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A handy list of games involving San Francisco Bay Area teams and
their dates and times and a Memorable Sports Moment or SportsPulse
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Monday, May 25 through Sunday, May 31
Issue No. 69
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Monday, May 25
Golden State Warriors @ Houston Rockets, 6 p.m.
San Francisco Giants @ Milwaukee Brewers, 11:10 a.m. Oakland A's v. Detroit Tigers, 1:05 p.m. Sacramento River Cats v. Nashville Sounds, 1:05 p.m. San Jose Giants v. Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, 2:00 p.m. Stockton Ports @ Lake Elsinore Storm, 1 p.m.
Tuesday, May 26
San Francisco Giants @ Milwaukee Brewers,
5:10 p.m.
Oakland A's v. Detroit Tigers, 7:05 p.m. Sacramento River Cats v. Nashville Sounds, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday, May 27
Golden State Warriors v. Houston Rockets, 6 p.m.
(if needed)
San Francisco Giants @ Milwaukee Brewers, 10:40 a.m. Oakland A's v. Detroit Tigers, 12:35 p.m. Sacramento River Cats v. Nashville Sounds, 7:05 p.m. San Jose Giants @ High Desert Mavericks, 6:35 p.m. Stockton Ports v. Lancaster JetHawks, 7:10 p.m.
Thursday, May 28
San Francisco Giants v. Atlanta Braves, 7:15 p.m.
Oakland A's v. New York Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Sacramento River Cats v. Nashville Sounds, 12:05 p.m. San Jose Giants @ High Desert Mavericks, 6:35 p.m. Stockton Ports v. Lancaster JetHawks, 7:10 p.m.
Friday, May 29
Golden State Warriors @ Houston Rockets, 6 p.m. (if needed) San Francisco Giants v. Atlanta Braves, 7:15 p.m. Oakland A's v. New York Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Nashville Sounds v. Las Vegas 51s, 7:05 p.m. Sacramento River Cats @ Colorado Springs Sky Sox, 6:05 p.m. San Jose Giants @ High Desert Mavericks, 6:35 p.m. Stockton Ports v. Lancaster JetHawks, 7:10 p.m. Burlingame Dragons @ Ventura County Fusion, 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 30
San Francisco Giants v. Atlanta Braves, 7:05 p.m.
Oakland A's v. New York Yankees, 7:05 p.m.
San Jose Earthquakes @ Toronto FC, 2 p.m.
San Jose SaberCats @ Portland Thunder, 3 p.m.
Nashville Sounds v. Las Vegas 51s, 6:35 p.m.
Sacramento River Cats @ Colorado Springs Sky
Sox, 5:05 p.m.
San Jose Giants @ Inland Empire 66ers, 7:05 p.m.
Stockton Ports v. Lake Elsinore Storm, 7:10 p.m.
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Sunday, May 31
Golden State Warriors v. Houston Rockets,
6 p.m. (if needed)
San Francisco Giants v. Atlanta Braves, 1:05 p.m. Oakland A's v. New York Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Nashville Sounds v. Las Vegas 51s, 2:05 p.m. Sacramento River Cats @ Colorado Springs Sky Sox, 12:35 p.m. San Jose Giants @ Inland Empire 66ers, 2:05 p.m. Stockton Ports v. Lake Elsinore Storm, 2:09 p.m. Burlingame Dragons @ Southern California Seahorses, 7 p.m.
