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  • Horse euthanized after training breakdown at Del Mar

    Associated Press|Updated Dec 1, 2019

    DEL MAR (AP) — A 3-year-old gelding that suffered a breakdown in a workout at Del Mar has been euthanized, the fifth horse to die during the fall meet that ends Sunday. Trained by Hall of Famer Jerry Hollendorfer, Koa was euthanized on Saturday. He had three wins in 10 career starts and earnings of $95,860 for owner Michael Stinson, according to Equibase. Koa finished second in his last start on Nov. 14 at Del Mar. Hollendorfer was the trainer with the most deaths (four) among 37 since last December at Santa Anita. The...

  • Del Mar horse races canceled on Thanksgiving Day

    City News Service|Updated Nov 24, 2019

       DEL MAR (CNS) - Horse racing at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club has been canceled Thanksgiving Day due to stormy weather forecasts, racing officials announced today.    "With inclement weather predicted to bring substantial rain on Wednesday and Thursday of the coming week, Del Mar Thoroughbred Club proactively canceled its scheduled Thanksgiving Day race card as part of its continuing emphasis on horse and rider safety,'' the club said on Twitter Sunday.    Several of...

  • USD beats Dayton 50-38 for 33rd straight PFL win

    Associated Press|Updated Oct 26, 2019

    DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Reid Sinnett threw three touchdown passes, Emilio Martinez and Terrence Smith combined to rush for 300 yards and four touchdowns and San Diego pulled away defeat Dayton 50-38 on Saturday. Sinnett threw for 314 yards with one interception for the Toreros (5-2, 4-0 Pioneer Football League). Martinez ran for 161 yards on 20 carries, including an 11-yard TD run in the first quarter. Smith added 139 yards on 11 carries, including three scoring runs in the second half. San Diego earned its 33rd straight PFL...

  • 32nd horse dies at Santa Anita after catastrophic injury

    BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer|Updated Sep 29, 2019

    ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A 3-year-old colt sustained a catastrophic injury in the eighth race at Santa Anita and was euthanized Saturday, the 32nd horse to die at the track since December. Two-time Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Mario Gutierrez was tossed off in the incident on the second day of the fall meet at Santa Anita, where the Breeders' Cup world championships are to be run in November. Track officials said Gutierrez wasn't injured after landing near the inner rail. He was taken away by ambulance. Track veterinarian...

  • San Diego Fleet, Alliance of American Football to suspend operations

    City News Service|Updated Apr 3, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - Despite having only two regular season games remaining, the San Diego Fleet and the other seven teams in the Alliance of American Football apparently suspended all operations on Monday, April 2, according to multiple reports. Pro Football Talk reported rumblings of the league's demise Monday night, followed by the Action Network's Darren Rovell. Tom Dundon, the league's majority owner and the owner of the Carolina Hurricanes hockey team, raised the specter of closing the league in an interview last week with USA T...

  • Kia Classic LPGA tournament begins today in Carlsbad

    City News Service|Updated Mar 28, 2019

    CARLSBAD - The $1.8 million Kia Classic begins Thursday, March 28 at the Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad with a field including 74 of the top 80 players on the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, led by South Korean Sung Hyun Park, the world's top-ranked player. Park moved into the top spot in the rankings for the third time in her career when she won the LPGA Tour's HSBC Women's World Championship March 3 in Singapore. She won the LPGA of Taiwan's The Country Club Ladies Invitational in Manila, the Philippines, the following...

  • Padres to open 2019 season against Giants today

    City News Service|Updated Mar 28, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres will open their 2019 season today against the San Francisco Giants with events and pageantry in and around Petco Park. San Diego's East Village Association will begin its free two-day Opening Day Block Party at 10 a.m., featuring live music, an interactive game zone, a micro-brew beer garden and more than 30 food trucks lining the streets adjacent to Petco Park. The party will continue until 2:30 p.m. and resume Friday at noon. The ninth annual block party will take place on J Street between...

  • Del Mar Thoroughbred Club not keen on hasty Santa Anita changes

    City News Service|Updated Mar 14, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club urged the ownership group of Santa Anita Park on Thursday, March 14 to consider input from all stakeholders before making drastic changes to horse-racing activities. The Stronach Group, which owns Santa Anita Park and five other horse-racing venues around the country, announced a ban on the use of race-day medications and the use of whips to make horses run faster at Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields on Thursday after a swell of horse deaths since late December. Early Thursday...

