Poll
If the Giants reach the playoffs, how will they do?
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Artest remains player to be named later
Just when it looked as if we could bid adios to Ron Artest forever, the Los Angeles court commissioner called traveling on the Lakers forward.
Literally.
Artest's petition to change his name to Metta World Peace was held up Friday because he had outstanding traffic violations.
Pay the fine, Ron-Ron. Peace comes at a price.
• HBO recently began it's "24/7 Mayweather/ Ortiz" weekly series leading up to Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz's World Boxing Council welterweight title fight Sept. 17 in Las Vegas.
The series will no doubt cast the loud and legally troubled Mayweather as the villain and the fresh-faced Ortiz as the people's underdog.
Ortiz is a rags-to-riches story. You just can't help pulling for the kid. He grew up in a dysfunctional family in Kansas before making his way West and building a life for himself.
It's just going to make it that much tougher when Mayweather beats him like an egg.
Paging Manny Pacquiao.
• Giants fans may have the feeling they made a deal with the devil last fall.
If some guy name Lucifer wearing a "Let Timmy Toke" shirt said he could make the 2010 Giants into world champs in exchange for a painful 2011 season, you would have sold Willie Mays' soul for the swap.
Let's just hope it was a one-year deal.
What to watch
Baseball, Cubs at Giants, 7 p.m., CSNBA: Must-win series begins for Giants.
Today's poll
If the Giants reach the playoffs, how will they do?
• Win the World Series
• Lose in the World Series
• Lose in the NLCS
• Lose in the divisional playoffs
Vote above or leave your comments in the comment field; Or, go to www.sacbee.com/sports
Weekend poll results
Who will win the Heisman Trophy this year?
• Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck: 64%
• Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson: 4%
• Oregon running back LaMichael James: 13%
• Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones: 7%
• Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore: 10%
• Other: 2%
Total votes: 135
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