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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_113102\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/27/news-pix-fabulous/minnesota-twins-v-oakland-athletics/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-113102\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-113102 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/6758_transform-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"Minnesota Twins v Oakland Athletics\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A's teammates greet Coco Crisp after he hit a three-run homer against Minnesota and helped Oakland clinch its second straight American League West title. (Jason O. Watson/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two days ago, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig called the A's ballpark a \"pit,\" then a day later announced he'll be retiring next year. No relationship between the events, unless you're an A's fan immersed in \u003cem>newstadiumology\u003c/em>, practiced in dissecting all human events through the prism of where the team will end up playing, Oakland or San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's what Selig said about O.co, as it's affectionately known by no one, on \"\u003ca href=\"http://feinstein.radio.cbssports.com/2013/09/25/bud-selig-oakland-coliseum-is-a-pit-rays-attendance-disgraceful/\" target=\"_blank\">The John Feinstein Show\u003c/a>\" on radio:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“It’s a pit,” Selig said. “It reminds me of old County Stadium and Shea Stadium. We need to deal with that. I’ve had a committee working on it for two or three years, and there’s no question we’re going to have to solve that problem.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Talking about the A's long-desired and long-stalled move to Silicon Valley, Selig continued:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Look, you have one team that wants to move and the other team doesn’t want them to move, and it’s a very complicated situation. Before I leave, I’m satisfied we’ll work out something.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Really\u003c/em>? That \"other team\" he's talking about is the Giants, to whom the A's handed over South Bay territorial rights in the 1990s. The Giants have shown as much willingness to cede them back as Republicans have to embrace Obamacare. Here's what Giants president \u003ca href=\"http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=bryant_howard&id=6665421\" target=\"_blank\">Larry Baer said about the issue in 2011\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The South Bay was a core piece of our business model when we bought this team. We based much of our entire business strategy on Santa Clara County being a piece of our territory, and I don't think it is overstating it to say that allowing another franchise into our territory would set a dangerous precedent and have a traumatic effect on this franchise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If we were to go down to 2.5 million (in attendance), we'd be in the (expletive),\" Baer said. \"This franchise would be completely destabilized. So, for me, the question is this: Is baseball willing to have two teams receiving money from the revenue-sharing pool or one that is so financially healthy that it paid $30 million into it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You see, it's a priceless thing.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>After Selig's retirement announcement, A's co-owner and noted Oakland pariah Lew Wolff, who last week \u003ca href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/09/17/dwindling-crowds-puzzling-for-contending-athletics-indians-rays/2829543/\" target=\"_blank\">publicly scolded the team's absent fans\u003c/a>, didn't sound so sanguine about a resolution:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>A's owner \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/09/26/mlb-commissioner-selig-to-retire.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lew Wolff on today's Selig news\u003c/a>: \"This is absolute conformation of what I was hoping might not happen.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Eric Fisher (@EricFisherSBJ) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/EricFisherSBJ/statuses/383303556494659584\">September 26, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Maybe Wolff was just being polite. But on Thursday I asked Maury Brown, president of the Business of Sports Network and a writer for Baseball Prospectus, if he might actually mean it. Because hasn't Selig been wholly ineffectual in bringing this issue to a close?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said that whatever progress, if any, has been made on the issue might now be lost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's going to be cast into all kinds of turmoil,\" he said. \"In the midst of trying to get a new commissioner, this issue with the A’s will probably shift into the background. In speaking to some of my sources, it sounds like (the process for picking Selig's replacement) is an internal move, and I asked if there were plans for a search committee. The reply was coy: 'We’ll have to see down the road.' Which led me to believe that Selig is going to try to handpick somebody and sell that individual, and then try to get the owners to approve it. So it's cast an uncertainty as to what’s going on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lame-duck Selig is even less likely to put the issue on the front burner, Brown said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I would think that Bud Selig has not been able to find a suitable solution that would address any of the particulars to make anything happen. If they’ve gone on for more than 10 years on this issue, I would think that between now and January 2015, this issue will probably continue to languish. Like most any difficult political issue, if you can pass that on to your successor and let them deal with that problem, that's what will wind up happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think that Selig’s decision does not bode well for resolving this issue.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Attendance woes\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Brown why he thought the A's were still having so much trouble drawing in the midst of a couple of terrific seasons on the field. (They drew 1.8 million this year, \u003ca href=\"http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance\" target=\"_blank\">23rd in the league\u003c/a> despite being tied, currently, for the second-best record in baseball.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You get into almost a psychological discussion,\" he said. \"During the '80s and the Finley era, there was a feeling that the A’s were a powerhouse. Now (with) the whole 'Moneyball' thing, fans think we’re going to just nickel and dime it on smarts. And any kind of star power we see, any players we want to hold onto and root for, will go the way of free agency when the time arrives.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The boom-and-bust cycle created by the A's brainy but moneyless approach can hinder long-term fan loyalty, Brown said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It takes time in periods of losing to actually get your fans to move toward this belief that, 'Wow, it’s for real.' Conversely if you’re a winning organization for a number of years, very rarely does your attendance die very rapidly. The Phillies are an example; They’ve stunk for a couple of years now, but their attendance is in the middle. It takes time for fans to go, 'Oh, they really are in a rebuilding phase.' It’ll be interesting to see what happens to the Giants, after having won two World Series in three years, and this year they just fell off the rails.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The stadium issue\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown thinks Wolff's San Jose-or-bust mentality hasn't helped attendance, either. \"He has not endeared himself to Oakland by saying there’s no solution here, so (some fans) have grown apathetic.\" Like many, though, Brown thinks the real solution to the attendance problem is a new stadium. Of the current O.co Coliseum, he said, \"It’s the last facility in all of baseball that has both NFL and MLB games going on. The cookie-cutter design stadium that was so prevalent (in the 70s) does not lend itself to the ballpark experience anymore.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey August, who has written for the blogs \u003ca href=\"http://www.athleticsnation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Athletics Nation\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://newballpark.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Newballpark.org\u003c/a>, agrees. \"I think the Bay Area can support two teams, but they both need to be in situations that are similar to what the Giants have now, which is a world-class stadium that people want to come to regardless of how well the team plays.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>August, who lives in Pleasanton, has been an A's superfan since he can remember. He goes to between 20-40 games a year, occasionally checks them out on the road, and even made a Cooperstown pilgrimage to see Rickey Henderson inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He’s way into the current team. “I happened to meet Josh Reddick's dad at one point,\" he said excitedly, \"and he and I have been texting each other every day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interestingly, August doesn’t much care if the A’s move to San Jose. While he thinks Lew Wolff should probably quit yapping to the press about his troubles, he's also of the opinion that the owner has gotten something of a bad rap, and that the vitriol of the team's fans isn't merited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If he thinks that a (new stadium in Oakland) isn't viable from a business perspective, then he knows a lot better than somebody who's in the right-field bleachers. To hear people say he hates Oakland because he doesn't see a workable business plan, it’s histrionic and not really based on fact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m an Alameda County taxpayer. I'd actually be happy if Lew Wolff built a stadium in Alameda County on his own dime. But if I have to pay more taxes for him to build his stadium, I don’t want to sign off on something like that. Look at the Raiders situation; the city of Oakland and Alameda County bent over backwards, and now they’re paying money from their general funds that should be going to services, to pay for Al Davis' mortgage. If Lew Wolff avoids that, I’m his biggest fan.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another big A's fan, Mike Headley, agrees. \"They are not having problems selling tickets because of Lew Wolff,\" he said in an email. \"They're having problems selling tickets because the stadium doesn't attract the casual fan like the gem across the bay. The true hardcore fans cannot support a team alone, regardless of how awesome they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want a team that has long competitive windows and shorter lean years,\" Headley continued, echoing Maury Brown's analysis. \"If Billy Beane had $10 or 20 million to work with every year, he could continue to use his genius to create the base team and plug the holes with free agent stars who aren't just trying to rebuild their careers. I don't see this as being possible in Oakland, and I'm frustrated that Bud Selig still hasn't forced a solution to the territorial rights to allow the team to go to San Jose.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many A's fans do not agree, of course. See \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/188987147799365/\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/as-fan-ejected-for-heckling-lew-wolff/Content?oid=1712050\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>. And when I attended the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/09/20/at-the-moneyball-premiere/\" target=\"_blank\">\"Moneyball\" Oakland premiere\u003c/a> in 2011, more than a few audience members booed at the mention of A's ownership. Someone booed \u003cem>really\u003c/em> loudly when Billy Beane/Brad Pitt remarked on screen that the A's stadium was a \"dump.\" City of Oakland boosters think Wolff hasn't given Oakland's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/01/31/the-tribs-angela-woodall-tells-us-everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-as-ballpark-situation/\" target=\"_blank\">new stadium proposals\u003c/a> enough consideration. The city's had a rough few years, and many do not want to see the team move under any circumstances. Here's an \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-as-belong-in-oakland/Content?oid=3547265\" target=\"_blank\">editorial in the East Bay Express\u003c/a> that argues, in essence, that the A's are Oakland and Oakland is the A's:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The A's franchise ... benefits greatly from the people, character, and history of Oakland, not to mention their intelligent, loyal, and outrageously passionate fans. The distinct Athletics brand would not be as resonant throughout baseball had the team not been nested for nearly fifty years in a city defined by values like tenacity, initiative, ingenuity, spirit, resilience, and originality.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>This, however, does not seem like an argument that is going to sway a baseball team owner. As KQED's Nina Thorsen reported in her 2012 series on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/RN201204190633/a\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland vs. San Jose issue\u003c/a>, these days, a corporate clientele is more relevant to a team's revenue stream than the people cheering in the bleachers. Which makes San Jose, in the heart of Silicon Valley, a much more attractive location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>John Vrooman is a sports economist on the faculty of Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He says corporate clients are the most important ticket buyers. \"It's true for the Sharks, it's true for the Warriors, it's true for the Raiders, and it's going be true for the Athletics,\" Vrooman said. Corporate clients are valuable in sports because they commit to -- and pay for -- their season tickets and luxury suites months, or even years, in advance. And those sales don't depend on how well the team is playing, who the opponents are, or the weather at game time.