At 4-11, the USF men’s basketball team can’t be ecstatic with its nonconference record.But considering the circumstances, the Dons should be happy they made it to West Coast Conference play in one piece.A brutal schedule that included just four home games and featured stops at Ohio State, Louisville, Wyoming and Hawaii put the Dons up against a considerable wall and an additional spate of injures only added to USF’s woes. Read More

Robert Jones scored 23 points, including two decisive free throws with 20 seconds remaining, helping the Riordan boys’ basketball team defeat host Sacred Heart Cathedral 44-42as the West Catholic Athletic League season tipped off.Dominic Johnson had a chance to win it for the Irish (5-6, 0-1) with 5 seconds left, but his 3-point attempt rimmed out, sending Riordan (12-0, 1-0) to the win.Playing in their trademark slowdown style, the Crusaders led throughout most of the game, but Sacred Heart was able to get within 39-38 on a Johnson free throw with less than a minute left. Read More

Mitty, St. Ignatius and Sacred Heart Cathedral — ranked among the best in the state, the West Catholic Athletic League can easily stake its claim as one of California’s premier girls’ basketball circuits.Mitty returns point guard Danielle Robinson, the league’s reigning Player of the Year, and St. Ignatius features a potent 1-2 combo in center Nicole Canepa and guard Britney Blythe. Read More

2006 was an interesting calendar year for the Pittsburgh Steelers. In February, the upstart Steelers, fresh off a string of upsets in the AFC playoffs, rode the arm of their young quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, and the legs of their old running back, Jerome Bettis, to a record-tying fifth Super Bowl title, defeating the Seattle Seahawks 21-10. Read More

A star is born . 1) As part of the heavily decorated rookie class of 2003, Dwyane Wade often took the backseat to more celebrated contemporaries LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony. But this year’s playoffs changed all that. After averaging more than 27 points a game in the regular season and scoring the winning basket in the All-Star Game, Wade led his Miami Heat into the playoffs as the second seed in the Eastern Conference. Read More

That loud noise you heard was the collective groan coming from the commissioner’s office was in direct response to the Bay Area’s most beloved slugger — and baseball’s biggest headache — Barry Bonds smacking his 715th career home run to move past the iconic Babe Ruth into second place on the all-time homer list. Read More