It might be a long time before Padres fans hear "Hells Bells" again at Petco Park. The man for whom the bells tolled, all-time saves leader Trevor Hoffman, signs a one-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers.
No one is saying publicly that LaDainian Tomlinson will not play Sunday. But he won't. That's the private resignation of those in the know, and it is apparent in every move Tomlinson makes and pretty much everything he says.
A tendon in Tomlinson's groin is detached from the bone, he acknowledged, though it is not completely torn. Tomlinson has not had an MRI since Saturday, but he said he doesn't think he made the injury worse by playing. It is expected he will require surgery but he holds out hope he will not. He is walking "but can't do much more" due to the pain and discomfort.
Hoke names coach for special teams San Diego State coach Brady Hoke continued filling out his staff yesterday when he named Dan Ferrigno as the team's special teams/tight ends coach.
Letup makes Toreros nervous: USD's men's team played its best basketball of the season for the first 32 minutes last night against Marshall. “If it would have been a high school (length) game, it would have been a perfect game,” Toreros coach Bill Grier said.
Hard-working siblings bring Titan-ic success: The basketball gene didn't skip a generation in the Kuklok family. Kierian and Julie Kuklok, who met while playing for the University of North Dakota, passed on their skills and passion for the game to their children.
Abu Dhabi owners put Man City on path of gold: Manchester City FC is an English soccer club that has long lived in the shadow of rival Manchester United. The Blues haven't won a major trophy since 1976, and twice in the past 12 years they were relegated to England's de facto second division. Once, they ignominiously dropped into the third.
Little to no bling without Tiger on West Coast swingThe new golf calendar is up on the wall, and my PGA Tour schedule tells me it's time for a new season. The boys tee it up for the first time Thursday at the winners-only Mercedes-Benz Championship on Maui.
Big tuna make best-ever day at docksVeteran long-range fishermen anointed yesterday the best ever for San Diego-based sport boats as six boats returned with 20 yellowfin tuna weighing more than 300 pounds.
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EDMONTON, Alberta, 9:52 p.m. Jan. 7 (AP) Canucks beat Oilers 4-2 in Sundin's debut: Steve Bernier scored twice in 12 seconds and added one assist, leading Vancouver to a 4-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night in Mats Sundin's debut with the Canucks.
NEW YORK, 8:20 p.m. Jan. 7 (AP) Lang's hat trick leads Canadiens past Rangers: Robert Lang started the third period with two shots and no points. He finished it with his second NHL hat trick in the most balanced of ways.
DENVER, 7:24 p.m. Jan. 7 (AP) Home Depot ends USOC sponsorship, jobs program: The days of walking into Home Depot and having an Olympic gold medalist help you pick out paint could be coming to an end.
MELBOURNE, Australia, 5:39 p.m. Jan. 7 (AP) 6 players get wild cards for Australian Open: Americans John Isner and 16-year-old Christina McHale were among six players granted wild cards Thursday into the main draw of Australian Open.
LOS ANGELES, 4:34 p.m. Jan. 7 (AP) Ken Burns adding a 10th inning to 'Baseball': Filmmaker Ken Burns is adding a tenth inning to his nine-part “Baseball” documentary series that aired in the '90s on public television.
BUFFALO, N.Y., 4:30 p.m. Jan. 7 (AP) NHL suspends Ruutu 2 games for biting: Turns out the NHL has a bigger bite than Ottawa's Jarkko Ruutu. And that was fine with Andrew Peters on Wednesday evening after the Buffalo Sabres enforcer learned the league had suspended Ruutu two games without pay for biting Peters' gloved hand in a game on Tuesday night.
LEXINGTON, Ky., 4:26 p.m. Jan. 6 (AP) Track's December racing fatalities double over '07: Officials at a Kentucky horse track are trying to determine if their ban on a certain type of shoe aimed at making racing safer actually had the opposite effect after fatalities doubled in December compared to the previous year.
DENVER, 3:59 p.m. Jan. 6 (AP) Key USOC official resigns: Steve Roush resigned from the U.S. Olympic Committee on Tuesday, leaving a post in which he played a key role in organizing logistics for American athletes at the last three games.
HONG KONG, 6:49 a.m. Jan. 6 (AP)
Venus Williams says no plans to retire soon: Despite watching some of her biggest rivals hang up their rackets in recent years, seven-time major champion Venus Williams says she still has plenty of goals in tennis.
Le Cam's boat overturns in Vendee Globe solo race: An oil tanker and two race rivals were trying to rescue sailor Jean Le Cam on Tuesday after his boat capsized in choppy waters off Cape Horn during the Vendee Globe solo around-the-world sailing race.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., 1:10 a.m. Jan. 6 (AP)
Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt making first big move: Two years after the death of his father, a revered pioneer in professional sports, the youngest owner in the National Football League is on the spot.
PHILADELPHIA, 12:59 a.m. Jan. 6 (AP)
Reports: Romero to be suspended 50 games by MLB: Phillies reliever J.C. Romero will be suspended for the first 50 games of next season after testing positive for a banned supplement, according to a pair of reports, and he thinks the punishment is unfair.
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, 7:08 p.m. Jan. 5 (AP) Paralympian sailor Scandone dead at 42: Nick Scandone, a sailor who won a gold medal at the 2008 Paralympic Games in China while battling Lou Gehrig's disease, has died. He was 42.
Big numbers for Palo Verde receiver: In a football season filled with record-book performances, Palo Verde High coach George Dagnino has brought to light one more by Aaron Quintanilla, the Yellowjackets' senior receiver. Quintanilla finished with...
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