When the San Francisco Giants announced their plan to revitalize Mission Bay with a $1.6 billion, 27-acre development project last week, one piece that was notably missing from the plan was a long-rumored basketball arena that would bring the Golden State Warriors back to the city. Today, thanks to some sleuthing from the Chronicle's Matier & Ross, we learn the the Warriors broke away from that opportunity because they are looking to make a play of their own a little farther up the waterfront at Pier 30. more ›

Knicks savior and Palo Alto High alum Jeremy Lin has just gotten the Autotune treatment from DJ Steve Porter. It's called "All He Does Is Lin." Let the Lin-sanity Lin-ger on... [via The Soup] more ›

Noted actor and infamous Academy Awards cohost James Franco sent some Twitter love to fellow Palo Alto High School alum Jeremy Lin today. And, boy, does he need it. Regarding Lin's performance Thursday night, Gothamist's Tom Boorstein says, "Jeremy Lin looked nothing like the sensation that had revived the Knicks and made every team and college that passed on him rue the day it did. Lin scored eight points (on 1-of-11 shooting) with eight turnovers in the Knicks' 102-88 loss in Miami." more ›

The media's love for New York Knicks star point guard (and Palo Alto native) Jeremy Lin is in high gear, and this week finds Lin popping up in all kinds of headlines. He's graced the cover of Sports Illustrated for two weeks running. Our Gothamist mothership used both the terms Linsztomania, StyLIN', and Lindorsements this week, and Lin himself just filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark the term "Linsanity." more ›

Jeremy Lin, now a member of the New York Knicks, played on the 2006 Palo Alto High School basketball team before attending Harvard. While at Palo Alto HS, he helped his team win the Division II state title after defeating Mater Dei of Southern California in a 51-47 game. Thus, a legend was born. Now that Linsanity has taken over the country — by the way, here's a pic of Lin shirtless — SFist thought we took a look back at his high school days at Palo Alto, a school with a shockingly impressive roster of noted alumni. more ›

Noted as the first Asian-American player signed by the Warriors since 1947, Harvard student Jeremy Lin landed a deal with the East Bay team. "I consider myself a basketball player more than an Asian-American," Lin explains to ESPN. "I'm ready to play at this level and I appreciate the support of the Asian community. This is a dream come true. I always wanted to be in the NBA and now I get to do it with the Warriors, the team I grew up watching." Lin, who grew up on Palo Alto, singed a multi-year deal, which includes a first-year salary of close to $500,000. more ›

Chatter about the Warriors being sold is bubbling up again. In addition to rumors swirling that tight-faced Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison might make an offer, C.W. Nevius reports that the basketball team, currently housed in Oakland, could come to San Francisco. According to Nevius' sources, "Potential buyers of the team have asked the San Francisco Giants about building a state-of-the-art arena in Mission Bay." (In an area once littered with gay bars and arena clubs, the recent saturation of sports fans in the area is refreshingly brutish change of pace.) Still, some say they won't be moving anywhere anytime soon. more ›

In a sport that has a significant homophobia problem, the Golden State Warriors will host their first-ever official Gay and Lesbian night at Oracle Arena on March 11, when the Warriors play with the Portland Trailblazers. more ›

Cal's Max Zhang (7'3"!) signs autographs for young fans after an NCAA college basketball game against Oregon State on Saturday. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) more ›

Get your pitchforks and torches ready. There's a rumor -- totally unconfirmed and just a light in Larry Ellison's beady eye at this point -- but Curbed has word, via a sports writer at Yahoo, that the Golden State Warriors, who we can only assume is some sort of basketball team of note, might move their stadium to San Francisco. Downtown San Francisco, that is. Because, really, you can never have too many drunk sports fans peeing in front of your apartment. Curbed commenters are nutting over it if you want to check it out the scene. more ›

Sometimes we forget the Academy of Art is here to produce top-notch graphic designers and film artists, not just litter the streets of SF with new takes on fashion. In fact, the school even has an athletics department. Did you know this? We did not. And it seems USF smeared the Academy of Art basketball team, the Urban Knights, the other day. But as Rick Chandler at Deadspin notes, even though "it's the largest private art school in the nation, ... its men's basketball team isn't that terrible." In between fashion design midterms and broadcast journalism classes with the governor from Silence of the Lambs, they've managed to win three games so far this season. The basketball team "was started from scratch this season so that the school could compete in NCAA Div. I." In addition to shooting hoops, AAU also offers competitive opportunities in tennis, baseball, lacrosse, golf, cross country, volleyball, and more. But, thankfully, they have no football team. (Good thinking on nixing the footballers, Elisa. Gotta get that date-rape stat down low.) Update: This sporting match game was played in November of '08. Oops. more ›

Brrr, it's cold in here. There must be some Warriors in the atmosphere. more ›

We just found out the answer to the question of whether the A's were going to go for it and make a run at the playoffs or fold their tents for awhile-- they're folding. Just this afternoon it was announced that the A's traded Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin to the Cubbies for right-handed pitcher Sean Gallagher, catcher Josh Donaldson, infielder Eric Patterson, outfielder Matt Murton, and a bag of beans. Citing injuries, Beane said it was a move he had to do-- the recent eight game losing streak probably forced his hand. more ›

It is our sad duty to inform you that Baron Davis has opted out of his contract and is probably finished as a Golden State Warrior. more ›

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Degrassi: The Next Generation is known for it accurate, yet sometimes vanilla portrayal of North American teenage life. Topics such as date rape, teen pregnancy, school violence, and inevitable cocaine abuse by wayward rockers are all fair game on this Canadian after-school-special-like teenage sitcom. more ›

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Londonist got the big scoop of the week with what may be the first images of notorious street artist Banksy in action. They also got on a runaway train without an operator provoking a response from the transport authorities. Elsewhere, London's answer to Central Station is about to open for business, and Londonist got a sneak preview. Meanwhile, spooky goings-on beneath London Bridge, where a cache of skeletons provided an apt story for Hallowe'en.
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