Minor League Team Affiliations Nashville Sounds, (Oakland A's) -- AAA, Pacific Coast League Sacramento River Cats (San Francisco Giants) -- AAA, Pacific Coast League San Jose Giants (San Francisco Giants) -- Advanced A, California League Stockton Ports (Oakland A's) -- Advanced A, California League
Legend
(BB): Basketball
(M): Men
(W): Women
Media
Cal BB (M): KGO 810 AM
Cal BB (W): Pac-12 Network
Cal football: KGO 810 AM
Fresno Grizzlies: KYNO 1430 AM
Fresno State football: 940 AM ESPN Radio
Golden State Warriors: KNBR 680 AM
Oakland A's: 95.7 FM The Game
Oakland Raiders: 95.7 FM The Game
Sacramento Kings: KHTK 1140 AM
Sacramento River Cats: Talk 650 AM KSTE
San Francisco 49ers: KNBR 680/1050 AM, KGO
810 AM, KSAN 107.7 FM
San Francisco Giants: KNBR 680 AM
San Jose Earthquakes: 1590 KLIV AM,
1370 KZSF AM (Spanish)
San Jose Giants: MiLB Gameday Audio
San Jose SaberCats: KNBR 1050 AM
San Jose Sharks, KFOX 98.5 FM San Jose,
102.1 FM San Francisco
San Jose State football: KLIV 1590 AM
Stanford BB (M): KNBR 1050 AM, TBS (TV)
Stanford BB (W): KZSU 90.1 FM
Stanford football: KNBR 1050 AM
Stockton Ports: KWSX 1280 AM
UC Davis football: KTHK 1140 AM
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"I would change policy: bring back natural grass and nickel beer. Baseball is the belly button of our society. Straighten out baseball and you straighten out the rest of the world."
~Bill "Spaceman" Lee
MLB pitcher
At age 65, Lee signed a contract to play with the San Rafael Pacifics of the independent North American League and won his first game
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| The question on everyone's mind regarding the NBA Western Conference finals is whether Riley Curry will once again appear in the post-game press conference and melt the Internet. Photo by Ed Jay Photography. |
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| Madison Bumgarner is rounding into All-Star form and turned in another overpowering effort against the Dodgers May 21, blanking the SoCal rivals 4-0. Further helping his own cause, MadBum launched his seventh home run -- off Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw! -- in the third inning to start the scoring. His ERA is now down to 2.84. Photo by Rich Yee.
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A's catcher and team leader Stephen Vogt helped spearhead a 9-2 victory against Boston earlier this month with a sliding catch. At press time Vogt had 10 home runs and was batting a solid .306.
Photo by Michael Zagaris.
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| The Kingfish Pub has returned, bigger and better than ever. Respecting the past while moving into the future is a delicate balance, but the Kingfish Pub has succeeded in worthy fashion. After a hiatus of five months, which saw the Oakland pub move 35 yards to a new location (5227 Telegraph Avenue), this venerable institution has reopened in virtually its original condition, with a major addition: a 2,000-square-foot patio in back, along with a second bar and second shuffle board. Those entering the Kingfish step onto a large Cal logo honoring legendary Cal basketball coach Pete Newell -- a real touch of class. |
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We pay homage this Memorial Day to the true heroes who have sacrificed so that we can enjoy the American way of life. Sports are an integral part of the DNA that defines us as a country. We are lucky to have the freedom to pursue our interests, both as participants and fans.
Recently sports headlines have been inflated with stories about deflation, a PED cheater who broke a legend's record, spousal abuse, the murder conviction of a former all-pro tight end, and other forms of reprehensible behavior from a number of pro athletes.
But let's not let that distract us from Mike Conley of the Grizzlies and the Wizards' John Wall -- ultimate warriors during the second round of the NBA playoffs -- one with a broken face and the other with multiple fractures in his left wrist.
Fans are a picky bunch when it comes to debating the intestinal fortitude of their favorite players. Even though the Grizz and Wiz have been eliminated, take a moment and put yourself in the high-priced shoes and broken or displaced bones of Conley and Wall.
Mike Conley
"After I got the CAT scan they told me I did have a blowout fracture," Conley said. "I had three fractures at that point: one under my eye, one on the side of my eyebrow, and then there was one that was a displaced fracture almost where my jaw is."
Doctors told Conley that he had nearly broken his jaw and likely had a broken nose.
"OK, well, thanks for all that," Conley quipped in his retelling.
The good news, insofar as there can be any good news at all when breaking what amounts to the entire left side of your face, was that surgery was scheduled in Memphis once the swelling went down.
