Kentucky, the greatest team that never was
Welcome to a world where models’ faces are never Photoshopped, foods are not copyrighted by Monsanto and college basketball players stick around their universities for four years.
Pro Day: the next big thing in mindless broadcasting
Sports-media consumers of 1994 and 2014. We are two exotic species, staring at one another across the plains, each thinking the other is dressed funny and speaking gibberish.
Don’t even think of doing that at Levi’s Stadium
Now we know some of the things we will not be able to do at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. Here are some of the no-nos, with helpful commentary added.
Raiders halfway done with QB shopping
The Raiders went out and got themselves a quarterback. Good for them. Now they can execute the second part of plan: Get another quarterback.
Is Matt Schaub the boy who peed his pants?
Matt Schaub should be an intriguing prospect for a team that desperately needs a passer. The guy has three 4,000-yard passing seasons with Houston. And yet…
Reggie McKenzie and the ghosts of 2004
With money still to spend, Reggie McKenzie is far from writing his “How I Spent My Offseason” essay. But the Raiders’ general manager made one thing clear in his early moves: He prizes Super Bowl experience.
Where were you when the tweets went out?
My tweeter was broken. I tried a work-around, going to twitter.com to post there. Wasn’t working. All of our tweeters were broken.
Oscar! Oscar!
O.J. was an American icon. Oscar Pistorius is somebody’s else’s business, so his trial, predictably, is causing much less commotion here. That’s too bad, really, because it’s a fascinating study, and most of the procedure is viewable live via Internet,
Wrestling, in all its sweaty glory
Rabobank Arena, Bakersfield So I am here at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield for the 2014 CIF Boys' Wrestling Championships, 1,146 matches over two long days. The short straw? Punished for insubordination? Perhaps. While I'm here, largely to see whether Cardinal Newman senior PJ Klee can bring home a [...]
The Crabtree Gambit
Let’s start by commending the 49ers for signing free-agent wide receiver Anquan Boldin to a two-year contract. Boldin is neither young nor fast, but he’s as tough a wide receiver as you’ll find, and a strong locker-room presence (as those of us who spend only limited time in locker rooms [...]