  • Padres reportedly sign Manny Machado

    City News Service|Updated Feb 19, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - ESPN reported on Tuesday, Feb. 19 that four-time all-star third baseman and shortstop Manny Machado has agreed to a 10-year, $300 million deal with the San Diego Padres, but the team did not immediately confirm the signing. The deal, according to a report by ESPN's Jeff Passan, is the largest in the Padres' franchise history and the largest free-agent deal in American sports history, surpassing Alex Rodriguez's 10-year, $252 million deal in 2001 with the Texas Rangers. The contract with Machado, 26, reportedly...

  • San Diego golfing legend Gene Littler dies at 88

    City News Service|Updated Feb 16, 2019

    SAN DIEGO - San Diego golfing legend Gene Littler has died at 88, it was reported. Littler, a World Golf Hall of Famer, was born in San Diego in 1930 and died in his hometown Friday night, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. His death was also reported by the United States Golf Association. Littler graduated from San Diego State University -- then known as San Diego State College -- and served in the U.S. Navy before winning the United States Amateur in 1953. He turned professional one week after winning the San Diego...

  • 2019 Farmers Insurance Open begins with star-studded field

    City News Service|Updated Jan 24, 2019

    LA JOLLA - The $7.1 million Farmers Insurance Open started play on Thursday, Jan. 24 at the Torrey Pines Golf Course with Tiger Woods among the field that includes 24 of the top 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking. The tournament marks Woods' 2019 debut and his first appearance in an official PGA Tour event since winning the Tour Championship in September for his 80th career victory, two behind Sam Snead's record. Woods is an eight-time winner at Torrey Pines with seven Farmers Insurance Opens and the 2008 U.S....

  • First New Year's Eve Holiday Bowl to match Northwestern, Utah

    Updated Dec 31, 2018

    SAN DIEGO - Northwestern will face Utah in the 41st Holiday Bowl today at San Diego County Credit Union Stadium, the first time the game has been played on New Year's Eve. The decision to play the game on New Year's Eve was made by the Football Bowl Association, Holiday Bowl officials and Fox Sports, which is televising the 4 p.m. game, Rick Schloss, the Holiday Bowl's director of media relations, told City News Service. After being played before Christmas for each of its first eight games, the Holiday Bowl was played...

  • New pro lacrosse team to hold free practice, scrimmage

    City News Service|Updated Dec 8, 2018

    SAN DIEGO - San Diegans will have their first opportunity to watch the city's National Lacrosse League expansion team on Saturday, Dec. 8 when the San Diego Seals conduct a free open practice and intersquad scrimmage at Valley View Casino Center. Arena doors will open at 6 p.m., with the practice starting at 6:15 p.m. Coaches and players will provide insight to fans throughout the practice about themselves and the value and importance of each drill. The scrimmage will begin at 7 p.m. Fans will be invited onto the field for...

  • San Diego Fleet to choose first in quarterback draft

    City News Service|Updated Nov 27, 2018

    SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Fleet has the first choice in the Alliance of American Football "Protect or Pick'' quarterback draft on Tuesday, Nov. 27 The Fleet will have the option of protecting one of the three quarterbacks on their roster -- Josh Johnson, Keith Price and Marcus McDade -- or picking an unprotected quarterback from one of the league's other seven teams. If they choose to pick a quarterback from another team, they have to wait to make their selection after all the other teams decide whether to protect a quarterba...

  • New professional lacrosse team to begin delayed training camp on Friday

    City News Service|Updated Nov 25, 2018

    SAN DIEGO - A new collective bargaining agreement announced between the National Lacrosse League and its players union will allow the San Diego Seals to open their inaugural training camp Friday, the team announced. The Seals will begin play Dec. 22 in Denver against the Colorado Mammoth and play their first game at Valley View Casino Center Jan. 12 against the Rochester Knighthawks. The Seals had been scheduled to play their home opener Dec. 8 but the league canceled the first two weekends of play on Nov. 15 after it was...

  • San Diego Fleet signs two more former Aztecs

    City News Service|Updated Oct 28, 2018

    SAN DIEGO - Former San Diego State standout cornerback Kameron Kelly and Darrell Greene, a former Aztecs guard, were among six players whose signings were announced on Friday, Oct. 26 by the San Diego Fleet of the Alliance of American Football. Kelly was a 2017 first-team All-Mountain West Conference selection by both the coaches and media. He was awarded the Byron H. Chase Memorial Trophy as the Aztecs defensive player of the year and the Dr. R. Hardy/C.E. Peterson Memorial T...

