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Eat Your Veggies!
   Moms are famous for telling their growing kids, “Eat your veggies!!”     Well, kids, I hate to break this to you, but those moms are right! Vegetables are especially beneficial for athletes, because they have some nutrients crucial for good health and recovery that you can’t get anywhere... Read more
   Moms are famous for telling their growing kids, “Eat your veggies!!”     Well, kids, I hate to break this to you, but those moms are right! Vegetables are especially beneficial for athletes, because they have some nutrients crucial for good health and recovery that you can’t get anywhere... Read more
   Sports are extremely stressful to the body, and the ankle joint is no exception. Over the course of a practice or competition, each foot contacts the ground hundreds or thousands of times and goes into plantar flexion for propulsion equally as many times.     This repetitive strain can... Read more
What it Means to be Committed
The term commitment is thrown around a lot in sports. It can be a tricky topic to address with coaches, players and parents. Especially since each may have their own definition and practice of what it means to be committed. Merriam-Webster simply defines commitment as, a promise to do... Read more
   Let’s face it: Your performance is 90 percent mental. Assuming you have the ability to do what you are trying to do, your success is 90 percent dependent on your mindset.    “Everyone is a genius,” Albert Einstein once said. “But if you judge a fish by its... Read more
   I wanted to play football this year — I’m going to be a freshman — but my parents won’t let me. They said it’s too dangerous. But if it’s that dangerous, why are all my friends playing? Why do so many kids play football? It just doesn’t seem... Read more
First Pitch: Sun And Games
Despite a weird affinity for curling, I’ve always been more of a Summer Olympics guy. Certainly part of it has to do with the region I grew up. Lots of sun. Not a ton of winter sports to experiment in beyond the occasional ski trip to Mt. Lassen (when... Read more
Sweeney Shining
By MARK TENNIS | Special To SportStars This year’s family vacation had a definite San Francisco Giants’ theme with four games seen in a two-week span, but it was watching a different Giants’ game on the tube that brought the biggest smile to my face. Sure, the Giants struggled... Read more
Walnut Creek SC Preparing For Big Year
  After serving as the Northgate High athletic director for the past six years, Steve Chappell may be used to viewing the month of July as his lone month of rest.   That’s not something he was able to count on this summer.   At the conclusion of the... Read more
A once-in-a-generation distance runner and multi-sport star share the SJS spotlight Read more
Masters in Arc-eology
Pinewood girls basketball pulled off the national upset of 2015-16 thanks to deadly distance shooting — and much more. Read more
Join us on our countdown of the Bay Area’s best athletes from 2015-16 Read more