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>I know. Not something your average A's fanatic, bidding on that collectible \u003ca href=\"http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.staticflickr.com/5/4831307_ad219fd0c8_z.jpg%3Fzz%3D1&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/gahjr2000/4831307/&h=480&w=640&sz=46&tbnid=aa50yIo6qpw8wM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=120&zoom=1&usg=__cZub6RfWgYDHe71HBDnez8uwlv0=&docid=dyTDR7jQUhpfqM&itg=1&sa=X&ei=7VRGUsCOHcWBrQHY0YHIAQ&ved=0CDcQ9QEwAQ\" target=\"_blank\">Vida Blue bobblehead doll\u003c/a> on eBay, wants to hear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>More revenue on the way?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maury Brown, of the Business of Sports, said whether the A's current on-field success will translate into more working capital will depend on how far the team advances into the postseason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said if the team goes out in the first round, as has been the case for many A's playoff appearances, then they'll only see a \"slight uptick\" in revenue. But \"if they go very deep, then I would suspect something pretty substantial.\" A pennant or World Series, he said, would goose season ticket sales for next year. The amount of extra money coming the A's way also depends on how long each series goes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The first games, almost all of the proceeds go to the players,\" Brown said. \"If they go past that, games 5, 6, 7 in best-of-seven series, that all goes to the owners and that’s where the real gravy comes in. There are potentially $10, 20, 30, 40 million dollars to be had per team. It depends on how many games are played and who they’re matched up with. If it’s an A’s-Dodgers series, and the Dodgers charge a premium, they would be beneficiaries of that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, A's fans, maybe you want to root for your team to win, but not to sweep.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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(They drew 1.8 million this year, \u003ca href=\"http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance\" target=\"_blank\">23rd in the league\u003c/a> despite being tied, currently, for the second-best record in baseball.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You get into almost a psychological discussion,\" he said. \"During the '80s and the Finley era, there was a feeling that the A’s were a powerhouse. Now (with) the whole 'Moneyball' thing, fans think we’re going to just nickel and dime it on smarts. And any kind of star power we see, any players we want to hold onto and root for, will go the way of free agency when the time arrives.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The boom-and-bust cycle created by the A's brainy but moneyless approach can hinder long-term fan loyalty, Brown said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It takes time in periods of losing to actually get your fans to move toward this belief that, 'Wow, it’s for real.' Conversely if you’re a winning organization for a number of years, very rarely does your attendance die very rapidly. The Phillies are an example; They’ve stunk for a couple of years now, but their attendance is in the middle. It takes time for fans to go, 'Oh, they really are in a rebuilding phase.' It’ll be interesting to see what happens to the Giants, after having won two World Series in three years, and this year they just fell off the rails.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The stadium issue\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown thinks Wolff's San Jose-or-bust mentality hasn't helped attendance, either. \"He has not endeared himself to Oakland by saying there’s no solution here, so (some fans) have grown apathetic.\" Like many, though, Brown thinks the real solution to the attendance problem is a new stadium. Of the current O.co Coliseum, he said, \"It’s the last facility in all of baseball that has both NFL and MLB games going on. The cookie-cutter design stadium that was so prevalent (in the 70s) does not lend itself to the ballpark experience anymore.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey August, who has written for the blogs \u003ca href=\"http://www.athleticsnation.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Athletics Nation\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://newballpark.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Newballpark.org\u003c/a>, agrees. \"I think the Bay Area can support two teams, but they both need to be in situations that are similar to what the Giants have now, which is a world-class stadium that people want to come to regardless of how well the team plays.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>August, who lives in Pleasanton, has been an A's superfan since he can remember. He goes to between 20-40 games a year, occasionally checks them out on the road, and even made a Cooperstown pilgrimage to see Rickey Henderson inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He’s way into the current team. “I happened to meet Josh Reddick's dad at one point,\" he said excitedly, \"and he and I have been texting each other every day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interestingly, August doesn’t much care if the A’s move to San Jose. While he thinks Lew Wolff should probably quit yapping to the press about his troubles, he's also of the opinion that the owner has gotten something of a bad rap, and that the vitriol of the team's fans isn't merited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If he thinks that a (new stadium in Oakland) isn't viable from a business perspective, then he knows a lot better than somebody who's in the right-field bleachers. To hear people say he hates Oakland because he doesn't see a workable business plan, it’s histrionic and not really based on fact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m an Alameda County taxpayer. I'd actually be happy if Lew Wolff built a stadium in Alameda County on his own dime. But if I have to pay more taxes for him to build his stadium, I don’t want to sign off on something like that. Look at the Raiders situation; the city of Oakland and Alameda County bent over backwards, and now they’re paying money from their general funds that should be going to services, to pay for Al Davis' mortgage. If Lew Wolff avoids that, I’m his biggest fan.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another big A's fan, Mike Headley, agrees. \"They are not having problems selling tickets because of Lew Wolff,\" he said in an email. \"They're having problems selling tickets because the stadium doesn't attract the casual fan like the gem across the bay. The true hardcore fans cannot support a team alone, regardless of how awesome they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I want a team that has long competitive windows and shorter lean years,\" Headley continued, echoing Maury Brown's analysis. \"If Billy Beane had $10 or 20 million to work with every year, he could continue to use his genius to create the base team and plug the holes with free agent stars who aren't just trying to rebuild their careers. I don't see this as being possible in Oakland, and I'm frustrated that Bud Selig still hasn't forced a solution to the territorial rights to allow the team to go to San Jose.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many A's fans do not agree, of course. See \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/188987147799365/\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/as-fan-ejected-for-heckling-lew-wolff/Content?oid=1712050\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>. And when I attended the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/09/20/at-the-moneyball-premiere/\" target=\"_blank\">\"Moneyball\" Oakland premiere\u003c/a> in 2011, more than a few audience members booed at the mention of A's ownership. Someone booed \u003cem>really\u003c/em> loudly when Billy Beane/Brad Pitt remarked on screen that the A's stadium was a \"dump.\" City of Oakland boosters think Wolff hasn't given Oakland's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/01/31/the-tribs-angela-woodall-tells-us-everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-as-ballpark-situation/\" target=\"_blank\">new stadium proposals\u003c/a> enough consideration. The city's had a rough few years, and many do not want to see the team move under any circumstances. Here's an \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-as-belong-in-oakland/Content?oid=3547265\" target=\"_blank\">editorial in the East Bay Express\u003c/a> that argues, in essence, that the A's are Oakland and Oakland is the A's:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The A's franchise ... benefits greatly from the people, character, and history of Oakland, not to mention their intelligent, loyal, and outrageously passionate fans. The distinct Athletics brand would not be as resonant throughout baseball had the team not been nested for nearly fifty years in a city defined by values like tenacity, initiative, ingenuity, spirit, resilience, and originality.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>This, however, does not seem like an argument that is going to sway a baseball team owner. As KQED's Nina Thorsen reported in her 2012 series on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/RN201204190633/a\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland vs. San Jose issue\u003c/a>, these days, a corporate clientele is more relevant to a team's revenue stream than the people cheering in the bleachers. Which makes San Jose, in the heart of Silicon Valley, a much more attractive location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>John Vrooman is a sports economist on the faculty of Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He says corporate clients are the most important ticket buyers. \"It's true for the Sharks, it's true for the Warriors, it's true for the Raiders, and it's going be true for the Athletics,\" Vrooman said. Corporate clients are valuable in sports because they commit to -- and pay for -- their season tickets and luxury suites months, or even years, in advance. And those sales don't depend on how well the team is playing, who the opponents are, or the weather at game time.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>I know. Not something your average A's fanatic, bidding on that collectible \u003ca href=\"http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.staticflickr.com/5/4831307_ad219fd0c8_z.jpg%3Fzz%3D1&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/gahjr2000/4831307/&h=480&w=640&sz=46&tbnid=aa50yIo6qpw8wM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=120&zoom=1&usg=__cZub6RfWgYDHe71HBDnez8uwlv0=&docid=dyTDR7jQUhpfqM&itg=1&sa=X&ei=7VRGUsCOHcWBrQHY0YHIAQ&ved=0CDcQ9QEwAQ\" target=\"_blank\">Vida Blue bobblehead doll\u003c/a> on eBay, wants to hear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>More revenue on the way?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maury Brown, of the Business of Sports, said whether the A's current on-field success will translate into more working capital will depend on how far the team advances into the postseason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said if the team goes out in the first round, as has been the case for many A's playoff appearances, then they'll only see a \"slight uptick\" in revenue. 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(Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Update\u003c/strong>: Here's the \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHdmviq1kyg\" target=\"_blank\">video replay of the 19th and final race\u003c/a> today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/QHdmviq1kyg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/25/americas-cup-live/#analysis\" target=\"_blank\">Analysis: How Team USA turned things around and what the loss means for New Zealand sailing\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>They said it over and over: At the end of the day, it's the faster boat that always wins. Oracle Team USA is that boat -- it has just completed what has to be considered one of the greatest comebacks in all of sports history, winning its eighth straight race after facing elimination in each and every one. The final margin: more than 43 seconds. The New Zealand Herald headline: \"America's Cup Stays America's Cup.\" (Though, as many have pointed out, there's just one actual American on Team USA's crew.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's AP's report on the race:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After almost dunking its chances when it buried its bows in a wave shortly after the start, Oracle showed its incredible speed when it reeled in the Kiwis while zigzagging toward the Golden Gate Bridge on the windward third leg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Oracle worked to keep its lead, tactician Ben Ainslie, a four-time Olympic gold medalist from Britain, implored his mates by saying, \"This is it. This is it. Working your (rears) off.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were hugs and handshakes after Spithill steered the fast cat across the finish line off America's Cup Park on Piers 27-29. Ellison hopped on board and the crew sprayed him with champagne.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>TV NZ has \u003ca href=\"http://tvnz.co.nz/americas-cup-video/oracle-win-seal-incredible-comeback-5591229\" target=\"_blank\">video\u003c/a> of the moment of victory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tweeted afterward by the Prime Minister of New Zealand (for real) ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Bugger. