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Leading Off: Lakers and Celtics are NBA's oldies but goodies


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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:05 a.m.

So, you're a Kings fan and you're excited about your talented, young team and its future ... The team's best player, and currently the future of the franchise, is 20 years old. There are two other rookies and a handful of second- and third-year players ... And with the No. 5 pick in the upcoming draft, the team could be even younger in 2010-11 ... Excited? You shouldn't be – not when you look at the teams that will meet in the NBA Finals ... Boston's core players – Rasheed Wallace (35 years

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Paul Gutierrez: Giants' lack of offense is offensive


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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:04 a.m.
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A's fans had reason to celebrate Sunday as Oakland went above .500 with its third win in a row over its cross-bay opponent ... OAKLAND – There was a scene in the funereal visitors' clubhouse that perfectly encapsulated what went down at the Oakland Coliseum this weekend – Giants Matt Downs and Eli Whiteside, mesmerized by the giveaway poster of Dallas Braden and his Mother's Day perfect game ... Because really, with as frigid as the Giants' bats were turned by A's pitching in a three-game

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Winning streaks on line in baseball playoffs


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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:02 a.m.

Monster winning streaks take center stage today as high school baseball playoff teams look to bear down on championships ... In the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I North playoffs at American River College, Elk Grove, winner of 18 consecutive games, meets Pleasant Grove, winner of 13 in a row, at 7 p.m ... At 4 p.m., Franklin of Elk Grove looks to end Jesuit's 15-game winning streak ... In D-II play, Oak Ridge rolls into Sacramento City College with an area-best 25-game winning streak. It plays

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River Cats 14, Memphis 3


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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.

Turning point: With the bases loaded and the River Cats ahead 6-3 in the seventh inning, pinch hitter Adrian Cardenas worked the count full before depositing Pete Parise's pitch into the Sacramento bullpen for a 10-3 lead. It was Cardenas' first home run ... Take a bow: Chris Carter broke a 3-for-26 slump with a double to left-center field in the fifth, driving in two runs and putting the River Cats up 4-3 ... Who's hot: River Cats starter Clay Mortensen got his fifth win ... Who's not: Six

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Back-seat Driver: Cal Expo monorail saved


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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.

In Sacramento this week, a beloved "people mover" is saved, two more projects are headed down the track, and a fourth is stalled at the station ... Cal Expo monorail rolling ... Fingers crossed, State Fair officials say they think they'll have their popular monorail back on track for July's fair after a year of tense fixes ... They've been updating the old trains, but for a while, it was going all wrong. Doors wouldn't open. Doors wouldn't close. Trains refused to leave the station. Trains

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Rogers wins race filled with peaks, valleys


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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.

THOUSAND OAKS – Michael Rogers of Australia won the Amgen Tour of California on Sunday, overcoming several challenges in the final miles to capture a race overshadowed by Floyd Landis' accusations of doping by Lance Armstrong ... Rogers won by nine seconds after holding the lead since Thursday ... Despite not having a teammate in the attacking group to help, he repelled all challenges during the 831/2-mile final stage on a hilly circuit in Ventura County while riding for U.S.-based Team

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Regional Digest: Hornets lose in baseball coach's final game


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Published May 24, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.

John Smith 's 32-season baseball coaching career at Sacramento State ended with a loss Sunday when host Fresno State beat the Hornets 8-4, according to a news release ... Smith's Sac State teams had 879 wins, 11 seasons with at least 30 wins and four seasons with at least 40 wins ... The Hornets (18-35-1, 7-17 Western Athletic Conference) led 4-0 in the fourth inning, but the Bulldogs (35-23, 16-8) scored six runs in the sixth ... Kyle Baskett and Trevor Paine each had two hits for the

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A's sweep Giants at home for 1st time in 5 years


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Published May 23, 2010 at 7:32 p.m.

San Francisco Giants second baseman Freddy Sanchez throws to first after forcing out Oakland Athletics' Mark Ellis, right, at second in the second inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, May 23, 2010. Jake Fox was out at first ... Jake Fox hit a go-ahead RBI double in the seventh inning and the Oakland Athletics completed a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants in the Bay Bridge Series with a 3-0 victory Sunday ... The Giants, held to one run all series, lost their

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Many baseball players use music for introductions


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Published May 23, 2010 at 10:39 a.m.
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The bossa nova beat, rapped gently on a Gretsch mod orange drum set, cuts through the cool AT&T Park air in a quick 4/4 time ... You know the day destroys the night, ... Night divides the day … ... Two measures later, in perfect syncopation, the Fender/Rhodes piano bass and Vox Continental organ join in, followed by the Gibson SG electric guitar's evocative riff ... Tried to run, Tried to hide … ... Then, descending from the ether and settling upon the diamond, the feral and haunted voice of

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Boat races add excitement at Auburn River Festival


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Published May 23, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.
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Katie Scott of South Lake Tahoe competes in the whitewater rodeo competition at the first Auburn River Festival on Saturday ... About 3,500 cubic feet of icy, serpentine-green water rushed by every second at the China Bar water-play park on the north fork of the American River, in the Auburn State Recreation Area. In whitewater terms, that made it a Class 2 to 3 flow – not technically "extreme," but you wouldn't want to fall in ... The rock-and-dirt parking lot nearby was jammed with SUVs,

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