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Late art rebel Fritz Scholder learned, and now will be enshrined, in Sacramento

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Published Nov. 29, 2009 at 3:00 a.m.
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"Human In Nature # 11." ... The late Fritz Scholder made his name in the Southwest, painting American Indians draped in military-surplus flags, wearing blue jeans, drinking beer and smoking cigarettes. He once painted a buffalo dancer holding a strawberry ice cream cone in place of a ceremonial rattle ... Before the 1960s and '70s, when Scholder upended the accepted notion of Indian art, American Indians were sentimentally depicted in dreamy sepia shades and dressed in blankets and moccasins ...

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The Barry best

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Published Dec. 6, 2009 at 3:55 a.m.

How will this decade be remembered? In terms of Northern California sports, we had highlights around the region at the beginning of the " '00s," and then lowlights in recent years ... We've seen great moments from the Kings, Giants, A's, 49ers, Raiders and our local high schools. From the Kings' playoff runs to the Giants' trip to the 2002 World Series to Grant High School's football success, the area sports teams have been worth watching ... With that in mind, The Bee Sports staff is giving you

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Every day is Columbus Day for Italian American club in Sacramento

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Published Oct. 12, 2009 at 9:04 a.m.
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Ciro Negri, left, and Virgil Petrocchi watch friends play bocce. Petrocchi's grandfather was one of Piemonte Reale Benevolent Society's 23 founders. "I joined in 1937," said Petrocchi, 93. "We now have 245 members, and they're not all Italians - we're like the League of Nations." ... Columbus Day -- long under fire from American Indians -- took another hit this year when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger cut it from the list of paid state holidays ... That doesn't seem to faze the venerable members of

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Prep football showcase canceled

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Published Aug. 27, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.

The West Coast Classic, which may have been the first high school football showcase event in the region's history, has been canceled ... Event organizer Kevin Kelly said he was forced to drop the three-game, Sept. 5 competition after two schools balked at playing at Whitney High School in Rocklin ... "I'm very disappointed," Kelly said. "We had a tremendous fundraising opportunity for the schools." ... The problematic event originally was scheduled to be take place at Hughes Stadium. Kelly said

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Stassi to begin pro baseball career

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Published Aug. 21, 2009 at 12:22 p.m.

Max Stassi spent most of his high school summers playing across the country and internationally in showcase games and for the USA Junior national teams ... So it was refreshing for the two-time Bee Player of the Year from Yuba City High School to spend most of this summer sleeping in his own bed while playing for the Yuba-Sutter Gold Sox, a college wood-bat team ... That helped him rehabilitate a sore right shoulder that prevented him from catching most of his senior year for the Honkers ...

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Oregon-bound Kuresa dials up a big summer

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Published Aug. 16, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.

Oakmont High School senior Tyler Kuresa no doubt has caught the eyes of major league baseball scouts with a busy summer that included an impressive performance in the Area Code Games that concluded Monday in Long Beach ... Kuresa, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound first baseman, played for the Milwaukee Brewers Blue team that finished with a 3-1-1 record in the event that showcases some of the nation's top players from the class of 2010 ... Kuresa, who committed July 30 to Oregon, was an All-Sierra Foothill

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Class of '09: The inductees

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Published July 26, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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Nick Peters, The Bee's longtime baseball writer, covered nearly 5,000 games during his 47-year career. Today he will become the 60th sportswriter tobe inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame inCooperstown, NY. Joining Rickey Henderson,Jim Rice and former Sacramento resident andformer Yankees great Joe Gordon, Peters willbe honored for his amazing contributions tobaseball. From all your colleagues at The Bee:Congratulations, Nick ... Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson ... Born: Dec. 25, 1958, in

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Paul Gutierrez: Spotlight shines on NorCal baseball

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Published July 27, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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Rickey Henderson declared himself "the greatest" when he set the career stolen-base record. Sunday, he was more humble ... COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – They say there ain't no party like a West Coast party and a West Coast party don't stop ... So what happens when you hold a Northern California baseball hoedown in upstate New York for 21,000? First, you comb boorish Yankee Fan from your hair. Second, you scrub the scent of obnoxious Red Sox Fan off your person (no offense, Dustin Pedroia) ... Then, you

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Former Bee writer Peters to be inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame

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Published July 26, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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Surrounded by memorabilia in his home, former Bee writer Nick Peters will receive theJ.G. Taylor Spink Award today at the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony ... COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – It had been a run-of-the-mill month for Nick Peters, the former longtime Bee sportswriter who covered close to 5,000 Giants games, more than anyone in history ... He stayed up late. He watched Giants games on television. He took inventory of his baseball memorabilia collection. He read the paper ...

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Chang: He plans to step up his playing schedule this year

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Published July 10, 2009 at 2:00 a.m.
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BILL KOSTROUN Associated Press file, 1996Michael Chang will play ... Future International Tennis Hall of Famers, such as Andre Agassi, have played for the Capitals ... Hall of Famers, such as John McEnroe, have played against them ... But never in the Capitals' 24-year history has a Hall of Famer played for them ... That will change tonight ... Michael Chang, the youngest male Grand Slam singles champion in history, will make his World TeamTennis debut at 7:30 when Sacramento (3-1) faces the

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