On July 9, the Alameda County Fair presented the $150,000 Pleasanton Mile, which was reportedly the largest purse in North America on that day.
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Rio de Janeiro's Carnival may have come to a close, but the city can't resume regular life until "the count" of scores from the parade competition is completed and a victor is proclaimed. The parade is billed as the world's biggest party, yet scarcely anyone outside Brazil realizes the flashy floats and extravagant dancers are more than spectacle. There are complex, constantly changing regulations and dozens of judges. In recent years, the samba school league has adopted changes to limit subjectivity, but skepticism about scoring remains. The hopes of entire working-class communities ride on the outcome. A win affirms that the school's diligent work was executed to perfection, bestowing honor and prestige — and a cut of the box office revenue.
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More than 200 electric bikes are coming to the cities of Burlingame and Millbrae as part of a multi-city program, but city officials are conce…
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Joe Freitas has been synonymous with South San Francisco Colt baseball for nearly a half century.
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Be nice to your Little League umpires, folks. The boys in blue are in short supply.
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Given the suspension of athletics in the county, the Daily Journal decided to dive into our 20-year archives to bring readers some of our favo…
If you want to get technical about, it’s a misnomer to say there are “no sports to watch.” A more apt description would be, “No live sports to…
We’ve seen the impact of coronavirus pandemic has had on virtually every segment of society — including the sports world.