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23AmericasCup&src=hash\">#AmericasCup\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23AmericasCup&src=hash\">— John Key (@johnkeypm) \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/johnkeypm/statuses/382968272011816960\">September 25, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill, who is about to become overexposed, no doubt, is already giving advice ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>On your own you're nothing but when you've got a team like this around you, they make you great\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— James Spithill (@JSpithill) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JSpithill/statuses/382970446645166081\">September 25, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>By the way, if your Cup hasn't runneth over quite yet, check out this amazing \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/09/07/americas-cup-boat/?ref=sports\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times video feature\u003c/a> on the competition. Plus a little historical context from the paper:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The America’s Cup is the most famous yachting race, both for its long history and for the powerful personalities and tycoons it has attracted, from the British tea merchant and graceful loser Thomas Lipton to the brash media mogul Ted Turner to Ellison, who spent hundreds of millions of dollars chasing the Cup with a series of challenges and has spent hundreds of millions more staging it and defending it in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet despite its high profile, the America’s Cup has rarely been a close yachting race. Most of the matches between challenger and defender have been lopsided affairs short on close finishes and telegenic appeal. But this Cup match is now the closest in 30 years. In September 1983, Australia II and Liberty faced off in another winner-take-all race off Newport, R.I., and the Australians came from behind to end the 132-year American winning streak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Australians rallied from 3-1 down to win that series, 4-3, but no America’s Cup team and few teams in any major sporting event have charged back from a deficit as big as the one that Oracle was facing. It should be noted that no previous Cup match has been designed to go on this long. Most modern Cups have been best-of-seven or best-of-nine series, or shorter. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/sports/after-comeback-for-the-ages-a-last-dash-for-americas-cup.html?pagewanted=all\" target=\"_blank\">Full article\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11127139\" target=\"_blank\">\u003c!--more-->Comments\u003c/a> from distressed Kiwis on the New Zealand Herald site also make for interesting reading. Just a few:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>If we had 1 billion dollars to spend on the cup we would have won as we have the better sailors. We did not choke, but we cannot beat cheaters and we cannot beat billionaires determined to win at any cost. Well there will be no more Americas cup and you can thank Ellisson,Coutts and the rest of the organisation for that. Wonder if Coutts and Spittle will be so happy then.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Does not matter anymore, you guys have made New Zealand proud. I was so very happy to see you guys sailing to the American's Cup finish line. Once again thank you for bringing us this moment for life.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Shame Oracle. As a former bowman on racing yachts, I can't believe that Oracle were allowed a computerised trimmer, designed by Boeing to race their yacht for them. Its equivalent to extra crew and can respond faster and more perfectly than a human can.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Lots of New Zealand fans are hitting this theme. From AP:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>[Some Kiwis] complained that Ellison's deep pockets made the difference. Ellison's two boats were built exclusively with the billionaire's money. Team New Zealand cobbled together its funding from many sources, including from the New Zealand government itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All this shows is what money can buy,\" said Glenn Faulkner, a native New Zealander who lives in Half Moon Bay. \"But no worries, mate. We gave it a go and we'll be back.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Relatedly, here's a \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/09/17/223138392/calculated-to-win-supercomputers-power-americas-cup\" target=\"_blank\">story from All Things Considered\u003c/a>, reported by our own Aarti Shahani, about the supercomputing power that now goes into winning the Cup. Maybe Team USA had the better technology, but apparently New Zealand also made use of heavy data:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The 2013 America's Cup isn't just about using human muscle to race faster than the wind. This year, the international sailing competition is about supercomputing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tech teams are working behind the scenes to crunch numbers and model things like how a half-degree change in wing angle could add 5 knots in speed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The computer giant Dell, for example, is running the supercomputers for Emirates Team New Zealand's boat. Bryan Jones, Dell's vice president of marketing, says teams are testing virtual models and studying each others' designs for advantages like never before ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few tournaments ago, the Kiwis had about 30 sailors and 15 engineers. Now it's the other way around. \"We've had to kind of sit down with the sailing team and almost invent a new language,\" Holroyd says.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"analysis\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Analysis\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kimball Livingston is a sailing journalist and competitive sailor who writes for Blue Planet Times. He addressed the unprecedented high-tech aspect of this year's competition, as well as just how much was at stake for Team New Zealand as a going concern, in an interview with KQED's Mina Kim today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\">\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F112505329&show_artwork=true&maxwidth=900\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"640\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://soundcloud.com\" target=\"_blank\">SoundCloud\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Edited transcript:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim\u003c/strong>: How did Oracle turn things around?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston\u003c/strong>: They went to work on the boat and their systems. They copied a lot the techniques the Kiwis were using against them, but most of all they found some speed upwind on that third leg of the course. These boats ought to be understood as prototypes. Three years ago they were invented from a blank sheet of paper. No one had ever worked with hard wings on sailoats at this scale before, no one had ever poured development money into hydrofoils before; they existed but they hadn’t been developed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim\u003c/strong>: How much of this victory was due to sailing tactics and how much due to the design of the boat?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston\u003c/strong>: I think it’s mostly in the design of the boat, probably in the shape of the foils they were using, or the way they were using their foils. It was spectacular today, yesterday too, to see that they were foiling upwind almost all the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You're either going upwind, downwind, or across the wind. Upwind is when you have to do the tacks, or zigzags as I like to call them. That was a direction that nobody had every hydrofoiled a sailboat before until about three weeks ago. Holy moley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim\u003c/strong>: How devastating is this loss for New Zealand?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston\u003c/strong>: It is devastating. The loss in 2003 was a national embarrassment; the masts broke in one race, the boat started filling up with water in one race, and they were on TV bailing it out with a blue potty bucket. How bad could it get? This was supposed to exorcise the demons of 2003.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim\u003c/strong>: There have been suggestions that the team could lose funding over this. Was Team New Zealand fighting for its life?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston\u003c/strong>: It definitely was and it seems unlikely to everybody I’ve talked to that the government of New Zealand would again seed them with $30 million. But I was talking to one of their shore-team people, and he was saying to me that because they made it so far and because the event turned out to be such a beautiful and exciting thing, maybe just maybe Team New Zealand will survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Earlier\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3\u003c/strong>: At Gate 3, Oracle has a huge lead. Spithill looks like he's on a summer cruise. Follow the race live on Twitter below or at one of the links on the right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2\u003c/strong>: Every single person in the KQED newsroom is now in front of the TV. I think it's more crowded than when the Giants were in the World Series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update\u003c/strong>: From the America's Cup site at 12:15 p.m.: \"With one hour remaining to the race of the century, the wind on the racecourse is ranging from 10 to 18 knots from 255-270 degrees.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11130069\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand Herald\u003c/a> informs us that \"not since 1983 has the America's Cup come down to one final race.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.smh.com.au/sport/team-nz-praying-for-miracle-in-san-francisco-20130926-2uezj.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Morning Herald\u003c/a> headline: \"Team NZ praying for miracle in San Francisco.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original post\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_112866\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-112866\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/cupfinal-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Oracle Team USA celebrates after defending the cup. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) \" width=\"300\" height=\"168\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oracle Team USA celebrates after defending the cup. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Who would have thought the America's Cup, much \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/mark-purdy/ci_23607486/purdy-where-are-americas-cup-boats\" target=\"_blank\">derided\u003c/a>in its earlier stages, would become the most compelling sports story in the world right now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After winning two races yesterday, Oracle Team USA tied up the series and edged closer to completing one of the greatest comebacks in sporting history. Team USA has now beaten Emirates Team New Zealand in seven straight races while facing elimination in each and every one of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The final race is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. today on San Francisco bay, and the winner will take home the Cup. At this point, an air of inevitability is hanging over the Bay, and it feels like nothing short of a cannonball across the Oracle bow is going to prevent it from successfully defending its title.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's tempting to make an analogy here to the 2004 Red Sox, another squad that was down to the equivalent of match point, when they faced off against the Yankees in the American League Championship Series. The Sox were down 3-0, a deficit that no major league team had overcome in any playoff, ever. The team then reeled off four straight and went on to win the World Series for the first time since 1918.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It might be a stretch, though, to put Oracle in the role of plucky, beloved underdog. To much of the world, \u003cem>they're\u003c/em> the Yankees -- the literal Yankees, owned by an American billionaire with an outsize and off-putting personality. They were also caught cheating. That transgression, committed in a previous series, cost the team a penalty of two races in the current regatta. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So at this point, Team USA maybe feels more like that \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Drago\" target=\"_blank\">Russian fighter in \"Rocky IV\"\u003c/a> -- a semi-human, technology-enabled machine, running over all comers. From Tom FitzGerald in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Oracle-Team-USA-ties-up-America-s-Cup-8-8-4840261.php\" target=\"_blank\">Chronicle today\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill) insisted his team is still the underdog -- \"I'm going to keep running with it\" -- but that's sheer nautical sophistry. Any Vegas oddsmaker who handed Oracle a 'dog role wouldn't last long on the Strip ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, it will have the hot crew, the faster boat on the critical upwind leg and a superior skipper in the starting box. On the face of it, the climactic race is shaping up as no contest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not over,\" Spithill cautioned. \"That's the key point here. We've got to finish it off. We've worked very, very hard to come back from where we were. The guys want it. You can sense it on board, and you can sense it around the base. The whole team wants it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Team New Zealand skipper Dean) Barker doesn't think it's over, either, but he has been saying for a week that \"we know we can win this thing.\" At this point, you have to wonder whether his team really believes it.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://live.virtualeye.tv/acstats/\" target=\"_blank\">Race stats\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>So the Kiwis are underdogs, indeed, and even some Bay Area locals are rooting for them. On hand to watch the races yesterday, San Franciscan Marcus Ghiasi told KQED's Sara Bloomberg that he's pulling for New Zealand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I converted,\" Ghiasi said .