The athletes and coaches honored at the SAP Center ceremony shared praise for their families, whether it was their relatives, teammates or both.
In a ceremony filled with emotional moments, the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame welcomed its newest quartet of inductees on Wednesday night at SAP Center. If this year’s honorees — NFL tight end Doug Cosbie, Archbishop Mitty basketball coach Sue Phillips, San Jose State baseball coach Sam Piraro and judo world champion and coach Mike Swain — shared a common theme, it was family.
San Jose Sports Hall of Fame inductees Doug Cosbie, left, and Sam Piraro at the induction ceremony at SAP Center in San Jose on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. More than 650 people attended the 27th annual event, including San Jose State’s legendary judo coach Yosh Uchida, who is 102 years old and a 1996 inductee. There also were three costumed mascots entertaining the crowd: Bucky the Bronco from Santa Clara University, the San Francisco 49ers’ Sourdough Sam and S.J. Sharkie.
The other honorees include sports columnist Lowell Cohn, San Francisco Giants President Larry Baer, broadcaster Ted Robinson, former college baseball player Will Chapman and Champ Pederson, the inspirational brother of Giants player and Palo Alto High grad Joc Pederson.When the Cambrian School District board of trustees meet on Thursday, Nov. 17, it won’t be just another meeting.
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