Oakland Tribune back issues from May 2008:
Stern shows his green
May 01, 2008; ... IWAS absolutely disgusted to find out that Kevin Garnett was notsuspended a game (at least) for shoving a referee in Game 4 againstthe Hawks. It amazes me how Dictator David justifies his rulings onaltercations. Last year he suspends players for a crucial game ...
Cowboys roar back again, defeat Dons
May 01, 2008; ... LIVERMORE -- Headed into the bottom of the fifth inning, theLivermore High baseball team trailed Amador Valley 8-2, and theCowboys' perfect East Bay Athletic League record was in serioustrouble. But the Cowboys had been there before. They erased a six-rundeficit to beat Foothill ...
BOYS FIRST TEAM
May 01, 2008; ... Davion Berry, guard School: Hayward Year: Junior From the bench a year ago, to the Hayward Area Athletic League co-Player of the Year and leading scorer, Berry earned the Arrival ofthe Year label. The 6-foot-4 guard showed his toughness, leading histeam to the ...
Rage advances to state semis
May 01, 2008; ... The Pleasanton Rage under-15 girls soccer club defeated theMustang Earthquakes 1-0 on penalty kicks to advance to thesemifinals of the State Cup. Ally White's save secured the win for the Rage. Mustang Strikers U17 Emrah Klimenta, goalkeeper Ryan Rivera, Scott ...
Nathaniel kept Mack grinning
May 01, 2008; ... OAKLAND -- The pregame speech. That's the time when a coach gets his team ready to take thecourt, usually with some motivating words and almost always withsome instructions related to the gameplan. McClymonds High boys basketball coach Dwight Nathaniel developeda different ...
Steward: Nothing wrong with 48 W's, and Maui in May
May 01, 2008; ... SOMEWHERE OVER on Maui, Don Nelson is firing up a foot-longcigar, sucking on an amber ale, peering out at a fabulous oceansunset and chuckling that soft Nellie chuckle. Life has never been so good being out of the playoffs. Hey, youjust coaxed 48 victories out of the winningest ...
Close games go Senior Savage's way
May 01, 2008; ... The Livermore Savage posted a pair of one-run wins overPleasanton teams in Senior Division play of the Livermore GirlsSoftball Association. Kaylene deBord's bases-loaded triple secured a 9-8 win over theBlack Pearl. Kensey Anderson doubled and singled. In a 12-11 win, ...
Bradley delivers for Scots
May 01, 2008; ... PACIFICA -- With the Carlmont High baseball team desperate for alifeline, Devin Bradley came up huge. Behind Bradley's three-hitshutout on Wednesday, the visiting Scots beat Terra Nova 1-0 to keeptheir slim Peninsula Athletic League Ocean Division title hopesalive. Bradley (6-3) ...
Their glory also a team story Mack's Otis a state champ...and a star
May 01, 2008; ... OAKLAND -- Frank Otis didn't need all the glory. All he wantedwas a state championship. That's something that was evident whenever you watched the 6-foot-6, 225-pound forward from McClymonds High play. "I just wanted to help the team however I can," Otis said. "I'venever ...
Ain't that a kick in a pro career?
May 01, 2008; ... Once former Cal kicker Tom Schneider determined it was in hisbest interest to play college football for one more season, he hadto find a school that met the desired criteria. Playing in a town that had a Best Buy and a Target were simply abonus. Schneider, who missed his ...
Big fourth-inning rally gives Canyon Chiropractic win PGSL
May 01, 2008; ... PLEASANTON -- Canyon Chiropractic & Dr. Dees DC scored three runsin the bottom of the fourth inning to pull out a 3-1 win over ContraCosta County Public Auto Auction in a Minor Rec division game of thePleasanton Girls Softball League. The rally featured consecutive singles from ...
Del Grande: McFadden a fantasy plum, too
May 01, 2008; ... MOST NFL TEAMS got high marks on draft day, but does that meanthis will be a good year to employ rookies in fantasy football? Probably not. Like most years, 2008 appears to be a season when early-choicequarterbacks will struggle on bad teams, a couple of rookie backscould ...
SM's Spencer wins long jump
May 01, 2008; ... San Mateo's Kendall Spencer reached 22 feet, 1/4 inch to takefirst place in the long jump on the first day of the PeninsulaAthletic League track and field championships. Finals were contested in four field events. Spencer also had the top qualifying marks in the 100 ...
