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Sports · April 2026 · 76 stories

Steve Kerr Is the Only Thing Standing Between the Warriors and Total Chaos

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Let's be honest about where things stand in the Bay: the Golden State Warriors are at a crossroads, and Steve Kerr…

April 30, 2026

New to SF and Looking for Real Hoops? Here's Where the Actual Ballers Play

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San Francisco has a lot of things going for it — world-class food, absurd rent, and a tech scene that never shuts up…

April 30, 2026

Kicked Off Their Own Turf: SF Soccer Clubs Pay the Price for the City's Pro Team Dreams

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Here's a fun exercise in San Francisco priorities: the city is rolling out the red carpet for a potential professional…

Haight-AshburyApril 29, 2026

The Valkyries Are Building Something — And the Roster Battles Are the Best Part

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San Francisco's newest professional sports franchise is doing something refreshingly old-school: making players…

April 29, 2026

Draft Day Roulette: The 49ers Keep Doing Things Their Way

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If there's one thing you can count on from the San Francisco 49ers, it's that they will never do what you expect on…

April 29, 2026

The Giants' 9-9-9 Deal Vanished — And Nobody's Mourning

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Remember the SF Giants' much-hyped 9-9-9 challenge?

April 28, 2026

Bay FC's Revolving Door: Another CEO Gone Before the Ink Dried

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If you're keeping score at home — and someone probably should be — Bay FC just lost its second top executive in under a…

April 28, 2026

Mike Krukow at 74: A Reminder That Some Things in SF Actually Get Better With Age

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In a city obsessed with disruption, optimization, and replacing everything that works with something that doesn't, Mike…

April 28, 2026

A British Cyclist Just Conquered SF's Steepest Street — But Does a 14-Second Record Even Count?

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A British cyclist has claimed the Strava King of the Mountain record on what's reportedly San Francisco's steepest…

Bernal HeightsApril 28, 2026

The Giants Are Winning, But Posey's Big Bets Aren't Paying Off Yet

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Let's give credit where it's due: three consecutive series wins is nothing to sneeze at, and the Giants are finally…

April 28, 2026

Mission High Grad Julian Neal Just Made NFL History for SFUSD — And Yeah, It Had to Be the Seahawks

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Sometimes a story is so good you just have to swallow your rival loyalties and clap.

Mission DistrictApril 28, 2026

The Valkyries Just Made Their Biggest Power Move Yet

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If you're building a franchise from scratch, there's exactly one way to signal you're serious: go get a star.

April 26, 2026

Lynch and Shanahan Finally Admit the 49ers Have a Speed Problem

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Ten drafts in. A full decade of the Lynch-Shanahan era. And apparently it took that long for the brain trust at 4949…

April 26, 2026

Steve Kerr and the Warriors: The Longest Goodbye in Bay Area Sports

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It's the coaching saga that somehow feels both inevitable and interminable.

April 26, 2026

Brandon Belt Thinks Devers Will Figure It Out. Should Giants Fans Buy It?

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If you've been watching the Giants this season and wondering when Rafael Devers is going to start looking like the guy…

April 26, 2026

The 49ers Just Drafted Another Running Back. Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before.

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If you're a 49ers fan, the words "draft" and "running back" together should trigger a Pavlovian stress response by now.

April 25, 2026

49ers Go Shopping on Draft Night: Trades, Receivers, and a Whole Lot of Shuffling

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If you blinked during the later rounds of this year's NFL draft, you probably missed the 49ers wheeling and dealing…

April 24, 2026

The Giants Just Got a New Co-Owner, and the Last Name Might Ring a Bell

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The San Francisco Giants are continuing their quiet transformation from a baseball team into a diversified investment…

April 24, 2026

Lynch and Shanahan Are Wheeling and Dealing — But Can the 49ers Draft Their Way Back to Relevance?

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The 49ers kicked off their 2025 draft weekend doing what John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan do best: trading picks like…

April 24, 2026

The 49ers' Best Offseason Move? Actually Having Draft Picks This Time

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For years, the San Francisco 49ers operated like a Silicon Valley startup burning through venture capital — trading…

April 24, 2026

The Warriors Don't Have a Coaching Problem — They Have a Direction Problem

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Let's talk about the elephant in the Chase Center: the Warriors just limped to 37 wins, finished 27th in the league in…

April 24, 2026

Buster Posey Admits What We All Knew: The Giants Whiffed on Ohtani

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There's a particular kind of torture reserved for Giants fans, and it involves watching Shohei Ohtani rake in Dodger…

April 24, 2026

The 49ers Didn't Pick Anyone in Round 1 and That Might Be the Smartest Move They Made

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The Art of Doing Nothing While the rest of the NFL was tripping over itself to grab first-round talent Thursday night…

April 24, 2026

The Valkyries Are Here — And SF Might Actually Have a Fun Bandwagon to Jump On

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The Bay Area has a new professional sports team, and for once, nobody had to fight over a stadium deal or watch…

Mission BayApril 24, 2026