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Risk or Rust: A 47-Year-Old Pastor Walks On at San Jose City College
A 47-year-old Silicon Valley pastor who has spent fifteen years preaching "stop small, play big" to founders and engineers reportedly walked on at…
Preseason Isn't Meaningless. It's a $637,500 Coin Flip.
The people who tell you preseason football doesn't matter are the people it can't hurt.
The Last California School: San José State and the Conference Everyone Left
San José State enters 2026 as the only California school left in a Mountain West that just watched five of its members bolt for the rebuilt Pac-12.
Cal Football 2026: The $3 Million Sophomore
Cal fired Justin Wilcox, hired Cal alum and Oregon defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi, and spent its offseason doing the one thing the transfer-portal…
Stanford Football 2026: The Year Ahead
Stanford enters 2026 as something it hasn't been in years: a program with a plan.
The Cardinal’s New Union: Stanford Football Plants A Flag For Player Power In College Athletics
Stanford football players have quietly formed the first player-led College Football Players Association chapter, positioning themselves as a…
The World Cup at Levi's: A Global Stage, a Local Question Mark
The World Cup's vibrant, global spectacle at Levi's Stadium sharply contrasts with the Bay Area's struggling local sports landscape, prompting a…
Tiffany Hayes Was Done. The Valkyries Are the Reason She's Not.
In December 2023, Tiffany "Tip" Hayes walked away from the WNBA after eleven seasons, worn down by a decade of playing two pro seasons a year on two…
The Smallest Nation in the World Cup Was Assembled, Not Born
Curaçao — an island of 158,000, the smallest nation ever to reach a men's World Cup — walked into Houston on Saturday to play Germany with a…
The Team That Stayed: Oakland Roots Want 8,000 Seats on the Ground a Billionaire Walked Away From
Oakland lost the Warriors to San Francisco, the Raiders to Las Vegas, and the A's to a parking lot in Las Vegas by way of Sacramento.
31 National Titles and You've Probably Never Heard of Him
Quick — name the most successful college coach in Bay Area history.
Lynch and Shanahan Are Wheeling and Dealing — But Can the 49ers Draft Their Way Back to Relevance?
The 49ers kicked off their 2025 draft weekend doing what John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan do best: trading picks like they're playing fantasy football…
They Got Crushed 36-0 and Can't Wait to Do It Again
The scoreboard was not kind. Thirty-six to zero is a blowout by any measure — the kind of final score that sends most teams into a quiet, defeated…
Cal Football's Prodigal Son Returns — Just Don't Call It a Homecoming
Cal football has a new head coach, and for once, the hire actually makes narrative sense.
Unbeatable at Home, Mortal Everywhere Else: De La Salle and the Bay's Football Inheritance
De La Salle enters 2026 unbeaten against NorCal since 1991 and holder of 33 straight section titles, yet 0-for-8 in recent state finals — invincible…
Ghost Ride the Farm: E-40, Stanford, and the Bay the ACC Can't Take
On September 4, Stanford opens its ACC home slate against Miami, and at halftime Earl Stevens — E-40, of Vallejo, founder of Sick Wid It, patron…
Stanford Has a Basketball Phenom — And They're Praying the NBA Can Wait
In a Bay Area sports landscape dominated by the Warriors' aging dynasty, the 49ers' salary cap headaches, and whatever the A's are doing in…
Mission High Grad Julian Neal Just Made NFL History for SFUSD — And Yeah, It Had to Be the Seahawks
Sometimes a story is so good you just have to swallow your rival loyalties and clap.
The Boo Heard Round the Bay: Archbishop Mitty and the Finer Points of High School Sports Envy
At a recent Nate Bargatze show, a spontaneous boo erupted when a kid mentioned attending Archbishop Mitty High School, perfectly encapsulating the…
Stanford Women's Basketball Has a Problem, and It's Not the Bracket
Stanford women's basketball was once the gold standard — a program synonymous with excellence, discipline, and championships.
The 49ers' Draft Strategy: Just Call It the Washington Pipeline
If you've been watching the 49ers' draft habits over the past few years, you might have noticed a pattern — and no, it's not just "pick guys who get…
Two Towns, One Title: The Little League Final the Bay Area Can Walk To
On Saturday at 5 p.m. at Max Baer Park in Livermore, the U.S. championship of Little League's Intermediate 50/70 World Series will be an all-Bay-Area…
100% OTA Attendance Means Nothing. Ask Me Again in October.
The 49ers had near-complete attendance at voluntary OTAs.
The Possum and the Standings: Oakland's Other Baseball Team Is Losing, and Nobody at Raimondi Park Cares
The Oakland Ballers are 14-19 and eighth in the Pioneer League, and this weekend they're hosting Phish Night, "Oakland Stands Up," and Christmas in…
A College Coach Walks Into a Big-League Room: The Vitello Experiment's Real Test Isn't Rafael Devers
Here is the scene, because the scene is the whole thing.
The 49ers' 2026 Schedule Is a Frequent Flyer's Nightmare
Hope the Niners invested in some good neck pillows, because their 2026 schedule reads less like an NFL season and more like an around-the-world…
The Deal: When Sports Teams Control the News Cycle, and the Media Complies
The extended suppression and carefully orchestrated disclosure of 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan’s severe car accident by both the team and certain…