Sports news, photos and results from Palm Springs, Coachella Valley http://www.mydesert.com en-us Copyright 2013, mydesert SaxoTech Online Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:57:04 -0700 15 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130521/SPORTS/305140004 The annual summer Drive'Em, Home benefits golf tournament for Soliders Organized Services, or S.O.S. will begins June 214 with a tournament a Shadow Hills Golf Club in Indio. Tue, 21 May 2013 14:49:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130521/SPORTS/305140004 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130520/SPORTS/305200038 For all that the San Jose Sharks accomplished with their overtime victory over Los Angeles in Game 3, they know it will mean very little if they don't back that win up with another at home against the defending Stanley Cup champion Kings. Mon, 20 May 2013 23:10:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130520/SPORTS/305200038 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130519/SPORTS/305190018 Bump Day at Indianapolis followed the script. No surprises, no drama and no drivers getting bumped. Sun, 19 May 2013 21:41:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130519/SPORTS/305190018 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130519/SPORTS/305190013 Always close to the front but never first at the end, Tejay van Garderen would often wear himself out wondering if he could swap the white jersey that goes to the best young rider for the yellow one that goes to the winner. Sun, 19 May 2013 20:50:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130519/SPORTS/305190013 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130518/SPORTS/305180043 As a 3 year-old, Brian Goodell accidentally fell into a pool of water and had to be revived. Naturally, he became frightful of water until, three years later, he learned to swim, joined a local club team and eventually became an Olympic gold medalist. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:23:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130518/SPORTS/305180043 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130518/SPORTS/305180042 Rowdy Gaines had a difficult time finding one person who believed him when he said publicly last summer that he didn't think Michael Phelps was done swimming competitively. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:21:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130518/SPORTS/305180042 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130518/SPORTS/305180040 Right from the start, a horse trained by one not so over-the-hill Hall of Famer and ridden by another took control of the Preakness. The result: a huge upset and the end of any hopes for a Triple Crown attempt at the Belmont Stakes. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:16:00 -0700 http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20130518/SPORTS/305180040