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Raiders demolished in Gateway City

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By Jeremy Kahn

After winning for the first time in 368 days, things possibly looked began to look up for the Oakland Raiders; however in their next game, they returned to mediocrity.

Tre Mason scored two touchdowns, and Shaun Hill played a tremendous game and the St. Louis Rams simply throttled the Raiders 52-0 at the Edward James Dome.

Mason got the Rans on the scoreboard on the Rams first series of the game, as he took a Hill pass and scampered 35 yards to give the Rams a quick 7-0 lead.

On their next possession, Hill himself got into the end zone, as he scored from two yards out to increase the score up to two touchdowns.

After their third consecutive three-and-out to start the game, the Rams took advantage once again, as Tavon Austin made it 21-0, as he scored on a 18-yard run.

The Raiders then held the ball for over six minutes, but were forced to punt again and the Rams made quick work of yet another Marquette King punt.

Mason made it a four touchdown lead, as he took the handoff from Hill and ran right thru the Raiders defense for an 89-yard run just 12 seconds after the King punt.

This was the second worst loss in the Raiders 55-year history, falling three points short of a 55-0 loss to the Houston Oilers in 1961, the second year of existence of the franchise.

Derek Carr went 24-for-39 for 173 with two interceptions, before being replaced by Matt Schaub in the second half.

Schaub went for 5-for-9 for 57 yards passing and an interception that was returned 43 yards to the end zone by Trumaine Johnson.

Hill went 12-for-15 for 178 yards passing with two touchdowns passing, and that two-yard run in the first quarter.

The last time the Rams held a team scoreless was during the 2006 season, when they shutout the Raiders at the Coliseum by the final score of 20-0.

To matters even worse for the Raiders, this was the Rams biggest defeat in their 78-year history, only trailing their 59-0 victory over the Atlanta Falcons during the 1976 season.

After scoring touchdowns on their first five possessions of the game, the Rams kicked a field goal to give them a 38-0 lead at halftime, their most points in a half in team history.

In 1980, while playing the Green Bay Packers at Anaheim Stadium, the Rams scored 37 points.

Darren McFadden led the Raiders rushing game with 27 yards on the ground on 11 carries, while Maurice Jones-Drew carried the ball just five times and gained 21 yards.

Thats Amaury’s News and Commentary: Coverage in Ferguson My disappointment with the media

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by Amaury Pi Gonzalez

As I watch the unfortunate events in Ferguson, Missouri, right after the Grand Jury rendered its verdict, it is sad to see the many minority businesses in Ferguson that were burned to the ground by vandals,”mom and pop”stores that depend on day-to-day business for their survival. The people causing the problems are not demonstrators, they are criminals, people that take advantage of these situations to commit crimes, we see them in every city, anarchist, communist, plain thieves and thugs.They only know one thing, to steal and destroy, they do not respect anybody.

But the media is portraying what’s happening today as a Civil Rights issue, and granted there is still racism in this country,(USA 340 million people of all races, only an imbecile would believe there is no racism) but this is not the 1960’s(after all this country elected its first black President not only once, but twice) and I am old enough to remember the 60’s.

As a teenager in Miami, I used to ride the Miami-Dade County buses, and I saw the signs at the door of the bus that said “colored must seat in back”. As a young teen many times I sat in the back with the black people, in a way as a silent protest. I detest racism, just as much as communism and fascism.

But watching the US media, it is so obvious, that the majority of the media, is very dishonest. Yes, we should care about the loss of Mike Brown’s life in Ferguson, at the hand of Officer Darren Wilson. I was not there as a witness, so I can only go by the decision of the Grand Jury. We are a country of laws, and we must abide by those laws.

I might not like the Stop sign one block from my house, and there is little traffic there, but I stop there all the time. Many young black men are dying victims of crimes in this country. However, the media seldom reports on the dozens and dozens of black kids that are killed by other black kids every day in cities like Chicago, New York and Los Angeles, or the 72% of African-American kids that are born to wedlock. We never see Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson addressing those growing problems. What, they do not count?

Ratings (especially on TV) are paramount for these networks, without ratings there is no sponsors, and no sponsors means no broadcast.

