Entries from SFist tagged with 'athletics'
January 3, 2008
It appears that the Billy Beane Player Emporium is still open for business as Beane just traded traded Nick Swisher to the White Sox for a bunch of prospects. The house-cleaning continues....
Continue Reading "Goodbye Nick Swish"
August 28, 2007
Here's todays sports news...
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"August 23, 2007
Let's talk about rebuilding in honor of Matt Cain actually winning a game... ...
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After-- Rebuilding Edition"August 1, 2007
July 27, 2007
June 8, 2007
Much like "the Sopranos," our week-long look at the A's this season concludes with a look at pitchers and outfielders, as well as some closing thoughts on the A's from Christy. FYI- there's nobody gets whacked in this write up ...
Continue Reading "The A's So Far- Part III"June 4, 2007
As the baseball season is now a quarter done, our occasional A's contributor, Christy of Athletics Nation, takes us through a team that somehow is managing to stay afloat despite the fact everyone on the team is on the DL except one of the ball girls and a coke vendor. Today, we'll go through the infield, and then we'll continue on with outfielders and pitchers...
Continue Reading "The A's So Far Part I"April 23, 2007
You know, if last fall wasn't exactly a great time for Bay Area sports, this spring, especially this weekend, has to be considered a great moment. We listened to Gary Radnich this morning and he was complaining about not having anything to complain about. ...
Continue Reading "Around the Dial"April 23, 2007
April 17, 2007
Let's catch everyone up in what's going on in the world of the sports blogs...
Continue Reading "Catching Up with the Internets"April 4, 2007
March 28, 2007
-The Sharks clinched a playoff spot with a win over the LA Kings, 3-1. Sure, it was pretty much a given but it's still nice to say. Patrick Marleau had two goals and one assist to lead the way. -Frank Gore is now making bank. -Athletics Nation tries to make sense of the A's spring stats. -Tim Kawakami gives us today's "what will the Raiders do with their draft pick" post. -Ray Ratto takes up......
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"March 26, 2007
March 15, 2007
March 9, 2007
-Cal took down #4 ranked UCLA in their quarterfinal match of the Pac 10 tournament. They had a big lead at halftime and blew the big lead but managed to hold on to force overtime. It sounds like a great game, actually, as UCLA fought their way back and then the teams traded leads up until the end. They now go to the quarterfinals and play #16 ranked Oregon. At 16-16, Cal has no way......
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"February 24, 2007
-Both Brady Quinn and JaMarcus Russell are hanging at the NFL Combine, something that will make Raiders fans perk up their ears. We don't know what's more overrated, the Combine or Brady Quinn. Anyways, it appears that JaMarcus is b-i-g. But is that a good thing or a bad thing? -It's put up or shut up time for Brian Sabaen and McCovey Chronicles tries to figure out which is which. -Saturday is, of course, Three......
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"February 8, 2007
There's a whole bunch of golf stuff out there which we are going to skip entirely as we hate golf. -Golden State was routed by the Minnesota Timberwolves 121-93. Boy, this road trip is going well, ain't it? And how's that trade working out for you these days? This all makes Golden State of Mind play "You Know You're In Trouble When..." Well, some good news is that Stephen Jackson had his trial date pushed......
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"February 2, 2007
-The Sharkies lost to the Dallas Stars, 4-3. It's the second consecutive loss against the Stars this week and who does the NHL scheduling anyways? It's also the Sharks third consecutive home loss. Their main culprit? Lousy power plays. So, does all this mean the Sharks need to bring in some more veteran guys? ...
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"January 24, 2007
So imagine you have a job. And imagine you're really good at your job. You know it, your coworkers know it, and your bosses know it. Now imagine that there's a management position that opens up which would be a great promotion for you. So you apply for it. You think you would be great at the job, your coworkers think you would be great at the job and your friends think you would be great at the job. Now imagine that instead of you getting the job, the head of the company give it to some snot nosed punk straight out of school with no experience. Welcome to Rob Ryan's world...
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"January 23, 2007
So the Raiders hired somebody, baby-faced Lane Kiffin, a 31-year old coach with no head coaching experience. Nice. When we were 31, we could barely hold down a job, let alone coach a professional football team. Football Chris will give the analysis in a bit, but we heard Al was so into the idea of hiring somebody young that he posted a job listing in the local college paper. Have fun, Raiders fans. -The new......
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"January 19, 2007
You heard it hear first-- it'll be an old school, Colts/Bears Superbowl -The analysis of Mully's big trade is still going on but the new guys are ready to roll. We have to say one thing for this trade-- it's one of the few times the Warriors have ever made all the ESPN gabfests....
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"January 18, 2007
And now, for the non-Warriors sports news of the day: -the leaking of Barry Bonds' amphetamines test might actually be a Catch-22 in that signing him will piss of the fans but not signing him will piss of the player's union. You don't want to make the player's union angry. -On the ESPN gabfests, they were already assuming the new Raiders coach would be James Lofton. So, naturally, the Chron is saying it just might......
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"January 14, 2007
You know, we're having trouble rooting for the Saints mainly because it gives an excuse for too many sportswriters and broadcasters to make lazy comparisons between the football team and the city. So everybody feels happy that New Orleans is doing so well and coming back when the reality is far different. -Sharks beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-1. -Stanford gets by Number 22 ranked Washington State in overtime. Ray Ratto thinks it's a big win.......
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"January 9, 2007
-Ray Ratto thinks Carole Migden's proposal to keep the 49ers in San Fran is a load of hooey. -That new stadium, BTW, is polling at about 73% in favor down in Santa Clara. ...
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"January 6, 2007
-The Rai-duhs are going to take their time looking for a new coach which is code for "find somebody desperate enough to take the job." The Betting Fool wallows in the Raiders' misery. ...
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"January 4, 2007
On the other side of the Bay, one distraught A's fan posted a Zito tribute on YouTube to the tune of James Blunt's "Goodbye My Lover": Athletics Nation is taking a more masculine approach to its grieving, saying that Barry wasn't that good, anyway. Certainly not the best the A's have ever had. They're even giving away free tickets to FanFest, as they now have previous engagements. ...
Continue Reading "Breaking Up is the New Black (and Orange)"December 23, 2006
-Baron Davis leads the way to another Warriors road win, this time against the Orlando Magic. Davis had thirty-eight points and nine assists as the Warriors held off a furious Magic rally to win. ...
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"December 22, 2006
-Sharks lose to the Dallas Stars 3-0. Not really a surprise considering the Stars were looking to open up a can of whoop-as and the Sharkies were coming off a four-game break. It's the Sharks second loss to the Stars and the third time they've been blanked in the past fourteen games. ...
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"December 19, 2006
-And Stanford hires...Jim Harbaugh. Harbaugh was an NFL QB, most famously with the Bears and the Colts. and was the coach of the University of San Diego, not exactly a DIvision 1A team. His record there, though, was 29-6 with 27 wins in his last 29 games which isn’t too shabby. But is it a reach? Or a gamble? And is it the right gamble? ...
Continue Reading "It's Got to Be the Morning After"December 17, 2006
Sharks beat high-scoring Ducks, 4-3, with a tipped pass by Joe Thorton in the late, late third period. The victory snapped the Ducks five game winning streak and was only their fourth regulation loss of the season. Is their still room on the Sharks bandwagon?...
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