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Oct. 11, 2010
Sports
In the late 1950s, when Oregon football coach Rich Brooks was the best high school athlete in the Northern California town of Grass Valley, his team was outclassed in the league championship game one year.
Dec. 28, 1994
Saying he’s already looking for the next challenge, a weary Pete Conrad of Huntington Beach arrived at Denver’s Centennial Airport on Wednesday morning after breaking an around-the-world speed record in a Lear jet.
Feb. 16, 1996
Giants rally to defeat Braves, 3-2, in Game 3
Archives
BEST EDITORIAL CARTOONS OF THE YEAR: 1992 Edition edited by Charles Brooks (Pelican: $11.95).
July 12, 1992
I turned to your Editorial Page (March 3) with added interest.
March 10, 1991
On a recent afternoon, Rich Brooks autographed special-edition Freedom Bowl footballs.
Dec. 28, 1990
Movies
Conrad Brooks, whom the New York Times once called “the John Gielgud of B-movies,” stands in the center of the Nuart Theatre lobby beside a folding card table stacked with memorabilia.
Nov. 18, 1994
Politics
It’s so easy to be a critic without ever offering a solution.
May 20, 1989
Giants rout Astros, 13-0
July 4, 2009