So it is more “sexy”to cover black vs white and white vs black crime, and television in particular, exploit this to the maximum. These shows, in my opinion, are a tremendous dishonesty on the part of the media. Back in the 1970’s I was already doing Sports, but I also covered hard news. I remember in 1974 or 1975 traveling to Salinas, California to interview César Chávez of the United Farm Workers, in one of his famous marches; by the way he was against illegal immigration, he wanted his people/workers to raise their living standard as part of the UFW and I remember he told me illegal immigration was not good, he was running an organization of braceros/migrant workers. I covered many hard news stories like the San Francisco Supervisor Dan White assassination of the Mayor of San Francisco George Moscone, I covered Patti Davis and the SLA, and many other stories during that time.

I am glad I do not cover hard news anymore. Sports offers a different point of view it is pure entertainment, somebody wins, somebody loses every day,(except Fútbol-Soccer and thank God I do not cover that) no controversy there. Politicians “spin”everything, but if the 49ers lose 45-10 nobody can spin that. So, Sports will always have much more integrity.

As I watch this chaos in Ferguson develop I have nothing but dislike for the way most of the media is running this “show”; and I hate to say it, it is only a show for them, the more people are killed the more fires are lit, the more businesses are destroyed, the better television it makes, and the better ratings, sick but nothing but the truth.

CNN goes into “Breaking News” if a cat is on top of a tree in Atlanta, and doesn’t know how to get down. One old saying in television newsrooms I remember as I worked there, has not changed: “if it bleeds it leads”.

I am also old enough to remember when The New York Times was a newspaper of value, of integrity, worthwhile of reading everyday. Today’s NYT is not even a shadow of the NYT of 30 or 40 years ago.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez does News and Commentary for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Warriors Runaway With 111-96 Decision in Orlando

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By Matthew T.F. Harrington

The Golden State Warriors continued the franchise’s best start to a season, running their record to 11-2 following a 111-96 beat-down of the home team Orlando Magic. One night after cracking 40 points, Stephen Curry burned the Magic for 28 points on 9 of 13 shooting and four free throws.

The Warriors also received double-digit scoring from starters Harrison Barnes (16), Draymond Green (10) and Klay Thompson (12). Andre Iguodala (13), Marreese Speights(11) and Shaun Livingston (15) also joined the double-digit club coming off the bench. Center Andrew Bogut topped Golden State with 12 rebounds.

Magic Center Nikola Vuceic had a game-best 13 boards. Forward Tobias Harris scored 16 points for the Magic to lead the team Wednesday.

The Warriors outscored the Magic in every quarter except the fourth, but by then they’d built up a 92-65 lead. Despite outscoring the Warriors 31-19 in the fourth quarter, the Magic fell victim to the blowout loss 111-96.

The Warriors continue their road trip Friday in a homecoming for Stephen Curry. The Warriors travel to Charlotte to face the Hornets. It may be one of the last Warriors games Dish subscribers see. The television provider plans to remove Comcast Sports programming from its schedule in the coming year.

Stanford roasts Delaware

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By Jeremy Harness

STANFORD – It may not be time to say that Stanford will be the team to give conference front-runner Arizona a run for its money this year – or finish the regular season any better than right in the middle of the Pac-12 standings, where it seems to end up year after year – but the first two weeks have proved to be promising.

The Cardinal got its real test in a tough loss to No. 4 Duke – coach Johnny Dawkins’ alma mater – in last weekend’s Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, and they got back to their winning ways Tuesday night in an 84-47 rout of Delaware at Maples Pavilion.

During Dawkins’ tenure, Stanford’s calling card has been playing sound defense, and that was certainly on display in dismantling the Blue Hens and doing it rather quickly.

Truth be told, the competitive stage of this game came and went after only a few minutes. Stanford got off to a great start, and the Cardinal found themselves with their biggest margin of the first half – 23 points – as they went into into the locker room at the break.

The Cardinal got whatever shot they wanted while holding Delaware to 25 percent shooting in the first half and, for the most part, limiting the Blue Hens to one shot at a time. In fact, for the first 12 minutes of the game, Delaware had only one offensive rebound before collecting three more before halftime.

To put Stanford’s defensive effort in proper perspective, Delaware only had two players score in double figures Tuesday night. Sophomore guard Cazmon Hayes had 15 points, but he made only four of his 21 shots in the process, something that Kobe Bryant can identify with these days.

