Aaron Poreda had already taken a few steps toward the dugout before turning around to see what he hoped would be the end of an inning.Instead, the USF left-hander caught the conclusion of a bad surprise.What first appeared to be a lazy fly ball off the bat of Santa Clara’s Ryan Conan got caught up in the wind and carried just over the glove of right fielder Luke Sommer for a three-run homer. The blast gave the Broncos a 3-1 lead in the top of the sixth inning and was the key blow as Santa Clara knocked off the Dons 4-3 at Benedetti Diamond.
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She started out 0-for-4 and ended up just 6-for-20, watching as short shots somehow caught a piece of the rim and rattled out and deep jumpers missed the target. But when the Sacred Heart Cathedral girls’ basketball team desperately needed some offense in the CIF Division III state title game, there was no doubt Jazmine Jackson would find the net.
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Rob Jones paused for a moment and laughed before offering a telling response to an unexpected question. The Riordan senior forward mentioned Kevin Durant as his favorite college basketball player and was asked how he’d handle the Texas phenom if asked to guard him."Durant? I’m not sure," Jones said. "I guess I’d just try to work harder than him."It’s a plan that has worked pretty well for Jones throughout his prolific prep career.
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When New York Mets leadoff man and shortstop Jose Reyes debuted in the majors in 2003 as a precocious 19-year-old and promptly finished the season with a .307 batting average, including a 17-game hitting streak, visions of the next Rickey Henderson were dancing throughout the minds in the Big Apple.However, it took the actual Rickey Henderson to make those revelations become a reality.
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Matt Cain has a terrible burden this season. Because the Giants’ plan for putting together a team is so flawed, their only chance to escape the NL West cellar is with a breakout season from Cain.It could happen. Cain has always had the kind of pitches, including a fastball that can get into the high 90s, that makes observers think he can pitch a shutout any time he starts. The only questions have been his pitch command and maturity.
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Every week throughout the regular season, the Examiner ranks all Major League Baseball teams. The Mets are on top this week with a lineup of heavy hitters that includes center fielder Carlos Beltran, who hit two home runs against the Cardinals on April 4, marking his 18th career multi-homer game.
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To his very last day, Eddie Robinson was always battling something. There was the institutional racism that surrounded him, the piddling football budget he and his coaching staff subsisted on at predominantly black Grambling State and, ultimately, the Alzheimer’s disease that took his life at age 88. "He’d been fighting that battle for a long time," former Grambling quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Doug Williams said. "It was one of the many he fought in his lifetime." Robinson died Tuesday night, not long after being admitted to Lincoln General Hospital in Ruston, La., Williams said.
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Omar Wilkes will not return to the Cal men’s basketball team for his senior season in order to pursue non-sports opportunities. The 6-foot-4 guard, who averaged 9.9 points and 2.4 assists as a junior and transferred from Kansas, is on track to graduate this spring. His brother Jordan, a 7-foot center, missed almost the entire season due to a knee injury.
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Nino Giarratano watched as Mitchell Bialosky walked up to the lineup card and smiled.After two-plus years of seeing his name next to the No. 8 or 9 spot, the USF first baseman had been bumped up to the cleanup spot for a March 2 game against Baylor. And following a performance in which he ripped three hits in five at-bats and drove in two runs in a 5-4 loss to the Bears, he hasn’t moved since.
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A year ago at Augusta, Tiger Woods knew his ailing father, Earl, was not going to be around much longer. That is why Woods resorted to frantic tactics during the fourth round and wound up tied for third, three shots off the pace. But majors are where Tiger shines, what he was built for. He won the last two majors of 2006 and a Masters win would put him three-quarters of the way to a second Tiger Slam. While Woods downplays his opportunity for a third straight major, he is also very keenly aware of his place in history (12 career majors, just six behind Jack Nicklaus’ record).
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