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San Jose State looks for second straight win on Saturday against Northern Arizona

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By: Ana Kieu

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Last week, San Jose State snapped its six-game losing skid with a down-to-the-wire 67-65 win over Bethune Cookman at home. This week, San Jose State is looking for its second straight win as they wrap up their four-game homestand with a game vs. Northern Arizona on Saturday night.

Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming game:

Game #9
Northern Arizona (2-5) vs. San Jose State (2-6)
Friday, Dec. 12, 7:00 pm PT
Event Center (5,000)
San Jose, Calif.

Live Stats
Fans can view live stats of all San Jose State men’s basketball games, home and away, by accessing the Live Stats feature at www.sjsuspartans.com. Click on the link on the women’s basketball schedule page to follow the action.

All-Access Passport
The Mountain West Network is your all-access passport to Spartan Athletics. For live and recorded video/audio of San Jose State men’s basketball home and Mountain West road contests, the Mountain West Network is your home. Go to Mountain West Network logo at top of the Spartans Athletics home page or go to www.sjsuspartans.com/video.

Back In The Win Column
San Jose State ran away with a 67-65 win over Bethune-Cookman in their last meeting on Dec. 6 to improve to 2-6 on the season. It was the Spartans’ first win over a Division I opponent since Feb. 28, 2018 at Utah State (64-62).

Last Time Out
After struggling to find much offense in the first half vs. Bethune-Cookman, the Spartan offense came to life in the second half as they shot 48% from the field and nailed five triples to come from behind and take down the Wildcats 67-65. Noah Baumann hit 3 of 5 treys in the second half, while Oumar Barry tallied a career-high 13 points and Michael Steadman finished with his third double-double of the season of 15 points and 13 rebounds in the win.

Steady Steadman
JUCO transfer Michael Steadman has had quite the debut for the Spartans this season. The 6’10 forward is averaging a team-high 13.5 points per game and ranks fourth in the Mountain West with 9.4 rebounds per game, which also ranks him in the top-40 nationally. Steadman has three double-doubles on the season, ranking fourth in the conference and has scored in double figures in 7-of-8 games, including six straight.

Staff Shake Up
Jean Prioleau made some changes to his staff in the offseason as he brought in former NC State All-American Julius Hodge as an assistant coach. He also promoted director of basketball operations, Ryan Cooper, to assistant coach.

What About The Lumberjacks?
Northern Arizona enters Saturday’s contest at 2-5 and hopes to end a four-game losing skid. After picking up early season wins over Jacksonville University (97-82) and University of Nebraska at Omaha (76-66), the Lumberjacks have since lost to Hawaii, UC Davis, Santa Clara and Utah Valley. Four Northern Arizona players are averaging double figures in scoring led by Carlos Hines’ 15 ppg. Northern Arizona is led by Jack Murphy in his seventh season.

This will be the seventh overall meeting between the programs. Northern Arizona currently leads the series 4-2 and were the victors in the last installment, which was played on Dec. 15, 2007 at the DeAnza College Gymnasium.

The Baumann Factor
Sophomore Noah Baumann is once again displaying his impressive 3-point shooting abilities this season after finishing in the top 40 in the Mountain West in that department as a freshman. Baumann is currently 15-28 (.536) from the 3-point range, which ranks second in the Mountain West.

Baumann came up huge for the Spartans in their win over Bethune-Cookman. After the team finished 0-for-10 from 3-point range in the first half, Baumann sparked the Spartan offense by draining 3-of-5 second half attempts and finished with a season-high 12 points to help lead San Jose State to a victory.

Barry’s Big Day
Senior Oumar Barry had his best game of the season vs. Bethune-Cookman as he finished with a career-high 13 points and tied his season-high of 7 rebounds.

San Francisco 49ers podcast with Joe Lami: 49ers looking to catch some more breaks this Sunday against Seahawks

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On the 49ers podcast with Joe Lami:

#1 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said the clock flub at the end of Sunday’s game had quarterback Nick Mullens not taking a knee, but instead the ball was a turnover to the Denver Broncos. Lucky for San Francisco on the last play of the game, the Broncos wide receiver Tim Patrick lateraled and the ball rolled out of bounds midfield, which helped SF win and run the clock out.

#2 Shanahan who was fined by the NFL $25,000 for yelling an obscenity at an official and drew an unsportsmanship-like conduct back on Dec. 2 in Seattle. Shanahan said he would appeal a play that he felt should have stopped the clock after 49ers linebacker Fred Warner had lost his shoe and Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson threw it off the field Shanahan said the officials should have stopped the clock and that Warner should have been allowed to get his shoe back, but promised he wouldn’t swear at the officials again.

#3 San Francisco’s George Kittle had a career day in the first half last Sunday against the Broncos with 210 yards, seven catches, with a 85-yard touchdown.

#4 Mullens had a good offensive afternoon 22-33 for 332 yards. Mullens finished with a 102.1 passer rating.

