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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Veteran pro player personnel evaluator Rich Snead rejoined the Raiders’ front office. Snead, who previously worked for the Raiders from 1990-93, replaces Michael Lombardi, who was fired this month. Snead spent the past nine years as director of player personnel with the Tennessee Titans. He originally joined that organization in 1994.
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Jason Giambi is a hypocritical steroid user who stole an American League MVP award, led the A’s to two undeserved playoff appearances and cheated his way to a $120 million contract with the New York Yankees. But he’s right.If there were any justice in the world, baseball would have kicked this guy to the curb like the losing dog of a first-round match at Michael Vick’s house. But he’s right.The A’s and Yankees should force him to repay every penny of his ill-gotten gains for cheating his teammates, his opponents, his fans and the game.
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Seems like it’s been forever since Mark Kotsay has stepped onto the baseball field for live action. The A’s center fielder will take his first steps toward recovery today as he suits up for Triple-A Sacramento to begin his rehab assignment when the River Cats take on the Salt Lake Bees. Kotsay is eligible for reinstatement to the A’s roster on May 31st.
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Lick-Wilmerding baseball coach Manny Granillo took a chance early in his team’s Bay Counties League West semifinal game against Stuart Hall.With the score still 0-0 and the bases loaded in the top of the third inning, Granillo pulled his starting pitcher, senior Caleb Kauffman, in favor of his shortstop, senior Louis Derosa."I wasn’t concerned," Granillo said after the top-seeded Tigers’ 4-2 win over the Knights. "[Derosa] was fine. He throws strikes."
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It could be safe to assume that after one game the Lowell softball team has seen enough of Oakland Tech pitcher Marika Zumbro.Unfortunately for the Cardinals, they are going to be facing her again real soon.Zumbro pitched a three-hitter, struck out 16 and went 3-for-3 to lead Oakland Tech to a 5-1 victory over Lowell at Laney College in the first game of the Transbay Series.The Cardinals (18-3) will look to even the best-of-three series, which pits the winners of the Oakland and San Francisco sections, Tuesday at Lang Field.
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