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Uribe redeems himself

The truth is, Juan Uribe has redeemed the first two years of his contract all season. In over 900 innings, he’s made five errors defensively at third base. His hitting got...
Yale beats Cal Poly 24-10 — the ugly breakdown

This was supposed to be the week for Cal Poly to “get right.” After winning their Big Sky Conference opener two Thursdays ago in Portland, Cal Poly was supposed to find...
Pridham and co. dismantle UC Riverside 5-1

Two years ago, Cal Poly men’s soccer head coach Paul Holocher talked to me about a more open, visually pleasing style of play Cal Poly was trying to implement. It has...
Mustang women’s soccer speeds to victory in Big West Conference opener

After a six-game, three week road trip that saw the team go 0-6, the Cal Poly women’s soccer team came into Friday’s match against Long Beach State with some questions about...
Hopefully this family’s fansmanship comes full circle

I was born in May of 1981. A less than a month before then my date of birth, 20 year-old Fernando Valenzuela pitched a complete game shutout on opening day, starting...
Not the roller derby I grew up with – and that’s a good thing

On Saturday night, I finally did something I’ve been wanting to do for the last few years — I got myself out to a local roller derby match. It was quickly...
Cal Poly Volleyball kicks-off conference play with a bang

Cal Poly volleyball seems back on the winning track. On Friday and Saturday, the team swept its opening weekend in the Big West Conference, sending a message that last year was...
The new best National Anthem

If you are an American sports fan, you have heard the national anthem in a variety of forms. Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye, and Jimi Hendrix all come to mind for me....
Fansmanship gone all wrong

In 2003, I was a senior in college. I assumed the story my Giant-fan friend told me was just a wives tale. “I’m never going to Dodger Stadium. A Giants fan...
How can you hate Barry Zito?

Giants fans, how can you really hate Barry Zito so much? Minutes after a co-worker told me today how excited he was that Zito’s last start was this week, I happened...

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