\"I think a win for New Zealand would mean a lot more than for Oracle. At least for the fans. Winning the America's Cup and bringing it home for them ... would mean a lot more for the country as a community.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not everyone feels that way, of course. \"We're witnessing one of the greatest comebacks in the history of sport!\" Paul Kaba, of Forest Knolls in Marin County, told the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Fans-go-wild-as-America-s-Cup-runs-to-final-day-4840686.php%22%20target=%22_blank\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>. \"Our team has completely mastered the waters of the bay. This is exciting!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More to come soon...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tweeted afterward by the Prime Minister of New Zealand (for real) ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Bugger. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23AmericasCup&src=hash\">#AmericasCup\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23AmericasCup&src=hash\">— John Key (@johnkeypm) \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/johnkeypm/statuses/382968272011816960\">September 25, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill, who is about to become overexposed, no doubt, is already giving advice ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>On your own you're nothing but when you've got a team like this around you, they make you great\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— James Spithill (@JSpithill) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JSpithill/statuses/382970446645166081\">September 25, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>By the way, if your Cup hasn't runneth over quite yet, check out this amazing \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/09/07/americas-cup-boat/?ref=sports\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times video feature\u003c/a> on the competition. Plus a little historical context from the paper:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The America’s Cup is the most famous yachting race, both for its long history and for the powerful personalities and tycoons it has attracted, from the British tea merchant and graceful loser Thomas Lipton to the brash media mogul Ted Turner to Ellison, who spent hundreds of millions of dollars chasing the Cup with a series of challenges and has spent hundreds of millions more staging it and defending it in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet despite its high profile, the America’s Cup has rarely been a close yachting race. Most of the matches between challenger and defender have been lopsided affairs short on close finishes and telegenic appeal. But this Cup match is now the closest in 30 years. In September 1983, Australia II and Liberty faced off in another winner-take-all race off Newport, R.I., and the Australians came from behind to end the 132-year American winning streak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Australians rallied from 3-1 down to win that series, 4-3, but no America’s Cup team and few teams in any major sporting event have charged back from a deficit as big as the one that Oracle was facing. It should be noted that no previous Cup match has been designed to go on this long. Most modern Cups have been best-of-seven or best-of-nine series, or shorter. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/25/sports/after-comeback-for-the-ages-a-last-dash-for-americas-cup.html?pagewanted=all\" target=\"_blank\">Full article\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11127139\" target=\"_blank\">\u003c!--more-->Comments\u003c/a> from distressed Kiwis on the New Zealand Herald site also make for interesting reading. Just a few:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>If we had 1 billion dollars to spend on the cup we would have won as we have the better sailors. We did not choke, but we cannot beat cheaters and we cannot beat billionaires determined to win at any cost. Well there will be no more Americas cup and you can thank Ellisson,Coutts and the rest of the organisation for that. Wonder if Coutts and Spittle will be so happy then.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Does not matter anymore, you guys have made New Zealand proud. I was so very happy to see you guys sailing to the American's Cup finish line. Once again thank you for bringing us this moment for life.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Shame Oracle. As a former bowman on racing yachts, I can't believe that Oracle were allowed a computerised trimmer, designed by Boeing to race their yacht for them. Its equivalent to extra crew and can respond faster and more perfectly than a human can.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Lots of New Zealand fans are hitting this theme. From AP:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>[Some Kiwis] complained that Ellison's deep pockets made the difference. Ellison's two boats were built exclusively with the billionaire's money. Team New Zealand cobbled together its funding from many sources, including from the New Zealand government itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All this shows is what money can buy,\" said Glenn Faulkner, a native New Zealander who lives in Half Moon Bay. \"But no worries, mate. We gave it a go and we'll be back.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Relatedly, here's a \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/09/17/223138392/calculated-to-win-supercomputers-power-americas-cup\" target=\"_blank\">story from All Things Considered\u003c/a>, reported by our own Aarti Shahani, about the supercomputing power that now goes into winning the Cup. Maybe Team USA had the better technology, but apparently New Zealand also made use of heavy data:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The 2013 America's Cup isn't just about using human muscle to race faster than the wind. This year, the international sailing competition is about supercomputing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tech teams are working behind the scenes to crunch numbers and model things like how a half-degree change in wing angle could add 5 knots in speed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The computer giant Dell, for example, is running the supercomputers for Emirates Team New Zealand's boat. Bryan Jones, Dell's vice president of marketing, says teams are testing virtual models and studying each others' designs for advantages like never before ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few tournaments ago, the Kiwis had about 30 sailors and 15 engineers. Now it's the other way around. \"We've had to kind of sit down with the sailing team and almost invent a new language,\" Holroyd says.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"analysis\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Analysis\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kimball Livingston is a sailing journalist and competitive sailor who writes for Blue Planet Times. He addressed the unprecedented high-tech aspect of this year's competition, as well as just how much was at stake for Team New Zealand as a going concern, in an interview with KQED's Mina Kim today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\">\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F112505329&show_artwork=true&maxwidth=900\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"640\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://soundcloud.com\" target=\"_blank\">SoundCloud\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Edited transcript:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim\u003c/strong>: How did Oracle turn things around?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston\u003c/strong>: They went to work on the boat and their systems. They copied a lot the techniques the Kiwis were using against them, but most of all they found some speed upwind on that third leg of the course. These boats ought to be understood as prototypes. Three years ago they were invented from a blank sheet of paper. No one had ever worked with hard wings on sailoats at this scale before, no one had ever poured development money into hydrofoils before; they existed but they hadn’t been developed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim\u003c/strong>: How much of this victory was due to sailing tactics and how much due to the design of the boat?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston\u003c/strong>: I think it’s mostly in the design of the boat, probably in the shape of the foils they were using, or the way they were using their foils. It was spectacular today, yesterday too, to see that they were foiling upwind almost all the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You're either going upwind, downwind, or across the wind. Upwind is when you have to do the tacks, or zigzags as I like to call them. That was a direction that nobody had every hydrofoiled a sailboat before until about three weeks ago. Holy moley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim\u003c/strong>: How devastating is this loss for New Zealand?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston\u003c/strong>: It is devastating. The loss in 2003 was a national embarrassment; the masts broke in one race, the boat started filling up with water in one race, and they were on TV bailing it out with a blue potty bucket. How bad could it get? This was supposed to exorcise the demons of 2003.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kim\u003c/strong>: There have been suggestions that the team could lose funding over this. Was Team New Zealand fighting for its life?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livingston\u003c/strong>: It definitely was and it seems unlikely to everybody I’ve talked to that the government of New Zealand would again seed them with $30 million. But I was talking to one of their shore-team people, and he was saying to me that because they made it so far and because the event turned out to be such a beautiful and exciting thing, maybe just maybe Team New Zealand will survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Earlier\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3\u003c/strong>: At Gate 3, Oracle has a huge lead. Spithill looks like he's on a summer cruise. Follow the race live on Twitter below or at one of the links on the right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2\u003c/strong>: Every single person in the KQED newsroom is now in front of the TV. I think it's more crowded than when the Giants were in the World Series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update\u003c/strong>: From the America's Cup site at 12:15 p.m.: \"With one hour remaining to the race of the century, the wind on the racecourse is ranging from 10 to 18 knots from 255-270 degrees.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11130069\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand Herald\u003c/a> informs us that \"not since 1983 has the America's Cup come down to one final race.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.smh.com.au/sport/team-nz-praying-for-miracle-in-san-francisco-20130926-2uezj.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Morning Herald\u003c/a> headline: \"Team NZ praying for miracle in San Francisco.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original post\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_112866\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-112866\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/cupfinal-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Oracle Team USA celebrates after defending the cup. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) \" width=\"300\" height=\"168\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oracle Team USA celebrates after defending the cup. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Who would have thought the America's Cup, much \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/mark-purdy/ci_23607486/purdy-where-are-americas-cup-boats\" target=\"_blank\">derided\u003c/a>in its earlier stages, would become the most compelling sports story in the world right now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After winning two races yesterday, Oracle Team USA tied up the series and edged closer to completing one of the greatest comebacks in sporting history. Team USA has now beaten Emirates Team New Zealand in seven straight races while facing elimination in each and every one of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The final race is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. today on San Francisco bay, and the winner will take home the Cup. At this point, an air of inevitability is hanging over the Bay, and it feels like nothing short of a cannonball across the Oracle bow is going to prevent it from successfully defending its title.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's tempting to make an analogy here to the 2004 Red Sox, another squad that was down to the equivalent of match point, when they faced off against the Yankees in the American League Championship Series. The Sox were down 3-0, a deficit that no major league team had overcome in any playoff, ever. The team then reeled off four straight and went on to win the World Series for the first time since 1918.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It might be a stretch, though, to put Oracle in the role of plucky, beloved underdog. To much of the world, \u003cem>they're\u003c/em> the Yankees -- the literal Yankees, owned by an American billionaire with an outsize and off-putting personality. They were also caught cheating. That transgression, committed in a previous series, cost the team a penalty of two races in the current regatta. