Sports

john green/staff 11/12/05 smc times news San Mateo player Kenneth Easter, sits dejected after the Beacats lost to Burlingame in the Little Big Game Saturday. Burlingame edged San Mateo, 24-23 .

U. S. Open

Jack Nicklaus waves to crowd as he walks onto the 18th green.

NINERS TRAINING CAMP OPENS

Players cool off in tubs of ice water after practice ,at the 49ers facility, in Santa Clara,Calif., Friday, July 25, 2008. Training camp opened for the Niners Friday morning. JOHN GREEN/SAN MATEO COUNTY TIMES

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS BASEBALL

Giants catcher Bengie Molina(right) tags out Braves' Chris Woodward at the plate as he tried to score from third on a ball hit by Willie Harris to Giants' Rich Aurilia who made the throw to the plate in the 13th inning of their game at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Tuesday, July 24, 2007. John Green/San Mateo County Times

GIANTS BEAT PADRES ON LINCECUM NO HITTER

Giants' Tim Lincecum, middle is congratulated by teamates, from left, Pablo Sandoval, catcher Hector Sanchez and Buster Posey right, after he no-hit the Padres at AT&T Park in San Francisco on Wednesday, June 25, 2014.(John Green/Staff)

SAN DIEGO PADRES AT SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS BASEBALL GAME

Giants' Tim Lincecum pitched the second no hitter of his career as he no-hit the Padres for a 4-0 win at AT&T Park in San Francisco on Wednesday, June 25, 2014. (John Green/Bay Area News Group)

THUUZ

Thuuz CEO Warren Packard with some of his sports memorabilia in his office in Palo Alto, Calif. on Thursday Nov. 29, 2012. Packard. After more than a decade as managing partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Packard left venture capital to run a start-up. Palo Alto based Thuuz claims it's developed an algorithm that can determine how exciting a given sports broadcast is, then alert users via mobile phone where to catch the action.(John Green/Staff)