Conley spent a night in Portland after the injury. "The pain was excruciating, to be honest," Conley said. "But it was interesting because my pain wasn't necessarily near my eye. It was my mouth and my jaw and my teeth.
Surgeons installed a metal plate and four screws into the bone beneath Conley's eye, along with another plate and three more screws on the side of the orbital bone. His jaw was realigned to heal more naturally.
Days went by without Conley participating in any basketball activity. He traveled with the team for the start of their conference semifinal series against the Warriors but sat out Game 1.
When Conley took to the court for Game 2 he put on a show that no one saw coming. It was a heroic and gutty performance that made the series a series.
John Wall
Wall suffered five nondisplaced fractures in his wrist and hand. He stayed down for several minutes after a hard fall, but finished the game with 18 points and 13 assists.
The initial diagnosis was a wrist sprain, and Wall was expected to play in Game 2, but that plan was scrapped shortly before the game started.
"You never know when you've got a lot of energy and power going down on the ground, so I thought I broke it. Kind of the same type of injury."
Nondisplaced fractures are hard to spot on X-rays and MRIs when there's a lot of swelling. Wall's hand and wrist ballooned to an unnatural size, which could explain the initial misdiagnosis of a wrist sprain.
He sat out three games but returned in Game 5 and played quite well for a man with one hand.
The next time you weekend warriors start whining about a pulled muscle, bloody nose or some other minor malady, just pick yourself up and get back in the game.
And let us all take a moment to thank those who are serving or have served in our armed forces. Their fighting spirit and guts gave us the opportunities we often take for granted.
Longtime sports executive Andy Dolich has more than three decades of experience in the professional sports industry, mostly spent in the San Francisco Bay Area. This includes stints in the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL. He operates his consulting business, Dolich & Associates, in Los Altos.
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Editorial cartoon from the late Tony Ault of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Ault was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1976.
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How Baseball Changed My Life
by Walter Champion
I am a law professor at Texas Southern University and the author of the casebook Baseball and the Law. My book includes a forward by Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Monte Irvin, who was also an all-star in the Negro and Mexican leagues. Irvin, 96, still uses the stationary bike he borrowed from the New York Giants about 60 years ago. My assistant at the law school six years ago was Stacie Gordon, Irvin's granddaughter. I'm now also the dean of international programs at Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia, a graduate school in law and business in Madrid that introduced the master's in sports law 25 years ago, and is now co-sponsoring with Columbia University a master of laws in global sports/master's in sports management. Stacie plans to matriculate in this program in September. My first sports law article was an op-ed piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer on the 1981 baseball strike. It prompted a scathing reply by the late award-winning cartoonist Tony Auth, who lampooned millionaire baseball players by portraying them as being chauffeured in Rolls Royces around Veterans Stadium with "Unfair" signs. My mother, a longtime Phillies fan, had season tickets in 1980. She fell on the allegedly defective sidewalk at Veterans Stadium. By the time it got to court I was in law school, and a friend took the case. My mother was asked by three arbitrators whether she drank beer and wore glasses. She responded, "Oh no, honey, I never drink beer in hot weather, and like you, I only wear glasses to read." Although technically correct, my mother neglected to mention she'd had three gin-and-tonics in an air-conditioned luxury suite and had only one contact lens in place when she fell. (She was legally blind without contacts.) Decades earlier, in 1957, I was at Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium when Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn of the Phillies fouled off several pitches during an at-bat, one of which struck a little lady with white hair. Unbelievably, as she was being carried out on a stretcher another Ashburn foul ball struck her!
Legally, she assumed the risk of the first injury but not the second, since she was unconscious. At that point, I too was struck, so to speak, with the feasibility of a book on baseball and the law.
Walter Champion is also the author of Sports Law in a Nutshell, Fundamentals of Sports Law and Sports Ethics for Sports Management Professionals.
(For more information regarding Columbia University's master of laws in global sports/master's in sports management program and application, contact isde.us.)