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So at this point, Team USA maybe feels more like that \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Drago\" target=\"_blank\">Russian fighter in \"Rocky IV\"\u003c/a> -- a semi-human, technology-enabled machine, running over all comers. From Tom FitzGerald in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Oracle-Team-USA-ties-up-America-s-Cup-8-8-4840261.php\" target=\"_blank\">Chronicle today\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill) insisted his team is still the underdog -- \"I'm going to keep running with it\" -- but that's sheer nautical sophistry. Any Vegas oddsmaker who handed Oracle a 'dog role wouldn't last long on the Strip ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, it will have the hot crew, the faster boat on the critical upwind leg and a superior skipper in the starting box. On the face of it, the climactic race is shaping up as no contest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not over,\" Spithill cautioned. \"That's the key point here. We've got to finish it off. We've worked very, very hard to come back from where we were. The guys want it. You can sense it on board, and you can sense it around the base. The whole team wants it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Team New Zealand skipper Dean) Barker doesn't think it's over, either, but he has been saying for a week that \"we know we can win this thing.\" At this point, you have to wonder whether his team really believes it.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://live.virtualeye.tv/acstats/\" target=\"_blank\">Race stats\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>So the Kiwis are underdogs, indeed, and even some Bay Area locals are rooting for them. On hand to watch the races yesterday, San Franciscan Marcus Ghiasi told KQED's Sara Bloomberg that he's pulling for New Zealand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I converted,\" Ghiasi said .\"I think a win for New Zealand would mean a lot more than for Oracle. At least for the fans. Winning the America's Cup and bringing it home for them ... would mean a lot more for the country as a community.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not everyone feels that way, of course. \"We're witnessing one of the greatest comebacks in the history of sport!\" Paul Kaba, of Forest Knolls in Marin County, told the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Fans-go-wild-as-America-s-Cup-runs-to-final-day-4840686.php%22%20target=%22_blank\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>. \"Our team has completely mastered the waters of the bay. This is exciting!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More to come soon...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update Wednesday\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/25/americas-cup-live/\" target=\"_blank\">Live coverage of today's final race here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original post\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After winning two today, Oracle Team USA has not only tied up the series but is making a bid to complete one of the greatest comebacks in sporting history, winning seven straight while facing elimination each and every time. AP is reporting the USA crew is the first to ever win that many America's Cup races in a row. Not included in the current score: the two Team USA victories discounted in the win total because of a penalty for cheating during a previous series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_q1Tfb7maQ\" target=\"_blank\"> video of today's races\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/x_q1Tfb7maQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AP's write-up of today's action:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Oracle, which trailed 8-1 last Wednesday, came from behind and passed the Kiwis after they tacked too early and slowed while zigzagging toward the Golden Gate Bridge. The American-backed boat — with only one American on its 11-man crew — sped past and built its lead to more than 1,000 yards on the windward fourth leg going past Alcatraz Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The final margin was 54 seconds. Spithill, a 34-year-old Australian who has been almost defiant about his team's ability to rebound from the penalties, did a flyby of Pier 27-29, with his crew lining the port hull to wave and pump their fists toward the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier, Oracle forced Emirates Team New Zealand into two penalties during the wild start of Race 17 and won by 27 seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker dominated Spithill at the start and beat him to the first mark with his 72-foot catamaran, allowing him to control the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kiwis led by 7 seconds rounding the second gate mark before committing the blunder that cost them the lead and, perhaps, the oldest trophy in international sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Race 17, Spithill appeared in trouble just before the start but hooked behind Barker into a favored leeward position as the boats jockeyed just inside the Golden Gate Bridge. The 72-foot catamarans touched, and Oracle tactician Ben Ainslie yelled at the Kiwis to tack away. They collided again, this time harder, with Ainslie gesturing angrily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Team New Zealand sat dead in the water to clear the penalties as Oracle pulled away. Oracle stayed ahead the whole way around the five-leg course.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11129681\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand Herald\u003c/a> says there may be more at stake than just an inglorious place in sporting history for the Kiwis:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Losing after leading 8-1 in the first-to-nine series would be bad enough. But the bigger picture is even worse. Lose, and the syndicate may fall apart. Team CEO and fundraising power source, Grant Dalton, has already hinted that he will not do another America's Cup challenge if this one fails, though such decisions are always open to review. If he goes, there are doubts that multimillionaire benefactor Matteo de Nora will continue either. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11129681\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>OK, so who you rooting for now? Oracle Team USA has mounted an incredible comeback, and it's ostensibly the home team, owned by our own friendly local billionaire, Larry Ellison. On the other hand, Oracle Team USA is owned by our own friendly local billionaire, Larry Ellison ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of Ellison, from AP today:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is so immersed in his boating team's stirring comeback in the America's Cup that he backed out of giving the marquee speech at his software company's biggest customer conference of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ellison skipped his scheduled appearance Tuesday afternoon so he could watch Oracle Team USA try to win its seventh straight race against Emirates Team New Zealand on the San Francisco Bay. The Oracle Corp. conference attended by about 60,000 people is being held at a convention center located about 2 miles from where the America Cup's races finish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oracle Chairman Jeff Henley told the crowd that Ellison wouldn't be appearing as planned so he could remain on a boat in the Bay to watch the 18th race of the competition.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>People are flooding out of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23oow13&src=hash\">#oow13\u003c/a> keynote after hearing that CEO Larry Ellison is at the America's Cup, and not here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Jonathan Bloom (@BloomTV) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BloomTV/statuses/382617966170234880\">September 24, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Earlier\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update\u003c/strong>: Oracle Team USA wins again, by about 27 seconds. That's their sixth victory in a row, and the score is now, incredibly, 8-7. Race 18 is scheduled for 2:15 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11129681\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand Herald\u003c/a> on the first race:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A disastrous start, earning two penalties, cost Emirates Team New Zealand yet another race in the America's Cup this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the two giant AC72s tangled in the start box in Race 17, colliding softly, ETNZ skipper Dean Barker had a good position but was found to have fouled Oracle Team USA when it was to leeward - and then copped another penalty for not clearing the way quick enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was the race, right there. The winds had been over 24 knots but dropped down to 18 knots at race time.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Kiwi fans are taking it hard ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Deep pit in my stomach again. Skipping breakfast. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23americascup&src=hash\">#americascup\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TeamNewZealand&src=hash\">#TeamNewZealand\u003c/a> you have been good for my waistline at least.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Voice Brand Agency (@Brandlads) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Brandlads/statuses/382605762217791488\">September 24, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.smh.com.au/sport/eight-wins-is-not-enough-for-team-nz-to-avoid-punchline-in-list-of-sports-greatest-chokes-20130924-2ub45.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Morning Herald\u003c/a> is rubbing it in with this headline: \"Eight wins is not enough for Team NZ to avoid punchline in list of sport's greatest chokes.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dean Barker, who frankly looks like he'd rather be on dry land at this point, just said he won't play his provisional card to cancel the second race today and regroup.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://stream.nbcsports.com/nbcsn/index_nbcsn-generic.html?pid=111&referrer=http://stream.nbcsports.com/liveextra/\" target=\"_blank\">Watch live on NBC Sports\u003c/a> (TV provider ID and password required)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/americascupLIVE\" target=\"_blank\">America's Cup live Twitter feed\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/americas-cup/news/article.cfm?c_id=531&objectid=11129720\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand Herald live blog\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.americascup.com/en/news/3/news/18416/day-14-preview-on-the-brink-of-history\" target=\"_blank\">America's Cup live blog\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original post\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>C'mon! \u003cem>Still\u003c/em> not excited about the America's Cup?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's getting pretty interesting, even for us non-sailing fans, as Team New Zealand is well on its way to pulling the kind of championship collapse not seen since the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_American_League_Championship_Series\" target=\"_blank\">2004 Yankees lost four straight to the Red Sox\u003c/a> to give away the pennant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/americas-cup/news/article.cfm?c_id=531&objectid=11129580\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand Herald\u003c/a> today:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>With murmurings of Team NZ now being sure-fire contenders for the greatest choke of all time if they go on to lose from here, the pressure building on the Kiwi team is immense.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>For almost a week now, New Zealand has been one win away from snatching the Cup away from the U.S. But the Oracle crew has managed to win five straight, staving off elimination each and every time. The score is now 8-6, but keep in mind that Team USA has won another couple of races that aren't reflected in that tally, because the team started off a pair down due to a penalty for cheating during the 2012 America's Cup World Series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Chronicle's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Backs-against-wall-Oracle-now-just-3-wins-away-4837443.php\" target=\"_blank\">Tom FitzGerald says\u003c/a> one reason for the turnaround is that Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill has gotten the best of the Kiwis' Dean Barker at the starting line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Their biggest problem seems to be the start, where Jimmy Spithill appears to have Dean Barker's number. By an unofficial count, the Oracle Team USA skipper has won the start 10 times in 16 races.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->More \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_24160406/americas-cup-oracle-answers-skippers-call-one-hell\" target=\"_blank\">analysis\u003c/a> on the extreme swing in the competition's momentum from Julia Prodis Sulek at the Mercury News:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The America's Cup is also a design competition, where the fastest boat almost always wins. At the beginning of the America's Cup finals, that boat belonged to New Zealand. But over the past week and a half, Oracle Team USA's boat has proven to be faster, both upwind and downwind. And that's another mental game Spithill plays, telling reporters every day how his shore team is working into the wee hours to improve the boat. When asked when Oracle will be happy with its boat and stop making changes, Spithill doesn't hesitate: \"Never.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the regatta began, the American team has made far more changes -- 15 that have been certified by the measuring committee -- than New Zealand, which has made at least eight. Although the precise changes on the boats haven't been made public, Oracle at one point lopped off its bow sprit -- a pole at the front of the boat that supports a light wind sail -- to reduce drag and increase the speed on heavy wind days, then put it back on in light winds. On the upwind leg, which caused Oracle its worst problems in the past, the team started to either overtake the Kiwis or extend its lead. