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Raiders Shut Out in Oakland (Football)
Jordan Whittenburg
 

Oakland, 12.17.06

The Oakland Raiders were shut out for the third time this season and tied a season-high with five turnovers, falling 20-0  more..

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Bengals Offense Too Much for Oakland (Football)
Jordan Whittenburg
 

12.10.06

Another game, another loss. Such was the story Sunday afternoon as the Oakland Raiders lost their sixth game in a row this season, this  more..

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Tomlinson Steals the Show in Raider Loss (Football)
Jordan Whittenburg
 

Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, 11.26.06

It was yet another disappointing day to be a Raider fan as Oakland blew a 14-7 lead in the fourth quarter t more..

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Johnson Runs Over Raiders (Football)
Jordan Whittenburg
 

11.19.06

Despite a much more productive offensive effort, Kansas City running back Larry Johnson was too much to handle for the Oakland Raider de more..

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49ers make it two in a row (Football)
Shane Moyer
 

It took over half the season, but San Francisco is finally on a small but real winning streak. The 49ers traveled to Detroit and closed out thei more..

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Oakland’s Offensive Struggles Continue Against Denver (Football)
Jordan Whittenburg
 

Oakland, Nov 12, 2006

It was yet another difficult day for the Oakland Raiders as an inability to run the ball and late costly turnovers gav more..

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Denver Keeps Oakland Winless (Football)
Jordan Whittenburg
 

10.15.06
The Oakland Raiders confirmed what most believed already on Sunday night – they are as bad as it gets. They extended their losing streak to 11 g more..

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Niners go scoreless against Kansas City (Football)
Shane Moyer
 

Kansas City, Oct 1, 2006

Its one of those records that you hate to hear about after a game.
The San Francisco 49ers suffered just their s more..

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Baltimore Hits Oakland with Ugly Stick (Football)
Jordan Whittenburg
 

Baltimore – Last week’s 27-0 defeat of the Raiders by San Diego left football fans wondering if the Chargers were that good, or Oakland was that bad.
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Schnyder Joins Clijsters in Final (Tennis)
Randy Coin
 

Palo Alto, July 29, 2006 – At the 2005 Gold Coast, Patty Schnyder (SUI) defeated Tatiana Golovin (FRA) in three sets in their first and only meeting. Tonight’s  more..

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Craybas Loses! A Rematch for Schnyder and Golovin (Tennis)
Randy Coin
 

Palo Alto, July 28, 2006 – In their first ever meeting at the 2000 US Open, Patty Schnyder (SUI) outlasted Jill Craybas (USA) in three sets. Since that time, Sc more..

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Sabercats Close Season with Seventh Straight Win (Football)
Marcus Frame
 

Sabercats Close Season with Seventh Straight Win

May 13, 2006—Saturday evening’s game didn’t much matter in terms of the playoffs, but that didn more..

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Soccer World Cup Squads (Soccer)
S K Panda
 

The 23-man lists of the 32 teams for the 2006 football World Cup after the May 15 deadline to confirm squads ended on Monday. A look at the selections:
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Stealth Make Playoff Run Tougher for Themselves (Lacrosse)
Marcus Frame
 

April 7, 2006—The Portland Lumberjax were in town Friday evening to take on the San Jose Stealth for the third time this season. In the season’s two earlier me more..

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Difficult Stealth Season Comes to a Close (Lacrosse)
Marcus Frame
 

April 15, 2006—Saturday evening at the HP Pavilion, the San Jose Stealth were in action for the last time in their 2006 campaign. Unfortunately, Friday evening  more..

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Grieb Gives his ‘Cats 9 Lives (Football)
Marcus Frame
 

Grieb Gives his ‘Cats 9 Lives

April 2, 2006—Although defense was the name of the game in the first quarter for the Sabercats, the offense faired more..

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Bandits Steal One from Stealth in the Fourth (Lacrosse)
Marcus Frame
 

March 31, 2006—The San Jose Stealth were at home Friday night to welcome the Buffalo Bandits to California, the two teams’ sole meeting of the season. After a  more..

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Overtime Win Sends Stealth to the Top (Lacrosse)
Marcus Frame
 

March 18, 2006—The San Jose Stealth and Calgary Roughnecks danced their way into a sudden-death overtime on disco night at the HP Pavilion Saturday night. 5,338 more..

