Cal and Stanford kick off their respective football seasons today free of quarterback controversy.One reason: Cal coach Jeff Tedford and Stanford's Jim Harbaugh like the look in their starting QBs' eyes.

On this day in 1977, Sadaharu Oh hit his 756th career home run, passing Hank Aaron for the (known) all-time professional record. It's just the 'known' record since we don't know for sure how many homers Josh Gibson hit in the Negro Leagues. Oh finished his Japanese career with a whopping 868 long balls. Some news items... Chris Sampson has accepted his minor league assignment from the Astros and ...

LAKELAND | The two cardiothoracic surgeons at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, both affiliated with Watson Clinic, are leaving Lakeland to practice at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa.