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Swimsuit Photo Of Simone Biles Going Viral Before The Olympics
Simone Biles will be one of the top athletes to watch at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France. The 2024 Summer Olympics begin on Friday. Ahead of the Summer Games, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit shared some of their favorite Olympic-themed shots, including one of Biles. "As the world gears up ...
Northern California sisters take NHRA drag racing by storm
SAN JOSE, Calif. — They're fearless, they're trailblazers, they're sisters... and they do things on on racetrack that make your jaw drop. "What we do is definitely very scaring," said Jasmine Salinas. "Going over 330 mph in three seconds. A lot of people can't really comprehend how fast that really is."
Bay Area sisters to start their engines in NHRA drag racing at Sonoma Raceway
The Bay Area knows all about drag.But what about drag racing?ABC7 news anchor Reggie Aqui talked with two Bay Area sisters.One races a motorcycle, the other a car -- reaching speeds north of 200 and 300 miles per hour, respectively.They're preparing for the big National Hot Rod Association competition in Sonoma this weekend.Watch the full interview with Jianna and Jasmine in the player above. If you're on the ABC7 News app, click here to watch live
2024 Summer Mileage Program, Week 3, Day 3, July 24 , 2024, Always time for hills
Welcome to the third day and third week of the 2024 Summer Mileage Program, which runs for ten weeks until mid-September. Our goal is to build you into a strong cross-country runner. This week is week 3. Your vacation is over. Now is the time to build consistent building blocks...
Year in Review: Women's Swimming
STANFORD, Calif. - A mainstay in the upper echelon of NCAA women's swimming and diving, Stanford once again found success during the 2023-24 campaign in Paul A. Violich Director of Women's Swimming Greg Meehan's 12th season at the helm. The Cardinal was ranked in the top-10 of the CSCAA rankings...
Former Stanford pitcher NiJaree Canady is headed to Texas Tech
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year NiJaree Canady will be pitching for Texas Tech after two seasons at Stanford. Canady announced her commitment on social media Wednesday. ESPN, citing unnamed sources, reported that Canady will receive a name, image and likeness deal worth seven figures.
Olympic swimmer joins pool of City Council candidates
Anne Cribbs, an Olympic swimmer and longtime champion of Bay Area sports, is now setting her sights on her next big competition: the Palo Alto City Council. Cribbs, who currently serves on Palo Alto’s Parks and Recreation Commission, is well known for both her athletic accomplishments and her passionate advocacy for local sports. In 1959, when she was just 14, she took gold for breastroke in 200 meters in the Pan American Games. The following year, she was part of the U.S. women’s swim team that won the gold medal for the 400-meter medley relay in the Olympic Games in Rome.
Stanford, Cal ready for cross-country flights this football season in their new ACC home
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — California's Fernando Mendoza and Stanford's Ashton Daniels are quarterbacks for rival football programs in the Golden State, part of the long history of a rivalry known as simply as the "Big Game." Last summer, they were united in their dismay at watching the Pac-12 disintegrate...
Meet the Bay Area athletes competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics
As the 2024 Olympic Games get under way in Paris on Friday, San Francisco and Bay Area residents will have plenty of representation. Among the 600 athletes representing the United States this summer are four from The City and dozens more with ties to the broader region. Here’s a look at the San Francisco athletes competing for Team USA: Kristen Faulkner — cycling ...
Bay Area engineer rowing for gold in Paris Olympics
Meet Peter Chatain, a Bay Area engineer who is rowing for gold. Chatain is chasing a couple of dreams while working both as a machine learning engineer and rowing for the United States in the Men's Eights (8+) Olympic team. NBC Bay Area's Scott Budman introduces you to Chatain and...
Dave Kindred on writing about sports and witnessing ‘extraordinary people doing unimaginable things’
Dave Kindred is a name that exudes reverence in the world of sports. He’s captured nearly every honor for a sports writer – from the Red Smith Award to the PGA Lifetime Achievement Award, Dave has done it all. But when meeting him you’d never know it.
Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
The 2024 Spring Academic Honor Roll includes 1,142 student-athletes who participated in the Conference-sponsored sports of baseball, beach volleyball, men's and women's golf, women's lacrosse, men's and women's rowing, softball, men's and women's tennis, and men's and women's outdoor track & field. As approved by the Conference's Faculty Athletics Representatives,...
Year In Review: Men's Golf
STANFORD, Calif. - A return trip to the NCAA Championships, a pair of individual medalists, and a tournament win for the third consecutive season highlighted the 2023-24 season for Stanford men's golf. The Cardinal finished the season T-20th at the NCAA Championships at Omni La Costa in Carefree, Ariz., the...
Stanford QB has Insider Perspective on Clemson-Georgia Rivalry
CHARLOTTE — When Stanford makes its long trek to play Clemson on Sept. 28 at Memorial Stadium, it is going to be as close to a homecoming as quarterback Ashton Daniels will get. Daniels is from (...)
Women's Gymnastics: 2024 Season in Review
STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford's 2024 season was one for the history books, going from a 52nd national ranking in week one to finishing as the fifth-best team in the nation. The program, guided by its mission to O.W.N. It (Our Work Now) and three of the program’s best team performances in its storied history, became the first unseeded team to make nationals in its new format (since 2019) and the first unseeded team to make the national championship meet in any format since 2011. Individually, sophomore Anna Roberts captured the 2024 NCAA Vault Championship title, bringing home the Cardinal's first NCAA individual championship since Elizabeth Price's floor title in 2018 on vault.
Clemson Football Opponent Preview: Cardinal arrival on Homecoming - Game 4: Stanford at Clemson
To round off a three-game home stretch for the Clemson Tigers in the month of September, the Stanford Cardinal travels to Memorial Stadium on Sept. 28 for the Tigers' Homecoming game. The Cardinal heads into (...)
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