(Published: 2008-05-13 05:34 PM)
At age 76, San Diego’s greatest golfer is more concerned with the money his annual tournament raises than the money on today’s PGA Tour.
(Published: 2008-05-09 12:00 PM)
MomentPadres win their first series in a month with a rookie catching for Maddux, Hoffman and Young
(Published: 2008-05-06 03:40 AM)
Chargers' undrafted free agent Eric Bakhtiari and first-round pick Antoine Cason end up on the same team, after all.
(Published: 2008-04-28 11:43 PM)
The great Deron Johnson's granddaughter is fighting a battle with a rare form of cancer and the Poway High baseball team has her back.
(Published: 2008-04-22 05:07 AM)
San Diego State quarterback Kevin O'Connell was drafted in the third round by the New England Patriots. He was the fifth quarterback overall and the first of the second day. This is a story from earlier on the week on the upcoming draft. This link includes highlight video.
(Published: 2008-04-15 12:14 PM)
Mixing politics with sports is pointless and only the athletes paid the price for boycotting Moscow.
(Published: 2008-04-08 04:50 AM)
Stanford's national player of the year creates a debate about who is San Diego's greatest women's basketball player. Wiggins was the third pick of the WNBA's first round by the Minnesota Lynx.
(Published: 2008-04-01 03:46 AM)
Kadir Nelson's oil painting of the Negro Leagues grace the pages of Sports Illustrated.
(Published: 2008-03-25 03:41 AM)
Tuesday’s with Jud: I put in a call to the retired Michigan State coach for insight into how long we can expect USD’s coach to remain happy with the Toreros.
(Published: 2008-03-18 03:24 AM)
No matter San Diego's reputation for college basketball, there will always be the Legend of Percy Gilbert.
(Published: 2008-03-11 05:18 AM)
WCC considered San Diego for its men's and women's basketball tournaments but picked Las Vegas instead.
(Published: 2008-03-04 06:10 AM)
Martin Bayless and Pete Newell among those honored at 62nd annual Viejas Salute to the Champions dinner.
(Published: 2008-02-29 09:00 AM)
Willie O'Ree, Breitbard Hall of Fame Class of 2008
(Published: 2008-02-26 06:59 PM)
San Diego State quarterback's stock continues to rise.
(Published: 2008-02-19 07:34 AM)
Nation's No. 1-ranked sophomore in basketball hasn't ruled out staying home.
(Published: 2008-02-12 06:26 PM)
As pitchers and catchers prepare to report, San Diego believes its farm system is maturing.
(Published: 2008-02-05 04:09 AM)
Old Globe’s education program invited students from alternative schools to see a play about Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and the history surrounding their epic bouts in 1936 and 1938.
(Published: 2008-01-29 06:12 AM)
Last Saturday was chance to watch San Diego State in the afternoon and the University of San Diego in the evening.
(Published: 2008-01-22 06:17 AM)
Lorenzo Neal: "Everybody knows Tedy Bruschi can't run with LT. When that happened, the guy made a decision for the team."
(Published: 2008-01-08 03:21 AM)
Chargers Head Coach Norv Turner wanted playoff success for LaDainian Tomlinson, Jamal Williams and his team.
(Published: 2008-01-07 09:00 AM)
LT says Antonio Cromartie is his No. 1 pick for the Pro Bowl among the Chargers.
(Published: 2007-12-26 04:24 PM)
Chargers' Pro Bowl tight end invites Poway High tight end Ryan Deehan to spend gameday after loss of home in wildfires. View some youtube video of Deehan.
(Published: 2007-12-18 09:30 PM)
Chargers’ slow start now seems like it was part of another season or era.
(Published: 2007-12-11 05:42 AM)
What makes Tomlinson tick is why CBS chose him for a story and how the Chargers rebounded from a slow start.
(Published: 2007-12-04 05:54 AM)
Archie Amerson, the Morse High alumnus that won the 1996 Walter Payton Award, wore his Northern Arizona jersey when he met USD quarterback Josh Johnson, a 2007 Walter Payton Award finalist.
(Published: 2007-11-27 06:36 AM)
NFL veterans Kenny Stills and Sammy Seale enjoying the special pride Willie Buchanon felt when his son was a high school football star.
(Published: 2007-11-20 06:16 AM)
USD employs a similar formula to the one that generated student interest in Aztecs basketball.
