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Tim Kawakami is an American sports journalist for The San Francisco Standard.Previously, he was a sports columnist for the San Jose Mercury News. [1] In addition to his print column, he maintained a blog, communicated on Twitter, and had a podcast series.
Farmer graduated from La Canada High School in 1984 and from Occidental College in 1988. He spent five seasons as the Oakland Raiders beat writer for the San Jose Mercury News before moving to the Times.
In San Diego, Raiders win on a controversial Holy Roller play. 1979: Tie 1–1: ... San Jose Mercury News – Raiders' coverage; Las Vegas Raiders at Sports E ...
Raiders officials visited Las Vegas to tour locations in the valley for a potential new home. Interviewed by sports columnist Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News, Davis said that he had a "great" visit in the city. Davis also said that Las Vegas was a global city and that "it's absolutely an NFL city," as well as saying that "the Raider ...
James Jones, pro football player (San Jose State), Green Bay Packers, Oakland Raiders, born in San Jose [85] Carney Lansford , pro baseball player, Oakland A's, 1989 World Series champion, 1981 A.L. batting champion, born in San Jose [ 86 ]
In the subsequent seasons the San Jose Raiders became the first color guard to win five consecutive WGI World Class titles. Additionally in 1994 the San Jose Raiders Open Guard earned the bronze medal at the WGI World Championships. In 1995 the organization decided to fold their current world program and promote their Open Guard to the World class.
The NFL San Francisco 49ers chose him with their fifth-round pick in the 1983 NFL draft becoming the first-ever New Zealander and Māori to play in Professional Football. Jerry Attaway, his conditioning coach at USC and (teammate) Ronnie Lott had convinced Bill Walsh to select him in the draft. That year, Ellison was named to the All-Rookie ...
He formed a close friendship with Al Davis over the years. Noted for being a controversial figure at times, he was characterised by his confrontational personality, culminating in a physical exchange with San Jose Mercury News columnist Tim Kawakami in 2008. Herrera later announced his retirement from football. [13]