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One of a series of observations from our annual Cactus League pilgrimage: Maybe this should be expected for the first exhibition meeting of Los Angeles’ two Major League Baseball teams. Yet it still seemed like a Hollywood production when the Fre...

COMMENTARY We survived Leap Day with all of its sales and freebies. Heck,  I even stopped at Subway to get my free cookie. But let’s take a leap of another kind. Let’s put the cart before the horse on the new downtown sports arena in Sacra...

Editor’s note: We originally published this last year, but – with a few updates – you’ll find more than a few things to do if you head to Arizona for Cactus League spring training games. So you’re a fan of the Oakland A’s or...

What will the season hold for the Sacramento Kings? It’s unclear, but a few observations were gleaned from their season-opening 100-91 victory over the Lakers on Monday: 1. Cousins grew up: If this game is any indication, DeMarcus Cousins is a dr...

Phoenix Municipal Stadium. Photo courtesy of Flickr.com It didn’t gain big headlines. In fact, the San Francisco Chronicle buried it on Page 7 of The Sporting Green. Yet news that the Oakland Athletics may be moving their spring training operatio...

Sometimes the world of sports and politics intersects. Sometimes sports and journalism intersect. But rarely do journalism, sports and politics all cross the way they did this week. The topic was Sarah Palin, who is a subject of a new biography by Joe ...

It made sense when the Sacramento Kings sold tickets on Groupon. It didn’t raise any red flags when the Golden State Warriors had tickets on Living Social. And its’ been no big deal that the San Francisco Giants have been offering “dy...

Somehow, the Giants have all the hopes and dreams that they will repeat as World Series champions. It’s not because their pitching is carrying them through a second consecutive dreadful August. It’s also in part because the National League ...

And we thought Al Davis was losing it. Or maybe this is just an anomaly. Either way, the Raiders’ owner/general manager/make-believe coach looked shrewd Monday morning by taking Terrelle Pryor in the third round of the NFL supplemental draft. It ...

What’s the best way to get a college football player to admit he cheated? Leave his NFL eligibility dangling. That’s what happened this week before the NFL ruled Thursday former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor eligible for the league&...