@JonBecker28

Sports writer for San Jose Mercury News/East Bay Times

 Pleasanton, CA
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Joined January 2009
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NEW 👉 POLLS ARE OPEN Vote now: Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week mercurynews.com/2023/03/06/v… @joseph_dycus @leftwich @AlexSimonSports @GReeves23 @JensenPhil @VytasMazeika @JonBecker28 @BayAreaPrepsHQ

Poll closed: Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week

Make your choice for the top performance among boys high school athletes from Feb. 27-March 4.

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NEW 👉 Terrific column by @Jerrymcd that EVERYONE -- at all levels of sports -- should read. mercurynews.com/2023/03/04/c… @Go_Carondelet @carondelethoops @KellySopak @Srvladywolves @joseph_dycus @leftwich @MikeNowels @AlexSimonSports @macsmith413 @GReeves23 @WakeOfWeek @JonBecker28

Carondelet coach shows true spirit of competition after crushing last-second loss

The CIF NorCal basketball tournament put the good and bad on display Thursday night.

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Crazy Stat of the Day. Michael Jordan and Stephen Curry currently have the EXACT SAME career winning percentage (.659). MJ: 825/1251 = 65.9% Steph: 658/998 = 65.9% This is both regular season and playoffs combined.
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#9 seed Granada topples top seed Clovis West 70-62 in overtime. in CIF NorCal D-1 boys. How bout them Mats?! @DarrenSabedra @JensenPhil @VytasMazeika @joseph_dycus @JonBecker28 @GReeves23 @MitchBookLive @SportStarsMag @CalHiSports @KasselMedia @HaroldAbend
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Glads get the win today against Cabrillo College 8-6. Great TEAM win. Offense was led by Casey Cummings who was 3-5 w/HR, triple, 2 RBI’s & 3 runs. Brian Duroff was 3-4 w/2 RBI’s and a run scored. Kolin Fukuki and Freddy Ramos also had multi hit games. #GLADS
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On this date in 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scored an NBA-record 100 points in a 169-147 Philadelphia Warriors win over the Knicks in Hershey, PA. He went 36-of-63 from the field and 28-of-32 from the line, which remain NBA records for most field goals and free throws made in a game.
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Check this out: Is this a #Meteor? Viewer spotted this early this morning in Vallejo, CA.
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The Golden State Warriors plan to sign G League Santa Cruz guard Lester Quinones to a 10-day contract, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Quinones is averaging 21 points per game for Santa Cruz this season.
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The great Sarge!
AFL Godfather 👓🏴‍☠️🔥@NFLMAVERICK1 Mar 2023
🎂🙏🏻🇺🇸⚓️👮🏻‍♂️🏴‍☠️🏈 Remembering Carlton Henry Ivey March 1, 1921 - October 3, 2011. The longtime friend of AL DAVIS. A WWII Navy veteran and former Oakland Police sergeant.
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The toddler threw up on my wife while the infant peed on me. We’re doing great.
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Acalanes' girls assistant Scott Espinosa-Brown giving daily life lessons while coaching through cancer . . . mercurynews.com/2023/02/27/a… #mercnews @Acalanes_gbb @carondelethoops @DarrenSabedra

Acalanes assistant basketball coach keeping cancer at bay through perseverance

The number of lives Scott Espinosa-Brown has touched through teaching and coaching is incalculable.

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Most points scored in an NBA game by an Oakland native: Damian Lillard 71 points Cliff Robinson 45 points Gary Payton 44 points Jason Kidd 43 points J.R. Rider 42 points Joe Ellis 38 points Bill Russell 37 points Drew Gooden 33 points Jim Pollard 32 points Brian Shaw 32 points
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Chabot Moves One Win Away From State Elite Eight patch.com/california/castrov… @ChabotBasketbal @CCGladiators @JensenPhil

Chabot Moves One Win Away From State Elite Eight

One of your neighbors posted in Sports. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)

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NEW 👉 What a finish: Clayton Valley rallies late, edges Moreau in OT for back-to-back NCS Division I crowns mercurynews.com/2023/02/25/w… @Fallocco14 @claytonvalley @joseph_dycus @GReeves23 @leftwich @JonBecker28

What a finish: Clayton Valley rallies late, edges Moreau in OT for back-to-back NCS Division I...

Jake King’s 3-pointer in the final minute of overtime gives Clayton Valley the lead for good as the Ugly Eagles found a way to prevail.

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Heart-stopper: Campolindo fends off late rally from Las Lomas to capture NCS-II title mercurynews.com/2023/02/26/h… @campobballcoach @CampoHoops @LoganRobeson @shaneoreilly_5 @joseph_dycus @leftwich @AlexSimonSports @GReeves23 @JensenPhil @VytasMazeika @JonBecker28 @BayAreaPrepsHQ

Heart-stopper: Campolindo fends off late rally from Las Lomas to capture NCS Division II champion...

Campolindo ever-so-slightly kept the lid on a 48-47 win over Las Lomas to secure a North Coast Section Division II championship at Acalanes High School on Saturday night.

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NEW 👉 HS baseball 2023 preview: Bay Area News Group rankings, players to watch mercurynews.com/2023/02/23/h… @joseph_dycus @leftwich @AlexSimonSports @GReeves23 @Jesus_Cano88 @JensenPhil @VytasMazeika @JonBecker28 @BayAreaPrepsHQ

High school baseball 2023 preview: Bay Area News Group rankings, players to watch

Top teams, players, prospects as baseball season starts across the Bay Area this week.

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NEW 👉 HS softball 2023 preview: Bay Area News Group rankings, players to watch mercurynews.com/2023/02/23/h… @joseph_dycus @leftwich @AlexSimonSports @GReeves23 @Jesus_Cano88 @JensenPhil @VytasMazeika @JonBecker28 @BayAreaPrepsHQ

High school softball 2023 preview: Bay Area News Group rankings, players to watch

Top teams and players as softball season starts across the Bay Area this week.

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Sharkie kissing up to the boss
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After core muscle surgery, there are a subset of patients who do have residual pain. This can typically in general be due to either residual adductor issues, nerve pain, continued muscle weakness that needs more rehab, or repair failure (rare). #DubNation
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Speaking to reporters for the first time since he was traded, Gary Payton II said he’s been dealing with “lingering pain” stemming from his offseason core surgery. He wasn’t surprised the Warriors medical staff flagged his physical, and he hopes to be back before the playoffs.
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Tonight’s a HUGE one on the NCS & CCS hoops 🏀calendar. We’re covering these games 🏀 Boys-Granada at DV 🏀 B-Salesian at DLS 🏀 G-CN at SRV 🏀 B-Alameda at LL 🏀 B-SHP at Riordan 🏀 B-Serra at Mitty 🏀 +Roundup Check out our coverage on @mercnews & @EastBayTimes websites
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