No coach in the eight-team field of the National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association Division I National Tournament understands it quite like Mike Sandifar of host Oakland City University. If we got invited to the NCAA Division II Tournament we'd go," said Sandifar. "Everybody here would. But we didn't, so this is our NIT.
Owner Charles Finley was worried about losing some of his Oakland Athletic stars to free agency. He also needed cash to keep his financially strapped team afloat in 1976. So, that June, Charlie O. sold outfielder Joe Rudi and reliever Rollie Fingers to the Boston Red Sox and starter Vida Blue to the New York Yankees for $3.5 million.
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The California State Athletic Commission confiscated a suspicious substance from the corner of Colombian boxer Edison Miranda during his loss to Andre Ward on Saturday, Ward's trainer and the fight's promoter told The Associated Press. Trainer Virgil Hunter said the substance was in a brown bottle resembling a Vaseline tub apparently hidden in a bag in Miranda's corner. When Miranda's cornermen were spotted taking the substance out of the bag around the fourth or fifth rounds of the fight at Oakland's Oracle Arena, it was seized before officials actually saw it given to Miranda, according to promoter Dan Goossen. Goossen said the athletic commission will test the substance and could have results by today.
Rob Santaniello is Ramapo College's local soccer player makes good. The freshman forward from neighboring Oakland has been selected as the New Jersey Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year and also has been named to the all-conference team.
Joe Rendemonti had a big date Thursday. The University of Pittsburgh sophomore joined about 50 other engineering students from across Western Pennsylvania at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association in Oakland for a free meal and a job interview.
If there's a sophomore jinx in men's college soccer, somebody forgot to tell Rob Santaniello, Ramapo College's high-scoring forward from Oakland. The former Ramapo High School standout, the reigning New Jersey Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year, began his second collegiate season by being named NJAC Offensive Player of the Week. He produced five goals and one assist for 11 points in three Roadrunner victories.
Trotwood-Madison High School's DaWuan Thomas (Ashland University), Blake Cokes (UNC-Asheville), Kira Beckham (Tiffin), Kara McLemore (Cincinnati State) and Derricka Henry (Cincinnati State) all will sign national letters of intent to accept college athletic scholarships today, April 14. Dunbar's Ryan Bass (Oakland) will do the same.
Report: Former Tigers ace James to join A's Former Missouri pitcher Justin James will be called up to the Oakland Athletics today when Major League Baseball rosters are expanded, according to MU athletic department's website.
KNOXVILLE - With an eye to the future, a tip of the cap to the past and a few quips mixed in, Tennessee introduced Lane Kiffin as its new head football coach Monday afternoon at a press conference inside Neyland Stadium. Athletic director Mike Hamilton hailed the 33-year-old former Oakland Raiders head coach and Southern California offensive coordinator as an energetic coach and a charismatic recruiter.
Rutgers officials thought they were interviewing prospective athletic directors. They picked the one that interviewed them. Rutgers alum, television executive and Oakland resident Tim Pernetti is slated to be introduced as the state university's new athletic director this afternoon, according to university sources.
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