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First Home Win for the SaberCats (Football)
Marcus Frame
 

March 17, 2006—The Sabercats were at home Friday night to take on the Georgia Force in a game that went down to the wire. But it was the defense that got things more..

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Avengers scruff the Sabercats (Football)
Marcus Frame
 

March 12, 2006—The San Jose Sabercats can be excused for feeling a bit like Odysseus who finally returned home after 20 years away (see Homer’s Odyssey). Altho more..

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SAP Open: McEnroe returns to ATP with a doubles win (Tennis)
Pamela Headley
 

San Jose, Feb 20, 2006
With a flair for the dramatic, John McEnroe (USA) and Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) went the distance with American’s Paul Goldstein (USA)  more..

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SAP OPEN: McEnroe-Bjorkman in finals (Tennis)
Pamela Headley
 

San Jose, Feb 18, 2006
After he and partner Jonas Bjorkman’s quarterfinal victory at the SAP Open last night, John McEnroe said, “You can still dream at  more..

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SAP Open: Roddick races to his thirteenth consecutive win (Tennis)
Pamela Headley
 

San Jose, Feb 17, 2006

With a fairly straightforward victory over Bjorn Phau (GER) tonight 6-3, 6-2, Andy Roddick heads into his fourth straight  more..

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SAP Open: McEnroe is brilliant on the eve of his 47th B'Day (Tennis)
Pamela Headley
 

San Jose, Feb 15, 2006

In the main attraction of the night, just an hour and a half before his 47th birthday, John McEnroe and his partner Jonas  more..

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SAP Open: 88th ranked Wang upsets James Blake (Tennis)
S K Panda
 

San Jose, Feb 14, 2006.

After watching Roddick beat G-Lo in straight sets, one would have expected that the second match in the day would go to t more..

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ICC U-19 WC: India humiliate England to surge into Final (Cricket)
City Athletes Staff
 

Sri Lanka, Feb 15, 2006: India showed just why they are red-hot favourites for this ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup as they humiliated England by the massive margin  more..

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Punoo leads USA to historic triumph (Cricket)
City Athletes Staff
 

Quarter-final two, Sinhalese Sports Club, Namibia v United States of America. Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
Namibia 219-8 (50 overs, P.Grove  more..

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Indian blitz destroys West Indies (Cricket)
Staff
 

Sri Lanka, ICC U 19 WC - QF 2 India v West Indies.
India won the toss and elected to bat.
India 284-9 (50 overs, C.Pujara 97, G.Dhiman 74, R.Sh more..

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Pakistan beat Zimbabwe to reach Semis (Cricket)
Staff
 

Sri Lanka, ICC U 19 WC - QF 3 Pakistan v Zimbabwe.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
Zimbabwe 181 (49.3 overs); Pakistan 185-5 (48 ov more..

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SHARKS top Division beating STARS 6-3 (Hockey)
Kirby Sholl
 



SAN JOSE, February 11, 2006

The Sharks delivered their coach, Ron Wilson, his 400th win in his
900th career game as an NH more..

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SHARKS UPDATE: LOSE TO FLAMES 4-3 (Hockey)
Kirby Sholl
 


Patrick Marleau scored a first period power play goal, assisted by Joe
Thornton and Christian Ehrhoff. He finished the game by adding on two more..

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USA face baptism of fire at ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup (Cricket)
City Athletes Staff
 

Sri Lanka, Feb 5, 2006
The United States of America (USA) face a baptism of fire when they play in their first-ever ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup (ICC U/19  more..

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SHARKS Unable to Subdue WILD in Shootout, Lose 3-2 (Hockey)
Kirby B. Sholl
 

SAN JOSE, Feb 02, 2006- As the press box coffee grew cold late Thursday night it came as a surprise to no one that the Sharks and Wild were heading into a shoot more..

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Lumberjax outshine the Stealth (Lacrosse)
Marcus Frame
 

San Jose, Jan 27, 2006.

The expansion Portland Lumberjax were in town to face the San Jose Stealth Friday night in the first ever battle between more..

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DUCKWORTH/LEWIS MATCH MANAGERS GRASP FORMULA FOR SUCCESS (Cricket)
City Athletes Staff
 

Wednesday January 25, 2006

ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 Duckworth/Lewis Match Managers are now better equipped to execute the necessary calculation more..

