Although he will never rack up considerable tennis style points, Ivo Karlovic continued to make his mark at the SAP Open.One night after taking down world No. 4 James Blake, Karlovic upset another highly regarded American, this time Mardy Fish, with a 7-6 (2), 6-4 victory in the quarterfinal round.Karlovic will face Benjamin Becker, another quarterfinal upset winner, in today’s semifinals. Read More

As the Academic Athletic Association’s regular season is in its final days, talk has increased about players deserving of the making the annual all-league team.Most of the names commonly mentioned are household ones — Arthur Jones and Travis Hom of Lowell are returning all-leaguers, while Jahrail Taylor of Washington and Ronney Freeman of Wallenberg also grabbed spots on the All-AAA team last season.But one player who has generated plenty of buzz — Lincoln senior guard Kevin Robinson — isn’t quite as a familiar. Read More

The first marquee names made their appearances at the SAP Open in Tuesday’s morning session, when the tournament’s second- and fifth-seeded singles players, James Blake and Mardy Fish, teamed together for a doubles match against local favorites Paul Goldstein and Jim Thomas.In a departure from their normal success at singles, Fish and Blake suffered a first-round exit, losing to Goldstein and Thomas 6-3, 1-6, 10-4 (in the match tiebreaker.) Read More

The clouds broke long enough to let baseball be played on Sunday, and USF eagerly seized the opportunity to return to its winning ways.Playing for the first time in five days because of rain cancellations, the Dons (3-2) pushed back Sacramento State 8-4, picking up season highs in hits (12) and runs to help snap a two-game losing streak in non-conference play. Read More

With its three-deep bleacher seating and modest floor space, Gateway High School’s gymnasium will never be mistaken for Duke’s venerable Cameron Indoor Stadium.But for the 90 minutes that the Gators boys’ basketball team hosted Bay Counties League Central rival Leadership, the diminutive gym transformed into a blaring cacophony of screaming fans, fierce on-court competition and enough dramatic twists and turns to please any self-respecting basketball fan. Read More

At the 2006 SAP Open in San Jose, 18-year-old Andy Murray was a precocious Scotsman without a single ATP Tour victory.He announced himself to the world when he defeated the heavily favored Andy Roddick in the semifinals of a tournament Roddick had won two straight years."Beating Roddick in his home country," Murray said after the exhaustive 7-5, 7-5 victory, "is like a dream come true."Murray rode that dream to his first ATP Tour title the next day with a victory over Lleyton Hewitt, becoming the youngest player to capture a title on the circuit in 2006. Read More

Stephen Powell scored 19 points, Winslow Hicks added 13 and the host Stuart Hall boys’ basketball team ended the game on a 6-0 run to hand Lick-Wilmerding its first Bay Counties West League loss, a 49-45 decision on Tuesday.Powell scored eight of his team’s 17 second-half points, including two foul shots that tied the score 45-45 with 2:11 left, and another free throw with 17 seconds left that put the Knights up 49-45. He also came up with a key steal and assist to Christian Nyembo that gave Stuart Hall a 48-45 lead with 41 seconds left. Read More