25-year-old Tim Lincecum, statistically the greatest Fresno Grizzly of all time, won the National League Cy Young Award Thursday.

Lincecum went 15-7 with a 2.48 ERA and 261 strikeouts for San Francisco this season.  It's the second consecutive year he's won the NL Cy Young Award, given annually to the league's best pitcher.

Louisiana Tech's Chad Boyd has been suspended for the first half of this Saturday's game against Fresno State.

from the WAC:

DENVER – Western Athletic Conference Commissioner Karl Benson today handed down a half-game suspension to Louisiana Tech football player Chad Boyd as a result of a flagrant foul he committed against an LSU receiver in last Saturday’s game played in Baton Rouge, La. that went undetected by the game officials.

“A flagrant personal foul should have been called by the game officials, and Boyd should have been ejected from the game at that time," said Benson.

The play occurred at the 13-minute mark of the third quarter.

Further Benson said, “By NCAA rules, I am required to review these types of situations and it was determined that the player clearly committed a flagrant foul, and thus will be suspended.  Protecting a defenseless player from a hit to the head has been a point of emphasis for two years and cannot be tolerated even if it goes undetected by the game officials.”

Boyd will be suspended for the first half of Louisiana Tech's game at Fresno State this Saturday, Nov. 21.

According to the Fresno State media relations department, Bulldogs running back Ryan Mathews has a mild concussion and is with the team on the bus back to Fresno.  Mathews will be evaluated in 48 hours, where, among other things, it will be determined if he'll be able to play against Louisiana Tech next Saturday.

Mathews rushed the ball eight times for 32 yards Saturday before leaving the game in the second quarter after a collision.  He did not return.

The Bulldogs lost to the Wolf Pack 52-14.

November 12th, 1975:

Mets pitcher Tom Seaver (Fresno HS) won his third Cy Young Award.

Clifton Smith (Edison HS/Fresno State) has been named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week.  Not bad for a guy who suffered a concussion a few weeks ago!

Here's the story.

The Fresno State football team got two votes in the latest AP Top 25 poll and one vote in the latest Coaches Poll, both released Sunday.

The Bulldogs (6-3) have won five straight games and became bowl-eligible with their most recent win, 31-21 Saturday night at Idaho (7-3).

In the 2009 "Best of Fresno" awards, the Fresno Grizzlies were named "Best Local Sports Team."

They beat out the Fresno State football team and the Fresno State baseball team for the award, handed out by Fresno Magazine. 

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