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Golden
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Warriors 4/15
Cleveland Cavaliers 9/4 Atlanta Hawks 65/1 Houston Rockets 80/1
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49ers Schedule
Preseason
Date Opponent Time TV
Sat., Aug. 15 @ Houston 5:00 p.m. KPIX 5
Sun., Aug. 23 Dallas 5:00 p.m. KPIX 5
Sat., Aug. 29 @ Denver 6:00 p.m. KPIX
Thu., Sep. 3 San Diego 7:00 p.m. KPIX 5
Regular Season
Date Opponent Time TV
Mon., Sep. 14 Minnesota 7:20 p.m. ESPN
Sun., Sep. 20 @ Pittsburgh 10:00 a.m. FOX
Sun., Sep. 27 @ Arizona 1:05 p.m.
FOX
Sun., Oct. 4 Green Bay 1:25 p.m.
FOX
Sun., Oct. 11 @ NY Giants 5:30 p.m. NBC
Sun., Oct. 18 Baltimore 1:25 p.m. CBS
Thu., Oct. 22 Seattle 5:25 p.m. CBS/NFLN
Sun., Nov. 1 @ St. Louis 10:00 a.m. FOX
Sun., Nov. 8 Atlanta 1:05 p.m. FOX
Sun., Nov. 15 BYE
Sun., Nov. 22 @ Seattle 1:25 p.m. FOX
Sun., Nov. 29 Arizona 1:05 p.m. FOX
Sun., Dec. 6 @ Chicago 10:00 a.m. FOX
Sun., Dec. 13 @ Cleveland 10:00 a.m. FOX
Sun., Dec. 20 Cincinnati 5:30 p.m. NBC
Sun., Dec. 27 @ Detroit 10:00 a.m. FOX
Sun., Jan. 3 St. Louis 1:25 p.m. FOX
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Raiders Schedule
Preseason
Date Opponent Time TV
Fri., Aug 14 St. Louis 7:00 p.m. KTVU/KICU
Sat., Aug. 22 @ Minnesota 5:00 p.m. KTVU/KICU
Sun., Aug. 30 Arizona 5:00 p.m. NBC
Thu., Sep. 3 @ Seattle 7:00 p.m. KTVU/KICU
Regular Season
Date Opponent Time TV
Sun., Sep. 13 Cincinnati 1:25 p.m. CBS
Sun., Sep. 20 Baltimore 1:05 p.m. CBS
Sun., Sep. 27 @ Cleveland 10:00 a.m. CBS
Sun., Oct. 4 @ Chicago 10:00 a.m. CBS
Sun., Oct. 11 Denver 1:25 p.m. CBS
Sun., Oct. 18 BYE
Sun., Oct. 25 @ San Diego 1:05 p.m. CBS
Sun., Nov. 1 NY Jets 1:05 p.m. CBS
Sun. Nov. 8 @ Pittsburgh 10:00 a.m. CBS
Sun., Nov. 15 Minnesota 1:05 p.m. FOX
Sun., Nov. 22 @ Detroit 10:00 a.m. CBS
Sun., Nov. 29 @ Tennessee 10:00 a.m. CBS
Sun., Dec. 6 Kansas City 1:05 p.m. CBS
Sun., Dec. 13 @ Denver 1:05 p.m. CBS
Sun., Dec. 20 Green Bay 1:05 p.m. FOX
Thu., Dec. 24 San Diego 5:25 p.m. NFLN
Sun., Jan. 3 @ Kansas City 10:00 a.m. CBS
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Below is a list of sports bars we recommend for all your sports viewing needs. Each is a worthy institution and they have the added distinction of also being long-time Ultimate Sports Guide advertisers. When you stop in, please extend our thanks.
