Unless you’re the type of hardcore fan who subscribes to Baseball America, you probably don’t get all that worked up over baseball’s draft.It’s nothing like the NBA or NFL drafts, which get major buzz in the weeks or even months leading up to it. And when fans watch those drafts, they’re getting a glimpse of their teams’ very immediate future. The picks of today are often the starters of tomorrow.
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After nine days of dramatic and sometimes tabloidish testimony, the Floyd Landis arbitration hearing came to a close — but a verdict won’t come anytime soon. It will be at least a month before the three arbitrators will render a decision, which will likely be appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Landis could be stripped of his Tour de France title if he is found guilty of doping.
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While the season didn’t go as planned, the USF baseball team did pull down some postseason hardware. Senior first baseman Mitchell Bialosky, senior outfielder Jonnie Knoble, senior catcher Jon Norfolk and junior left-hander Aaron Poreda were named All-West Coast Conference. Third baseman Derek Poppert was picked for the All-Freshman team. Poppert, junior infielder Brian Chavez and senior right-hander Jason Dufloth were named honorable mention all-conference for the Dons.
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It ended when Marika Zumbro bounced off the rubber to field a grounder near the first-base line, made the tag herself and jogged into the dugout to celebrate.And really, how else could a Transbay softball series the Oakland Tech pitcher had lorded over so prominently have concluded? Zumbro dominated Tuesday’s 11-3 series-clinching victory in every way, hitting for the cycle while going 4-for-5 with eight RBIs (including a grand slam in the fifth inning). The right-hander also pitched a complete game, allowing just one earned run on four hits and striking out 11.
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USF women’s basketball coach Tanya Haave put the finishing touches on her first recruiting class by snaring a pair of East Bay products. Guard Alexis Musante, a former Bishop O’Dowd High School star who played the past two seasons at DePaul, has transferred to USF and Skyline High School forward Donnisha Taylor has signed a letter of intent.
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Harry Likas, who won the NCAA singles championship in 1948, will be one of three former Bay Area stars inducted into the Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame today.Alex O’Brien of Stanford and Matt Lucena of Cal will join Likens as part of the 11-member class inducted today in Athens, Ga., site of this week’s NCAA championships.
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Since he took over as Warriors executive vice president of basketball operations in 2004, Chris Mullin has made two blockbuster trades, both of which were completely unforeseen.In February 2005, Mullin virtually stole Baron Davis from New Orleans for Speedy Claxton and Dale Davis. In January, Mullin fleeced Indiana in an eight-player trade and got Stephen Jackson and Al Harrington for Mike Dunleavy and Troy Murphy.
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It probably wasn’t the result the Lowell girls’ soccer team was hoping for, but at least the Cardinals can take solace knowing they still have another game to play.Despite dominating the proceeding, the Cardinals were forced to settle for a scoreless tie against Oakland Tech in Monday’s Game 2 of the Transbay Series at Boxer Stadium.
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Gaston Guibert spent much of his senior year chronicling Lowell’s athletic achievements as a sportswriter for The Lowell school newspaper and preparing to make his own headlines as a pitcher for the Cardinals baseball team.
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Is Barry Zito the reincarnation of Ray Sadecki? In 1966, the Giants traded for Sadecki, thinking they were getting the left-handed starter they needed to win the pennant. Two years earlier, at 23, Sadecki won 20 games for the St. Louis Cardinals, but he felt tremendous pressure because he was traded for Orlando Cepeda, the most popular Giant. In four seasons with the Giants, Sadecki was 32-39. Cepeda was the NL Most Valuable Player in 1967 and the Cardinals won the World Series.
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