Afternoon Sports Web Break
If the A's had it to do over again, they would not have drafted Jemile Weeks with their first-round pick last year. A's Director of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi admitted that today they would instead draft St. Louis Cardinals prospect Brett Wallace, a product of Sonoma's Justin-Siena High and a diehard A's fan growing up. Of course, there may be four other teams who drafted ahead of the Giants last year who one day will regret not taking Buster Posey.
Are the Raiders prepared for a quarterback controversy? Yahoo Sports says they're about to have one.
Is Bob Geren's job safe with the A's? Fox Sports' Tracy Ringolsby writes that Geren is among four managers whose jobs are on the line and could be fired.
The Boston Globe has an item about the Giants reportedly expressing interest in Milwaukee's Corey Hart. Also, the article rates the big league managers. You might be surprised where our local skippers rate.
Are the Warriors a potential trade partner with the Cavaliers? Tim Kawakami brings up some potential trade matches for the Cavs and Warriors .
New York Jets No. 1 pick Mark Sanchez from USC is proud to have something in common with Bay Area guys Joe Kapp, Jim Plunkett and Jeff Garcia.
Former Stanford star quarterback John Elway had a memorable visit back to the house his family used to own in Granada Hills.
One thing Cooperstown-bound Rickey Henderson isn't given much credit for is being a good teammate. But, here's proof that Henderson was ready to stand up to Billy Martin and the A's coaches when Martin was ready to fight one of Rickey's A's teammates.
A's fans looking for optimism may have to settle for reliving the memories from the past. Still hard to believe any team could win 20 straight.
No NBA executive outside the Warriors offices could tell you more about the 1974-75 Warriors championship team than new Chicago Bulls general manager Gar Forman, a former Miramonte High player who used to skip school to sneak into Warriors practices.
We're not saying that Chris Mullin didn't have his moments while in charge of the Warriors' roster, but maybe they picked the wrong ex-Warrior to run things.
Where does the Warriors' shocking upset of Dallas two years ago rank among the greatest upsets in playoffs history? See for yourself.
Still, we're wondering if anyone still believes in the Warriors anymore? One man who doesn't is Paul Wong, the man who started the "We Believe" craze.
Two former NBA players with local ties wound up on Bruce Jenkins' all-time NBA squad.
MinorLeagueball.com's John Sickels takes a close look at Jack Cust and determines that joining the A's probably saved his career.
San Mateo's Tom Brady has made an amazing recovery from his knee injury. Also, I'm sure none of you missed Vanity Fair's feature on the Tom Brady-Gisele Bundchen union. Truthfully, it's more about the wife than the famous quarterback from San Mateo, but who's complaining?
Eric Byrnes found a solution to his lingering hamstring problems . . . a new mouthguard! Honest.
Finally, here's a cool My Space ode to former A's igniter Campy Campaneris, who recently celebrated his 67th birthday, and probably was happy to see Tampa Bay's Carl Crawford come up three games short of his stolen base record earlier this season.
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49ers rookies Michael Crabtree, Nate Davis and Glen Coffee, along with the Raiders' Darrius Heyward-Bey, show their stuff during the NFL Rookie Touchdown Dance Challenge.
SPORTS TWEET OF THE DAY: (from Twitter.com)
Barry Zito (follow him at: "BarryZ"): Mall Cop's got good mojo in it. this Kevin James is funny.
