BY J.A. SCHWARTZ By any reasonable measure, Jason Castro has been a success, earning a degree in Economic Sociology from Stanford, an elite academic institution. And in 2012 he married his college girlfriend Maris, a lacrosse player for the Cardinal. Drafted by Houston as the tenth overall pick in the …
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BY ROGER WILLIAMS The free agency of Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant has been a talking point over the past few months, and rightfully so. He is arguably one of the three best basketball players in the world and was the difference in the Warriors’ back-to-back championship runs. But …
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BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Returning for her first world tour in 15 years, English pop star Dido emphatically displayed that both her angelic voice and stage presence have only aged like a fine wine before a sold-out crowd at The Masonic in San Francisco Wednesday night. One of the best-selling artists of All-Time in the UK, her 1999 debut album, No …
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BY J.A.SCHWARTZ David Dahl’s third inning grand slam off Jeff Samardzija helped bring Colorado back from an early deficit, leading the Rockies to a 6-3 win over the Giants in the rubber match of a three game set at Oracle Park Wednesday afternoon. Dahl’s career high five RBI’s on the …
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BY J.A. SCHWARTZ A successful home stand for the Giants came to a losing end on Sunday, as the Milwaukee Brewers rode a pair of solo home runs by Eric Thames and Jesus Aguilar to a 5-3 victory over San Francisco to salvage the final game of the three game …
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BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The Warriors championship run came to an end Thursday night, in spite of a gutsy performance that saw yet another key major injury to Klay Thompson that proved insurmountable, falling to the Toronto Raptors 114–110 in the final NBA game at Oracle Arena. ©DANIEL GLUSKOTER Fred VanVleet, …
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BY RICK PORCARO A home run launched deep into McCovey Cove off the bat of Max Muncy on the seventh pitch of the game was Madison Bumgarner’s only mistake, but it was all the Dodgers needed Sunday, sending the Giants down to a 1-0 loss on a 90° afternoon at …
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BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The Toronto Raptors moved within a game of their first NBA Championship Friday night, beating down the Warriors 105-92 to push the two-time defending champs to the brink of elimination in what could be the final game at Oracle Arena. ©DANIEL GLUSKOTER Kawhi Leonard goes up for …
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BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The Toronto Raptors came out hot, shooting 54% in the first quarter, and stayed that way, outscoring the Warriors in every quarter on the way to a 123-109 win in Game 3 of the NBA Finals Wednesday night at Oracle Arena. The victory puts Toronto up 2-1 …
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BY HELEN LAME’ AND DANIEL GLUSKOTER The seventh annual BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival concluded Sunday night with headlining sets by Mumford & Sons, Santana and Pharrell Williams bringing the Memorial Day weekend event to a utopian close with over 120,000 fans attending the three day event. With temperatures consistently …
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