please. I will […]

ST. LOUIS _ Thursday night, the Giants looked suspiciously like a team that expects to reach the World Series. One reason was, they had a starting pitcher who seized the […]

ST. LOUIS _ Kenny Lofton had himself quite the dandy time Wednesday night. The Giants' center fielder walked and scored. Then he singled and scored. Then he hit a 372-foot […]

Baseball is designed to break your heart. Those words were written by the late Bart Giamatti, long before he became baseball commissioner. He was spectacularly right, of course. But must […]

MINNEAPOLIS _ Shame on the A's if they blow this series with the Twins. Shame on them if they lose on Sunday in Game 5 and are eliminated from the […]

MINNEAPOLIS _ This wasn't a baseball game. It was a risky scientific experiment. What happens when you mix the sport's loopiest pitcher, Barry Zito of the A's, with the world's […]

OAKLAND _ Now that the champagne officially has fizzed and the A's officially have won baseball's best division, we know what comes next. We can begin four official days of […]

Are you ready for some 50 percent football? That was the question of the hour Saturday. It's always the question with the Arena Football League, where the field is 50 […]

Byline: Mark Purdy SAN JOSE _ A screenplay submission. Suggested title: The Good Artistic Merit Fellas. (As the theme from "The Godfather" fades in, four men are gathered in the […]

SAN JOSE _ At first, the news seemed poignant. Poignant, heartfelt and appropriate. Last weekend at Cooperstown, some Hall of Famer baseball players who were attending Ozzie Smith's induction ceremony […]

Barry Bonds is testing positive for frustration. You can see it every day as he watches the Giants cope with his absence _ or rather, attempt to cope. So far, […]

SAN JOSE _ Finally. Our long regional nightmare is over. Even if, truthfully, no one was losing much sleep over it. The Warriors will announce a new head coach on […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Last year, the 49ers were among the NFL's biggest surprise teams. On Sunday, as they begin their first official day of summer perspiration in Stockton, they […]

SAN FRANCISCO _ The idea, in theory, was excellent. This week, a United States Olympic Committee delegation has been in town, trying to choose a potential host for the 2012 […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ My stance on Tiger Woods is consistent. I believe only two things can stop the man from eventual certification as the greatest golfer ever: One is […]

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. _ They were two fans and they were walking toward the 18th green at Bethpage Black golf course. Between them, they carried 16 beers. That is not a […]

less FARMINGDALE, N.Y. _ He is so into their heads, it is ridiculous. In fact, that should be the return address on his correspondence: Tiger Woods, Everybody Else's Cerebrum, USA. […]

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. _ The life of Tiger Woods is no ordinary life. Thursday, he received a wild standing ovation for emerging from a portable toilet. The spontaneous outburst occurred between […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ The best weekend in golf begins Thursday morning. And like so many other folks, I'll be itching to see what happens when the irresistible Cablinasian meets […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ The fight is this Saturday night? Sure. You bet. I'll believe it when I see it. Something will happen. That is my prediction. Yes, Mike Tyson […]

Frank Robinson had another delightful afternoon Thursday at Pac Bell Park. He wasn't there, of course. But his name was there on the right-field wall. And it was ahead of […]

SAN JOSE _ Congratulations to Ken Caminiti. Apparently, while attending classes at San Jose State and Leigh High, he learned that honesty is the best controlled-substance policy. Well, sooner or […]

SAN JOSE _ The San Jose Sharks are not yet the Boston Red Sox of hockey. But the down payment has been made. For the fifth consecutive season, the Sharks […]

DENVER _ None of them felt that the Colorado Avalanche should have been out there on the ice celebrating the 1-0 victory that only meant everything. None of the Sharks […]

DENVER _ None of them felt that the Colorado Avalanche should have been out there on the ice celebrating the 1-0 victory that only meant everything. None of the Sharks […]

SAN JOSE _ Four score and 31 games ago, the Sharks acquired Teemu Selanne _ to score. When someone writes a musical score to accompany a Selanne rush up the […]

SAN JOSE _ For 24 seconds in the second period, life was perfect. Marcus Ragnarsson scored a goal, and the arena was dancing. The puck was in the net. The […]

DENVER _ Mike Ricci, the most glorious hockey player in the history of the universe, stood in the Sharks' dressing room after Saturday's most glorious victory. Ricci's jersey was off. […]

DENVER _ The series could be in the balance. The Sharks need a game plan on Saturday. Happy to provide one. The following game plan, in fact, should be foolproof. […]

SAN JOSE _ The Sharks need to score, or they are in trouble. Simple as that. They might not need to score six goals per game, as they did in […]

The Colorado Avalanche are defending Stanley Cup champions. There are a lot of fringe benefits to that status. A lot of extra kindnesses. A lot of better tables in restaurants. […]

SAN JOSE _ This wild and wonderful Avalanche-Sharks series, so far, can be summed up in three succinct sentences. That is, if you are succinct Sharks Coach Darryl Sutter. "Great […]

DENVER _ He will be back Saturday, you know. The real Patrick Roy. Not the one we saw the other night. That guy, the guy in a Colorado goalie uniform […]

SAN JOSE _ The last 14 minutes and 40 seconds were a party. It was the kind of party never before seen in San Jose. This wasn't winning the Stanley […]

SAN JOSE _ It's the guys who've been around longest. They are the ones enjoying this the most. How can they not? Any player who was with the Sharks through […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ It's obvious where the Sharks were woefully deficient Saturday. They didn't get enough support from their organist. You will recall that in the playoff opener Wednesday, […]

SAN JOSE _ To paraphrase a great Canadian who owns part of the Phoenix Coyotes, it sickens me. Sickens me to my stomach. You know, to see how much the […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Ah, the crack of the bat. The pop of the glove. The sip of the $6.50 beer. Yes, it's that time of year. Major League Baseball […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Kelvin Sampson's trip to San Jose began with his dad being rolled into an operating room. For emergency brain surgery. That was Tuesday night at O'Connor […]

It is no reason to be vexed, the notion of having two Big 12 teams meet for the West Regional title. That's just how the NCAA tournament does geographic business […]

ST. LOUIS _ Final exams at Stanford begin Monday morning. But the Cardinal basketball team will receive no greater education than it did here Saturday. The principal lesson: Show up […]

ST. LOUIS _ For most college basketball coaches, March is known as the month of the Satisfied Big Dancing. It's different if you are Roy Williams. For him, March is […]

ST. LOUIS _ If you were looking for pretty basketball, the Edward Jones Dome was not the place to be Thursday night. Stanford and Western Kentucky played one of the […]

SAN JOSE _ IN THE wake of last month's crazy coaching derby, I've heard people say they're glad Jon Gruden left Oakland because he was no Vince Lombardi or Bill […]

SALT LAKE CITY _ With the ceremonial waving of the last security wand, the 2002 Winter Olympics have finally crossed the finish line. And everyone is applauding, except for that […]

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah _ They found each other when it was over. They met in the handshake line, out there at center ice. The two San Jose Sharks players […]

SALT LAKE CITY _ One hockey game. So many things at stake. The other day at the Olympic Village, the telephone rang. Gary Suter, the Sharks defenseman who is wearing […]

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah _ For two periods, the United States-Russia hockey game was the blandest of Friday night buffets. It just lay there with no flavor, like stale stroganoff […]

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah _ Belarus wins the pennant! Belarus wins the pennant! Belarus wins the pennant! "For sure, it's a miracle," said Andrei Mezin. Yes, for sure. When it […]