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Saint Mary's College basketball team comes up short against SEC opponent Vanderbilt, 72-70

found Steindl on the right wing, and after taking one dribble to his left to avoid a defender, fired a clear shot that just missed giving his team a thrilling last-second win. MORAGA — Saint Mary's hope of a noteworthy early-season victory against a ...

From CARL STEWARD, Contra Costa Times,  21 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Iona Gaels,  Southeastern Conference

DirecTV satellite viewers out of luck for Big Game

pressure since it doesn't have a direct relationship with either entity. Barring a last-minute settlement that doesn't appear likely, more than 18 million DirecTV satellite subscribers nationally — including those in the Bay Area — won't see the ...

From CARL STEWARD, Contra Costa Times,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Pac-10,  Comcast

Carl Steward 'In Our Backyard': Success could be in the cards for Concord native

graduated from UCLA in 2004 with a math degree, he didn't exactly emerge as a card shark. THE 2009 World Series of Poker concluded in Las Vegas last week with a stirring finish. Holding less than 1 percent of chips on the final table of nine players, a ...

From CARL STEWARD, Contra Costa Times,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: University of California, Los Angeles,  Chris Moneymaker,  U.S. Congress,  Brad Garrett

Carl Steward 'In Our Backyard': Season of Livermore's Casie Cathrea, 13-year-old golfer, got even better

has come close to winning the state amateur the past two years. After missing the cut in her first try in 2006, she lost to Cowan 5-and-4 in the 2007 semifinals (Cowan went on to win), then last year she was low medalist for the two rounds of stroke ...

From CARL STEWARD, Contra Costa Times,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Amy Alcott,  Juli Inkster,  Natalie Gulbis

Carl Steward: Concord fight coach Gary Sullenger to work with USA Boxing

a program that had 12 youth boxers when he first arrived into one that has nearly 150 now, including a number of top amateurs. Two of his boxers, Kevin Montano and Christal Barajas, won gold medals at the national PAL tournament, while Eric Altamirano ...

From CARL STEWARD, Contra Costa Times,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Muhammad Ali,  Sugar Ray Leonard,  Fernando Vargas,  David Tua,  US Olympic Committee

Carl Steward 'Darting here and there': Lincecum: Million-dollar arm; 10-cent head?

The general reaction to Tim Lincecum's misdemeanor marijuana bust has been to make light of it. But he was behind the wheel of an automobile, and that's neither cool nor funny. Laws governing marijuana use while driving are murky, since studies ...

From CARL STEWARD, Contra Costa Times,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: ESPN,  Tim Lincecum,  Cy Young,  National Basketball Association,  Major League Baseball

Steward 'In Our Backyard': Ecuador is worth hassles

ventured to Cary, N.C., where it participated in a National Team identification tournament Sept. 18-20 that featured more than 150 players from 12 regions from around the country. From that 150, 24 were selected to participate in another evaluation ...

From CARL STEWARD, Contra Costa Times,  2 Nov 2009

Steward "In Our Backyard": Galvin is small in stature, big in talent

the job. Suddenly, people are figuring out Galvin isn't really a "jitterbug," as he is often labeled in scouting assessments. By contrast, he's a runner who expertly follows blocks, spots holes in a split-second and explodes through them before ...

From CARL STEWARD, Contra Costa Times,  27 Oct 2009
Related Topics: University of California, Los Angeles,  Pac-10,  Darren Sproles,  NFL

Steward "In Our Backyard: Antioch youth takes kickboxing to new level

the video to music in order to drown out her father's yelling in the background. Kickboxer Katrina Nahe, 12, of Antioch, punches during a practice session on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, at Guila's Hawaiian Kickboxing in Antioch, Calif. (Jose Carlos ...

From CARL STEWARD, Contra Costa Times,  20 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Manny Pacquiao,  Oakley, Inc.

A drive to drive

NASCAR'S ANSWER to IndyCar star Danica Patrick very well may be a 16-year-old junior from Moreau Catholic High School in Hayward who just got her driver's license in April. Jessica Brunelli may have just hit the streets that the rest of us drive, but ...

From CARL STEWARD, Inside Bay Area,  18 Oct 2009
Related Topics: NASCAR,  Danica Patrick,  Tony Stewart

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