Dodgers May Not Win World Series, but They're Shoo-Ins for 'The Smiley'

Feb 28th 2011 – 12:10 PM

GLENDALE Ariz. -- Every team in the National League West except the Dodgers owns a league pennant from the last 13 years, two claiming the World Series, most recently the Giants last fall. The...

Jimmer Fredette, BYU Calling to Mind Larry Bird, Indiana State

Feb 26th 2011 – 7:15 PM

SAN DIEGO -- I hope Larry Bird was watching Saturday when Jimmer Fredette and Brigham Young carved up highly ranked San Diego State for the second time this year. For Larry Legend, it was a chance...

Gunslinger Kevin Towers Settling In as Diamondbacks General Manager

Feb 24th 2011 – 2:00 PM

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Kevin Towers loathed the Diamondbacks in their heyday, calling them arrogant when he was general manager of the Padres, so it's something to see him now amid the sagebrush and...

Trevor Hoffman Taking His Time Before Delivering Next Pitch in Retirement

Feb 16th 2011 – 9:30 PM

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Winter's migratory patterns wired into him like those of sea turtles or birds, Trevor Hoffman could've homed in on the ballfields here blindfolded when spring training beckoned. The...

Can BCS Reform Come from England -- Bloody Well Right

Feb 14th 2011 – 2:30 PM

SAN DIEGO -- Home to footballers who couldn't throw a spiral across Abbey Road, what could England possibly have to offer American football? Crumpets at halftime? Frumpy cheerleaders? Texas...

It's Showtime at San Diego State, but Aztecs Have Work to Do

Feb 9th 2011 – 12:06 PM

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego State story is mostly about entertainment. People who may not have known basketballs from pumpkins endure slow traffic and fill the arena on this hilltop campus, then yell...

Steelers' Super Bowl Loss Leaves Sour Taste for Padres Pitching Coach

Feb 7th 2011 – 1:24 PM

Even as our West Coast guys Aaron Rodgers, Clay Matthews III and Desmond Bishop celebrated the Super Bowl victory, West Coast Bias fretted on late Sunday. I feared for Padres pitching coach Darren...

Rocky Long, SDSU Target Inland Empire in Plans to Become Next TCU or Boise

Feb 3rd 2011 – 3:43 PM

SAN DIEGO -- Like music mogul Jay Z and building tycoon Donald Trump, San Diego State's football coach is in an empire state of mind. Only without the artistic riffs or weird hair. San Diego...

Will We Ever See the Old Tiger Again?

Jan 30th 2011 – 6:13 PM

SAN DIEGO -- So much for the sentiment that old friend Torrey Pines Golf Course would restore Tiger Woods to his Tigerness. Torrey Pines, which abuts the Pacific Ocean, is sacred ground to the...

San Diego State Should Make Kawhi Leonard the Man

Jan 28th 2011 – 6:22 PM

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego State's first loss of the basketball season isn't without potential benefits, for either me or the Aztecs. l'm less likely to hear weird hippie music when the next basketball...

Golf Still Needs Tiger Woods, but Ben Crane Provides Much-Needed Laughs

Jan 26th 2011 – 4:50 PM

SAN DIEGO -- Tiger Woods wasn't at Torrey Pines golf course Tuesday, thankfully. Allowed me and the real golf writers more time with my new pal, Ben Crane. Crane won the PGA event here last...

Aztecs Welcome Big-Time Barometer in Road Clash With BYU

Jan 25th 2011 – 6:00 AM

SAN DIEGO -- Whether Steve Fisher says so or not, San Diego State is lucky that Brigham Young's best squad in 20-plus years awaits Wednesday in Utah. No. 9 BYU (19-1) on the road is a spinach match....

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