143 days ago- Because Billy Beane made the kind of trade Brian Sabean should have made, the A’s have a much better chance of returning to the postseason race in the near future than the Giants.
147 days ago- The 49ers are falling apart as a team and as an organization, but there may be a saving grace for fans: Their troubles may finally force the Yorks to sell the team.
154 days ago- The Raiders may not win another game this season, but, for the first time in five years, there is hope for the future because Lane Kiffin has taken firm charge as coach.
164 days ago- One of these years, the Big Game will revert to the competitive rivalry it once was, but not this year. Cal will win again, probably by a lopsided margin.
185 days ago- The Raiders bill themselves as The Team of the Decades but since they got to the Super Bowl after the 2002 season, this has been a lost decade. They got blown out in the Super Bowl and since have gone 17-55, worst in the NFL.
189 days ago- As Barry Bonds neared the career home run mark of Henry Aaron this year, many writers happily speculated that Bonds wouldn’t hold the record long because Alex Rodriguez would soon catch and pass him.
192 days ago- When a team collapses, there are always two figures in the crosshairs, the coach and the quarterback. And so it is with the 49ers after their latest debacle.
196 days ago- The sky is falling! The sky is falling! That’s the word this week on the Cal message boards as alums — mostly younger ones, I’m sure — have had the kind of hysterical reaction to the Cal football team’s two losses that you’d expect from supporters of the schools known as football factories.
199 days ago- JaMarcus Russell’s debut was moved up again by the Raiders’ latest loss, to Kansas City on Sunday. Not because Daunte Culpepper played poorly, but because the Raiders are again fading into irrelevancy. Soon, it will be obvious that there’s no point in giving the majority of snaps to either Culpepper or Josh McCown because they aren’t the club’s future.