(Published: 2007-11-13 04:51 AM)
Chargers' return man learning to conquer speech impediment.
(Published: 2007-11-06 04:27 PM)
The Naval Academy followed up its win over Notre Dame with a win over North Texas to accept an automatic berth in the Dec. 20 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl at Qualcomm Stadium.
(Published: 2007-10-30 04:53 AM)
Sunday's football healing at Qualcomm Stadium following a week of devestating wildfires was a symbol of rebirth you won't find in Los Angeles.
(Published: 2007-10-23 05:39 AM)
Centers for Disease Control doctor is captain of AIDS relief program in Guyana, 20 years after his football days at Cal.
(Published: 2007-10-16 04:32 AM)
Ron Caragher's old boss may have been fortunate to end up at Kentucky instead of San Diego State.
(Published: 2007-10-02 12:11 AM)
Toreros' women's volleyball team makes a smoother transition with its coaches than the Chargers' painful 1-3 start.
(Published: 2007-09-24 10:50 PM)
Mount Miguel High football coach's patience pays off with wins for his teams and education for his players.
(Published: 2007-09-17 11:41 PM)
The Padres need wins to make the post-season and two more for Peavy would give him 20 and maybe a Cy Young Award.
(Published: 2007-09-10 10:43 PM)
Players say the win over Chicago in the season opener was the type of game they lost last year at Baltimore and Kansas City and in the playoffs against New England.
(Published: 2007-09-03 10:23 PM)
San Diegan takes on the role of veteran leader and Negro Leagues historian in Diamondbacks’ clubhouse.
(Published: 2007-08-28 12:44 AM)
The Hall of Famer that has awed so many was awed by the future Hall of Famer.
(Published: 2007-08-20 11:47 PM)
La Costa Canyon High's Vinny Perretta followed his father’s advice and picked Boise State over San Diego State.
(Published: 2007-08-13 10:51 PM)
The Chargers’ backup was a hometown kid when he played for Fresno State, and he offers some insight on what ails the Aztecs.
(Published: 2007-08-06 10:26 PM)
Tony Gwynn says kids will have to be explained in the future that the reason players don't hit 50, 60, 70 home runs as they once did is because steriods were part of the game.
(Published: 2007-07-30 10:34 PM)
A.J. Smith's three tiers to the Super Bowl have been building since he was hired as general manager in 2003.
(Published: 2007-07-23 11:43 PM)
Hard to imagine that San Diego almost lost the man about to enter the Hall of Fame after playing all 20 years with the Padres.
(Published: 2007-07-16 10:53 PM)
Capt. Dawn Halfaker (U.S. Army retired), a basketball star at West Point and three-sport athlete at Rancho Bernardo High, lost her right arm on the frontlines in Iraq and has since founded a security consulting company, Halfaker and Associates.
(Published: 2007-07-09 11:10 PM)
The Padres' ace, named the National League starter for tonight's All-Star Game, continues to overpower batters while adapting to a new approach.
(Published: 2007-07-02 10:48 PM)
Life taught Chargers outside linebacker to help homeless causes.
(Published: 2007-06-25 10:38 PM)
SDSU alumnus Freddy Keiaho was part of the Indianapolis Colts winning a Super Bowl after a missed opportunity in 2005.
(Published: 2007-06-18 11:17 PM)
The quagmire of Iraq has resulted in high school graduates avoiding the military.
(Published: 2007-06-12 10:49 PM)
San Diego's best big man not named Bill Walton willingly takes a backseat at the end of his career.
(Published: 2007-06-04 11:35 PM)
Padres first baseman eventually found a home at Petco after earlier visits to Qualcomm
(Published: 2007-05-28 11:47 PM)
USD hosts as a No. 1 seed, but San Diego State's Tony Gwynn Stadium is the venue for the NCAA regional. San Diego's college baseball community can thank Padres owner John Moores.
(Published: 2007-05-25 10:00 AM)
On a plane to San Diego, awaiting his first appearance in the Major Leagues, Tony Gwynn Sr. said he was thinking one thing: "I hope I don't have to face Steve Carlton my first Major League at bat." Tony Gwynn Jr. had a different kind of anxiety flying to his first Major League game.
(Published: 2007-05-21 09:14 PM)
Enlightened educators know that schools with strong athletic programs have fewer campus discipline problems.
(Published: 2007-05-14 09:26 PM)
The USD career record holder in hits and RBIs benefitted from staying in college his senior year.
