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  • Holiday Bowl to feature Pac-12, ACC teams beginning in 2020

    City News Service|Updated Aug 15, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - Organizers of the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl formally announced on Thursday, Aug. 15 that teams from the Pac-12 and Atlantic Coast conferences will play in the postseason college football game beginning in 2020. The game's current six-year contracts with the Pac-12 and Big Ten conferences are set to run out after the 2019-2020 college football season, leading to the change for next year's game. Teams from the Pac-12 and ACC will face off for six years in San Diego's annual bowl game. In past...

  • Third thoroughbred dies at Del Mar

    City News Service|Updated Jul 31, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - A third thoroughbred racehorse has died during training at Del Mar, which opened its summer meet less than two weeks ago, it was reported. Bowl Of Soul, a 3-year-old filly trained by Bob Baffert, broke down Monday with an injury to her right hind fetlock, which is similar to an ankle, the Los Angeles Times reported. The horse was euthanized, according to Dr. Rick Arthur, equine medical director for the California Horse Racing Board. Del Mar, which was the safest among the nation's major tracks last year, had a...

  • Former Chargers, SDSU football coach Tom Bass dies at 83

    City News Service|Updated Jul 30, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - Former San Diego Chargers and San Diego State University football coach Tom Bass died Saturday at his Encinitas home, it was announced. He was 83. Bass served as an assistant coach under Don Coryell both at SDSU in the 1960s and with the San Diego Chargers from 1982 to 1985. Bass also did coaching stints with the Cincinnati Bengals and the Tampa Bay Bucaneers in the 1960s and 1970s, and as an executive with the New England Patriots in 1992. Bass began his coaching career after a polio diagnosis ended his college...

  • San Diego judge grants Hollendorfer's injunction to resume racing at Del Mar

    City News Service|Updated Jul 26, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - A San Diego judge granted a preliminary injunction on Friday, July 26 sought by Hall of Fame horse trainer Jerry Hollendorfer against the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, which banned Hollendorfer from participation in the wake of a spate of horse deaths. Hollendorfer, 73, was banned last month from Del Mar and sought legal intervention to allow him to participate at this summer's racing season. He argued that Del Mar officials did not provide an adequate reason for precluding him from racing. The complaint alleges...

  • 1904 FC co-founds new league, to start play in September

    Village News Staff|Updated Jul 8, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - San Diego’s 1904 FC has co-founded the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA), which is a new professional football league sanctioned by the U.S. Soccer Federation and the club is in the final stages of securing a San Diego stadium lease to participate in the league’s inaugural season starting this September. The determined ownership includes current high-profile professionals and other world football experts. 1904 FC was brought to San Diego by the founding team in 2016 and first planned on...

  • Del Mar Thoroughbred Club announces new safety measures for 2019 season

    City News Service|Updated Jul 3, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club announced new and enhanced safety protocols for horses and jockeys on Wednesday, July 3 which will be in effect for the Del Mar race track's 80th racing season which begins July 17. The initiatives include a mandate for a five-person review panel to analyze each horse's racing, medical and training history to ensure each horse is safe to race and a ban on the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication fewer than 48 hours before a race or a workout. Previously, NSAIDs were...

  • Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs dead at 27

    City News Service|Updated Jul 1, 2019

    ANAHEIM - Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs died on Monday, July 1 in Texas, according to the team, and while no details were immediately released about a cause of death, police said no foul play is suspected. "It is with great sorrow that we report Tyler Skaggs passed away earlier today in Texas,'' the team announced in a statement. "Tyler has, and always will be, an important part of the Angels Family. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Carli and his entire family during this devastating time. There...

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