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BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER After trailing most of the game, the Warriors chased down Dallas in the third quarter Saturday night, holding off the Mavericks 120-116 at Oracle behind a career-high 23 points off the bench from Jonas Jerebko. Dallas jumped out to 31-28 lead at the end of the first …

  BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER K.J. Costello’s 46 yard touchdown pass to Cameron Scarlett and a pair of interceptions by Paulson Adebo helped lead Stanford to a 23-13 victory over Cal at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley on Saturday, its ninth straight Big Game win. Adebo made a spectacular one-handed interception in …

BY MARKO UKALOVIC When you need someone to finish a game for you, you only need to call Kevin Durant. The Golden State Warriors all world small forward scored 13 of his game leading (and season high) 49 points to overcome an 18-point deficit for a come from behind victory …

BY MARKO UKALOVIC Dennis Schroder is becoming the secret weapon for the Oklahoma City Thunder. He led his team past the Golden State Warriors coming off the bench with 32 points in 28 minutes in a dominating 123-95 victory on Thanksgiving Eve at Oracle Arena. While the Warriors were able …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER In their first meeting with one of the better teams in the Eastern Conference this season, a lethargic effort by the Warriors led to 134-111 pasting by the Milwaukee Bucks in a match-up of the two highest scoring teams in the league Thursday night at Oracle Arena. …

©DANIEL GLUSKOTERKevin Durant gets met by the long arm of the Pelicans Julius Randle on the way to the basket Wednesday night during the Warriors 131-121 over New Orleans at Oracle Arena. Durant finished with 24 points to go along with eight assists. BY FRANK SUMRALL Back at Oracle Arena …

©DANIEL GLUSKOTER Evan Webster (89) and Cal’s defense was the story on Saturday, holding the 15th ranked Washington Huskies to just 13 first downs in the Bears 12-10 win at Memorial Stadium. Webster returned an interception 37 yards for a touchdown and the win improved the Bears record to 5-3. …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The two-time defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors returned to the Oracle court to grind out a 108-100 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder Tuesday night in their first meaningful game at home since Game 2 of The Finals against LeBron James and his former teammates with …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER In a game Monday night where referee Ben Taylor mistakenly thought that the Oracle crowd had paid their hard earned money to watch him officiate, the Warriors fell to the Phoenix Suns 117-109 in a match-up where Taylor took center stage ahead of the two-time defending NBA …

BY ANTHONY SOSA In what looked to be a possible preview of the AL Wild Card game, the Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees 6 -3, in a Labor Day matinee Monday afternoon at the Oakland Coliseum in the first matchup of a three-game series between the two clubs. …