When Saratoga High School beat Palma in the 1996 CCS Championship Game, coach Mike Machado knew that that would be his last as the Falcons coach. Although Saratoga's program was thriving in just his second year as the varsity head coach, Machado knew that he could never replace his predecessor, Benny Pierce, whose 269 wins, 16 league titles and four CCS championship triumphs from 1961 through 1994 still echo'd in Saratoga's hallways. Mike Machado knew that although he could s

Ever since becoming the Kansas City Chief's starting quarterback, Patrick Mahomes has seized the opportunity to be the NFL's next great...

A little more than a year ago, I drove across the country looking for adventure and discovery. While in Ohio, I stumbled upon a ginormous...

Before he became one of the game's great innovators, Bill Walsh coached football at Washington Union High School in what was then known...

Since the event first began in 1947, California has reached the Little League World Series final 24 times, winning seven times. Tomorrow,...

A small beachside town on Santa Monica Bay sits five miles south of LAX. While it is known for its Chevron refinery and large aerospace...

Every fall in San Francisco’s Kezar Stadium, two teams compete for the Bruce-Mahoney Trophy. However, football is just one of three games...

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Sometimes, a great story is told in the lives that are lived after the event. What happened in Long Beach, California in the fall of 2001...

The Freitas name is famous within the halls of Serra High School in San Mateo, California. Jesse Sr. began the family dynasty by becoming...

Tom Brady is widely regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. The longtime quarterback of the New England Patriots and...

These days, Patrick Walsh is known as a successful football coach at Junipero Serra High School. Over the past decade he has collected...

Since the winter of 1991, the De La Salle Spartans football team has not lost to a team from Northern California. The streak began with a...