Wednesday, March 31st, 2010RealClearSports: Lavin Gets St. John’s Back in the HeadlinesBy Art Spander In the chaos of New York sports it is no less important to be on the back of the tabloids than at the front of the pack. Steve Lavin thus put his new employer in an enviable position even before he was officially hired. ‘LOVIN’ LAVIN’ was the headline in Tuesday’s New York Post, above a huge photo of the man, a correct implication he would be the new basketball coach at St. John’s, which he became a few hours later © RealClearSports 2010 |
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010SF Examiner: Don’t judge Lincecum just yetBy Art Spander SAN FRANCISCO — It is a baseball axiom not to get worked up about what happens individually in March, or if a team is out of a pennant race in September. So we exhale after reviewing Tim Lincecum’s spring. Copyright 2010 SF Newspaper Company |
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Friday, March 26th, 2010RealClearSports: Little St. Mary’s Finds a Sweet SpotBy Art Spander MORAGA, Calif. — To get to Saint Mary’s College, you need a GPS and a lot of luck. It’s due east of Oakland down a winding road through a canyon of redwood trees that are maybe a bit taller than Omar Samhan. He’s the 6-foot-11 center on a basketball team from a program with a great deal of history but beyond California receives almost no recognition. As for Moraga, it’s a bedroom community named after Joaquin Moraga, the rancher deeded the area in 1835 by the government of Mexico. © RealClearSports 2010 |
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010SF Examiner: Madden vouches for Davis’ legacyBy Art Spander Two things were evident on an evening of sweet nostalgia: That Al Davis wasn’t in the room, and that John Madden was. “You can’t write the history of sports in the Bay Area without the name Al Davis,” Madden said. “Al Davis belongs here. He’s a Hall of Famer.” Copyright 2010 SF Newspaper Company |
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010RealClearSports: We Want More Than Tiger Should Have to GiveBy Art Spander We’re the ones at fault here. Not Tiger Woods. The man did something morally wrong, at least in the viewpoint of most. He did not break any laws. He did not steal. Or shove anyone down a flight of stairs. © RealClearSports 2010 |
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Saturday, March 20th, 2010RealClearSports: Washington and the West Gain RespectBy Art Spander SAN JOSE, Calif. — We’re all witnesses. Lorenzo Romar said that. After his Washington team upset New Mexico. After he heard Northern Iowa upset Kansas. After he reminded us in this lunacy of a college basketball tournament “anyone can beat anyone.” © RealClearSports 2010 |
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Friday, March 19th, 2010RealClearSports: Tennis’s Version of March MadnessBy Art Spander INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — The first game of the tournament, and the favorite, Notre Dame is upset, delighting maybe everyone who didn’t have the Irish winning in their pool. Which is why basketball, any team sport, is so different from the tournament now going on here, the BNP Paribas tennis open. © RealClearSports 2010 |
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010RealClearSports: Roddick Past His Prime But Playing WellBy Art Spander INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — He’s the best in his sport in America. At one time he was the best in the world. Yet Andy Roddick is no different than the rest of us when someone asks if he has a feeling of what it’s like to be Tiger Woods. “No,” said Roddick. “Not like that. I’m not going to pretend to understand what it’s like to be in that sort of situation. I don’t know that any athlete can really relate to what’s going on right there.” © RealClearSports 2010 |
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010SF Examiner: Tiger’s back in the swing of thingsBy Art Spander It’s not so much how Tiger Woods responds, how he plays when he is again in competitive golf — and yes, the choice of the Masters becomes more sensible by the moment — but how we respond to Tiger Woods. Already, Sean McManus, the president of CBS news and sports, decreed Tiger’s return “will be the biggest media event other than the Obama inauguration the past 10 or 15 years.” Copyright 2010 SF Newspaper Company |
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010SF Examiner: Bay Area schools step into the spotlightBy Art Spander SAN FRANCISCO — Mike Montgomery’s supposition was impossible to argue: “No matter how good you think you are,” the Cal coach said, “you’re playing other people who have won games.” Then again, those other people are playing you, because you’ve also won games. Copyright 2010 SF Newspaper Company |
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