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Bay FC bring the sizzle in inaugural home opener

April 6, 2024

There’s a new buzz around the South Bay, and it’s growing fast. It has nothing to do with a new tech startup in Silicon Valley. It has everything to do with the newest professional sports team in the Bay Area taking the pitch on a weekly basis.

Bay FC, one of the two expansion teams to begin play...


Stanford's Dynamic Duo look to go out as National Champs

February 28, 2024

The Stanford women's basketball team has historically been a powerhouse in college basketball, boasting 27 Pac-12 titles in 38 seasons. In the past three years alone, head coach Tara VanDerveer has led her teams to the Final Four twice, including winning the national championship in 2021.

This yea...


Kings Defensive Woes Exposed in Humiliating Loss to Pistons

February 7, 2024

SACRAMENTO — The Sacramento Kings are having an okay season. They're above .500 and are in playoff contention. But they're mediocre because they've lost to some bad teams, none worse than the Detroit Pistons, who were 6-43 before Wednesday's matchup.

Nothing is a sure thing, and this is why bettin...


Cosmic Event Sparks Spartans Revival and Bowl Game Berth

November 24, 2023

The San Jose State Spartans football team is going bowling in December.

It took an astrological event that happens every 18 years in the heart of New Mexico to be the magical moment that turned the 2023 football season from a disaster to a celebration.

After starting out 1-5, there wasn’t much h...


USWNT have work cut out for them in quest for World Cup three-peat

June 10, 2023

SAN JOSE — The South Bay gave the United States Women’s National Soccer team a raucous send off before the back-to-back World Champions headed down under.

“I mean they’re kooky!” said USWNT defender Crystal Dunn describing the Bay Area fan base that cheered her team on more than an hour after thei...


MLB Unveils 2023 Schedule for A’s and Giants

August 24, 2022

When the universal designated hitter was adopted in 2022, that eliminated the last bastion of what made the National League the "senior circuit" to the American League.

Tradition be damned! Now the schedule is going to have every team in each league facing the other for the first time in history.

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Aztecs overcome Spartans upset bid in 19-13 double overtime victory

October 15, 2021

SAN JOSE — It was an upset in the making until it wasn’t.

The San Jose State Spartans went toe to toe with the 24th ranked San Diego State Aztecs but in the end the Aztecs had just enough in the tank to defeat the Spartans 19-13 in a double overtime win on Friday evening at CEFCU Stadium.

San Di...


A's-Giants Preview: 3 reasons why each team could win the series

August 20, 2021

The San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics haven't made the playoffs in the same season since 2014, but that could change this year.

The Giants enter this weekend's Bay Bridge Series with the best record (78-43) in Major League Baseball, while the A's (69-53) lead the Boston Red Sox by half a...


Croatian tennis players forge close-knit bond on WTA tour

August 8, 2021

Life can get lonely when you are a professional tennis player being out on the road. You can be away from home 10 months out of the year playing in tournaments across the globe.

Like many tennis players on the WTA tour, friendships are forged with fellow players as they see each other more than th...