Just when it looked like San Jose was headed towards a split with the Los Angeles Kings on the road, 22 seconds that both the Sharks and their fans would like to forget sent them to their second straight loss in the second round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. A pair of late penalties led to the two power more »
Brett Anderson Out Four Weeks With Fractured Ankle, Hideki Okajima Joins A’s
Prior to the beginning of the A’s weekend series against the Kansas City Royals, the Oakland Athletics announced that starting pitcher Brett Anderson will miss at least the next four weeks with a stress fracture in his right foot. Anderson, already on the disabled list, will be reevaluated in four weeks and have a walking boot removed. At that point, more »
Warriors Battle But Can’t Overcome Spurs
The Warriors season came to an end at the hands of the Spurs, falling 94-82 in game six of the Western Conference Semifinals. The Spurs won the series 4-2 to advance to the Western Conference Finals, but the Warriors can still hang their heads high. The Warriors battled deep into the fourth quarter, trailing 77-75 with just under five minutes more »
San Francisco One Step Closer to Hosting Super Bowl 50
The city of San Francisco and the 49ers officially submitted their bid to co-host the Super Bowl in either 2016 or 2017 on Monday. This comes a week after the 49ers announced the naming rights to the new Santa Clara stadium to Levi’s®. “There’s no better place to play host to the Super Bowl and celebrate one of our nation’s more »
Crisp Returns, A’s Continue to Falter in Loss to Rangers
Center fielder Coco Crisp was activated from the disabled list Wednesday, but the team leader could not provide the spark that the A’s needed to win the rubber game of the series against the Rangers. Oakland fell to two games under .500 for the first time since starting the season 0-2, as starter Dan Straily had trouble locating his pitches more »
Brandon Belt Finally Belting It
In the fourth inning of Tuesday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Giants first baseman Brandon Belt stepped to the plate with his team down 6-1. Squaring off against reigning National League Cy Young Award winner and knuckleball extraordinaire R.A. Dickey, Belt looked to spark his team to a rally from its early deficit. He certainly did his part. On more »
Melvin Ejected, Donaldson 4-for-5 In Athletics 6-5 Loss to Rangers
Josh Donaldson went 4-for-5 but the Oakland Athletics left eleven runners stranded on Tuesday night at the Coliseum as they fell to the Texas Rangers 6-5 in ten innings. After a scoreless three frames on both sides, the Rangers put three runs on the board, thanks in part to Mitch Moreland’s eighth home run of the year. The Athletics offense more »
Lone Run State: A’s, Griffin Topple Texas
The Oakland A’s returned home from a disappointing road trip and used the Coliseum Complex mojo Monday night, as Bob Melvin wore a “We Are Warriors” gold NBA playoff t-shirt under his uniform, ripping his jersey open after the game as if to display a Superman symbol. The skipper may have inspired a Man-of-Steel type performance from A.J. Griffin, as more »
Powerful Offense is Key to Giants’ Early Success
The Giants are in first place once again, and with a pitching rotation that sports such names as Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, and Madison Bumgarner, you’d think the main reason for their ranking atop the NL West would be due to some superlative pitching. Well, think again. The Giants currently sport a 23-15 record and a hold a seat on more »
Lincecum, Giants Breeze by Braves
The long ball and Tim Lincecum powered the Giants past the Braves Sunday afternoon to give San Francisco it’s third win in a row, and the series win. Lincecum followed masterful outings from Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner with a gem of his own. The two time Cy Young Award winner had his best game of the young season, allowing more »
