Archive By Section - Sports Columns
When I was a kid, I used to dig through the family couch for loose change. It's kind of silly now, but that was the fastest way to land cash for me at the time. All that money I came across went straight to the local baseball card store.
July 16, 2010
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Chhun
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Sports Columns
Just imagine the dark orange color that comes from a burning basketball jersey, one lit up by brokenhearted sports fans. LeBron James can't.
July 13, 2010
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Chhun
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Sports Columns
A close relative of mine mentioned to me that he was going camping for two days at one of the local lakes. As he began to go through his packing list, he couldn't help to add a few things here and there. Before he knew it, his truck was completely full. He couldn't believe how much stuff he needed for just a few days of camping.
July 13, 2010
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BY JAROD BALLARDO
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Sports Columns
About a year ago around this time, I wrote about the importance of Brock Lesnar, the UFC heavyweight champion that had the mouth to go along with his pit bull physique. He was a different kind of MMA fighter.
July 06, 2010
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Chhun
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Sports Columns
I've been thinking about this whole NBA free agency thingy. You know, the one that boasts the greatest free agency class in NBA history. There's the possibility of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh coming together to build a superstar team, and load of other big-time hoop stars that can alter any team into a good one.
July 02, 2010
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Chhun
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Sports Columns
This past weekend I received a hot tip on a camping location located slightly above Sonora. Being that it was going to be almost 20 degrees cooler up there than in the Manteca, I was open to the idea of spending the day someplace cooler.
July 02, 2010
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BY JAROD BALLARDO
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Sports Columns
Inside a downtown Modesto bar, while the customers were indulging in the FIFA World Cup, there was a problem. A major one.
June 29, 2010
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Chhun
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Sports Columns
For me, June 23 commenced shortly after 6 a.m.
June 26, 2010
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Chhun
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Sports Columns
It's not natural to wake up around the same time as the sun to watch sports, even for the most diehard fans. To me, sports seem to be more of an after-work affair, an opportunity to share a good time with family and friends either in the living room or at a sports bar, or something like that.
June 18, 2010
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Chhun
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Sports Columns
During the spring, there are seven sports that encompass the lives of many of the area high school students. That means plenty of stories, late-game heroics and heartbreak moments happen during this time. So what I'm about to do won't be easy. Actually, it'll be extremely tough.
June 08, 2010
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Chhun
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Sports Columns
Tommy Mendonca will be back in town. Well, sort of.
April 16, 2010
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Chhun
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Sports Columns
What if Gordon Hayward's shot went in?
April 06, 2010
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Chhun
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Sports Columns
Sometimes I like to repeat myself, and I'm going to do just that here: High school sports are the purest form of sports. It really captures what sports are all about -- the passion, the endless hours of practice, the small-town glory. And sometimes the athletes get to showcase their hard work in front of thousands of people or just a few dozen, mostly parents and peers. The effort is all the same.
December 29, 2009
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Chhun
Sun
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Sports Columns
Since I was little, I remember Sundays being the designated football day. I would get out my cheese head, my Green Bay Packer blanket and put on my favorite Bret Favre jersey that was way too big for me. It was bonding time with my family and, of course, I was the dedicated cheerleader for the Packers. Whenever my dad cheered, I did too.
December 04, 2009
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Maegan
Martens
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Sports Columns
There were plenty of justifiable reasons why we should have left the HP Pavilion in our rearview mirror and go on about our night.
December 01, 2009
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Chhun
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Sports Columns
