Championship games a fan's dream - if refs don't blow it
Jan. 16 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
It's arguably the best day of the year for NFL fans - two championship games in seven hours - but given the way this season's gone, it's likely to be spoiled, at least in part, by someone wearing a striped shirt.
- Championship games a fan's dream - if refs don't blow it
- Simms had his doubts about Bolts
- Channel 4 offers Pads gig to Neely
- Rivers' game passion looks good on camera
- Rudy's 'PPR' has become must-see TV
- Werndl out – then in – at XX Sports
- Radio hosts Bill Werndl, Joe Tutino are 'let go' by XX Sports 1090-AM
- ESPN splashes color on 1958 NFL classic
- Week in review: San Diego's TV ratings (Dec. 5)
- Vasgersian back to Q before leaving town
- Week in review: San Diego's TV ratings (Nov. 28)
- Paying tolls beats flying for Michaels
- Week in review: San Diego's TV ratings (Nov. 21)
- British Open going cable is 'major' step
- Week in review: San Diego's TV ratings (Nov. 14)
- Crate full of interest in Padres job
- Week in review: San Diego's TV ratings (Nov. 7)
- To Collinsworth, NFL season gets going about now
- Week in review: San Diego's TV ratings (Oct. 31)
Motorsports
- Three-peater Johnson wants to make history
- Johnson date with destiny aside, '09 looks lean
- Season's last race at the Q is tomorrow night
- San Diego County boasts nine class champions
- Whitt stands tall as youngest Midget champion
- Baja 1000 champ Norman has S.D. connections
- Entries down, but Baja 1000 field one of largest
- NASCAR faces threefold challenge to economic stability
- Pedregon, Dixon claim NHRA Auto Club championships
- Secret of Johnson's success is no desert mirage
- Win for Schumacher would be exclamation point on season
- Johnson leaves big impression in Phoenix
- 'Stressed' Johnson parties on
- Johnson wins pole at Phoenix raceway
- Massa won Brazilian Grand Prix, but Hamilton won World Championhip
- Ramona's Gagne speeds through learning curves
- Area drivers in top 10 in NASCAR series standings
- Prudhomme spending despite tough economy
- Jimmie Johnson's younger brother trying to make name for self
- Top trophy for White at Reunion nostalgia drags
- Alpine's Whitt, 17, to race at Perris Auto Speedway
- Johnson well-positioned coming out of Talladega
- Area drivers excel at Best In The Desert race
- Spending time with Newman timeless
- NASCAR's appeal to IndyCar drivers may be thing of the past
- Local Laps
- 'Ironman' out of the dust, into Hall of Fame
- Coronado Speed Festival is this weekend
- Indiana river town proud of house boat
- Italy's Rossi gets milestone victory at a timeless track
Sailing/Boating
- Boat show will feature economy and ecology bent
- Class 2 boats expected to be reactivated for '09
- Three San Diego couples team up for victory at sea
- Legal issues still keeping America's Cup at bay
- SWYC honored for sailing, racing management
- Trimaran in trials here quite a sight to behold
- Late yacht designer set standard for artistry
- Even Hydroplanes have trouble with blown calls
- Race ruling alters season standings
- Bernard eyes the big prize
- 60-year-old engines are Hydroplane marvels
- America's Cup challenger headed here for trials
- Offshore powerboats could steal the thunder
- SWYC sailing team blocked in Olympic run
- Legal brew swirling in America's Cup is poison
- San Diegan crowns his season with Etchells World title
Surfing
- Surfers face highest risk of ingesting dirty water
- Wave-ing goodbye to year of significant moments
- Survey assembles information on surfers' habits
- Watercraft ban pits surfers, environmentalists
- Longboarders still getting short end of the stick
- 'Cutthroat' format pro surfing's needed break?
- Expo got back to basics with surfers, shapers
- Slater adds ninth title to career achievements
- Filmmaker takes reel look into competitive side
- Grumbling aside, pro event is Trestles celebration
- The 'Cardiff Kook' statue is gaining acceptance
- Super Bowl of paddleboarding drawing near
- Airline baggage fees are hitting surfers hard
- Perils of the deep are no longer laughing matter
- County's beaches get good dry-weather grades
Tennis
- Tennis back in Santaluz Open
- Davis Cup in need of an extreme makeover
- Signs point to Vandeweghe being on her way
- Tennis fans erupt after Ch. 8 chooses not to air Open final
- A lifelong match: Pat Poiset and the 'perfect sport'
- Barnes Center hunting ground for recruiters
- Safina sweeps to East West title
- Cash registers quiet after Wimbledon drama
- S.D. tennis hall votes in Brian Teacher
- USD-connected players rule at La Jolla tennis event
- All England Club steps to fore in wake of loss
- Tennis player sees no fault in 'change-up'
- Henin says her retirement at 25 'is a new beginning'
- More than ever, injuries are a part of the game
Horse Racing
- California horse racing chairman steps down
- 7 fillies vie for Starlet, final race as 2-year-olds
- Top fillies to train in state
- Pretty price at auction for Stardom Bound
- Curlin's legacy at stake in Classic
- That Fantasy Thing: Breeders' Cup Edition
- Curlin's cash
- Bob Ike's Breeders' Cup Handicap
- Ladies first: Race moved to opening day
- Satellite wagering facilities hoping to be in no-fire zone
- Foreigners flock to synthetic dirt
- Breeders' Cup: Unbridled memories are in full gallop this week
- European horses bring intrigue to Turf, Classic
- Worthy winner just as likely on synthetic track
- Debuting Turf Sprint will take downhill route
- Curlin in East, Grade I stakes in West highlight exciting day
- Del Mar fans have pair to cheer in Day 1 Sprint
- Full coverage of Del Mar's 2008 season
- Black Mamba wins Mabee
- Zenyatta is 7-for-7 with Hirsch victory
Fighting Sports
- One's calm and one's hyper, but they run in step
- Caro-Concepcion bout was good fight to finish
- Withdrawal casts shadow on Guzman's future
- Heavyweight, 38, gets a late start
- San Diego MMA event a 'complete success'
- Two-time Margarito foe ending two-year layoff
- Toney wins when Rahman 'can't see'
- Toney in 'Last Chance' bout
- This MMA fighter's skills start with wrestling
- Merriman's influence offers Buchanan a boost
- USA Boxing kicks Yanez off Olympic team
- Not just another Diaz
- Diaz stops Torres in fifth