#5 The Seattle Seahawks, who streamrolled the 49ers in Seattle on Dec. 2, will be at Levi’s Stadium this Sunday. Joe tells what the 49ers’ chances are this Sunday.

Joe Lami is the San Francisco 49ers beat writer and does the 49ers podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: Maybe the Warriors’ Main Goal Is to Conquer the Moon

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By: Amaury Pi-González

The Warriors are such a good team who are doing nothing but winning. So maybe they are bored with their success, and when that happens, and you are on top of the world like the 1970s A’s and Raiders, 1980s 49ers and 2000s Giants, this is bound to happen. A player will say something outrageous that will make news outside the sports world. Actually after winning three NBA titles, the Warriors’ only goal might be to conquer the Moon.

Stephen Curry said recently that man has never been to the Moon. Since then, Curry clarified his comments saying it was “a joke.” Nonetheless, NASA is offering Curry and the Warriors a tour of their facilities next time they visit the Houston Rockets. NASA offers to school Curry on moon landing, to show him some rocks that the astronauts brought from the Moon. Obviously, since NASA can’t offer Curry any advice of how to improve his game. Earlier this year, NBA star Kyrie Irving said flat Earth claims were an experiment and he was just having a little entertainment.

It is all fun, but in today’s social media world–every statement,every word is dissected, especially by famous people like Curry. I have no doubt if you take a poll across this country you will find a percentage of people that believe we never went to the Moon, that it was done inside a Warner Brothers studio, that 9/11 was an inside job by the US government to send us to war, and that Elvis still alive.

Recently, Virgin Galactic–Richard Branson’s outlet–flies its first astronauts to the end of space, taking one step further to space tourism and taking the lead over Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Today is the private world, entrepreneurs (not NASA and the government) that is taking the lead in space. In the future, Curry might be able (he sure can afford it) to actually take a trip to the Moon and tell his grandkids someday.

It is going to happen like Frank Sinatra’s huge hit in 1964: “Fly Me To the Moon.”

Oakland Raiders podcast with Tony Renteria: It’s a soap opera at the Raiders team leaving after this season and GM fired, can they win another game this Sunday?

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On the Raiders podcast with Tony:

#1 Did anyone see the firing of Reggie McKenzie coming? Was Tony surprised about the firing?

#2 Who was more to blame for the Raiders 3-10 record this season, McKenzie or head coach Jon Gruden?

#3 Gruden said he doesn’t have any general managers in mind right at the moment.

#4 The city of Oakland is suing the Oakland Raiders for loses of revenue and upkeep at the Coliseum that’s been unpaid. The Raiders owner Mark Davis said if the city sues, then he would play the 2019 season elsewhere.

#5 With the firing of McKenzie and the possible move of the Raiders out of the Coliseum, how distracting is this for the Raiders going into their next game?

Tony does the Raiders podcasts each Thursday at sportsradioservice.com

 

Stanford Cardinal football podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Cardinal and Pitt meet for the first time since 1932; Costello had a great season with 3435 yards passing

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On the Stanford Cardinal football podcast with Jerry:

#1 Jerry, it’s the first time that the Stanford Cardinal (8-4) will face the Pitt (7-6) for the first time since 1932 in Pittsburgh. The Cardinal faced Pitt three times In 1928, the Cardinal beat Pitt in the Rose Bowl 7-6.

#2 Talk about the season that Stanford quarterback KJ Costello had. He threw for 263 completions for 3435 yards and 29 touchdowns.

#3 Pitt lost their latest game Saturday to Clemson 42-10 in the ACC Championship.

#4 Stanford running back Bryce Love, who was injured most of the season, had six in the touchdowns. Stanford’s other running back Cameron Scarlett had six touchdowns.

#5 So it’s Pitt and Stanford for the Sun Bowl. Jerry tells us how he sees this contest on New Year’s Eve.

Stanford Cardinal football podcasts can be heard each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa Walsh: Timo Time pays off for Sharks; Jones like wall in net as Sharks win four of last five

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On the San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 Last Monday against New Jersey, the San Jose Sharks were able to take advantage, scoring three goals when Timo Meier scored twice and Radim Simek scored his first goal of the season helped the Sharks get a three-goal win over NJ 5-3.

#2 Joe Pavelski and Tomas Hertl also had two-point nights for the Sharks.

#3 The Sharks had been a little slow on picking up the pace, but were able to open things up against New Jersey with Timo Meier firing up the offense.

#4 Tomas Hertl added a power play goal at 5:38 in the third period and goaltender Martin Jones stopped 22 shots.

#5 Thursday night, the Dallas Stars are at SAP and the Sharks hope to get some of the same support they got on Monday.