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SeaHawks roll over the Panthers; Cruise to Superbowl XL (Football)
Kirby B. Sholl
 


SEATTLE, Jan 22’ 2006. The NFL’s Twelfth Man flag flew deservingly above Qwest Field on Sunday as the awarded Seattle fans watched their Seahawks show t more..

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Two Stealth Hat Tricks Not Enough in Home Effort (Lacrosse)
Marcus Frame
 

San Jose, Jan 21, 2006

Although Derek Malawsky and Jeff Zywicki managed a hat trick each, the Philadelphia wings flew past the San Jose Stealth o more..

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Oakland Perfect in Losing Effort (Football)
Vajra Alsop
 

December 4, 2005

SAN DIEGO. After a fast start, the Oakland Raiders ran out of gas against the San Diego Chargers, losing for the fifth consecut more..

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Raiders come close to beating the Dolphins (Football)
Vajra Alsop
 

With less than a minute expired in the fourth quarter, an 18-yard Kerry Collins’ touchdown run brought the Raiders within two points of the Miami Dolphins, 23-2 more..

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Sharks come up short in shootout !!! (Hockey)
Tiffany Keim
 

Saturday November 19, 2005

The San Jose Sharks were looking to end their 4 game losing streak as they faced the Phoenix Coyotes at the HP Pavilli more..

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Raiders Look to the Future, Not the Past (Football)
Vajra Alsop
 

November 20, 2005

Washington, D.C. Derrick Burgess’ sack with less than a minute remaining preserved a 16-13 Raiders’ victory and punctuated a  more..

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Sharks Lose to Dallas Stars in a Shootout (Hockey)
Tiffany Keim
 

Saturday November12, 2005
The San Jose Sharks were back in the tank after a Tuesday night loss against the Colorado Avalanche, to face the Dallas Stars i more..

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49ers Hang Tough Until Final Quarter (Football)
Andre Tameta
 

San Francisco, CA (November 6th, 2005) – A storied rivalry that saw the second largest comeback in NFL playoff history and the end of a three-peat Super Bowl bi more..

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Nolan suffers his first loss !!! (Hockey)
Tiffany Keim
 

November 5, 2005

The San Jose Sharks came back home Saturday night to face the Minnesota Wild, after a game Friday night in Anaheim where they ha more..

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Sharks on a roll !!! (Hockey)
Tiffany Keim
 

Wednesday November 2, 2005

The San Jose Sharks Have done it again! Wednesday night in front of 16652 fans, the Sharks made their fourth comeback more..

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The Men-in-Blues end their March (Soccer)
S K Panda
 

San Jose, Oct 29, 2005. 60 degrees. 25 minutes before the start of the game, little kids were waving the blue “Beat LA” signs, everywhere in the stadium. With  more..

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Nolan Schaefer stars in Sharks thrilling win (Hockey)
S.K.Panda
 

San Jose, October 29, 2005. Returning home after a tiring 6 game road trip, the San Jose Sharks put on a spectacular show for their fans, tying the game with ju more..

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Out of the Phone Booth and Into the Record Books (Football)
Vajra Alsop
 

OAKLAND, Oct 16, 2005. After a four-yard touchdown pass to Justin Peele in the third quarter, LaDainian Tomlinson stepped out of a phone booth and stood in the  more..

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SJ Earthquakes Create History (Soccer)
S K Panda
 

10.08.05
Spartan Stadium, San Jose
63 degrees, Start: 7pm


The San Jose Earthquakes with 17 Wins, 4 Losses and 10 Ties is a more..

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NorCal Women\'s SURF FEST (All Sports)
city athletes
 

Surfing is definitely a unique sport, There is a strange feeling in your gut that urges you the desire to surf almost everyday, like an addictive drug, it forc more..

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Giants: In Good Company (All Sports)
Vajra Alsop
 

At 20 years, Matt Cain is the second youngest pitcher in MLB. Any other year, Cain would undoubtedly be the youngest. His MLB debut overshadowed by Seattle rook more..

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The Grip (All Sports)
Vajra Alsop
 

Kron 4 joined ANA - All Nippon Airways - to host the thirteenth non-consecutive ANA Cable Car Chase at San Francisco on the 29th Aug’2005. Five hundred and fort more..

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Rising Triathlete Star (Triathlon) (All Sports)
Cyril Wong
 

CityAthletes Member Matt Cleary is a 27 years old triathlon athlete who is from a small town called Come By Chance in Newfoundland, Canada. Growing up in the fi more..

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