If college scouts and coaches didn’t already know about the Salesian senior, his performance at the Nike Peach Jam, part of the Elite Youth Basketball League, certainly turned a few heads. Bird, playing for the Oakland Soldiers, nailed two free throws with 1.9 seconds left in the championship giving the... Read more

Hayward’s Dream Courts facility is already massive in size. And now Nike Basketball has come calling. Read more

State of Play By Mark Tennis    At this year’s CIF state basketball finals, we were asked at Cal-Hi Sports by Time Warner Cable to provide a series of Mt. Rushmore type selections for California’s best-ever boys players, girls players and coaches.    If you don’t know, Mt. Rushmore picks... Read more

  1. De La Salle-Concord Football 2014  While the Spartans have had an honor roll of talented individuals play between the white lines at Owen Owens Stadium, it’s impossible not to think of that football program and not think TEAM. There was little doubt a De La Salle football was... Read more

  1 – Maggie Steffens, Monte Vista-Danville, Water Polo When we named her our first SportStars Female Athlete of the Fall in January of 2011, we asked her if she could see herself competing at the Olympics. This is what Steffens said: “I can envision myself (in London), but it’s... Read more

  5. ANTOINE CUSTER   De La Salle-Concord, Football, JR.  The speedy-yet-powerful 5-foot-8, 185-pound running back was the SportStars Bay Area Male Athlete of the Fall after he rushed for 1,942 yards, a single-season total which placed him No. 6 on the progam’s all-time list. He rushed for 24 TDs... Read more

If there is such a thing as an upset in all star game, this one would be classified as such, as the class of 2014 edge the class of 2013 by a score of 131-128 Sunday afternoon in the fourth annual Nor Cal Clash at Contra Costa College in San... Read more

St. Ignatius’ senior southpaw pitched a gem to eliminate his rivals. This one was personal. Not only did the St. Ignatius Wildcats secure a trip to the CIF Northern California Playoffs for a second consecutive year, they also ended rival Serra’s season with a 2-0 win in Saturday’s CCS Division... Read more