EARNIE GRAFTON / Union-Tribune The Twins' Alexi Casilla flies over Padres baserunner Jody Gerut after he unsuccessfully tried to steal second in the sixth.

Boos rained down on a Padres icon last night at Petco Park. Not just scattered boos, but loud booing directed at a franchise hero whose excellence helped bring San Diego's downtown ballpark into existence. Trevor Hoffman, head down, walked slowly off the field to the widespread and vocal disapproval after the Minnesota Twins walloped two of his fastballs for home runs in the ninth innning.

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La'Roi Glover is one of the great test cases. Because he was going to have problems making it. He was going to be too small to play defensive tackle in the NFL. And, if that didn't happen, then what? He was without a college degree, falling several credits short when he left San Diego State.

WIMBLEDON, England – The 2008 Nike Fashion Show – er, Wimbledon Tennis Championships – continued yesterday and Maria Sharapova's tuxedo-inspired shorts ensemble got more attention than her 6-1, 6-4 first-round win against Stephanie Foretz. Of the 22 questions in Sharapova's postmatch press conference, 15 were about fashion, and there were only two token queries about the match.

Tiger Woods had reconstructive surgery on his left knee yesterday in Utah to repair a torn ligament, and doctors said it was “highly unlikely” there would be any long-term effects. It was the second time in 10 weeks Woods had surgery on his knee, this time on his anterior cruciate ligament.

OMAHA, Neb. – Fresno State has reached the brink of pulling off what once was unimaginable for a team in its situation: winning a national championship. One of the most amazing postseason runs in college baseball history continued last night thanks to an offensive performance that was nothing short of, well, amazing.