Carbonel stays at American, shines
May 01, 2008; ... FREMONT -- Alex Carbonel had the chance to attend some of themore premier high schools in the Bay Area. As an eighth-grader, Carbonel had Archbishop Mitty and MoreauCatholic as possible destinations if she wanted. The talented pointguard had some tough choices to make -- and she ...
With help of her foes, hitter touches'em all
May 01, 2008; ... PORTLAND, Ore. -- With two runners on base and a strike againsther, Sara Tucholsky of Western Oregon University uncorked her bestswing and did something she had never done, in high school orcollege. Her first home run cleared the center-field fence. But the dream appeared to be ...
Big Brown a 3-1 favorite in Derby's 20-horse field
May 01, 2008; ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Big Brown's all in and so is the filly EightBelles, a perfect combination for an intriguing 134th KentuckyDerby. Unbeaten in three career starts, Florida Derby winner Big Brownwas stamped the 3-1 favorite for Saturday's 11/4-mile Derby afterdrawing the far ...
Edwards gives Titans thrilling win PONY BASEBALL
May 01, 2008; ... Jake Edwards scampered home on a wild pitch to score the winningrun in the bottom of the ninth inning as the San Ramon Titansdefeated the Pleasant Hill Hawks 5-4 in a 13-14-year-old DiabloValley Pony League action. Titans starter Tyler Phelps allowed just one hit and no ...
High school Baseball OAL McClymonds 010 200--3 6 4
May 01, 2008; ... Oakland (7-3) 034 231--13 13 1 Derek Walker, Rory McMillian (6) and Tyrell Paige. Justin Phanand Blair Burroughs. W--Phan, L--Walker. 2B--Burroughs (O), Phan (O), Raul Hernandez (O), Hilario Garcia(O); 3B--Rondell Davis (M). Highlights: O--Garcia 2-for-3, 3 RBI; Mike ...
Huskies can count on Pepin
May 01, 2008; ... FREMONT -- The Washington High softball team has had a coachingcarousel the past four seasons. The Huskies have had four differentcoaches. It's hardly a formula for great success, but pitcherJessica Pepin has found a way to thrive. The four-year varsity player has had to adjust to ...
BOYS FIRST TEAM
May 01, 2008; ... Nate Brown, guard: School: Tracy Year: Senior Brown was the bright spot in a mostly disappointing season forthe Bulldogs. The 5-foot-10 point guard was an All-San JoaquinAthletic Association first-team selection after averaging 19.4points and 3.1 rebounds per game ....
Restless Giants hit May in full flower
May 01, 2008; ... SAN FRANCISCO -- So many unexpected things have happened to theGiants in this first month of the season, something unforeseen wasbound to take place Wednesday afternoon. Enter Jose Castillo, whose solo home run snapped a tie in theseventh inning and sent the Giants into May with a ...
Newark clinches title with 14th straight win
May 01, 2008; ... FREMONT -- With win No.14 in a row -- an 8-0 victory over hostJohn F. Kennedy Wednesday -- the Newark Memorial High baseball teamclinched the Mission Valley Athletic League title. The Cougars (19-3, 10-0 MVAL) aren't quite done. They have twogames left next week against against ...
Denorfia and all 5 outfielders utilized
May 01, 2008; ... ANAHEIM -- Chris Denorfia may not be in the starting lineup everynight, but he's been finding his way onto the field one way oranother. That goes for all five of the A's outfielders lately, as A'smanager Bob Geren is finding any number of ways to utilize his benchplayers ....
GIRLS FIRST TEAM
May 01, 2008; ... Rachel McDaniel, guard: School: East Union Year: Junior The Valley Oak League Most Valuable Player was one of the area'sbest all-around players. In leading the Lancers to a share of theVOL title, McDaniel averaged 14.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.5 assistsand 3.9 ...
Teetsel wins it for Mariners GRANADA LL
May 01, 2008; ... Jonah Teetsel hit a two-run single with two outs in the bottom ofthe sixth inning to give the Mariners a 10-9 win over theDiamondbacks in Granada Little League Minor AAA play. Anthony Miller and Austin Albiani each had two RBIs for theMariners. Jared Buranis and Jordan Buranis ...
Pirates back on winning track
May 01, 2008; ... SAN LEANDRO -- There was a time when the San Leandro Highbaseball team was tied for first place with Arroyo and on the vergeof knocking off Bishop O'Dowd. But a seventh-inning rally by the Dragons handed the Piratestheir first loss in four Hayward Area Athletic League games, ...