Freshman swingman Chivarsky Corbett himself was forced into a 4-of-12 shooting night to get his 10 points.

Meanwhile, Stanford converted on 43 percent of their shot attempts in the half, and all it did in the second half is widen its lead, as the 3-point shot became more of an ally and it generally kept the throttle down on Delaware.

The Cardinal opened the half with a 10-3 run in the first five minutes, and from that point, it was time to see if everyone on the Stanford bench was going to get to play.

As the game went along, Stanford had more fast-break opportunities, which padded the scoreboard even more in its favor and helped spread the scoring around.

The Cardinal ended up having four different guys in double figures, with senior Chasson Randle leading the way with 15 points, although he only made four of his 12 shots. Stefan Nastic has the most efficient night of the group, as he converted on six of his 10 attempts for 12 points to go along with seven rebounds.

Standout post man Dwight Powell has graduated, and even though they don’t have anyone to completely fill his shoes, the Cardinal may have someone in Reid Travis.

The freshman forward, who chose to come to Stanford over Minnesota and Duke and has also played for Team USA, had six points on 3-of-8 shooting but also had 11 rebounds on Tuesday and showed a great deal of tenacity on the defensive end.

Cardinal Escape the Pit, Beat New Mexico in Nail Biter

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By: Joe Lami

The Stanford Cardinal (3-1) were given a scare on Monday night in Albuquerque, as they defeated the New Mexico Lobos (0-4) in the first road game of the season 70-65. They did so without their leading scorer, as sophomore Lili Thompson, was scratched from the game due to illness. Thompson is averaging 26 points per game, and was voted ESPNW’s player of the week for the first week of the season.

Karlie Samuelson filled that void, however, as she led the team in scoring with 23 points. Head Coach, Tara VanDerveer, added “She’s usually kind of our sixth player. I love the energy she brings off the bench, you can depend on her and tonight she played really great”.

Two other Cardinal scorers achieved double digit scoring, as Amber Orrange contributed 18 points on 43% shooting from the field. Freshman, Kaylee Johnson finished the night with ten points, but more importantly brought down 23 rebounds, a career high in her young, impressive Stanford career.

Both teams depended on their starters quite heavily, as the Lobos edged the Cardinal in bench scoring 11-9.

New Mexico saw four different starters get into double digits. The fifth starter didn’t score at all. Guard, Bryce Owens led the way with 16 points, with nine of them coming from beyond the arc. Cherise Beynon followed with 14 points. Khadijah Shumpert was almost perfect from the field as she went six of seven to finish the night with 13 points. Antiesha Brown finished out the scorers for the Lobos with 11.

The Cardinal once again struggled with their free throw shooting, something that VanDerveer has been pressing all season. Monday night was one of their worst nights of the young season, as they finished the night 58% from the charity strike.

One more bowl chance for Cal

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By George Devine, Sr.

Cal came into the 117th Big Game with a 5-5 record, the same as its opponent. Either the Bears or the Stanford Cardinal could become bowl-eligible with a sixth win for 2014. As Joe Starkey said, that would not necessarily mean a bowl invitation, but it would be a prerequisite. Stanford passed that test with its 38-17 win at Strawberry Canyon on Saturday. When they take on UCLA the following week, their chances for postseason can improve. Cal, on the other hand, saw its prospects diminish not only as the Cardinal piled up the points, but as reports kept coming into the press box showing Brigham Young’s pasting of Savannah State. Initial dispatches in the first quarter showed a 21-0 margin; the final score was 64-0. The Bears play BYU at home on November 29, and must beat them to be even considered for any kind of bowl game.

BYU has a big team, and a forceful one on both offense and defense. QB Christian Stewart completed three touchdown passes and ran for two more. The Cal secondary, which lacks speed in the secondary, will be up against him on Saturday and against receivers Mitch Mathews, Terenn Houk and Jordan Leslie. Nate Carter will be part of the visitors’ ground game, having scored a TD run from the 2-yard line.

The Bears, who turned the ball over five times against Stanford, will need to be less anxious and intimidated than they were against their traditional rival. Moreover, they will need to be less predictable. This second objective might be reached if coach Sonny Dykes once again alternates QBs Jared Goff and Luke Rubenzer, who spelled Goff for a good part of the second half.

