Two major Bay Area universities have women as athletic directors, but their respective paths so far have been vastly different.At Cal, Sandy Barbour has ingratiated herself with alumni with her sure-footed handling of problems. After she hired Mike Montgomery to replace Ben Braun as men’s basketball coach, some alums hailed her as the best AD in the school’s history.
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Changes in the front office could mean a brighter future for the Giants — if general manager Brian Sabean doesn’t put too much importance on the limited success the team has had this season by playing veterans.
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Rex Walters faces a Herculean task in restoring USF men’s basketball to its one-time glory, but the Dons’ new coach seems to have the energy and vision to carry it out.
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Darren McFadden took a pitchout and, with a burst of speed, accelerated into the secondary. It was just a practice in shorts with no tackling allowed, but that little spurt showed why the Raiders were right to spend their first-round pick — fourth overall in the draft — on McFadden.
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In a league in which some teams don’t have one decent designated hitter — hello, Seattle Mariners — the A’s have a glut of them.
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The question of the day: Who will the Bay Area media blame for Brian Sabean’s mistakes now that Giants managing general partner Peter Magowan is retiring?
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There are more balls in the air, but the 49ers’ focus in their quest for a new stadium remains on the Santa Clara plan.
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Giants manager Bruce Bochy knows the Giants have to develop their younger players, but he also knows that a manager is judged on his won-lost record, so he has a challenging balancing act this season.
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The A’s have jumped into the middle of the AL postseason race, which may prompt a change in the trading strategy of general manager Billy Beane.After the A’s traded their best pitcher, Dan Haren, and arguably their best position player, Nick Swisher, the expectation was that this season would be a dead issue. The respected publication Baseball America said Oakland might not compete again until 2011.
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Niners coach Mike Nolan and quarterback Alex Smith need each other, so they’ve patched up their fractured relationship from last season.Of course, Nolan doesn’t see it that way.
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For the most part, the Giants have lived up to their promise to play their younger players. Here’s my evaluation of them:
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Two numbers tell you all you need to know about the Raiders’ draft: 4.33 and 79. The first is Darren McFadden’s time in the 40-yard dash; the second is Al Davis’ age in July.
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The changed dynamic at the top of the organization was evident Thursday as the 49ers held their usual pre-draft media luncheon at Santa Clara and the effects of it will probably last all season.In the previous two years, coach Mike Nolan had spoken first at the luncheon before turning the microphone over to Scot McCloughan, then the personnel director. Now, McCloughan is the general manager and Thursday he was the only one to speak, though Nolan later chatted with writers and broadcasters while eating lunch.
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If Darren McFadden is there when the Raiders’ turn comes up in the first round of the NFL draft Saturday, bet that Al Davis will grab him.
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Though he left the retirement option open in talking to the media before the meaningless final game of the season, Don Nelson will return as the Warriors’ coach next season. You — and Warriors management — need only wait for the July 1 deadline he has set for his announcement.Everything Nelson said pointed to his return. He noted that, unlike his "retirement" when he left the Dallas Mavericks, this one would have to be final: "I’m not going to take a year off and come back at 70."
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