Shay still seeking Olympic standard
May 01, 2008; ... ALICIA SHAY is hoping to be back on the track Sunday night, inthe familiar setting that helped make her a national-caliberdistance runner. Shay, the former Stanford track star, is entered to run the10,000 meters at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational, her firstrace since the ...
Wizards top Cavs, stay alive
May 01, 2008; ... CLEVELAND -- Caron Butler whispered in LeBron James' ear, onelast word in case the Washington Wizards' season was about to end. With only a few ticks of the clock left, desperate times calledfor desperate measures. "I was messing with LeBron before the play started," Butler ...
GIRLS FIRST TEAM
May 01, 2008; ... Casey Morris, guard School: Piedmont Year: Senior One of the top guards on the West Coast, Morris helped theHighlanders to a 22-7 record. The Cal-bound Morris scored 16 pointsin a 43-42 loss to St. Mary's in the NCS Division IV quarterfinals.She averaged 18.3 ...
Impact players court success Nunnally gave Weston Ranch lift
May 01, 2008; ... Weston Ranch High senior star James Nunnally's numbers wereexcellent during the winter basketball season, but he wanted morethan just great stats. He wanted his team to succeed. Missionaccomplished. Playing without sidekicks Walter Jackson and Jerrell Walker, whohad graduated, ...
Alameda's Pries gets pitching win, 'save' too
May 01, 2008; ... BERKELEY -- Alameda High pitcher Jordan Pries wasn't happy withcoach Ken Arnerich's decision to pull him with two outs in thebottom of the seventh inning while he had a three-hit shutout goingWednesday against Berkeley. As it turns out, Arnerich didn't like the decision much ...
So so unsavory, but Mavs fire Avery
May 01, 2008; ... DALLAS -- From the start, Avery Johnson was a perfect fit ascoach of the Dallas Mavericks. At the end, it was pretty obvious he wasn't. Johnson lost his job Wednesday, a move the team referred to as"relieving him of his duties." The softer tone made senseconsidering that in ...
Yu the man in MVAL tennis
May 01, 2008; ... FREMONT -- Experience goes a long way. Mission San Jose High's boys tennis player Stephen Yu can attestto that. "I knew the kind of style he had," Yu said of his opponent in thechampionship match of the Mission Valley Athletic League singlestournament, American's Brian ...
Howard grows into ruler of glass
May 01, 2008; ... Watching little Whitney Howard run the floor five years ago, itmust have been hard to envision where she'd wind up in the pantheonof West High girls basketball. Even into her freshman season at West, Howard was often thesmallest player on the floor. The most optimistic ...
Santana makes A's face music
May 01, 2008; ... ANAHEIM -- The Los Angeles Angels suffered a serious blow totheir starting rotation when John Lackey and Kelvim Escobar wentdown with injuries during spring training. You might have a hard time convincing the A's of that fact rightnow. Oakland hitters spent the past two ...
Best and brightest lead pack Lumpkins grew to mighty Padre
May 01, 2008; ... When Stephen Lumpkins entered Serra High in the fall of 2004, hestood 5-foot-8. Serra coach Chuck Rapp had no idea what kind ofplayer Lumpkins would become. "As a freshman he was a three guy, a small forward," Rapp said."Even then he could score. And he looked like he was going to ...
Sookikian, Gillians sizzle BOWLING
May 01, 2008; ... Derek Gillians and Karen Sookikian both earned Bowler of the Weekhonors at Earl Anthony's Dublin Bowl. Gillians had games of 278, 277 and 225 for a 780 set, whileSookikian rolled games of 193, 223 and 279 for a 695 set. Other women rolling solid series' were ...
Spander: On-rise Giants need Zito to arise
May 01, 2008; ... SAN FRANCISCO -- This is one way to look at it. If Barry Zito hadtwo victories, the Giants would have had a winning record the firstmonth of the season. This is the way the Giants look at it: Zitowill help them when they really need him. Ambivalence. The Giants are not the ...
Tracy spells relief M-a-d-d-o-x
May 01, 2008; ... TRACY -- Round 1 in the battle for first place in the San JoaquinAthletic Association was, as expected, a challenging one. The Tracy High baseball team survived defensive difficulties inthe first inning and a bases-loaded mess in the seventh, scrapingtogether just enough runs in ...