(Published: 2007-05-07 10:28 PM)
Turner sees versatile draft pick from Boise State as a sign of "good things coming" for the playbook.
(Published: 2007-05-01 01:33 PM)
How good is this receiver and how embarrassing is it that SDSU didn't have a single player drafted?
(Published: 2007-04-23 10:46 PM)
The draft prospects you see in the green room Saturday morning aren't necessarily the building-block players that put a team over the top as a playoff or Super Bowl contender.
(Published: 2007-04-16 10:55 PM)
Lincoln alumnus Dwayne Wright feels an obligation to add to his alma mater's legacy for turning out NFL players. Wright ended up being taken by the Buffalo Bills in the fourth round with the 111th pick overall.
(Published: 2007-04-10 12:02 PM)
Padres Gold Glover Mike Cameron bucked the recent trend of black athletes by choosing baseball over football or basketball.
(Published: 2007-04-02 10:46 PM)
The Padres are now a stable franchise that wins the hearts of future prospects with potential like Adrian Gonzalez.
(Published: 2007-03-19 09:39 PM)
UC San Diego's women's basketball team is enjoying Division I treatment at the NCAA Division Elite Eight Tournament.
(Published: 2007-03-12 11:01 PM)
San Diego State's Brandon Heath is the school's career scoring leader, but he made us feel he's one of us by staying in college one more year. Posted below are some of long-time San Diego State photographer Ernie Anderson's favorite photos of Heath from his senior year. Click on photos for larger images.
(Published: 2007-02-19 10:28 PM)
Bolts say Turner provides continuity for a team that was 14-2 last year.
(Published: 2007-01-30 01:20 AM)
The Chargers' Kassim Osgood, an SDSU alumnus, answers five questions about the Super Bowl, the pain of a playoff loss, Chuck Long, his acting stints and All-CIF awards.
(Published: 2007-01-23 01:00 AM)
Lynch and others celebrate Dungy's redemption that eludes the Chargers' Schottenheimer.
(Published: 2007-01-16 10:45 AM)
Tomlinson was trying to prevent the celebrating Patriots from sending a poor sportsmanship message to kids.
(Published: 2007-01-15 04:30 PM)
HOC Media Coordinator and Website writer Tom Shanahan received an award from the Southern California Interscholastic Football Coaches Association.
(Published: 2007-01-08 11:31 AM)
LaDainian Tomlinson works while many in the rest of the sports world talk -- let's hope the kids are watching him.
(Published: 2007-01-02 12:38 AM)
How do the Chargers look heading into the playoffs? Five questions for the Bolts' radio analyst -- a former player and assistant coach with the club.
(Published: 2006-12-18 10:57 PM)
What do teammates tease him about in locker-room chatter? Five things to know this week about Chargers running back.
(Published: 2006-11-21 03:54 PM)
Why the Chargers aren't the hottest local sports team and how Raiders Week turned into a dud.
(Published: 2006-11-19 09:00 AM)
Chargers head coach Marty Schottenheimer has been on record saying LaDainian Tomlinson is the best back he has seen in his 40-year-plus association with pro football.
(Published: 2006-11-18 12:42 PM)
Bo Schembechler was 'like a dad' to Jim Harbaugh, coach of the University of San Diego's unbeaten football team.
(Published: 2006-11-10 11:11 PM)
This isn't Philadelphia, Boston or New York. San Diego sports fans don't boo unless they feel they have a good reason
(Published: 2006-11-04 02:15 AM)
The NFL, recognizing it is losing future athletes to basketball and other sports that are cheaper to play, is stepping up efforts to promote youth football programs
(Published: 2006-10-31 12:47 PM)
Merriman said Monday after practice he would meet with his lawyer to decide later whether to drop his appeal of the four-game suspension.
(Published: 2006-10-28 02:48 AM)
La'Roi Glover may be coming back to San Diego this weekend with the Rams, but he isn't coming home to stay -- not yet. This story first appeared on the HOC on Oct. 28 the day before the Rams-Chargers game at Qualcomm Stadium.
(Published: 2006-10-24 01:34 PM)
Air Force came to town with an unbeaten record in the conference but SDSU overcame injuries and gave the new coach his first victory.
(Published: 2006-10-23 12:00 AM)
Meet the Forcier brothers, who are duplicating the footsteps of the better known Clausen brothers, Casey, Rick and Jimmy. Jason is the backup quarterback at Michigan, while Chris and Tate meet each other Friday night while playing for rival schools when Scripps Ranch and St. Augustine play Friday night at Balboa Stadim.
