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	<title>Kawakami</title>
	
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	<description>Tim Kawakami on Bay Area sports</description>
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		<title>Monta Ellis, stunned and depressed: “We looked like we didn’t know what we were doing out there”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Kawakami</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Transcripts below: Monta Ellis (dazed and furious), Stephen Jackson (shrugging and serene) and Stephen Curry (trying to remain brave, forthright about accepting the fans&#8217; booing over the Warriors&#8217; 28-point home loss to the Clippers)&#8230;
 
 

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		<title>If the Warriors were a real team, Don Nelson should be fired</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Kawakami</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got lots of post-game quotes from Monta Ellis, Stephen Curry and a serene Stephen Jackson.
But first I thought I should get the Don Nelson post-game press conference up quickly, since it was a special one. He&#8217;s so lively! Really into it, this guy.
Someone you can believe in.
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		<title>College Picks, Week 10: Alabama, Northwestern and Penn State… memories of last year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Thank goodness, finally put a winning week back on the board. 
So no babbling, right to the picks&#8230;
&#8212;- KAWAKAMI (last week 2-1, overall 12-15)/
* ALABAMA -7.5, over LSU: All I need from the &#8216;Bama offense is 13 points. Because I&#8217;m pretty sure the &#8216;Bama defense...<br/>
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		<title>Lincecum’s Reefer Madness: Not that much marijuana, very little madness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Been out of pocket for many hours (NOT driving recklessly or otherwise flouting the law, I might add), so I&#8217;m humongously late on adding comment on the Tim Lincecum Marijuana-in-Car Incident.
Well, the long Bay Area Nightmare seems like it&#8217;s mostly over.
Henry Schulman is reporting that...<br/>
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		<title>NFL Picks, Week 9: Wish I could have a bye this week, just like my Raiders soulmates</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The trickiness of this contest, other than, of course, the relentless difficulty of picking against the spread, is that we also have to pick all 49ers and Raiders games vs. the spread.
They are not easy. Well, maybe they&#8217;re easy for you, dear reader, but they are not easy for us.
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		<title>Thursday notes: Randolph/Warriors future minutes guide, Yankees hit and win, NOW vs. Cable</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A little grab-bag, since my mind, in no great upset, is scattered today&#8230;
1-Warriors fans probably ought to get used to Don Nelson screwing around with Anthony Randolph&#8217;s minutes.
It&#8217;s not tough-love. It&#8217;s just Nelson not liking Randolph&#8217;s game (AR does stuff like play...<br/>
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		<title>Prediction: Warriors will beat Memphis tonight, or die trying</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[* 10:51 p.m. update: Final&#8211;Warriors 113, Memphis 105.  Only in a relationship as twisted and entertaining as I have with the most prolific Warriors/Nellie/Rowell homers could I get blasted post-game by commenters on blog item in which I, hours before the game, CORRECTLY predicted that...<br/>
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		<title>Al Davis hesitates on Cable: Who’s doing Al’s background-checking? Nobody, apparently</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[From this morning&#8217;s paper, with one blog tangent to emphasize&#8230;
Last year I argued that Stanford&#8217;s Jim Harbaugh was Al Davis&#8217; best/only coaching resort and I think Al generally agreed.
But Al never really made the effort&#8211;I think it was because Harbaugh hadn&#8217;t...<br/>
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		<title>Why Anthony Randolph is struggling to get consistent Warriors minutes</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Yesterday Don Nelson tweaked the line-up again, putting Kelenna Azubuike in alongside Stephen Jackson at the forward spots. (MT-2&#8217;s story on the Azubuike elevation.)
Fairly understandable move&#8211;Azubuike has been playing well and Nelson&#8217;s system thrives on wing players who can shoot...<br/>
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		<title>He’s already a 49ers and NFL icon, now we’ll see if Singletary can coach</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Posting this as I anticipate something brewing over in Raidersland today&#8230;
-What I didn&#8217;t get into this Mike Singletary column: He has already shown a bit more flexibility than we&#8217;d originally given him credit for&#8211;Alex Smith in at QB, Nate Clements down-sized at CB, Michael...<br/>
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