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| Jan.18 |
Half Moon Bay |
Mavericks waves top 60 feet Monster waves, some up to 60-feet high, rolled into the famous Mavericks surf spot a half-mile offshore from Half Moon Bay
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| Mar.30 |
San Jose |
Ex-Stanford swimmer guilty of raping unconscious woman
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| Feb.12 |
Half Moon Bay |
Santa Cruz man wins Mavericks big wave surf competition 
Nic Lamb won the prestigious big-wave surfing contest known as the Titans of Mavericks Friday. The 27-year-old outlasted 23 competitors
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| Jan.8 |
Half Moon Bay |
Surfer hurt in wipeout at Mavericks as waves hit 50 feet |
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| Oct.18 |
SJSU |
Student dies days after water polo practice at campus pool |
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| Oct.17 |
SF Downtown |
Triathlon contestants enjoy shark-free swim from Alcatraz |
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| Aug.8 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Swimmer is First Woman To Swim From Farallones To SF Kim Chambers started swimming at 11:16 p.m. Friday and completed the 30-mile swim in a just over 17 hours
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| Feb.2 |
Palo Alto |
Ex-Stanford University athlete faces rape charges |
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| Jul.12 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Swimmer reaches Golden Gate from Farallones |
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| Jun.1 |
SF Downtown |
Former Olympian won Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon |
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| Apr.16 |
Redwood City |
1 dead, 2 injured in Redwood City boating accident 
Redwood City fire officials say a boating accident during an evening sail off the Peninsula Marina left one person dead and two people injur...
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| Apr.9 |
Western Marin County |
Man swims from Farallon Islands to Muir Beach |
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| Mar.11 |
Larry Ellison |
Larry Ellison now favors Hawaii for next America's Cup |
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| Jan.24 |
Half Moon Bay |
Grant 'Twiggy' Baker wins Mavericks surf contest The Body Glove Mavericks Invitational surf competition concluded with a South African taking first place and a surfer from Santa Cruz taking...
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| Oct.25 |
Half Moon Bay |
Opening ceremonies to launch Mavericks surf contest |
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| Sep.25 |
SF Downtown |
Oracle Team USA wins America's Cup Oracle Team USA produced one of the most monumental triumphs in sporting history. A team had stared into the abyss, trailing 8-1 at one stage
| Spithill steered Oracle's 72-foot catamaran to its 8th straight victory, speeding past Dean Barker and Emirates Team New Zealand in the winner-take-all Race 19
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| Sep.24 |
SF Downtown |
Oracle wins 7th straight in America's Cup Skipper Jimmy Spithill and Oracle Team USA sped past Emirates Team New Zealand on the upwind 3rd leg to win their astonishing 7th straight r...
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| Sep.23 |
SF Downtown |
Oracle wins again to stay alive in America's Cup
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| Sep.22 |
SF Downtown |
Oracle wins twice to stay alive in America's Cup
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| Sep.21 |
SF Downtown |
America's Cup races pushed back to Sunday
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| Sep.20 |
SF Downtown |
Light wind, Oracle thwart Kiwis in America's Cup
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| Sep.19 |
SF Downtown |
Oracle stays alive as America's Cup plods along
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| Sep.18 |
SF Downtown |
Kiwis close within 1 win of America's Cup |
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| Sep.15 |
SF Downtown |
Kiwis regain America's Cup momentum in Race 10
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| Sep.14 |
SF Downtown |
Kiwis almost capsize in America's Cup loss to Oracle
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| Sep.12 |
SF Downtown |
With Ainslie aboard, Oracle loses twice to Kiwis Emirates Team New Zealand beat defending champion Oracle Team USA twice more, moving closer to taking the America's Cup
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| Sep.7 |
SF Downtown |
Kiwis beat Americans in 1st race of America's Cup
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| Aug.23 |
San Francisco |
Dorade sails to S.F. after winning Transpacific race |
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| Aug.18 |
SF Downtown |
Italy evens series as New Zealand withdraws |
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| Aug.17 |
SF Downtown |
America's Cup: Italy takes on New Zealand |
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| Aug.10 |
SF Downtown |
America's Cup: Luna Rossa sweeps Artemis
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| Jul.28 |
SF Downtown |
Tom Cruise and his son take ride on New Zealand team's catamaran |
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| May.11 |
San Francisco |
America's Cup expected to go on after fatal wreck |
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| May.10 |
Treasure Island |
America's Cup yacht nosedived, broke into pieces
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| May.9 |
Treasure Island |
Sailor dies as US race boat capsizes A British Olympic sailor has died after a Swedish catamaran capsized during a training session for the America's Cup in San Francisco Bay
| Andrew Simpson, who has won two Olympic gold medals in sailing, died after being trapped for about 10 minutes underneath the boat operated by the Artemis racing team
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| Mar.3 |
SF Downtown |
Alcatraz triathlon competitor dies A 46-year-old man died of cardiac arrest just after plunging into frigid bay waters in the annual Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon, held three months earlier
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| Jan.22 |
Half Moon Bay |
Santa Cruz surfer Peter Mel named Mavericks champ |
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| Jan.20 |
Half Moon Bay |
Fans crowd to see hard-to-see Mavericks The lack of visual evidence did not deter anyone's enthusiasm, though. Half Moon Bay was jammed with more than 30,000 giddy surfers and fans
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| Oct.20 |
UC Berkeley |
Olympic star Franklin commits to Cal |
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| Oct.16 |