Sharks won't go belly up
May 01, 2008; ... DALLAS -- A little more than a minute into the third period, thegiant video screen at center ice showed a Dallas Stars fan holding asign with a simple declaration: It's handshake time. No, as things turned out, it wasn't. With Patrick Marleau getting his second short-handed ...
Gaels toss two shutouts
May 01, 2008; ... The Dublin High freshman baseball team sits atop the DiabloFoothill Athletic League race with an 8-1 record after shut-out winsover Acalanes and Las Lomas. Starting pitchers Robert Martinez and Kyle Cleric, supported byrelievers Paul Shaaf and Nate Vincent, were impressive in both ...
Eastside's going to miss her a Bunch
May 01, 2008; ... Samantha Bunch was a true difference-maker on the Eastside Prepgirls basketball team this season, a team that went 31-2 andadvanced to the Northern California Division V finals. She ran the floor exceptionally well for a 6-foot-1 post player.In halfcourt sets she was the team's ...
Raiders' Asomugha a hit with kids Raiders' Asomugha a hit with kids
May 01, 2008; ... THE PLANE DIPPED slightly as the voice over the intercomannounced the imminent landing. That was when butterflies began toflutter. Genesis Preciado, 16, was overwhelmed with exhilaration as theJet Blue flight began its descent onto Logan International Airport.It was his first ...
Community learns how to nip crime in the bud
May 01, 2008; ... SAN LEANDRO -- Just before Al Lozano was set to make hispresentation Thursday night, five large letters flashed acrossseveral slides on a projector screen behind him. N.I.M.B.Y.: Shorthand for "Not in My Backyard." This was the theme behind the first crime prevention ...
Stevens closes out White Sox win LITTLE LEAGUE
May 01, 2008; ... Josh Stevens struck out the final six batters to close out aWhite Sox 9-8 win over the A's in Foothill Little League Majorsplay. Justin Gibson went 3-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs in thewin. Greg Miller went 2-for-2 with two runs and a double, and MaxSanderson doubled ....
Perez's three-run shot lifts Braves
May 01, 2008; ... TRACY -- In the bottom of the seventh inning, Devin Perezhammered a three-run home run over the left-field fence to give theBraves a 7-4 win over the Rockies in Tracy Little League majordivision action. Oliver Messier was 2-for-2 with a double and two runs for theBraves, and ...
Local teams Coast to wins in conference finales
May 02, 2008; ... On the final day of Coast Conference baseball action, College ofSan Mateo beat Gavilan 12-5, Skyline defeated De Anza 7-0, andCanada fell to Mission 12-11. CSM (27-15, 18-7), the Coast Conference North champion, madeliberal use of its bench in the win over Gavilan. Sean Wilson ...
Granada returns to form, ends Foothill's streak ROUNDUP
May 02, 2008; ... LIVERMORE -- One of the biggest mysteries surrounding the EastBay Athletic League softball season has been the play of GranadaHigh. After an impressive non-league campaign, the Matadors climbed ashigh as No. 2 in the East Bay Super Poll, but when league playbegan, the Matadors ...
D-II, scholarships beckon CSUEB
May 02, 2008; ... HAYWARD -- One of the things that attracted Cal State East Bayathletic director Debby DeAngelis to the campus in 2001 was itsphilosophy on athletic scholarships -- it didn't give any. But that could be changing as early as the 2009-10 academic year,and DeAngelis couldn't be more ...
Logan softball clinches title
May 02, 2008; ... UNION CITY -- The James Logan High softball team made it officialThursday with a 11-1 win over visiting American. The game was calledin the sixth inning due to the 10-run rule. With a 10-0 league mark, the Colts have assured themselves of theoutright Mission Valley Athletic League ...
Spirited Monte Vista girls beat SRV
May 02, 2008; ... DANVILLE -- San Ramon Valley High track and field coach TimHunter has 11 years of experience with the Wolves. In those 11 years, the San Ramon girls team had never lost toMonte Vista -- until Thursday. Going into the meet, the Wolves and Mustangs were both 5-0 andfighting ...
Sierra wins thriller over Lancers
May 02, 2008; ... MANTECA -- Sierra High's softball team somehow found a wayagainst East Union ace Erin Arevalo on Thursday. Sierra erased one-run deficits twice in extra innings for ariveting 3-2 win in 10 innings over Arevalo and first-place EastUnion. "They're just all heart," Sierra ...