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_24160406/americas-cup-oracle-answers-skippers-call-one-hell\" target=\"_blank\">Full article\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Today's first race on San Francisco Bay is scheduled for 1:15 p.m., and if Team USA notches another victory, another race will follow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Follow the action live below ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe style=\"border: 1px solid #000\" src=\"http://embed.scribblelive.com/Embed/v5.aspx?Id=221927&ThemeId=6104\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"700\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AP's write-up of today's action:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Oracle, which trailed 8-1 last Wednesday, came from behind and passed the Kiwis after they tacked too early and slowed while zigzagging toward the Golden Gate Bridge. The American-backed boat — with only one American on its 11-man crew — sped past and built its lead to more than 1,000 yards on the windward fourth leg going past Alcatraz Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The final margin was 54 seconds. Spithill, a 34-year-old Australian who has been almost defiant about his team's ability to rebound from the penalties, did a flyby of Pier 27-29, with his crew lining the port hull to wave and pump their fists toward the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier, Oracle forced Emirates Team New Zealand into two penalties during the wild start of Race 17 and won by 27 seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker dominated Spithill at the start and beat him to the first mark with his 72-foot catamaran, allowing him to control the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kiwis led by 7 seconds rounding the second gate mark before committing the blunder that cost them the lead and, perhaps, the oldest trophy in international sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Race 17, Spithill appeared in trouble just before the start but hooked behind Barker into a favored leeward position as the boats jockeyed just inside the Golden Gate Bridge. The 72-foot catamarans touched, and Oracle tactician Ben Ainslie yelled at the Kiwis to tack away. They collided again, this time harder, with Ainslie gesturing angrily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Team New Zealand sat dead in the water to clear the penalties as Oracle pulled away. Oracle stayed ahead the whole way around the five-leg course.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11129681\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand Herald\u003c/a> says there may be more at stake than just an inglorious place in sporting history for the Kiwis:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Losing after leading 8-1 in the first-to-nine series would be bad enough. But the bigger picture is even worse. Lose, and the syndicate may fall apart. Team CEO and fundraising power source, Grant Dalton, has already hinted that he will not do another America's Cup challenge if this one fails, though such decisions are always open to review. If he goes, there are doubts that multimillionaire benefactor Matteo de Nora will continue either. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11129681\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>OK, so who you rooting for now? Oracle Team USA has mounted an incredible comeback, and it's ostensibly the home team, owned by our own friendly local billionaire, Larry Ellison. On the other hand, Oracle Team USA is owned by our own friendly local billionaire, Larry Ellison ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of Ellison, from AP today:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is so immersed in his boating team's stirring comeback in the America's Cup that he backed out of giving the marquee speech at his software company's biggest customer conference of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ellison skipped his scheduled appearance Tuesday afternoon so he could watch Oracle Team USA try to win its seventh straight race against Emirates Team New Zealand on the San Francisco Bay. The Oracle Corp. conference attended by about 60,000 people is being held at a convention center located about 2 miles from where the America Cup's races finish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oracle Chairman Jeff Henley told the crowd that Ellison wouldn't be appearing as planned so he could remain on a boat in the Bay to watch the 18th race of the competition.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>People are flooding out of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23oow13&src=hash\">#oow13\u003c/a> keynote after hearing that CEO Larry Ellison is at the America's Cup, and not here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Jonathan Bloom (@BloomTV) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BloomTV/statuses/382617966170234880\">September 24, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Earlier\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update\u003c/strong>: Oracle Team USA wins again, by about 27 seconds. That's their sixth victory in a row, and the score is now, incredibly, 8-7. Race 18 is scheduled for 2:15 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11129681\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand Herald\u003c/a> on the first race:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A disastrous start, earning two penalties, cost Emirates Team New Zealand yet another race in the America's Cup this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the two giant AC72s tangled in the start box in Race 17, colliding softly, ETNZ skipper Dean Barker had a good position but was found to have fouled Oracle Team USA when it was to leeward - and then copped another penalty for not clearing the way quick enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was the race, right there. The winds had been over 24 knots but dropped down to 18 knots at race time.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Kiwi fans are taking it hard ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Deep pit in my stomach again. Skipping breakfast. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23americascup&src=hash\">#americascup\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TeamNewZealand&src=hash\">#TeamNewZealand\u003c/a> you have been good for my waistline at least.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Voice Brand Agency (@Brandlads) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Brandlads/statuses/382605762217791488\">September 24, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.smh.com.au/sport/eight-wins-is-not-enough-for-team-nz-to-avoid-punchline-in-list-of-sports-greatest-chokes-20130924-2ub45.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Morning Herald\u003c/a> is rubbing it in with this headline: \"Eight wins is not enough for Team NZ to avoid punchline in list of sport's greatest chokes.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dean Barker, who frankly looks like he'd rather be on dry land at this point, just said he won't play his provisional card to cancel the second race today and regroup.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://stream.nbcsports.com/nbcsn/index_nbcsn-generic.html?pid=111&referrer=http://stream.nbcsports.com/liveextra/\" target=\"_blank\">Watch live on NBC Sports\u003c/a> (TV provider ID and password required)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/americascupLIVE\" target=\"_blank\">America's Cup live Twitter feed\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/americas-cup/news/article.cfm?c_id=531&objectid=11129720\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand Herald live blog\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.americascup.com/en/news/3/news/18416/day-14-preview-on-the-brink-of-history\" target=\"_blank\">America's Cup live blog\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original post\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>C'mon! \u003cem>Still\u003c/em> not excited about the America's Cup?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's getting pretty interesting, even for us non-sailing fans, as Team New Zealand is well on its way to pulling the kind of championship collapse not seen since the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_American_League_Championship_Series\" target=\"_blank\">2004 Yankees lost four straight to the Red Sox\u003c/a> to give away the pennant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/americas-cup/news/article.cfm?c_id=531&objectid=11129580\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand Herald\u003c/a> today:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>With murmurings of Team NZ now being sure-fire contenders for the greatest choke of all time if they go on to lose from here, the pressure building on the Kiwi team is immense.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>For almost a week now, New Zealand has been one win away from snatching the Cup away from the U.S. But the Oracle crew has managed to win five straight, staving off elimination each and every time. The score is now 8-6, but keep in mind that Team USA has won another couple of races that aren't reflected in that tally, because the team started off a pair down due to a penalty for cheating during the 2012 America's Cup World Series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Chronicle's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Backs-against-wall-Oracle-now-just-3-wins-away-4837443.php\" target=\"_blank\">Tom FitzGerald says\u003c/a> one reason for the turnaround is that Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill has gotten the best of the Kiwis' Dean Barker at the starting line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Their biggest problem seems to be the start, where Jimmy Spithill appears to have Dean Barker's number. By an unofficial count, the Oracle Team USA skipper has won the start 10 times in 16 races.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->More \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_24160406/americas-cup-oracle-answers-skippers-call-one-hell\" target=\"_blank\">analysis\u003c/a> on the extreme swing in the competition's momentum from Julia Prodis Sulek at the Mercury News:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The America's Cup is also a design competition, where the fastest boat almost always wins. At the beginning of the America's Cup finals, that boat belonged to New Zealand. But over the past week and a half, Oracle Team USA's boat has proven to be faster, both upwind and downwind. And that's another mental game Spithill plays, telling reporters every day how his shore team is working into the wee hours to improve the boat. 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"content": "\u003cp>SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Shaquille O'Neal spent the first part of the century smashing Sacramento's dreams of an NBA championship. Now he wants to spend the next part doing anything he can to build the Kings into a winner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Declaring the new name of the city \"Shaqramento,\" O'Neal began by taking steps in his size 22 shoes Tuesday to make amends to Kings fans for his past verbal swipes. The new minority owner of the Kings said he just wanted to rile up people and market the game when he called the franchise the \"Sacramento Queens\" while winning three titles with the Los Angeles Lakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I apologize,\" O'Neal said. \"If you see me around town, come give me a hug, give me a kiss. I'll do whatever you want.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nba.com/kings/kings-livestream-coverage\" target=\"_blank\">Watch today's Shaq press conference here\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cobject id=\"flashObj\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" classid=\"d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\">\u003cparam name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=2688656394001&playerID=1684488551001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAACC1lKhk~,ZvV6UsgbjjZzy5iAEyU8skbXMqWBZ-rJ&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true\">\u003cparam name=\"base\" value=\"http://admin.brightcove.com\">\u003cparam name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"src\" value=\"http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1\">\u003cparam name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoId=2688656394001&playerID=1684488551001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAACC1lKhk~,ZvV6UsgbjjZzy5iAEyU8skbXMqWBZ-rJ&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"swliveconnect\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\">\u003cembed width=\"480\" height=\"270\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1\" flashvars=\"videoId=2688656394001&playerID=1684488551001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAACC1lKhk~,ZvV6UsgbjjZzy5iAEyU8skbXMqWBZ-rJ&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true\" base=\"http://admin.brightcove.com\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" swliveconnect=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 15-time All-Star center promised to use the same brand that bullied Sacramento for years to bring positive attention to California's capital city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O'Neal's larger-than-life personality did just that on his first day on the job. He attracted a crowd of about 75 reporters, with TV trucks fighting for the closest parking space outside Sacramento's suburban practice facility and about a dozen fans trying to sneak into the parking lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O'Neal said has no intention of being a silent investor. He wants to be a mentor to volatile center DeMarcus Cousins, give his input on basketball decisions and help the team build the NBA's first \"indoor-outdoor arena.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O'Neal said he learned decades ago from Hall of Famer and friend Magic Johnson that endorsements \"are good, but you want to own stuff.