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BY HELEN LAME’ Kelsey Plum exploded for 37 points in her debut with the Sparks as Los Angeles spoiled the expansion Golden State Valkyries inaugural game as the WNBA’s 13th franchise Friday night by a score of 84-67. An enthusiastic sellout crowd of 18,064 fans welcomed the Valkyries to the …

BY HELEN LAME’ Anthony Edwards exploded for 28 second half points as the Minnesota Timberwolves broke open a tight game in the fourth quarter to race pass the Warriors 102-97, taking a two games to one lead in their Western Conference semifinal Saturday night at Chase Center. Minnesota scored the …

BY HELEN LAME’ The Houston Rockets posted a near wire to wire 115-107 win over Golden State Friday night, pushing the Warriors to the brink with a Game 7 elimination game in Houston Sunday night. Fred VanVleet continued his clutch shooting, scoring a game high tying 29 points for his …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER A vintage 36 point performance from Steph Curry offset the absence of Jimmy Butler as the Warriors ran away from the Houston Rockets in the fourth quarter to score a 104-93 win Saturday night and take a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference playoff series at Chase …

BY HELEN LAME’ Mike Yastrzemski stroked a 10th inning splash hit to lead the Giants to an improbable 8–6 come from behind win over the Cincinnati Reds Wednesday afternoon at Oracle Park. Cincinnati jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the third inning on the strength of five straight hits …

BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The Yankees are the defending American League Champions, and currently have the second best odds to win the title in 2025. After losing the World Series to Los Angeles in five games, the Yankees had to endure some trash talk from Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly. On a …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Jimmy Butler picked up the slack for a resting Steph Curry, scoring 24 points to lead the Warriors to a 104-93 win over the Milwaukee Bucks Tuesday night at Chase Center. Curry, described as “exhausted,” after Monday nights disappointing loss to the shorthanded Denver Nuggets, was given …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER In a battle between teams from different ends of the NHL spectrum, the Washington Capitals scored a decisive 5-1 win over the San Jose Sharks Saturday afternoon at HP Pavilion. Coming into the game with the best record in the NHL, Washington jumped out to a quick …

BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The Dodgers are the overwhelming favorite to repeat as the champions of Major League Baseball, having won their second title in five seasons with their domination of the New York Yankees in last year’s World Series. That team finished with 98 wins, the most in the game, …

The East Bay Regional Park District Police Department announced today that DNA evidence has conclusively identified the murderer in a 35-year-old case that took place in Tilden Regional Park. Evidence collected from Jon Lipari, who died by suicide in Oregon in November 2024, was linked to the victim Maria Weidhofer. …