RealClearSports: Lavin Gets St. John's Back in the Headlines

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

In the chaos of New York sports it is no less important to be on the back of the tabloids than at the front of the pack. Steve Lavin thus put his new employer in an enviable position even before he was officially hired.

'LOVIN' LAVIN' was the headline in Tuesday's New York Post, above a huge photo of the man, a correct implication he would be the new basketball coach at St. John's, which he became a few hours later

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SF Examiner: Don't judge Lincecum just yet

By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner

SAN FRANCISCO — It is a baseball axiom not to get worked up about what happens individually in March, or if a team is out of a pennant race in September. So we exhale after reviewing Tim Lincecum’s spring.

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Copyright 2010 SF Newspaper Company

RealClearSports: Little St. Mary's Finds a Sweet Spot

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

MORAGA, Calif. -- To get to Saint Mary's College, you need a GPS and a lot of luck. It's due east of Oakland down a winding road through a canyon of redwood trees that are maybe a bit taller than Omar Samhan.

He's the 6-foot-11 center on a basketball team from a program with a great deal of history but beyond California receives almost no recognition. As for Moraga, it's a bedroom community named after Joaquin Moraga, the rancher deeded the area in 1835 by the government of Mexico.

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SF Examiner: Madden vouches for Davis' legacy

By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner

Two things were evident on an evening of sweet nostalgia: That Al Davis wasn’t in the room, and that John Madden was.

“You can’t write the history of sports in the Bay Area without the name Al Davis,” Madden said. “Al Davis belongs here. He’s a Hall of Famer.”

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RealClearSports: We Want More Than Tiger Should Have to Give

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

We're the ones at fault here. Not Tiger Woods.

The man did something morally wrong, at least in the viewpoint of most. He did not break any laws. He did not steal. Or shove anyone down a flight of stairs.

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