Fresno Grizzlies manager Bob Mariano said on Thursday he was not surprised it took as long as it did for the San Francisco Giants to call up Brett Pill.

Despite being Fresno State's all-time leading rusher, Robbie Rouse went undrafted last month. That doesn't mean he was unwanted.

It's "Masters" week and Tiger Woods is the overwhelming favorite (5/2) to win the green jacket next Sunday. He will obviously have his share of contenders but will former Fresno State all-American Nick Watney be one of them?

The tip times have been announced for the Sweet 16 games on Thursday and Friday.

By all accounts, it's been a very good season for the Fresno State women's basketball team. Under first year coach Raegan Pebley, the team completed the regular season with a record of 21-8 and earned the No. 2 seed at the Mountain West Tournament.

Tigers pitcher Doug Fister (Golden Valley HS/Merced College/Fresno State) was one of the guest speakers at Thursday night's Fresno Grizzlies Hot Stove Gala.

According to Baseball America, which named Fresno State OF Aaron Judge a preseason first-team all-American on Thursday, "the comparison scouts make most is to NBA star Blake Griffin."

The Mountain West Conference uploaded a highlight video on Friday of its current basketball teams and their past appearances in the NCAA Tournament, promoting the 75th anniversary of "March Madness."

The Fresno State men's basketball team beat Wyoming on Wednesday for its first-ever Mountain West conference win. But there were some notable changes to Rodney Terry's lineup.

Next up for Fresno State is 25th-ranked New Mexico. The Lobos don't have Jamaal Franklin, the reigning Mountain West Player of the Year, but they do have their own standout player: Kendall Williams.

So far this bowl season, the WAC has the best winning percentage of all the conferences and the Mountain West has the worst.

You can't blame Eric Kendricks for UCLA getting blown out in Thursday's Holiday Bowl. The ex-Hoover High Patriot led the 17th-ranked Bruins with 14 tackles, finishing the season third on the school's all-time single-season list with 151.

The Fresno State football team leaves for Hawai'i and its Christmas Eve bowl game one week from Wednesday. There are 35 bowl games this year. Each player participating in a bowl game gets bowl "swag," which stands for "stuff we all get."

Chargers running back Ryan Mathews (Fresno State) wasn't happy with only carrying the ball nine times in a loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.

Well, he's no Jack Taylor (you know, the guy who scored 138 points Tuesday night for Grinnell College). But ex-Bulldog Paul George had the best game of his NBA career on Wednesday night.

What do Texas A&M, Louisiana Tech, Alabama and the BCS have in common with Fresno State?

When Fresno State plays at Nevada this Saturday, the Bulldogs will face a team that has its share of valley guys. The most notabe is RB Stefphon Jefferson, an El Diamante grad who happens to be the nation's leading rusher.

CBS47 is on your playoff sidelines! The first round of the high school football playoffs is this Friday, November 9th. Click the above link for the Central Section and Sac-Joaquin Section first-round matchups.

During Fresno State's 49-32 win at New Mexico this past Saturday, backup quarterback Greg Watson scored his first career touchdown on a 3-yard run in the fourth quarter. But he didn't keep the football.

After last Saturday's loss in Boise, 20-10, Fresno State quarterback Derek Carr is now 0-2 in his career against Boise State. But the BSU flag isn't on his wall anymore.

PGA Tour golfer Kevin Chappell, a graduate of Buchanan High School, will be in town on Monday to host a golf clinic for Children's Hospital patients.

Nevada running back Stefphon Jefferson, a graduate of El Diamante High School in Visalia, tied an NCAA record by scoring seven touchdowns (six rushing, one receiving) in the Wolf Pack's win at Hawai'i on Saturday.

Jeff Tuel (Clovis West) was Washington State's starting quarterback for the season opener against BYU. But he may not be the starter anymore.

Tyler Bray (Kingsburg HS) has a chance to impress a lot of people on Saturday. Florida coach Will Muschamp is already impressed with Bray.

After a season opening win over Weber State last Saturday, Fresno State faces a much tougher test this Saturday when it plays at Oregon.

It's no secret that Fresno State players have had success in the NFL. On Wednesday, one scout from the St. Louis Rams and one from the Washington Redskins were spotted at the Bulldogs' afternoon practice.

Tim DeRuyter isn't ready to talk about Weber State yet, let alone Oregon which is the Bulldogs' second opponent of the season. On Saturday, the Ducks were ranked fifth by The Associated Press' preseason college football poll.

"We picked Victor as a winner....and we took him down to the football field and he ran onto the middle of the football field and ran up to Pat Hill."

CBS47 will carry all of the preseason games for the San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers!

The Atwater Aviators, winners of 12 straight games, will host the Pacific West Baseball League Championship Tournament starting on Thursday.

The San Francisco Giants placed catcher Hector Sanchez on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday. They recalled catcher Eli Whiteside from Triple-A Fresno.

The Merced Sun-Star reports longtime Merced College baseball coach Chris Pedretti "has opted to take a sabbatical for the upcoming school year."

College football writer Phil Steele has released his 2012-2013 bowl projections and he has Fresno State matched up against Houston in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl on December 29th.

The Indianapolis Indians had three players picked for July 11th's Triple-A All-Star game in Buffalo but ex-Bulldog Justin Wilson was not one of them.

The newest Fresno State head coach is Trisha Ford, who was introduced on Monday to take over the Bulldog softball team. Obviously she's the shortest-tenured coach at the university. Men's golf coach Mike Watney is the longest-tenured coach.

Six Fresno State Bulldogs were chosen in the 2012 MLB Draft, as well as two Fresno Pacific Sunbirds and a handful of standout high school athletes from Fresno and the surrounding areas.

Baseball America ranks the Top 500 prospects for the upcoming Major League Baseball First-Year Players draft on Monday, June 4th through Wednesday, June 6th. Several local guys are on the list.

As of last Thursday, the El Diamante softball team was the top-ranked high school team in the nation, according to the USA Today/NFCA Top 25 poll. As of this Thursday, that same poll still has El Diamante at No. 1.