From left, former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom smile Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, during a public ceremony to celebrate San Francisco hosting the 34th America"™s Cup.

Feb 21, 2010 · Mayor Newsom formally welcomed the Cup and Larry Ellison's BMW Oracle Racing team home after they won the 33rd America's Cup in Spain. The America's Cup is displayed Saturday at San...

Jan 6, 2011 · Members of the America's Cup Event Authority joined city leaders and billionaire software mogul Larry Ellison at City Hall on Wednesday to celebrate the Dec. 31 announcement that San Francisco...

Jan 14, 2011 · Ellison's Oracle Racing team got to choose the host of the next America's Cup because they are the reining champions. Hosting the cup could be a big coup for the City, if the cost is...

Jan 12, 2011 · Gavin Newsom is not only the newly minted lieutenant governor of California — he has also just been named the first-ever “ambassador at large for the 34th America’s Cup.”

Nov 30, 2010 · As part of the celebration, Ellison helped Mayor Gavin Newsom into an official BMW Oracle Racing Team jacket, and Newsom granted Ellison a key to the city, a symbolic …

Jan 13, 2011 · Whatever it is a Lieutenant Governor does in Sacramento must not be as important as the sailboat race in San Francisco because Gavin Newsom has accepted the title of "Ambassador at Large" to the...

At 11:30 am Mayor Gavin Newsom will formally welcome the Cup and team, including team owner Larry Ellison, back to the United States in a City Hall ceremony open to the public. A press conference will follow.

May 7, 2010 · We'll know by the end of the year whether San Francisco will host the next America's Cup, and Mayor Gavin Newsom says his city is in the driver's seat. "It's ours to …

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Mayor Gavin Newsom met under the San Francisco City Hall rotunda for Newsom to officially welcome yachting's highest prize '” the America's Cup '” and its hottest honcho to town.