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(JEFF CHIU/The Associated Press) Giants manager Bruce Bochy watches from the dugout during the ninth inning of Game 5 against the Phillies in San Francisco.

Bochy instrumental in Giants' success

Janie McCauley, The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, October 24, 2010 - 11:33pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- Bruce Bochy mixed and matched the San Francisco Giants all the way to the World Series.

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Giants beat Phillies for series lead

Janie McCauley, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 11:36pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- Cody Ross keeps giving his best Barry Bonds imitation.

With the home run king watching and cheering from a front-row seat, Ross delivered again, Matt Cain outdueled Cole Hamels and the San Francisco Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-0 Tuesday for a 2-1 lead in the NL championship series.

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Ross picks baseball over dream to be rodeo clown

Janie McCauley, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 15, 2010 - 4:33pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- For a good chunk of his childhood, Cody Ross wanted to be a rodeo clown.

Son of a team roper and steer wrestler, he would dress up with the big red nose and sit in the stands during weekend events across Texas and New Mexico. Sometimes, he got to go behind the scenes to meet the stars of the ring.

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Giants tweaking rotation

Janie McCauley, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 11:00pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants manager Bruce Bochy is planning to tweak his rotation for the NL championship series, moving up left-hander Jonathan Sanchez to go Game 2 against the Philadelphia Phillies following ace Tim Lincecum.

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Lincecum ready for biggest stage

Janie McCauley, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 9:40pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- Tim Lincecum emerged as the most dominant pitcher in the National League in his first two full major league seasons. Back-to-back NL Cy Young Awards. Two All-Star selections, 526 strikeouts. All by the age of 25.

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Managers across baseball could be switching places

Janie McCauley, The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, September 19, 2010 - 5:05pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- From the Bronx to Chavez Ravine, from Lake Michigan north to Toronto, managers across the majors could be on the move this winter.

Free agency for skippers? That very well might be the case in what is shaping up to be a busy offseason of switcheroos for the men who write the lineups and make their home on that top dugout step.

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Levine tops Everest on 2nd try to complete 'Slam'

Janie McCauley, The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, August 15, 2010 - 4:33pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- As Alison Levine watched climbers head back down Mount Everest when the weather turned, she contemplated the possibility that she might again come up just short of reaching the world's highest point.

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49ers TE Davis hosts charity curling tournament

Janie McCauley, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 9:15pm

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Vernon Davis is hosting his own version of a bonspiel -- better known as a curling tournament.

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Teenager gets 1-day caddie gig at US Open

Janie McCauley, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 8:01pm

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Teenager Jeffrey Aronson lucked into a thrilling opportunity at the U.S. Open: caddie for a practice round.

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Former major leaguer Dave Roberts has lymphoma

Janie McCauley AP Baseball Writer

Last updated Monday, May 3, 2010 - 3:05pm

Dave Roberts, whose stolen base for Boston in the 2004 playoffs sparked the Red Sox to an elusive World Series championship, is being treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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Jerry Rice hopes to catch on in professional golf

Janie McCauley The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 6:27pm

HAYWARD, Calif. -- Jerry Rice used to wake up at 4 a.m. so he could get to the driving range and hit golf balls before he was due at work with the San Francisco 49ers for 8:30 a.m. meetings.

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Hunter says black Latino players are 'impostors'

Janie McCauley The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 9:56pm

PHOENIX -- Los Angeles Angels center fielder Torii Hunter has called black Latino baseball players "impostors" when it comes to the appearance of the number of African-Americans in the major leagues.

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Meet the 'Michael Jordan of curling'

Janie McCauley The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 22, 2010 - 9:45pm

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Kevin Martin crouches into his curling stance, gently brushes the ice with his hand to move any flakes and gives the sheet in front of him one last stare. He releases his rock, then talks it all the way to the house.

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Giants' Sandoval on slimdown, healthy plan

Janie McCauley The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 7, 2009 - 10:17pm

SAN FRANCISCO -- Pablo Sandoval walks through the Giants' lunch room in search of wheat bread. He has just finished an intense cardio workout of biking, a power walk on the treadmill at a steep incline and a session on the elliptical machine.

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