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| ARTICLE- Sports and media San Diego has several sports venues. Qualcomm Stadiumhosts footballand soccergames. Three Super Bowls have been held there. Baseball can be seen at PETCO Parkand Tony Gwynn Stadium. iPayOne Center, formerly the San Diego Sports Arena, hosts basketball, which is also hosted at Cox Arenaat Aztec Bowl. Jenny CraigPavilion at the University of San Diegohosts basketball and volleyballgames. SDSU Aztecs(MWC) and the USD Toreros(WCC) are NCAA Division Iteams. The UCSD Tritons(CCAA) are members of the NCAA Division IIwhile the PLNU Sea Lions(GSAC) are members of the NAIA. San Diego has been the home of two NBAfranchises, the first of which was called the San Diego Rockets. The Rockets represented the city of San Diego from 1967 until 1971. After the conclusion of the 1970-1971 season, they moved to Texas where they became the Houston Rockets. Seven years later, San Diego received a relocated NBAfranchise (the Buffalo Braves), which was re-named the San Diego Clippers. The Clippers played in the San Diego Sports Arena from 1978 until 1984. Prior to the start of the 1984-1985 season, the team was moved to Los Angeles, and is now called the Los Angeles Clippers. Other sports franchises that represented San Diego include the San Diego Conquistadorsof the American Basketball Association, the San Diego Sockers(which played in various indoor and outdoor soccer leagues during their existence), the San Diego Spiritof the Women's United Soccer Association, the San Diego Marinersof the World Hockey Association, and the San Diego Gullswho were in different hockey leagues during each of their three incarnations. The annual Rock 'n' Roll Marathonin the city draws 20,000 participants annually. The city's biggest sporting event on the world stage, however, is in a sport that draws very little attention in the United States. Beginning in 2007, PETCO Park will host the USA Sevens, an event in the annual IRB Sevens World Seriesfor international teams in rugby sevens, a variant of rugby unionwith seven players per side instead of 15. [edit] Media San Diego is served by the mainstream daily newspaper, The San Diego Union-Tribune and its online portal, signonsandiego.com, the online newspaper Voiceofsandiego.org, and the alternative newsweeklies, the San Diego City Beat and San Diego Reader. Another newspaper with high readership in the region is the North County Times, which serves San Diego's North County area. Business publications include San Diego Metropolitan magazine, San Diego Business Journal and San Diego Daily Transcript. San Diego's television stations include XETV-TV 6 (FOX), KFMB 8 (CBS), KGTV 10 (ABC), KPBS 15 (PBS), KBNT 17 (Univision), XHAS-TV 33 (Telemundo), K35DG 35 (UCSD-TV), KNSD 39 (NBC), XHDTV-TV 49 (MNTV), KUSI 51 (Independent), and KSWB 69 (CW) Events * San Diego/Del Mar Fair * San Diego Pride * Annual Open Air Book Fair * Comic-Con * Holiday Bowl * Poinsettia Bowl * Street Scene music festival * Over-the-line ] Shopping malls * Fashion Valley * Mission Valley, Westfield Shoppingtown * Horton Plaza, Westfield Shoppingtown * College Grove * Westfield UTC, Westfield Shoppingtown * The Shops at Las Americas (also a U.S.-Mexico Port of Entry walkway and Duty-Free centre) * The San Diego Factory Outlet
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