\" He declined to reveal his stake in the team but said joining an NBA ownership group \"was always one of my dreams and aspirations,\" especially after retiring in 2011 after a 19-year playing career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New Kings majority owner Vivek Ranadive said he first approached O'Neal about joining his group after he swayed the league to keep the Kings from moving to Seattle and bought the team from the Maloof family in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ranadive's primary partner, 24 Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov, is friends with O'Neal. The two partnered in the past to build about 20 gyms, especially in South Florida during O'Neal's time with the Miami Heat. O'Neal said he moved from Los Angeles and couldn't find a place to work out at all hours and found Mastrov by searching his name on Google.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Make no mistake: Shaq is a shrewd businessman,\" Mastrov said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ranadive said the deal came together a few weeks ago while \"shooting hoops\" at his Silicon Valley home with O'Neal and Mastrov.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He's one of the most recognizable people on the planet,\" Ranadive said, \"and we are trying to build the Kings into an even bigger global brand.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ranadive revealed another one of those plans Tuesday. He said the team's season opener Oct. 30 against Denver will likely be broadcast in his native India.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O'Neal is the latest high-profile former player to join the Kings this summer after the franchise nearly moved to Seattle. Hall of Famer Chris Mullin was hired as a consultant to Ranadive, and Mitch Richmond is part of the ownership group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no member is a bigger surprise than O'Neal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the height of his career with the Lakers, O'Neal fueled the rivalry with the Kings with his play on the court and his personality off of it. He handed Sacramento its biggest blow by rallying the Lakers from a 3-2 deficit to win the 2002 Western Conference finals — which is still a sore spot for Kings fans — and never missed a chance to poke fun at the franchise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I wanted you to be very upset when you came to Arco Arena,\" O'Neal said, speaking to fans through reporters. \"In my mind, if you could survive something like this, then you could win anywhere. You guys had us nervous all the way up until that Game 7.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides the opportunity to partner with friends, O'Neal said he wanted to work with one of the NBA's best young centers — and also one of its most troubled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O'Neal said he's already initiated conversations with Cousins, who has been suspended several times by the NBA and the Kings for his behavior. He said he wants to help Cousins the way Phil Jackson helped O'Neal co-exist with others when he came to coach the Lakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I look at a young DeMarcus Cousins, I see a young Shaquille O'Neal. Very talented, very stubborn in his ways. Wants to do things his way,\" O'Neal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cousins, who is entering his fourth year in the NBA, is eligible for a contract extension before Oct. 31 or he would become a restricted free agent next summer. Kings general manager Pete D'Alessandro said contract negotiations are progressing but offered no further details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O'Neal declined to discuss what he thinks Cousins will do but said the center has been receptive to his help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The conversations,\" he said, \"have already started.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original post\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember when Shaquille O'Neal called the Sacramento Kings the \"Sacramento Queens,\" and not in a good way? Well if you don't, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dx5DmSv3dY\" target=\"_blank\">here it is\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/3Dx5DmSv3dY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps all will be forgiven now that the NBA great is taking a minority stake in the team. In fact, he apologized for the comment a couple of times during a press conference today. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2013/09/24/5764438/sacramento-kings-introduce-shaq.html\" target=\"_blank\">Story from the Sacramento Bee here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/kings/2013/09/23/shaq-sacramento-kings-shaquille-oneal/2854021/\" target=\"_blank\">USA Today story\u003c/a> on O'Neal's new relationship with the Kings:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>As the Kings continue their image makeover that was sparked by the late May sale of the team to Vivek Ranadive, they have made a big and bold move by adding O'Neal as a minority owner. The TNT analyst once gleaned pleasure in deriding the Kings, whom he owned in a very different way when his Lakers thrice knocked their rival out of the playoffs en route to titles in 2000, 2001 and 2002. Now his joy will come from seeing one of the league's worst-performing franchises turn things around.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nSome speculation from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2013/09/23/5761079/shaquille-sacramento-kings-owner.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sacramento Bee\u003c/a> that O'Neal may be deployed in the battle over a new venue for the Kings:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>O’Neal and his outsized personality could be used to sell Sacramentans on the proposed $258 million public subsidy for a new downtown arena, a subsidy that’s being challenged by a citizens group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s a well known, engaging personality with considerable star power,” said Doug Elmets, a Sacramento political consultant and veteran of the failed 2006 effort to build a downtown sports arena. “It comes at an important juncture in the effort to build the arena.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kings’ new president, Chris Granger, said he wasn’t sure whether O’Neal’s role in the team would affect the arena fight but called O’Neal “a big salesman.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group trying to block the arena subsidy, Sacramento Taxpayers Opposed to Pork, has said it’s close to collecting the 22,000 signatures needed to put the subsidy issue on the June ballot. STOP spokesman John Hyde said O’Neal’s ownership stake in the Kings won’t sway voters.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Kings are working hard to turn things around after the era of the Maloofs, who \u003ca href=\"http://www.nba.com/2013/news/05/15/kings-stay-in-sacramento.ap/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">tried to move the team to Seattle but were blocked by the NBA\u003c/a>. They then \u003ca href=\"http://www.nba.com/2013/news/05/17/david-aldridge-on-kings-sell/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">sold the team\u003c/a> to a group headed by high-tech entrepreneur Vivek Ranadivé.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The O'Neal announcement comes after ESPN The Magazine's recent inclusion of the Kings at the top of their lists of best and worst pro sports franchises -- guess which category? Hint: \u003ca href=\"http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/09/18/sacramento-kings-named-worst-franchise-in-professional-sports-by-espn/\" target=\"_blank\">It wasn't the \"best.\"\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kings responded with a full-page ad, which was tweeted out by News10 Sacramento's Brian May:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-112481\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/kings.jpg\" alt=\"kings\" width=\"400\" height=\"856\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In any event, now that the team is playing in \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23shaqramento\" target=\"_blank\">#shaqramento\u003c/a>, things are bound to be looking up.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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He wants to be a mentor to volatile center DeMarcus Cousins, give his input on basketball decisions and help the team build the NBA's first \"indoor-outdoor arena.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O'Neal said he learned decades ago from Hall of Famer and friend Magic Johnson that endorsements \"are good, but you want to own stuff.\" He declined to reveal his stake in the team but said joining an NBA ownership group \"was always one of my dreams and aspirations,\" especially after retiring in 2011 after a 19-year playing career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New Kings majority owner Vivek Ranadive said he first approached O'Neal about joining his group after he swayed the league to keep the Kings from moving to Seattle and bought the team from the Maloof family in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ranadive's primary partner, 24 Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov, is friends with O'Neal. The two partnered in the past to build about 20 gyms, especially in South Florida during O'Neal's time with the Miami Heat. O'Neal said he moved from Los Angeles and couldn't find a place to work out at all hours and found Mastrov by searching his name on Google.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Make no mistake: Shaq is a shrewd businessman,\" Mastrov said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ranadive said the deal came together a few weeks ago while \"shooting hoops\" at his Silicon Valley home with O'Neal and Mastrov.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He's one of the most recognizable people on the planet,\" Ranadive said, \"and we are trying to build the Kings into an even bigger global brand.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ranadive revealed another one of those plans Tuesday. He said the team's season opener Oct. 30 against Denver will likely be broadcast in his native India.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O'Neal is the latest high-profile former player to join the Kings this summer after the franchise nearly moved to Seattle. Hall of Famer Chris Mullin was hired as a consultant to Ranadive, and Mitch Richmond is part of the ownership group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no member is a bigger surprise than O'Neal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the height of his career with the Lakers, O'Neal fueled the rivalry with the Kings with his play on the court and his personality off of it. He handed Sacramento its biggest blow by rallying the Lakers from a 3-2 deficit to win the 2002 Western Conference finals — which is still a sore spot for Kings fans — and never missed a chance to poke fun at the franchise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I wanted you to be very upset when you came to Arco Arena,\" O'Neal said, speaking to fans through reporters. \"In my mind, if you could survive something like this, then you could win anywhere. You guys had us nervous all the way up until that Game 7.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides the opportunity to partner with friends, O'Neal said he wanted to work with one of the NBA's best young centers — and also one of its most troubled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O'Neal said he's already initiated conversations with Cousins, who has been suspended several times by the NBA and the Kings for his behavior. He said he wants to help Cousins the way Phil Jackson helped O'Neal co-exist with others when he came to coach the Lakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I look at a young DeMarcus Cousins, I see a young Shaquille O'Neal. Very talented, very stubborn in his ways. Wants to do things his way,\" O'Neal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cousins, who is entering his fourth year in the NBA, is eligible for a contract extension before Oct. 31 or he would become a restricted free agent next summer. Kings general manager Pete D'Alessandro said contract negotiations are progressing but offered no further details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O'Neal declined to discuss what he thinks Cousins will do but said the center has been receptive to his help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The conversations,\" he said, \"have already started.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original post\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember when Shaquille O'Neal called the Sacramento Kings the \"Sacramento Queens,\" and not in a good way? Well if you don't, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dx5DmSv3dY\" target=\"_blank\">here it is\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/3Dx5DmSv3dY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps all will be forgiven now that the NBA great is taking a minority stake in the team. In fact, he apologized for the comment a couple of times during a press conference today. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2013/09/24/5764438/sacramento-kings-introduce-shaq.html\" target=\"_blank\">Story from the Sacramento Bee here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/kings/2013/09/23/shaq-sacramento-kings-shaquille-oneal/2854021/\" target=\"_blank\">USA Today story\u003c/a> on O'Neal's new relationship with the Kings:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>As the Kings continue their image makeover that was sparked by the late May sale of the team to Vivek Ranadive, they have made a big and bold move by adding O'Neal as a minority owner. The TNT analyst once gleaned pleasure in deriding the Kings, whom he owned in a very different way when his Lakers thrice knocked their rival out of the playoffs en route to titles in 2000, 2001 and 2002. