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Personal Best

Fast-paced fun in the sun for international standout

Cole Valley resident Yuri Morales plays beach soccer for the U.S. National Team, and hopes to... Read More
Yuri Morales takes the pass with his back to the goal. He volleys the ball straight up in the air and as he flips backward, executes a perfect bicycle kick and a lethal strike to the corner of the opposing net. A move like that would surely sting on the grass of a soccer field. But not on the sand, where Morales hops up, hugs his teammates and blows a little kiss to the camera. Read More

Skateboard agency seeks to build helmet culture

“Wear a Helmet 4ST” is a battle cry from Freebord, a San Francisco-based niche skateboard company, for riders to protect their heads. Read More

Former runner living vicariously through 12K

The Emerald Across the Bay 12K is considered by Dave Rhody, promoter and producer of 400 local events spanning nearly 30 years, as his flagship rac Read More

Tony Rossman aiming to go out on top

Tony Rossmann was only a college sophomore when, at Fenway Park, he witnessed one of the most memorable moments in American sporting history. Read More

Passion for running hit Sharlet Gilbert at an early age

It was a childhood experience from more than 50 years ago, but Sharlet Gilbert clearly remembers sprinting along the sidewalks of Richmond to a den Read More

Angler's hooked on competitive fishing

By age 43, it is standard for most professional athletes to have completed or to be in the process of wrapping up their play-for-pay careers. Read More


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