9:59 AM ET, Fri March 12, 2010

Warriors start fast, fade in 4th quarter

San Jose Mercury News — Golden State outscored 27-9 in period; Ellis finishes with 17 in return to lineup

Golden State Warriors 1 hour ago

McDonald: Oakland Raiders need to sign Terrell Owens

Oakland Tribune — T.O. a Raider? Assuming he came at a reasonable price, there's only one pertinent question: How fast can he get here? Vote: Should the Raiders sign free-agent Terrell Owens?

Oakland Raiders 2 hours ago

49ers give permission to Hill to seek trade

Matt Maiocco's Instant 49ers | Santa Rosa Press Democrat — The 49ers have given backup quarterback Shaun Hill permission to seek a trade, said a source late Thursday, just days after the club reached a contract agreement with free-agent David Carr to take Hill's place on the depth chart.

San Francisco 49ers 2 hours ago

NFL NOTES / Raiders cut Warren, avoid paying bonus

San Francisco Chronicle — The Raiders released nose tackle Gerard Warren on Thursday before he could receive a roster bonus reported by various media to be $5.925 million. Warren spent the past three seasons in Oakland after becoming the first player traded from Denver to the Raiders...

Oakland Raiders 3 hours ago

Slide show: Sharks score 6 goals in third period

San Jose Mercury News — Sharks topple Predators 8-5.

San Jose Sharks 3 hours ago

Michael Wuertz is taking it slow this spring

San Francisco Chronicle — Michael Wuertz hasn't appeared in a spring game yet, and he won't until Wednesday. Never fear, however. The A's setup man is spending the first two weeks of the Cactus League season doing side sessions, building up his arm strength to be ready for April 5. He...

Oakland Athletics 4 hours ago

Competition heats up for A's shortstop slot

San Francisco Chronicle — Adam Rosales had two more hits Thursday, and he started and played most of the game at shortstop. The infielder is 5-for-11 a week into the spring. Do the A's have a shortstop competition brewing? Manager Bob Geren said last week that there is "competition"...

Oakland Athletics 4 hours ago

Sharks rally to beat Predators 8-5

San Francisco Chronicle — After watching his team rally for the third straight game with a six-goal third period, all San Jose coach Todd McLellan wanted to talk about was the listless play the first two periods that put the Sharks in the hole. "We were clearly outworked, outplayed,...

San Jose Sharks 4 hours ago

SHARKS 8, PREDATORS 5 / Sluggish start, fantastic finish

San Francisco Chronicle — After watching his team rally for the third straight game with a six-goal third period, all San Jose coach Todd McLellan wanted to talk about was the listless play the first two periods that put the Sharks in the hole. "We were clearly out- worked,...

San Jose Sharks 4 hours ago

Basketball: UCLA scouting report

BearTalk | Oakland Tribune — It’s not Job 1, but at some point tonight Jerome Randle almost certainly will become Cal’s career scoring leader. Randle’s focus — and the Bears’ — will be getting past UCLA and into Saturday’s championship game in the Pac-10 tournament. But with 11 points, Randle will eclipse the total of 1,776 that Sean Lampley accumulated from [...]

California Golden Bears 4 hours ago
  • Draft watch: Trent Williams BillBoard | Buffalo News Trent Williams, OT, Oklahoma 6-4 1-2, 315 Draft projection: First round Williams is a prospect in the top half of the first round and probably will get strong consideration by...
  • It's hard to prepare for what awaits; and what of Marco? Doug Smith's Toronto Raptors Blog | Toronto Star Man, it’s early out here. Not an awful lot of stuff off Thursday, actually; long travel day for one of us, a day off for the guys who actually count. But anyway … - You know what the worst possible...
  • A ray of hope Memphis Edge | Memphis Commercial-Appeal While it may seem like gloom and doom for most Tiger fans today after Thursday's disappointing 66-65 loss to Houston in the Conference USA tournament appears to have dashed their hopes at making the NCAA Tournament, ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach says...
  • Still seeking respect Memphis Edge | Memphis Commercial-Appeal Sports Illustrated recently conducted a poll in which it asked 173 NBA players which team is least likely to win an NBA title in the next five years. It was no surprise that the New Jersey Nets, who are trying to avoid...
  • Toon boss denies promotion pay-cut Shields Gazette NEWCASTLE United boss Chris Hughton has denied a report that a number of the club's players have been asked to take a pay cut next season.
  • Kev's likes being thrown in at deep end Shields Gazette KEVIN Nolan was thrown in at the deep end on his Newcastle United debut.