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_112242\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/23/112216/Oakland-As-AL-West/rs6758_181574858-scr/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-112242\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-112242\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/RS6758_181574858-scr-e1379953362271.jpg\" alt=\"Coco Crisp (#4) of the Oakland Athletics is congratulated by teammates after hitting a three-run home run against the Minnesota Twins during the second inning at O.co Coliseum on September 22, 2013. (Jason O. Watson/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coco Crisp (#4) of the Oakland Athletics is congratulated by teammates after hitting a three-run homer against the Minnesota Twins during the second inning at O.co Coliseum on Sept. 22, 2013. (Jason O. Watson/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Antonio Gonzalez, Associated Press \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wearing a gold robe and swim goggles, bearded right fielder Josh Reddick ran around the \u003ca href=\"http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=oak\">Oakland Athletics\u003c/a> clubhouse guzzling beer as bubbly sprayed in every direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A.J. Griffin grabbed anybody he could to dance with in the middle of the room. Manager Bob Melvin stood in the hallway and stayed dry for a while, just smiling and soaking up the scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His T-shirt said it all: \"We Own The West.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coco Crisp hit a three-run homer, Daric Barton and Jed Lowrie each had a solo shot, and the A's wrapped up their second straight AL West title while overpowering the Minnesota Twins 11-7 Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The only bad part about this is our clubhouse is going to stink for about two weeks,\" Reddick said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oswaldo Arcia homered and drove in six runs for Minnesota. But the Twins were just the latest team the A's turned into a footnote during another scintillating September run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A's clinched their 16th division crown and 25th postseason appearance when Texas lost 4-0 at Kansas City during the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonny Gray (4-3) gave up four runs and seven hits in five innings for Oakland, calling it \"one of the most nerve-racking starts I've ever had.\" The A's scored six runs in the second inning and one in each of the next five to set the stage for their own celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evan Scribner struck out Josmil Pinto swinging for the final out. The A's sprinted out of the dugout, jumping around in their gold uniforms to turn the infield into a blur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the A's, it was a far less dramatic scene than a year ago, when they won the AL West on the final day of the regular season by beating Texas to complete a series sweep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\"I think last year we surprised a lot of people,\" third baseman Josh Donaldson said. \"I think this year we're an all-around better team and we feel like we belong.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year's postseason push -- sealed with a week to spare -- was less surprising but equally remarkable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A's had the fourth-lowest opening day payroll at about $65 million. They have a roster full of mostly anonymous and up-and-coming players. And their home is an old dual-sport stadium, where sewage has leaked in the clubhouses and the dugouts in one sickening scene after another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the A's emerged as the team to watch this October in the Bay Area while the San Francisco Giants -- winners of two of the last three World Series titles -- sank out of the postseason picture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland has won four straight and 13 of 16 to move a season-high 30 games over .500.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't know how anybody could be surprised this year,\" outfielder Brandon Moss said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A's, who lost in five games to the eventual AL champion Detroit Tigers in the division series last season, are still trying to get home-field advantage. AL East champion Boston (95-62) currently holds the top spot and AL Central-leading Detroit (91-65) is trying to overtake Oakland (93-63) with six games left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Last year, it was euphoria at the end,\" Melvin said. \"We were happy to be there. Didn't mean that we didn't go into the Detroit series with some tenacity and expectations to win. But this is just a whole different feel this year. We really did expect to be here as a team.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melvin had refused to talk about anything related to the playoffs until his team sealed a spot. Even after guiding Oakland to consecutive division crowns in his first two full seasons, he deflected the attention to his players and let general manager Billy Beane bask in his \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moneyball_(film)\">\"Moneyball\"\u003c/a> fame again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's been a relatively smooth year,\" Beane said. \"We haven't had a lot of crises, which means you don't have to see me a lot, which is perfect.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After tearing down the plastic sheets and putting away the bubbly in the clubhouse when the Rangers won Saturday night, the A's left nothing to chance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the second, Cole De Vries (0-1) walked three straight batters with two outs before Oakland's outburst. Eric Sogard blooped a two-run single, Crisp hit his 22nd home run and Donaldson doubled to put the Athletics ahead 6-1 and whip the green-and-gold-clad crowd into a frenzy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the Twins batting in the third, word started to circulate around the Coliseum of Justin Maxwell's two-out grand slam that beat the Rangers in the 10th inning to seal the division title for the A's. Some players, noticing the high-fives and hollers in the stands, kept glancing at the manual scoreboard in left field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The excitement subsided briefly when Arcia hit a three-run homer in the third to slice Oakland's lead to 6-4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Maxwell's slam was shown on the video board between innings, setting off chants of \"Let's go, Oakland!\" from the announced crowd of 30,589. Players shared subtle hugs in the dugout, saving the celebration till the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NOTES: Only the Yankees (51) and Dodgers (27) have more postseason appearances than the A's. ... Crisp joined the 20-20 club for the first time when he stole his 20th base in the sixth inning. ... RHP Mike Pelfrey (5-13, 5.34) starts for the Twins in their series opener with the Detroit Tigers on Monday night, while A.J. Griffin (14-9, 3.78 ERA) goes for the A's in their opener with the Los Angeles Angels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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Even after guiding Oakland to consecutive division crowns in his first two full seasons, he deflected the attention to his players and let general manager Billy Beane bask in his \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moneyball_(film)\">\"Moneyball\"\u003c/a> fame again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's been a relatively smooth year,\" Beane said. \"We haven't had a lot of crises, which means you don't have to see me a lot, which is perfect.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After tearing down the plastic sheets and putting away the bubbly in the clubhouse when the Rangers won Saturday night, the A's left nothing to chance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the second, Cole De Vries (0-1) walked three straight batters with two outs before Oakland's outburst. 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"content": "\u003cp>Two days ago Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill, just one race away from losing the regatta, was \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/christophclarey/statuses/380433226818260992\" target=\"_blank\">mocked\u003c/a> for saying, \"It's not over; it's a long way from over.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, Team USA lived to sail another day on Friday, with a lot of help from the wind, or lack of it. Team New Zealand finished way ahead of Oracle in the first race, but failed to complete the course within the 40-minute time limit. The result: an abandoned race. As the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11128103\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand Herald\u003c/a> put it, the Kiwis \"cruel residence on the precipice of America's Cup ownership\" was to continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmbRX6EQ5Tg\" target=\"_blank\">Watch a video replay of today's races here\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/vmbRX6EQ5Tg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While New Zealand may blame the elements, give some credit to Spithill. From AP:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The Kiwis might have beaten the time limit if not for a move by Spithill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barker went too deep in the starting box, allowing Spithill to take the favored leeward position off the start line. Normally it's a sprint across the wind on the reaching first leg as the big cats pop onto their foils. But during the crawl to the first mark, Spithill pushed the Kiwis off course as far as he could before rounding the buoy.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In the second duel, Team USA extended the races into at least Saturday by finishing 01:24 ahead of New Zealand. From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11128103\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand Herald's account\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The Kiwis had time to raise New Zealand's hopes yet again with a brilliant Dean Barker start in the re-run Race 13 – but lost out to Oracle's speed downwind and their discovery of a wind shift or two. Team NZ also fell foul of a penalty after a close cross saw OTUSA have to take evasive action – but what really did the damage was Oracle doing 28 knots to Team New Zealand's 22 in 12 knots of wind, gusting to 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The key was a rare New Zealand mistake at the bottom mark, electing to travel around a different mark from OTUSA to achieve a split upwind – but their gybe was so slow they lost too much ground, eventually losing the match by 1m 24s. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11128103\" target=\"_blank\">Full article\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The score is now 8-3, though it might have been 8-5 if Team USA had not been assessed a two-race penalty for cheating during the America's Cup World Series in 2012. Oracle has won four of the last six races, but they'll have to be perfect from here on out to catch the Kiwis, still just one race away from taking the Cup for the first time since 2000. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3:\u003c/strong> Team USA has seized the early lead, with a penalty assessed to New Zealand adding to their advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2:\u003c/strong> Quite a turn of events. Team New Zealand had a \u003cem>huge\u003c/em> lead but could not finish under the 40-minute time limit due to a lack of wind. So Oracle uses up another one of its nine lives, once again staving off defeat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NBC's announcers are using words like \"speechless,\" \"unbelievable,\" and \"can't feel worse for these guys.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New Zealand tactician Ray Davies called the situation \"a bit of a shame.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11128089\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand Herald\u003c/a> was a little less restrained:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>It was like watching Ferraris race on flat tyres. The wind – which seemed to be building dangerously towards OTUSA's comfort zone – suddenly dropped away to a measly 9 knots on a foggy San Francisco Bay ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider the cruel injustice of [New Zealand's loss]. They win by a street but the America's Cup rules also include a maximum time limit as well as wind limits – and they couldn't make it in time.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The score: still 8-2. The next race coming up in about 30 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, more from the New Zealand Herald today:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11127834\" target=\"_blank\">Oracle crew backs up Spithill's fighting talk\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11127914\" target=\"_blank\">Ins and outs of port entry to the starting block\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11127829\" target=\"_blank\">Chasing Larry Ellison\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Update\u003c/strong>: The wind is so light, apparently, it's being called a \"drifting contest,\" with a time limit on the race now a factor. At Gate 3, Team USA is way behind but if the race isn't completed under 40 minutes, it will be abandoned, which would hand Oracle a huge break. Team USA's goal now: slow New Zealand down so they don't finish on time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Team New Zealand is now looking for the wind gods to help out on the downwind leg, but it's not looking good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Earlier\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. and New Zealand are back sailing today, with the U.S. squad once again facing elimination – as will be the case from now. The current score: 8-2, with 9 races needed for the win. Yesterday, Oracle staved off defeat by taking the first race, with the second contest cancelled due to high winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days ago, U.S. skipper Jimmy Spithill was mocked for saying, \"It's not over; it's a long way from over,\" after losing a race that left his squad one defeat away from elimination. 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