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Pat Hill is about to launch his annual caravan through the central San Joaquin Valley.
The times for Fresno State's football games at Wisconsin and Illinois this fall season are now set.
It has been a considerable time since the Bay Area had reason to be excited about something sports-related, at least a team or event that wasn't drawing disdain from everyone outside the Bay Area.
Former men's basketball coach Ray Lopes returned to the Save Mart Center last week - hear what Matt James has to say about that visit, current coach Steve Cleveland, recruitment prospects and notes from women's basketball and the baseball team.
Enter the Warzone, a sparkler that never flames out.
Former San Diego State right-hander Stephen Strasburg, the No. 1 overall draft pick by the Washington Nationals last month, has been selected as the winner of the Dick Howser Trophy as college baseball's player of the year.
When Joe Martinez takes the mound these days, what everyone wants to know and what everyone wants to watch is whether he will flinch.