Articles by RAY RATTOhttp://labs.daylife.com/journalist/ray_rattoArticles by RAY RATTO, aggregated by daylife.comen-usTue, 24 Nov 2009 19:22:26 GMTTue, 24 Nov 2009 19:22:26 GMTDaylife Betaken@daylife.comken@daylife.comTo air is human, but personnel is less than divinehttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=e03594d53df566c67cd5151db156f958Or maybe he just runs with what is thrown at him, and what people want to throw at him now is the spread offense. Singletary was hit in every way possible with questions about employing the spread immediately, so that Alex Smith could be more ...Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:48:27 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=e03594d53df566c67cd5151db156f958Alex SmithMichael CrabtreeVernon DavisFrank GoreShaun HillVereen's big night carries Cal to winhttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=f32a3c7da6e1a04885c63eb18da72de4"No, I've never carried that many times, ever," he said as he basked in the reflected glow of Vereen's 42-carry, 193-yard, three-touchdown performance in Cal's amazing 34-28 victory over Stanford on Saturday night. "The most I ever did was the high 20s, ...Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:31:18 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=f32a3c7da6e1a04885c63eb18da72de4California Golden BearsJeff TedfordUniversity of California, Los AngelesThat's not a Cy of relief for payrollhttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=d744b81166dc13e1f2a8b86a190d7788He meant other than "two," the number of consecutive National League Cy Young Awards that Lincecum now owns. He was thinking in terms of millions, as in, "How many millions will our arbitration filing differ from Lincecum's, and how much of a hit can ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:50:58 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=d744b81166dc13e1f2a8b86a190d7788Philadelphia PhilliesCy YoungNational LeagueRyan HowardJason BayIt's Good News . . . No Wait, It's Bad Newshttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=768677cefb124e599ccead609ac9eac1The Giants received the worst possible news Thursday when Tim Lincecum won his second consecutive Cy Young Award. Specifically, that Tim Lincecum won his second consecutive Cy Young Award. Put simply, his arbitration price just rose by a good several ...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:20:07 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=768677cefb124e599ccead609ac9eac1Cy YoungTim LincecumMajor League BaseballRyan HowardBill NeukomRatto: Warriors put the 'free' in free fallhttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=923ce4c224160bf0e5767bec672fb2d4They are renouncing their worldly goods, one bit of bric a brac at a time, with the apparent goal being to have no earthly encumbrances to prevent them from their ethereal reward. The truck has been backed up and parked, flashers on, and the onloading ...Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:38:46 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=923ce4c224160bf0e5767bec672fb2d4Stephen JacksonVladimir RadmanovicRaja BellMonta EllisCorey MaggetteBowl's dream matchup doesn't involve Stanfordhttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=b199405dedf926f315ab15ce83071e49The Rose Bowl, we know about. Stanford is in if the Cardinal beats Cal, Arizona beats Oregon, Oregon beats Oregon State and USC beats Arizona. That's a lot of moving parts, true, but hardly beyond the realm of the conceivable. But the Emerald is our ...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:34:24 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=b199405dedf926f315ab15ce83071e49Boston CollegeBobby BowdenUSC-Stanford game speaks well of Pac-10http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=ba10b60011eec89e6463f4343cd108e1-- One, he'd better be really good at the L.A. Coliseum on Saturday. -- And two, it probably won't make much difference for him personally. In popularity contests, late discoveries are typically too late to do the discoveree any good. He is positioned ...Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:07:23 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=ba10b60011eec89e6463f4343cd108e1Pac-10American LeagueJim HarbaughMatt BarkleySharks numbers game doesn't add uphttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=72c8876a03353d7a22d0000fbcbf79b2Yeah, yeah, laugh if you want, but the Sharks have more than half their roster with jersey numbers above 40, and since none of those are 66 (Mario Lemieux), 77 (Paul Coffey), 99 (Wayne Gretzky) or anything else even resembling cool, it is clear that ...Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:07:24 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=72c8876a03353d7a22d0000fbcbf79b2Mario LemieuxPaul CoffeyWayne GretzkyKent HuskinsDoug MurrayVery early upset specialshttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=962beefaec7a620de49b4bbed1c4f400(11-09) 23:07 PST -- Teams that just might do a little damage in the NCAA Tournament: Long Beach State: Four freshmen sparked Dan Monson's second 49ers team to a 10-6 record in the Big West. They will be bloodied early by games against Notre Dame, West ...Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:21:24 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=962beefaec7a620de49b4bbed1c4f400National Collegiate Athletic AssociationAnthony GrantTexas A&M AggiesGonzaga BulldogsMelanie BrownStrange reversals of fortunehttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=1f0fd7ad74af7ab39c663119f39165e5"It's how we believe in each other. The excitement that everybody has, the confidence we have in each other is tremendous right now. It feels real good to come to the sideline and hear your defense chatting you on, and vice versa. I don't want to say ...Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:50:55 GMThttp://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=1f0fd7ad74af7ab39c663119f39165e5Alex SmithVince YoungShaun HillKerry CollinsBud Adams