In any case, the Bears will finish with a significantly better record than in Coach Dykes’ initial season last year. And, if reports so far are indicative, this improvement will be joined by a parallel boost in academic achievement and graduation rate, one of the concerns the new coach has been asked to concentrate on.

Kickoff for this final game of the season is at 1:30 p.m. PST.

Undefeated Blue Devils down Stanford in Coaches vs. Cancer title tilt

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By DANIEL DULLUM
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Saturday, November 22, 2014

Fourth-ranked Duke maintained its perfect record after five games on Saturday, defeating Stanford 70-59 in the championship game of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.

It was the first head-coaching meeting between Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski and Stanford mentor Johnny Dawkins, a former standout player at Duke.

Duke freshman Jahlil Okafor scored 10 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. And fellow freshman Justise Winslow added 14 points and nine rebounds and Quinn Cook led the Blue Devils with 18 points.

Chasson Randle led the Cardinal (3-1) with 22 points. Stefan Nastic had the defensive assignment to try and stop the 6-foot-11 Okafor and finished with 13 points and 13 rebounds before fouling out.

Cook – the tournament MVP – and Winslow helped the Blue Devils build a 15-point lead after halftime. Okafor slammed the door, with eight points and six rebounds down the stretch.

Stanford got no closer than 51-43 with 10:55 left in the second half when Randle sank a floater.

San Francisco seeks third straight win against Washington

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By: Phillip Torres

SANTA CLARA- The San Francisco 49ers (6-4) will host the Washington Redskins (3-7) on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium. The 49ers are seeking their third consecutive victory as they are coming off of two great defenses performances. Last week against the New York Giants, the 49ers defense forced five turnovers, all via the way of interception. San Francisco’s defense held the Giants to just 10 points on the afternoon.

The 49ers have forced eight turnovers in the past two games and despite all of the defensive shuffling that has occurred this season, San Francisco has the second ranked defense in the league. With Aldon Smith’s return last week, and rookie linebacker Chris Borland’s emergence, the 49ers defense has not skipped a beat. Although he did not record a sack in his Week 10 return, Smith made his presence felt on the field at MetLife Stadium against Eli Manning and the Giants. The pressure he put on the quarterback was known and he cleared the way for the rookie pass rusher Aaron Lynch to get to Manning.

Borland was named the NFC’s defensive player of the week after another sensation performance against New York. Borland recorded 13 tackles and became just the second 49ers linebacker in 40 years with two interceptions in one game. The rookie has 47 tackles in the month of November; 11 more than anyone else in the league.

Despite All-Pro linebacker Patrick Willis being lost for the season, it looks like the 49ers defense will be getting healthier very soon. Nose tackle Glenn Dorsey was activated earlier this week after a torn biceps on August first. Also, fellow All-Pro linebacker NaVorro Bowman returned to practice nearly 10 months after suffering a devastating injury knee injury and broken leg in the NFC Championship game against the Seattle Seahawks in January.

This is a big game for Jim Harbaugh and San Francisco as they look to improve to 7-4 before they host Seattle on Thanksgiving night. After Sunday the Giants will face rival Seattle twice within in a span of 18 days. San Francisco and Seattle know how big the match ups are between them because with the 9-1 Arizona Cardinals sitting atop the NFC West, there might not be room for the two division foes in the 2014 playoffs. There are also four teams in the NFC East and North sitting at 7-3 coming into week 11.

Robert Griffin III and the Redskins are coming off of a 27-7 loss at the hands of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Washington has averaged just 13 points per game when RG3 has been under center. The Redskins have put up nearly 11 more points in the games where Griffin has either not started or finished.

Longhorns Hand Number One Cardinal First Loss of the Season

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By: Joe Lami

STANFORD, Calif.–

On Monday, it was the Stanford Cardinal that stormed the court, as they ended the longest winning streak in the country held by Connecticut at 47 games. On Thursday, it was the Texas Longhorns that did the storming, as they Stanford’s home winning streak at 28 games defeating them 87-81 in overtime.