(Published: 2006-10-21 02:25 AM)
A touchdown catch that helps the Chargers win reminds the receiver of the mean streets he came from.
(Published: 2006-10-16 11:32 PM)
Don Coryell, mastermind of the passing game at San Diego State and with the Chargers, would be proud of what we've seen so far this season.
(Published: 2006-10-09 10:45 PM)
In a weekend full of news for local sports fans, Jim Harbaugh's Toreros found their highlights a little buried.
(Published: 2006-10-07 01:51 AM)
Wells, with 230 career victories, a perfect game and a World Series championship ring to present as Hall-of-Fame credentials, has been talking about retirement all season.
(Published: 2006-10-03 12:15 AM)
Mike Cameron ran down balls that saved games in center field. He hit for power. He stole bases and moved runners along. He can bat anywhere in the lineup.
(Published: 2006-09-30 12:37 AM)
We know San Jose State fans should thank Thomas Day for firing Claude Gilbert, but Aztecs fans could debate whether new SDSU coach Chuck Long should thank Day or chastise him.
(Published: 2006-09-25 11:34 PM)
If only the man who broke the record in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates would be given his rightful place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
(Published: 2006-09-23 12:45 AM)
The 40th anniversary of the Game of the Century -- the Notre Dame-Michigan State showdown -- is recognized Saturday night when the Irish and Spartans meet again at Spartan Stadium.
(Published: 2006-09-18 11:06 PM)
The Titans game started with a plain, old-fashioned sports roar of eager anticipation from fans that a week earlier had reveled in the Chargers' nine sacks in the season-opening 27-0 win over the Oakland Raiders.
(Published: 2006-09-16 02:27 PM)
When the father of the West Coast offense, Don Coryell, has something to say, everyone listens. His coaches nod along. No one suggests they knew more football than him.
(Published: 2006-09-09 09:40 AM)
The 9/11 tragedy hit La Jolla High harder than most campuses because the Vikings lost a distinguished alumnus, Brent Woodall.
(Published: 2006-09-05 09:00 AM)
Tom Ables is San Diego State's biggest fan, but he considered breaking his streak in the 2006 season.
(Published: 2006-09-05 01:09 AM)
There has never really been a month in San Diego baseball, especially with post-season anticipation, like the one that we're about to see unfold before us now that the Padres have completed a September acquisition of Wells from the Boston Red Sox.
(Published: 2006-08-29 12:16 PM)
His body has been wounded by three years at SDSU, but not the psyche.
(Published: 2006-08-22 11:32 AM)
If you know Quincey Clark's story, you know athletes don't accidentally use a banned performance enhancing substance.
(Published: 2006-08-15 10:20 AM)
When San Diego sports teams disappoint us, we move on to the next season. We don't start riots.
(Published: 2006-08-14 11:43 AM)
As good as Junior Seau was, and he should be a first-ballot Hall-of-Famer, he could have been better if not held back by two coaches early in his career.
(Published: 2006-08-08 09:53 AM)
Yes, he’s a surfer and his dad, Bill, owns Rocky’s, an Ocean Beach surf shop. But, no, Bill Stonecipher didn’t saddle his son with some off-the-wall surf-dog name. His mom, Ann, named him for an historic Native American.
(Published: 2006-08-03 08:46 PM)
There is no passion for soccer in America.
(Published: 2006-08-01 10:16 AM)
Recruiting is half the game in college football. So why didn't UCLA coach Karl Dorrell successfully recruit San Diegan Reggie Bush?
(Published: 2006-07-28 10:19 AM)
Kevin O'Connell met with a less demanding group than the media -- youth football players and cheerleaders.
(Published: 2006-07-27 11:38 AM)
If you've got a young daughter or son interested in basketball, this is the sports bargain you've been overlooking while ringing up credit card debt to take your kids to watch pro sports.
(Published: 2006-07-25 10:10 AM)
Running backs grow on palm trees here, but 2006 will be the quarterback's year in San Diego.
(Published: 2006-07-24 09:49 AM)
How Chargers Pro Bowl fullback Lorenzo Neal turned to a former boxing champ from San Diego to extend his career.
Sports at Lunch: Don Coryell with Dan Fouts & Brian Sipe
Casper always comes home for Billy's Kids
