Santa Clara County Local News: Sports


All Local Sports News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

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05/24/2023
Santa Clara City Attorney Glen Googins commented on the status of obtaining documents needed for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be held at Levi’s Stadium: “I feel a heck of lot better than I did 45 days ago.”

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05/23/2023
Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, home to the San Francisco 49ers, will host Super Bowl 60 in 2026 a decade after it hosted Super Bowl 50.

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05/14/2023
Plans to revamp the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds into a sports and recreation facility have been progressing for more than a year, but it's unclear when shovels will hit the ground.

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04/21/2023
The San Jose Swim & Racquet Club, which has operated for nearly seven decades, appears likely to be sold, demolished and redeveloped with dozens of townhomes.

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04/04/2023
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Former players Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton and Aly Wagner spoke about their efforts to bring a team to the region.

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04/01/2023
The 49ers want another run at hosting the Super Bowl less than a decade after bringing the championship game to Santa Clara.

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03/16/2023
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The Christopher High baseball team expects to have a winning season this year.

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03/15/2023
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Gilroy native Jesse James Guerrero will complete in Fresno after racking up five Mexico wins.

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03/01/2023
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Three Gilroy High standouts—all sophomores—made history in capturing titles at Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield.

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02/28/2023
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The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association announced the return of its Golf Classic, teeing off on June 23 at the Gilroy Golf Course. The afternoon includes lunch, a round of golf, and more.

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01/20/2023
Pickleball has been attracting a great deal of local interest since the city of Milpitas launched a pilot program for the sport nearly six months ago.

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01/17/2023
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Premier Rugby Sevens will expand into the region with its newest franchise, the Golden State Retrievers, to be based in San Jose.

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12/23/2022
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Jesse James Guerrero goes into 2023 the same way he entered 2022—with big goals and renewed optimism. Even though he’s coming off a draw in his latest boxing match on Dec. 17 in Rosarito Mexico, the Gilroy resident still sports a professional record of 5-0-1 with five knockouts. This was Guerrero’s last fight with Najera [...]

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11/27/2022
The winningest football coach in the university's history announced plans to spend time with his family.

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10/14/2022
The nine-lane running track will be built on a parcel at the SC County Fairgrounds; the finished project will cost nearly $30 million. SJSU hopes to revive the track and field legacy of Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos, whose statues are on the SJSU quad.

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09/28/2022
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From a young age, Mark Cummins knew he wanted to be a teacher and coach. And for 37 years, Cummins has served in both of those capacities.

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09/21/2022
Northern California’s Cyril Derreumaux has become the second person to solo kayak from the American coast to Hawaii.

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08/17/2022
Women’s athletics at Stanford University have come a long way since Title IX became federal law in 1972. In honor of the law’s 50th anniversary, Stanford Athletics has nominated its first all-female class of inductees to its Hall of Fame. They will officially join in September.

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08/17/2022
The Big Ten has reached seven-year agreements with Fox, CBS and NBC to share the rights to the conference’s football and basketball games. The deals go into effect in 2023, expire in 2030 and eventually will allow the conference’s soon-to-be 16 member universities to share more than $1 billion per year.

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07/13/2022
Image for display with article titled Andy “El Tiburon” Vences’s Life in the Boxing Ring

Past the rows of slip bags, speed bags and chunky heavy bags in Gilroy’s Pound 4 Pound gym is a small door leading to a back room containing a secret weapon: a full, regulation-size boxing ring.

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