Ohlone enjoying magical season
May 02, 2008; ... FREMONT -- Of the Ohlone College softball team's 10 CoastConference North titles, none was as special as the one earned thisyear. The Renegades' sixth conference title in a row came in a seasonin which coach Donna Runyon recorded her 700th career victory atOhlone. Moreover, the ...
Barbara Walters had affair with U.S. senator
May 01, 2008; ... After three decades of keeping mum, Barbara Walters is disclosinga past affair with married U.S. Sen. Edward Brooke, whom sheremembers as "exciting" and "brilliant." What sounds exciting is the idea of Walters saying the name"Edward Brooke." Appearing on "The Oprah Winfrey ...
Berkeley hands Dons first loss HIGH SCHOOL JOURNAL
May 02, 2008; ... BERKELEY -- The Berkeley High boys volleyball team accomplishedsomething that no other Alameda Contra Costa Athletic League squadhad done all season -- beat De Anza. Gabe Levine had 15 kills, three blocks and two aces, and Avi Kingadded 25 assists and two digs as the host ...
Ex-footballer gave Gaels rugby a try
May 02, 2008; ... Kevin Swiryn was emphatic when he talked to Tim O'Brien on thephone just as the sun was coming up on Feb.16. Despite suffering from a hyperextended knee, the senior wanted tobe on the field later that day when the St. Mary's College men'srugby team played 23-time national champion ...
Serra to battle Valley Christian in clash of titans
May 02, 2008; ... The Serra High baseball team wants the West Catholic AthleticLeague championship all to itself. Valley Christian is intent onearning a share of the league's round-robin title for the firsttime. Something has to give in this afternoon's showdown of WCAL titansin San Jose ....
Same old ... one-run win for HMB
May 02, 2008; ... HALF MOON BAY -- Half Moon Bay High's softball team has playedseven one-run games and won six of them. To make sure they didn'tget out of the habit, the Cougars went up 6-0 against visitingAragon and held on for a 6-5 victory Thursday in a PeninsulaAthletic League Bay Division game ....
DeCastro wants to ace NCS
May 02, 2008; ... HAYWARD -- Mark DeCastro has not had the most memorableexperiences at the North Coast Section boys tennis tournament thepast two years. The Moreau Catholic High standout lost his only match as afreshman and then severely sprained his ankle last year and wasforced to retire in ...
D-II, scholarships beckon CSUEB
May 02, 2008; ... HAYWARD -- One of the things that attracted Cal State East Bayathletic director Debby DeAngelis to the campus in 2001 was itsphilosophy on athletic scholarships -- it didn't give any. But that could be changing as early as the 2009-10 academic year,and DeAngelis couldn't be more ...
Fast Phillie, now a Giant, returns
May 02, 2008; ... PHILADELPHIA -- Back in 2006, shortly after Aaron Rowand had hisbroken nose set and his face stitched up on a hospital cot, thePhiladelphia media asked why he would crash face-first into thecenter-field wall while making a spectacular catch. "For who? For my teammates. For what? ...
Zito's problems mental, physical and spiritual
May 02, 2008; ... THE MOST spectacular performance-based demotion in Bay Areasports history, having splashed about for a few days, becomes realthis weekend. Maybe as soon as tonight. Barry Zito, strolling in from the bullpen at Philadelphia'sCitizens Bank Park, desperately hoping to get a few outs ....
Redeeming Jack Cust
May 02, 2008; ... ANAHEIM -- Jack Cust's night appeared to take a miserable turnwhen he committed an error for the ages in the second inningThursday night. Then he and his teammates spent the rest of the game heapingmisery on the Los Angeles Angels' pitching staff. Cust's fifth-inning homer ...
Sharks have turned chippy: That's good
May 02, 2008; ... IN GAME 4 of their playoff series against Dallas, the Sharksfinally demonstrated the ability to stay on point for threeconsecutive periods. Now they have to demonstrate it over the next three games --starting with tonight's Game 5. That's about it as far as scouting reports ...
Eagles rout King's, have PSAL title shot PREP ROUNDUP
May 02, 2008; ... SAN LEANDRO -- The Redwood Christian High boys baseball teamcrushed King's Academy 14-1 Thursday, and has a chance to capturethe Private Schools Athletic League title and make the Central CoastSection playoffs for the first time since 2002. The Eagles, in second place in the PSAL, ...