4:18 PM ET, Fri March 12, 2010

I can't type as fast as I can think

Padres Blog | San Diego Union-Tribune — I can't type as fast as I can think

San Diego Padres 1 hour ago

Hairston looks worse than he is

Padres Blog | San Diego Union-Tribune — Hairston looks worse than he is

San Diego Padres 3 hours ago

Aztecs can take a punch

San Diego Union-Tribune — Malcolm Thomas and Brian Carlwell took one on the chin. But their team’s chances of reaching the NCAA Tournament didn’t.

San Diego State Aztecs 11 hours ago

SDSU ‘D’ aims to man up

San Diego Union-Tribune — San Diego State’s wide receivers sometimes look so good in practice this spring that they make Rocky Long wonder about the progress of his defense.

San Diego State Aztecs 11 hours ago

SDSU, BYU women meet again today

San Diego Union-Tribune — Apparently all the San Diego State women’s basketball team has to do today is score 73 points. That seems to be the magic number when the Aztecs and BYU get together.

San Diego State Aztecs 11 hours ago

Dame Lady Luck winks at SDSU

San Diego Union-Tribune — It’s a rare day on the road — even more uncommon in this city that spits in the eye of good-fortune hunters — when a San Diego State’s men’s basketball team can exercise the escape clause in its bad contract with Lady Luck. The Aztecs and Miss Chance haven’t exactly had a loving relationship.

San Diego State Aztecs 11 hours ago

Garland’s movement good, mechanics so-so

San Diego Union-Tribune — Although his statistical line was bad, Jon Garland was happy.

San Diego Padres 11 hours ago

Injured Giles decides to retire

San Diego Union-Tribune — The reaction on Scott Hairston’s face was one of disbelief. “Really,” the center fielder said when told yesterday that former Padre Brian Giles had announced his retirement just down the road in the spring training camp of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

San Diego Padres 11 hours ago

For 1st title, LT willing to play 2nd fiddle

San Diego Union-Tribune — LaDainian Tomlinson is humbling himself for the chance to be exalted.

San Diego Chargers 12 hours ago

Cubs' Silva schools Padres

Riverside Press-Enterprise

San Diego Padres 16 hours ago
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