SF Examiner: Quarterback questions loom for Bay Area football teams

By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner

Yes, as Jim Harbaugh pointed out, we love talking about the quarterback position. Why wouldn’t we? Arguably, it’s the most important in any team sport. It’s the position that wins games. Or loses them.

We know quarterbacks. We’ve watched Joe Montana and Steve Young and Jim Plunkett. What we don’t know, after six seasons, is whether Alex Smith...

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RealClearSports: What's Next for Tiger? Anything?

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

A year ago to call Ryan Vogelsong a journeyman would have been an exaggeration. More accurately, he was a bust who had pitched poorly on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, and at age 33, just released by a Triple-A team, appeared finished in baseball.

Appeared. Sunday, with the San Francisco Giants, who last winter gave him a second chance as a non-roster invitee, Vogelsong improved his season record to 10-2.

This bit of history is provided for those who think Tiger Woods is done as a champion ...

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Global Golf Post: Torment + Triple-Bogeys Equal PGA Championship

By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com

JOHNS CREEK, GEORGIA — During a week it seemed PGA stood for Professional Golfers Anonymous, the year's final major, to paraphrase the promotional slogan, indeed became glory's last shot. To the ribs.

The 93rd PGA Championship was not so much a tournament as a torment ...

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RealClearSports: Will Tiger Ever Be There Again?

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. -- Tiger Woods isn't there yet. And now, after a positively demoralizing day, at least to his dwindling group of fans if not to Tiger himself, you wonder whether he'll ever be there again.

Whether his comeback, his perceived renaissance, his proclaimed return to greatness, is nothing more than good thoughts destroyed by bad swings.

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SF Examiner: Tiger Woods knows exactly what he's doing

By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Nobody ever doubted Tiger Woods’ intelligence. He didn’t get into Stanford simply because he could break par. A confrontation with Tiger in an interview room is as likely to end with the same result as one on the course. He wins.

Woods was primed and ready Wednesday for what turned out to be a less-than-revelatory session with the media before today’s start of the 93rd PGA Championship.



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