This is the second article in a five-part series about figures in the sports world that have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. — Basketball career: Brian Grant averaged 10.5 points and 7.4 rebounds per game over 12 NBA seasons for the Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail Blazers, Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns....
This is the first article in a five-part series about figures in the sports world that have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. — Boxing career: Former boxer Muhammad Ali is known as “the greatest of all time” for his accomplishments in the ring. He won an Olympic golf medal and became the world heavyweight champion...
Bay Area sports fans are used to painful seasons, but usually it’s a chronic pain. Especially with the Niners, the usual season sees poor play spread out over the entire season. We aren’t disappointed, because we never expected much. Then there was today. Today, 49er faithful and Bay Area-bandwagon hoppers alike felt the most acute sort...
Dear Mr. Andrew Luck, Thank you very much for your excellent play at the quarterback position and your upstanding citizenship for the Stanford Cardinal over the last three years. It’s been a true pleasure watching you turn our football program from a laughingstock into a national powerhouse, as well as watching your maturation from a...
In “Instant City: Life and Death in Karachi,” author Steve Inskeep explores Pakistan’s largest city, and looks at the impact of cities around the world that have rapidly exploded in size. The instant city, as defined by Inskeep, is a city that grows when “cataclysmic events … tilt the surface of the earth, raising the...
Overview: It does not get any more “PA” than Lyfe Kitchen, a casual fast food restaurant that opened on October 12. Lyfe, which stands for Love Your Food Everyday, was created with the goal
Late night mayhem: This past Saturday proved that the best is always saved for last. The final two games of the day both ended up with top 10 teams falling in dramatic fashion. In East Lancing, MI, the #6 Wisconsin Badgers and #16 Michigan State Spartans found themselves in a back and forth affair. After...
Kickoff Returns: What a day for kick returners nationwide. The first two plays of the second half of the Texas-Oklahoma State game were back-to-back 100 yard kickoff returns for touchdowns, the first by State’s Justin Gilbert and the second my Longhorn running back Fozzy Whittaker. The Cowboys completed a statewide sweep of Texas with a 38-26...
Nebraska: The Huskers first Big 10 home game against Ohio State was a perfect way to bounce back from their sad loss against Wisconsin and also showed that Nebraska earned its immediate position amongst the Big 10 elites. Trailing the Buckeyes 27-6 in the third quarter, Nebraska rallied back to score 28 unanswered points to...
Palo Alto American took advantage of a barrage of wild pitches, passed balls, walks and errors to defeat Redwood City American, 9-4, on Wednesday night at Middlefield Ballpark in the consolation bracket of the District 52 Little League Majors 11-12 year-old all-star tournament. PA American’s starting pitcher Amit Rao came around to score in the...
Palo Alto National served notice Sunday that taking away its hard-earned District 52 tournament championship from last year (as 10-11 year olds) won’t be so easy. That’s what Palo Alto American found out at Middlefield Park. PA National needed a late-inning rally to pull away in a 7-1 victory over PA American. PA National scored...
It’s one game down and a lot more to go for the Palo Alto National 11-12 all-stars in the District 52 Little League Tournament at Palo Alto’s Middlefield Ballpark. For Palo Alto American, it’s two games down and potentially even more to go as the team battles its way through the consolation bracket. ...