Poor shooting is to blame for the loss, as Stanford had trouble all game, finishing just 36% from the field, and when it mattered most a dreadful 14% in overtime. The Cardinal’s problems also flooded into three-point territory as they finished the night 26% from beyond the arc. Taking way too many shots from beyond the arc as well, as they attempted 27. Stanford head coach, Tara VanDerveer, admitted it too “we took way too many perimeter shots”.

Texas, on the other hand, had no trouble scoring. They finished the night 49% from the field, and had four different players get into double digits. Nneka Enemkpali led the way with 18 points, Ariel Atkins added 16, including a perfect night from the charity strike. Kelsey Lang scored 14 and almost completed the double double, as she was just one rebound shy. Empress Davenport finished the night with 13 points.

“Texas was extremely motivated, they got the better of us,” said VanDerveer following the loss. The coach also added “Our team battled, but we didn’t have the pep in our step that we need. We didn’t play very well and still forced overtime”. It is also the first time in school history, where the Cardinal have played in back-to-back overtime games.

It was a back and forth affair, which saw seven different lead changes. However, Texas did dominate most of the night, as they led most of the way, with their biggest lead being ten. Stanford was down by nine with just over ten minutes to go, before they were able to turn it around and get the game close again. The Cardinal then went on a 7-0 run to make the game close once again.

The Cardinal gained the lead late in the game. However, Texas was able to tie it up with just one second remaining thanks to a drive by Davenport.

Thursday night was a major disappointment, especially after the win against the Huskies on Monday, but Lili Thompson views it as a learning experience “We definitely have things to work on. Even with beating UConn on Monday”.

Thompson led the way for the Cardinal for the third straight game, as she finished the night with 28 points. Amber Orrange was the only other Cardinal player to get into double figures, as she added 15 before fouling out in the 29 minutes that she played.

Thursday night saw a combined 51 fouls between the two squads. Three different players fouled out, two for Texas and one for Stanford. Seven other players got into foul trouble, with at least three fouls or more. Texas coach, Karen Aston, commented after the game “We’re an aggressive team, that’s our style. However, nobody wants that many fouls”.

For Texas, it is one of their biggest wins in school history, as it is the first time since February 1, 2009 where the Longhorns have defeated an AP Top 10 team. It also is the first time in the last six contest, where the Longhorns have come out on top of the Cardinal. “I’ve never experienced in four years, what I’m experiencing now,” commented Enemkpali.

The home winning streak is over at Maples at 28 games. The previous loss suffered on home court for the Cardinal was January 3rd of last year to the #7 Cal Bears 67-55. They look to start a new streak next month against the Santa Clara Broncos, but before they can do that they have to head off on the road. The Cardinal will travel to New Mexico to take on the Lobos on Monday before they’re off to Hawaii to participate in the Rainbow Wahine Shootout in Honolulu over Thanksgiving weekend. The Hawaiian trip consist of three games in three days, with the opponents being North Carolina, Hawaii and Prairie View A&M.

Sacramento to meet with MLS in New York City on Thursday

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by Charlie O. Mallonee

Major League Soccer has asked three markets to come to their headquarters in New York City on Thursday to make presentations to the expansion committee. Sacramento, Minneapolis and Las Vegas have been invited to the meeting.

The meeting is part of the MLS expansion that will take the league to 24 teams by the end of the decade. Two new teams – New York FC and Orlando City – will begin play in the 2015 season.

Los Angeles FC, Atlanta and Miami are scheduled to enter the league in 2017. The Miami entry is dependent on securing a stadium site. David Beckham is the main figure in the Miami franchise group.

Sacramento, Minneapolis and Las Vegas are believed to vying for a fourth team to begin play in 2017 to bring the league to 20 teams. The Sacramento delegation is headed by Mayor Kevin Johnson and the owners of the Sacramento Republic FC with assistance from the Sacramento Kings organization.

“We look forward to having the opportunity to represent Sacramento in New York City to present to the Major League Soccer Expansion Committee,” said Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson. “As part of our presentation we’ll highlight the progress we have made in terms of our three core areas of strength: market, ownership group, and a clear path to a downtown facility. Our group remains singularly focused in our efforts to bring a Major League Soccer franchise to Sacramento.”

According to MLS, its Board of Governors will meet on December 6th to further discuss expanding the league.