  • San Diego Fleet announces schedule

    City News Service|Updated Oct 17, 2018

    SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Fleet will begin play Feb. 9 at San Antonio and play its first game at SDCCU Stadium Feb. 17 against the Atlanta Legends, whose coaching staff includes former NFL star quarterback Michael Vick, the Alliance of American Football announced earlier this week. The Fleet will play host to the San Antonio Commanders Feb. 24. San Antonio is coached by Mike Riley, the San Diego Chargers coach from 1999-2001. The Fleet's other home games will be on March 9...

  • San Diego Fleet signs former San Diego State standout

    City News Service|Updated Oct 16, 2018

    SAN DIEGO - Former San Diego State standout defensive end Alex Barrett was among 11 players whose signings were announced by the San Diego Fleet of the Alliance of American Football. The 6-foot-3-inch, 255-pound Barrett was a first-team all-Mountain West Conference selection in both of his final two seasons with the Aztecs, 2015 and 2016. He was chosen as the team's defensive lineman of the year in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Barrett played two games with the Detroit Lions in 2017, then spent the rest of the season on their...

  • Chargers owner Alex Spanos dies at 95

    Updated Oct 9, 2018

    COSTA MESA - Chargers owner Alex Spanos, the protagonist of a rags-to-riches story, died Monday, Oct. 8, his family announced. He was 95. "It is with heavy hearts that the Spanos family announces the death of Alexander Gus Spanos, founder of A.G. Spanos Companies and owner of the Chargers NFL Franchise,'' according to a family statement. "Alex passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on Tuesday morning.'' The statement said that Spanos, the son of Greek immigrants, rose from humble beginnings to become "the top...

  • New San Diego football team to be named the Fleet

    City News Service|Updated Sep 27, 2018

    SAN DIEGO - The San Diego team in the Alliance of American Football will be nicknamed the Fleet, paying homage to the city's Naval community, the league announced. The team colors will be unique to professional sports -- battleship gray, yellow and silver gray. They were chosen to represent the anthracite grey of the U.S. Navy's Pacific fleet, the battleship gray of the ships, and "sun yellow of San Diego's endless sunshine,'' according to Fitz Ollison, the Alliance of...

  • New SD AAF team signs fullback

    City News Service|Updated Sep 15, 2018

    SAN DIEGO - The San Diego team in the Alliance of American Football announced today it had signed former Stanford fullback Daniel Marx. The 6-foot-2-inch 245-pound Marx was not chosen in the 2018 NFL draft, cut by the Atlanta Falcons July 30 and the Seattle Seahawks Sept. 1 as part of the roster reduction to reach the regular-season 53-player limit. Stanford is among the 15 universities the San Diego team has the first right to sign players from. The eight-team league is set to begin play Feb. 9....

  • New San Diego football team signs former Washington QB, RB

    City News Service|Updated Sep 6, 2018

    SAN DIEGO - The San Diego team in the Alliance of American football announced the signings of former Washington quarterback Keith Prince, his college teammate Bishop Sankey and two other players on Wednesday, Sept. 5. Prince was the Huskies starter from 2011-13. He was a backup for the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2014 and 2015 and the league's BC Lions in 2016. Prince is the second quarterback signed by the team. Former Fresno State and Sacramento...

  • San Diego Legion announces appointment of Ashley Otte as Executive GM

    Updated Aug 19, 2018

    The San Diego Legion, a Major League Rugby franchise, announced the appointment of Ashley Otte as Executive General Manager effective Aug. 27. In his new role, Otte is responsible for management of the Legion's overall business, including its relationships within Major League Rugby, the media, and Legion fans, sponsors, and partners. Prior to his current role, Otte served as the General Manager at The Enthusiast Network (TEN Media), specifically Powder Magazine group where he...

  • Appeals court rules against petition to block stadium initiatives

    City News Service|Updated Aug 7, 2018

    SAN DIEGO - A state appeals court panel rejected San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott's emergency petition to remove the SDSU West and SoccerCity initiatives from the November ballot. In a decision handed down Monday, a three-justice panel of the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled that a "thorough examination of the merits of the initiatives'' would extend past the deadline for printing ballot materials. "Under these circumstances, and given the substantial public interest involved, we decline to eliminate the right of the...

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