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Yesterday was a bright sunny day in the beautiful city of San Francisco. I went to the Giants game with a press pass in my hand, excited for my chance to cover a Major League Baseball game. Little did I know that this day was going to be a humbling experience for me. 

A five-month gaming promotion has ended with three area residents winning all-expense paid trips to the U.S. Open which starts Thursday at Congressional in Bethesda, Md.Len Kirtley, 73, Frank Riche...

At first glance, Dayton's Jim and Kitty Collins aren't your normal couple.While many married couples are going on cruises or vacationing in Hawaii, the Collinses are watching professional golf.The ...

SAN FRANCISCO- AT&T Park 'magic' took a day off as the San Francisco Giants' (36-29) ace Tim Lincecum (5-5) was chewed up and spit out by the Cincinnati Reds (34-32) who beat the Giants 10-2 on Saturday afternoon in front of 41,725 fans at AT&T Park (30th consecutive sell-out). Lincecum failed to record an out in the fifth inning in which he was relieved by Guillermo Mota.

Due to space limitations, last week's update on Gardnerville Outlaw Kart racer Tanner Thorson's season didn't make the paper. Thorson, who recently turned 15, made his 360 wingless sprint car debut...

RENO - The Carson Blue Jays put on a small-ball clinic.Carson dropped down five bunts. Two went for hits, once the batter-runner was safe on a throwing error and two moved runners up a base as was ...

Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . . The legend of Colin Kaepernick keeps growing and growing. Kaepernick said this week on the Comcast Sports Net Bay Area television show "Chronicle Live" that...

One swing of the club gave Dayton resident Janice Campbell her 15 seconds of fame.The 61-year-old Campbell, playing in the pro-am at the Patty Sheehan & Friends Tournament at Reno's Hidden Valley C...

Four more former Western Nevada College baseball players were selected on the final day of the amateur draft.Seven WNC players were selected over the three-day event.Pitcher Kramer Champlin was sel...

Bullets lose firstgame of seasonThree Sacramento Legends pitchers combined to scatter seven hits to hand the Nevada Bullets their first loss of the season, 5-1, Sunday at Western Nevada College.Bo ...

When you ask Douglas High's Kyle Johnson how fast he throws, he looks a little sheepish."I'd say I probably hit 80 once (on the radar gun)," Johnson said, a slight grin on his face. "I just try to ...

The Unique Products 305/Kenda Tire team of Mike Johnson, Craig Smith, Brian Pinard and Carson City's Steve Garnett combined their talents to win the Class 30 title at the Tecate Score Baja 500.Defe...

First, it was saluting his opponent’s dugout as he circled third base after hitting a home run last year in a CSN uniform early in the season. Then, it was tossing his bat up 10 feet in the air as he hit a lazy fly-ball in the post-season tournament later in that season. Now, he's blowing kisses to the pitcher as he crosses home plate after a home run. My question is: When will the overpaid #1 draft pick of 2010 learn to just play the game?

PRESS RELEASE — Grocery shoppers can now add Charles Barkley, Michael Jordan, Tim Tebow and Ray Romano to the basket at their neighborhood Raley’s, Bel-Air and Nob Hill Foods supermarkets. Discounted tickets are now available to the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, July 12 – 17, 2011.

Before Memorial Day weekend, it had been some time since big-name heavyweight top world contenders have come to Reno. However during the recent Blame It On Reno bill, big name promoter Gossen Tuter...

The 2012 Nevada Wolf Pack baseball season has already begun."It's time to get to work," coach Gary Powers said this week. "We're doing everything we can to turn this around."The WolfCopyright 20...

RENO - All-star games are usually fun for the participants for. It gives them a chance to meet and get to know players they face during the regular season.Such was the case at Saturday's Nevada Bas...

As many of you, I'm a devout Giants fan, and I was distraught that the team will have to play the rest of the season without Buster Posey.With that said, I have four words to say to Giants general ...

The Nevada Bullets improved to 6-0 on the season with a 8-3 win over the Butte Sabres on Saturday afternoon at Western Nevada College in a nonleague summer collegiate baseball game.Nevada goes for ...

RENO - Brock Stassi doesn't plan on stressing out during the three-day major league baseball amateur draft starting on Monday."I will hopefully be out on the golf course as it is all going on," the...

Ask Gary Powers to pinpoint what went wrong during the 2011 Nevada Wolf Pack baseball season and he immediately goes back to late February and early March."It was devastating and demoralizing," the...

Wow! Memorial Day weekend was one of fantastic finishes. Although the Monaco F1 race ended on a predictable note, the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 most certainly did not. Sebastian Vettel continued ...

Wow! Memorial Day weekend was one of fantastic finishes. Although the Monaco F1 race ended on a predictable note, the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 most certainly did not. Sebastian Vettel continued ...

Carson High grad Kyle Stone has always been a good hitter, and he's gotten even better after two years at Feather River College.Stone, in just his second game back since his season ended three week...

Sports fodder for a Friday morning ... It took nearly 20 years but Nevada Wolf Pack football fans finally have gotten their revenge for arguably the most frustrating and toughest loss in the progra...

RENO - Gary Powers fulyl intends to coach the Nevada Wolf Pack baseball team in the 2012 season and beyond."I'm in here today, doing the best job I can to make this a better baseball team in 2012,"...

Idaho State junior Mike Arnold, a Carson High graduate, has advanced to the next round of the pole vault in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship with his third-place finish in the first ro...

The 2011 Intermountain Classic Memorial Day Swim Meet continues today at the Carson Aquatic Center. The meet, hosted by the Carson Tigersharks, features more than 400 swimmers from Nevada, Calif...

It's Memorial Day weekend, a day when we honor our fallen warriors, military men and women who gave their lives for our freedom and our way of life. For readers of this column, that way of life inc...