San Francisco |
America's Cup boat flips in S.F. bay
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| Aug.21 |
SF Downtown |
Bay Area to get America's Cup preview
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| May.25 |
San Rafael |
America's Cup taps SportsMark |
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| Apr.27 |
San Francisco |
Coast Guard calls off SF offshore sailing races |
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| Apr.14 |
San Francisco |
1 dead, 4 missing in racing yacht crash Map of Farallon Islands San Francisco| One sailor is dead and three were missing Saturday evening after a yacht ran aground near the Farallon Islands, 27 miles outside the Golden Gate. Three additional crew members of the 38-foot sai... | |
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| Mar.5 |
SF Downtown |
Collapse of America's Cup piers deal a blow to S.F. |
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| Feb.28 |
SF Downtown |
America's Cup organizers drop overhaul of piers |
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| Feb.23 |
SF City Hall |
SF advances plan for America's Cup
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| Dec.16 |
SF City Hall |
Planners OK report on America's Cup
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| Jun.19 |
Santa Clara |
Phelps loses 200m fly again in tuneup |
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| Jun.18 |
Santa Clara |
Phelps easily wins 200 backstroke |
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| Jun.17 |
Santa Clara |
Phelps wins 100 butterfly, loses freestyle
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| Mar.17 |
Half Moon Bay |
Hawaiian man killed surfing at Mavericks Sion Milosky had caught at least 6 waves before the accident. About a dozen surfers and three people on Jet Skis were out on the water at the time
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| Jan.23 |
Half Moon Bay |
Surfer hurt competing at Mavericks |
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| Dec.31 |
San Francisco |
San Francisco gets 2013 America's Cup| The announcement by the America's Cup Event Authority comes after intense negotiations with both SF and Newport, R.I.. The sailing's premier regatta could feature a n... | |
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| Dec.14 |
SF City Hall |
SF stays on track to host America's Cup
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| Nov.10 |
San Francisco |
SF is 1 of 2 finalists to host America's Cup |
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| Oct.6 |
SF City Hall |
Supervisors voted to host America's Cup
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| Sep.29 |
SF City Hall |
America's Cup: Big S.F. fundraising push
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| Jun.20 |
Bay |
Hypothermia Stops Charity Swim |
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| Feb.21 |
SF City Hall |
America's Cup Team Gets Key To City
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| Feb.16 |
Larry Ellison |
BMW Oracle wins America's Cup The 33rd Cup was contested between Société Nautique de Genève defending with team Alinghi against Golden Gate Yacht Club
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| Feb.13 |
Half Moon Bay |
Chris Bertish wins Mavericks Surf Contest |
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Half Moon Bay |
Watchers Hurt By Waves At Mavericks Two huge waves swept away spectators, causing broken bones and other injuries to 13 people standing on a seawall
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| Feb.12 |
Larry Ellison |
Oracle Boat Wins America's Cup Opener |
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| Jun.14 |
Santa Clara |
Phelps settles for two silvers at meet
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| Dec.30 |
Half Moon Bay |
Fewer sponsors shorten Mavericks window
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| Jun.8 |
San Francisco |
2,000 In 'Escape From Alcatraz' Triathlon |
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| Apr.6 |
Stanford |
Olympians Coughlin, Keller Win Grand Prix |
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| Jan.12 |
Half Moon Bay |
SoCal Surfer Wins Mavericks Competition A 24-year-old Greg Long of San Clemente was awarded first place in a daredevil surf contest that had competitors riding waves 4 stories tall
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Half Moon Bay |
Top Surfers Compete At Mavericks |
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| Aug.5 |
San Francisco |
Woman Found Dead In Alcatraz Aquathlon
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| Jun.11 |
SF Downtown |
3 Swimmers To Commemorate Escape
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| Jun.3 |
SF Downtown |
2,000 Athletes Compete in Triathlon
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| Apr.20 |
Stanford |
Coach suspended for deleting records |
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| Mar.30 |
Half Moon Bay |
Flat Waves Cancel Mavericks Surf Contest Organizers announced that the window for holding the 2007 contest would close without the competition being called
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| Mar.9 |
Stanford |
Coach Suspended For Erasing Records Swim coach Skip Kenney was suspended with pay for having the records of 5 ex-swimmers deleted from the team's media guide
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| Dec.11 |
Half Moon Bay |
Surfers Ride Big Waves At Mavericks |
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| Dec.7 |
Half Moon Bay |
Possible Watercraft Ban At Maverick |
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| Aug.8 |
Stanford |
Synchronized Swimmers Can't Compete |
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| May.22 |
SF Downtown |
Second-Grader Swims Alcatraz to SF Braxton Bilbrey from Glendale, Ariz., made the 1.4-mile swim to Aquatic Park in 47 min.
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| Apr.24 |
San Francisco |
4 Triathlon Swimmers Pulled From Bay |
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| Feb.7 |
Half Moon Bay |
South African wins Mavericks Contest Grant 'Twiggy' Baker was crowned king of the waves. The 24 contestants had only 24 hours' notice to arrive
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| Dec.31 |
Half Moon Bay |
Surfers ready for Mavericks contest
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| Oct.10 |
SF Downtown |
9-Year-Old Boy Swims Alcatraz To SF The boy swam the cold, choppy waters, raising $30,000 in donations for Hurricane Katrina victims
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| Mar.2 |
Half Moon Bay |
Local Surfer Wins At Mavericks
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| Sep.1 |
UC Berkeley |
Swimmer Shows Off Cluster of Medals
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