Mary Lisa does the Sharks podcast each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Kings down Timberwolves 141-130, improve to 15-12

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By: Jeremiah Salmonson

SACRAMENTO — I said in late October that if the Kings remained at or near a split record through November, I would be excited about this season. Well, the Kings have not disappointed! Monday night’s win over the Chicago Bulls improved the Kings’ record to 14-12 this season. I had an idea this was possible, but didn’t truly believe it would happen. The Kings aren’t the best team in the Western Conference. The Kings aren’t even the best team in their respective division. However, the Kings are much better than last year and dramatically more entertaining. The Kings and their fans headed into Wednesday night’s game looking to build off of their 3-1 road trip. The tip-off was set for 7 PM PST against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Golden 1 Center.

The Kings started the game out the game on a high note. After about 2 minutes of play, the Kings led the Timberwolves 8-4. Through the first quarter, the Kings would be in control the majority of the time. The Kings finished the first with De’Aaron Fox leading the way with 9 points. Andrew Higgins led the T-wolves with 12 in the first quarter of play. After one, the Kings led the T-wolves 35-31.

The second quarter was more of the same. Sacramento wasn’t playing around when they decided to score 28 more points and hold the T-wolves to 19. The Kings clearly had momentum on their side going into halftime. Nemenja Bjelica led the Kings in scoring going into the half with 12 points. Andrew Wiggins led the T-wolves with 14 first-half points. Notably, the Kings shot at a 57.1% FG clip while the T-wolves shot 50% FG.

Going into the third, the Kings came out of the locker room with a 13-point lead. That came into jeopardy when the T-wolves scored 11 unanswered points to bring the game to a score of 63-61. For the rest of the quarter, the game stayed relatively the same. Both teams traded back to back baskets. When the third was all said and done… The Kings led 96-92 going into the fourth.

In the fourth, the Kings would go on a terror early on. That run would ultimately propel the Kings to victory by the score of 141-130. Nemenja Bjelica led the Kings with 25 points. Amongst others, Buddy Hield, and Bogdan Bogdanovic had notable performances with 20 points apiece.

Up Next: The Kings stay home to face the Golden State Warriors on Friday night at 7 PM PST.

San Jose State podcast with Ana Kieu: Men’s basketball runs away with second win of the season; Football continues meetings with players

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On the San Jose State podcast with Ana:

1. Good news for the SJSU men’s basketball team as they ran away with their second win of the season 67-65 over Bethune Cookman last Thursday night. How exciting was the win?

2. SJSU men’s basketball concludes their four-game homestand versus Northern Arizona this Saturday. What are your three keys to a Spartans’ win?

3. SJSU football continued their meetings with high school and college players. Are there any players who stand out and you’d think would be great additions to the team?

Ana does the San Jose State podcasts each week for SportsRadioService.com

Headline Sports podcast with London Marq: Shakeup at Raiders team being sued, won’t be back in Oakland after this season; GM fired this week

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yahoosports.com: Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis (left) and former general manger Reggie McKenzie in 2012 photo parted company Sunday and the City of Oakland is suing the Raiders for lost revenue caused by the Raiders moving to Vegas

On Headline Sports with London:

#1 Former Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie was fired on Sunday and not even allowed to finish the season with just three games left. Which scenario would you call this firing an honorable discharge or dishonorable discharge?

#2 When head coach Jon Gruden got on the scene, was that pretty much writing on the wall for McKenzie?

#3 Gruden stated until the last Raiders game in a presser that he and McKenzie got along just fine and there was no problem.

#4 Former Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper is this winter’s top prospect his agent. Scott Boras is still shopping for a team for Harper and apparently the Giants general manager Farhan Zaidi will be talking with Boras during this week’s Winter Meetings. Harper has been touted as a LeBron-like commodity in the free agency sweepstakes.

#5 The A’s second baseman Jed Lowrie is reportedly asking too much in free agency and the A’s might seek free agent DJ LeMahieu. Lowrie is asking for $10 million a year and a multi year deal. LeMahieu could join the A’s for one season at $10 million and the A’s won’t have to worry about a multi-year deal since the $10 million would be coming from his final year of his deal with the Colorado Rockies. Also, the A’s are looking at Troy Tulowitzki–he’s from Sunnyvale and likes that the A’s who are a post season contending team the Jays are paying his remaining $38 million salary and the A’s would pay the extra $600,000 to Tulowitski.

London does Headline Sports each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic: They can’t be contained, Barracuda light up the lamp with heavy offense

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#1 What does that tell you when the San Jose Barracuda (14-3-1-2) are able to score two goals in the first period in the first 39 seconds to open the game against the Bakerfield Condors?

#2 The Cuda are red-hot. They’ve won five straight and are first in the Pacific Division they get ready for the San Diego Gulls Saturday night at 7 PM.

#3 Rourke Chartier–he’s got a future he took a shot in the second period for his fifth point in four games against the Condors.

#4 The Cuda found themselves in front 4-0 and the team never let up this is a team that just simply dominated the Cuda, who are the best in the AHL at 8-1-0-1.

#5 The Barracuda head down to sunny San Diego for a Saturday night faceoff. Marko sets the game up for us.

Marko does the San Jose Barracuda podcasts for http://www.sportsradioservice.com each Wednesday