All Five California Teams State Their Case for the Postseason
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For the first time in baseball's 10-year-old wild-card era, with six weeks remaining in the season, all five California teams have a chance to make the playoffs.
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One by one, they have all fallen. Challengers with big ideas, bigger ambitions. Teams such as Notre Dame, California, and perhaps, in the future, Ohio State.
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LOS ANGELES -- They were playing the role of spoilers, heavy underdogs to a Southern California team that wants to prove it is the best college football team in the country this season.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Although it was more competitive than most of their other trips to the West Coast in recent years, the result was the same.
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In this era of wild-card entries and best-of-five-game playoff series, a talented team can stroll through the regular season, fire its manager, pick up its pace and find
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Oakland, Anaheim and Texas are still battling with a week to go for what is likely to be the final spot in the AL playoffs. With Minnesota having clinched its third consecutive AL Central title, the New York Yankees heading toward a seventh straight first-place finish in the AL East and Boston comfortably ahead in the wild-card race, the West figures to attract the most interest in the final week of the regular season...
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TUCSON, Ariz. -- Aaron Rodgers threw three first-half touchdowns and J.J. Arrington topped 100 yards rushing for the sixth consecutive game to lead No. 7 California (5-1, 3-1 Pac-10) to a 38-0 rout of Arizona (1-6, 0-4) yesterday.
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Coach Pete Carroll takes pride in being distinct. The same can be said for Southern California's football team, which during the past five years has produced one of the great runs in college history.
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FOOTBALL  1. LONE PEAK (5-0)  Another shutout  2. TIMPVIEW (3-1)  Tough goal-line stands  3. PROVO (3-2)  Needing a passing game  4. SPANISH FORK (3-2)  A little wounded  5.
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Surprise, surprise. Look who's above .500 and talking about making a playoff push. None other than the San Diego Chargers.
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If the playoffs opened right now, instead of next month, the A&#39;s would face the Red Sox in the first round -- again. Boston bounced Oakland out of the postseason in five games last year, coming back from a 2-0 deficit to do so.
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Now that they are finally healthy, the Golden State Warriors think they can make a run at a playoff spot.
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BRISTOL, Connecticut (Ticker) - The Los Angeles Dodgers are closing in on their first playoff berth in eight years. Beating the San Francisco Giants for the National League West title would make it that much sweeter.
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CLEVELAND -- One season after a league-worst 4-12 mark, the San Diego Chargers won their eighth straight and captured the AFC West title, which earned them a postseason berth for the first time since 1995.
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Los Angeles put itself in prime position to make the playoffs heading into the final weekend of the regular season, while Chicago, Houston and San Francisco were fighting to reach the postseason and San Diego retained only a long-shot hope.
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As great as a conference championship game can be, and there are five being played in the next three days, deciding a league champ the old-fashioned way can be fun.
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No. 4 California was angry and frustrated after being snubbed by the Bowl Championship Series. Cal had been in position to go to the Rose Bowl for the first time in 46 seasons, but was denied a berth after