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Four years ago, former Davis Little League official Tom Locker and a French middle-school teacher named Laurent Carpentier were chatting on the Internet. Carpentier’s call for baseball gear for his Sens city Dodgers had reached around the world. It was Locker’s reply that began a friendship — removed by 5,600 miles — that has evolved […]
The 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City are remembered best, perhaps, for what happened during the track and field events.
But amid the record-breaking — and frequently elevation-aided — performances and political controversy of Mexico City, it would be a 29-year-old American named Bill Toomey who would be dubbed “the world’s greatest athlete” when he won gold in the decathlon.
It was a title that was first bestowed on Jim Thorpe when he won gold in the inaugural Olympic decathlon in 1912 at the 1912 summer games …
With three runs already in and Davis American still trailing by two with the bases loaded in the final inning, the locals had Fairfield Atlantic on the ropes. But this time, in the opening round of the Little League 9-10 NorCal Section 1 tournament in Concord on Saturday, the locals had to settle for a […]
More than 1,500 players on 130 club soccer teams are in town this weekend to participate in the Davis Legacy Soccer Club Showcase tournament. Squads ranging in age from U12 through U19 will settle bracket championships on Sunday at fields all over Davis as scouts from more than 50 universities look on. 0715LegacySoccerW Meaghan Murphy, middle, […]
The temperature at Tony Zupo Field in Lodi, the site of the American Legion District 6 playoff cooled down by about 10 degrees on Saturday and the Yolo Post 77 offense cooled down right with it. After scoring a total of 36 runs in two hot-weather wins on Thursday and Friday, Yolo was held scoreless […]
Runners go over the overpass on Pole Line Road wearing glowing necklaces and headbands as they participate in the half-marathon portion of Saturday’s Davis Moonlight Run. The participants are joined by a 1:50 pace runner. Thousands of harriers gathered for a kids run, a 5K and a 10K at the event as well as the […]
