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BY HELEN LAME’ Gabby Williams rebounded from a slow start to score 11 points in the final seven minutes to help lead the Valkyries to a 77-73 victory over the Dallas Wings Friday night, giving Golden State their first playoff series win in franchise history. Paige Bueckers missed a running …

BY HELEN LAME’ The Sharks bounced back after blowing a 3-0 lead to score a 4-3 overtime win against the Florida Panthers in their season opener in a physical game Thursday night at the SAP Center in San Jose. Defenseman’s Luca Cagnoni’s first NHL goal, 3:14 seconds into overtime, secured …

BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The 2026-2027 San Jose Sharks enter the season with legitimate playoff aspirations for the first time in nearly a decade. The last time San Jose made the playoffs was in the 2018-2019 season, when they lost the Western Conference Finals to the St. Louis Blues in six …

BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl in February, trouncing a very good New England team 29-13 to claim the second championship in franchise history.  They return most of their skill players, including quarterback Sam Darnold and 2025 Offensive Player of the Year Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who signed …

San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York was arrested on prostitution charges in Ohio over the weekend. York pleaded no contest on Monday after the state of Ohio amended the one count of engaging in prostitution to a disorderly conduct charge. Court documents state York responded to an ad on a …

BY HELEN LAME’ Janelle Salaün scored 21 points off the bench and Kayla Thornton added 20 including four three pointers as the Golden State Valkyries held off the Toronto Tempo for a second straight game, 92-81 on Tuesday night at Chase Center. Veronica Burton pitched in 12 points, eight rebounds …

BY J.A. SCHWARTZ A little more than a year ago, Athletics rookie first baseman Nick Kurtz made major league history. On July 25, 2025, Kurtz went six for six, blasting four home runs and driving in eight runs. It was the first time in major league history that a rookie …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Logan Webb pitched eight strong innings and Matt Chapman hit a two run home run to lead the Giants to a 5-1 win over the Chicago Cubs Sunday afternoon. Webb (4-4, 3.46) never allowed more than one runner on base in an inning until the eighth, striking …

BY RICK PORCARO Rafael Devers broke up an old fashioned pitchers duel with a three run sixth inning homer off of Philadelphia’s Aaron Nola to help power the Giants to a 5-0 win over the Phillies Wednesday afternoon at Oracle Park. Devers, who came into the game with a paltry …

BY RICK PORCARO Steph Curry and the Warriors came up just short of a Cinderella comeback Sunday night, falling to the Houston Rockets 117-116 at Chase Center as a contested deep three pointer by Curry just fell short as time ran out. Coming off the bench in a regular season …