SPORTS NEWS

An Olympic Feat for Strawberries

For the first time, a shipment of strawberries grown abroad entered China on Tuesday, as part of a temporary agreement between the country and California.

Posted Tuesday, August 05, 2008 8:06 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: California, Olympic Games, Fruit, Food Contamination and Poisoning, Strawberries

Jerome Holtzman, 82, ‘Dean’ of Sportswriters, Dies

The Chicago sportswriter and columnist and the author of “No Cheering in the Press Box” was a venerated presence in press boxes around the country.

Posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:08 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Major League Baseball, California, Baseball Hall of Fame, Chicago (Ill), Writing and Writers, Sporting News, Holtzman, Jerome, Chicago Baseball Museum, No Cheering in the Press Box (Book)

A Small City Has a Big Impact on Water Polo

Commerce , Calif., a working-class industrial city, has developed one of the most prolific and sophisticated youth water polo programs in the United States.

Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:03 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), California, Swimming, Water Polo

Yanks’ First Draft Pick Is a Pitcher

The Yankees’ first-round pick in Thursday’s amateur draft, Gerrit Cole, 17, showed that they were still committed to young pitchers.

Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 10:34 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, California, Draft and Recruitment (Sports), Cole, Gerrit

No Longer With I.R.S., Novitzky Joins F.D.A.

The federal agent, who uncovered the illicit use of performance-enhancing drugs in professional sports, will continue to work closely with the U. S. attorney’s office.

Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:32 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Steroids, California, Novitzky, Jeff, Internal Revenue Service, Bonds, Barry, Canseco, Jose, Food and Drug Administration

Dykstra, Like His Father, Is Reckless in Good Way

Lenny’s son Cutter Dykstra, is one of the nation’s finest high school baseball prospects and a possible first-round pick in the June draft.

Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 6:52 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, New York Mets, California, Dykstra, Lenny, Dykstra, Cutter

Inquiry Into Doctor May Link Players to Drugs

A California doctor is being investigated to determine whether he illegally wrote prescriptions for patients, including major league baseball players.

Posted Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:20 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Steroids, Athletics and Sports, California, Mitchell, George J, Scruggs, Ramon

Inquiry May Lead to More Players Being Named

A California doctor is being investigated to determine whether he illegally wrote prescriptions for patients, including major league baseball players.

Posted Tuesday, March 11, 2008 7:02 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Steroids, Athletics and Sports, California, Mitchell, George J, Scruggs, Ramon

This Year, Even Bay Hill May Not Stop Woods

And as dominant as he has been everywhere, Tiger Woods has been even better at home, piling up more titles in his home state, California, and his adopted state, Florida, than any active player.

Posted Saturday, March 08, 2008 12:34 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: California, Golf, PGA Tour Inc, Woods, Tiger

Where Waterfalls Freeze, There’s a Path to the Top

Ice climbing in California sounds a bit like surfing in North Dakota, but frozen waterfalls in the Sierra can become a shining vertical playground in winter.

Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:20 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Ice Climbing, Sierra Nevada Region (US), California

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