San Francisco
Abbey Tavern, 4100 Geary Street
The Blue Light, 1979 Union Street
Bus Stop, 1901 Union Street
The Chieftain, 198 5th Street
Danny Coyle's, 668 Haight Street
Dave's, 29 Third Street @ Kearny
Final Final, 2990 Baker @ Lombard
The Holding Company, #2 Embarcadro Center
Il Pirata, 2007 16th Street
Jake's Steaks, 3301 Buchanan Street
Jullian's, 101 4th Street
The Kezar Pub, 770 Stanyan Street
Mad Dog in the Fog, 530 Haight Street
Mucky Duck, 1315 9th Avenue
Nickie's Bar, 466 Haight Street
Players Sports Grill, Pier 39, Buildings L & M
Polo Grounds, 747 3rd Street
East Bay
Brennan's Restaurant, 4th & University, Berkeley
Churchward Pub, 1515 Park Street, Alameda
City Beach, 4020 Technology Place, Fremont
Crogan's Montclair, 6101 La Salle Avenue, Oakland
Cue & Brew, 1029 Arnold Drive, #6, Martinez
Dan's Irish Sports Bar, 1524 Civic Street, Walnut Creek
Diamonds Sports Bar & Grill, 77 Hegenberger, Oakland
Ed's Mudville Grill, 6200 Center Street, Clayton
The Englander, 101 Parrott Street, San Leandro
Evie's, 7138 Village Parkway, Dublin
Francesco's Restaurant, 8520 Pardee Drive, Oakland
Frank's Saloon, 2014 Marina Blvd., San Leandro
Funky Monkey, 22554 Main Street, Hayward
George & Walt's, 5445 College Avenue, Oakland
Grand Oaks Restaurant, 3701 Grand Avenue, Oakland
Go Sports Bar, 736 Washington Street, Oakland
Ivy Room, 860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany
Kingfish, 5227 Claremont, Oakland
Linguini's Pizza & Brew, 1508 Park Street, Alameda
Livermore Casino Sports Bar, 3571 First Street, Livermore
McCovey's Restaurant, 1444 N. California, Walnut Creek
Mr. Lucky's Bar & Grill, 1527 Locust Street. Walnut Creek
Oakland Moose Club, 690 Hegenberger Road
Oaks Corner, 4099 San Pablo, Emeryville
Otaez Mexican Restaurant, 1619 Webster Street, Alameda
Pacific Coast Brewing Co., 906 Washington Street, Oakland
Pasta Pelican, 2455 Mariner Square Drive, Alameda
Pete's Place, 610A San Pablo Avenue, Pinole
Rancho Sports Bar, 3912 San Pablo Dam Road, El Sobrante
Ricky's Sports Grill, 15028 Hesperian Blvd., San Leandro
Sports Edition Bar, Hilton Oakland Airport, Oakland
Stadium Pub, 1420 Lincoln Avenue, Walnut Creek
Tierney's Sports Bar, 540 San Pablo Avenue, Albany
WPLJ's Dance Club, 2112 North Main Street, Walnut Creek
Brisbane
7 Mile House, 2800 Bayshore Blvd.
Burlingame
The American Bull Bar & Grill, 1819 El Camino Real
Knuckles Historical Sports Bar, Hyatt Regency, Burlingame
Campbell
Capers Eat & Drink, 1710 West Campbell
Fair Oaks
Players Sports Pub, 4060 Sunrise Blvd.
Half Moon Bay
Cameron's Restaurant Pub & Inn, 1410 South Cabrillo Hwy
Half Moon Bay Brewing Co., 390 Capistrano Road
Foster City
The Club House Bistro, 1221 Chess Drive
Palo Alto
Sundance The Steakhouse, 1921 El Camino Real
Point Richmond
Up & Under, 2 West Richmond Avenue
San Jose
Bay 101 Casino, 1801 Bering Drive
Britannia Arms, 5027 Almaden Expressway
Britannia Arms, 173 West Santa Clara
Britannia Arms, 1087 De Anza Blvd.
San Rafael
Pete's 881, 721 Lincoln Avenue
Santa Clara
City Beach, 2911 Mead Avenue
Santa Cruz
One Double Oh Seven Club, 1007 Soquel Avenue
Vacaville
Stars Recreation Center, 155 Browns Valley Parkway
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