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.
Warriors Sign First Asian-American Player Since 1947
Warriors Coming to SF?
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.
Warriors Host First-Ever Gay Night
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.
Golden State Warriors Stadium In Downtown SF?
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.
USF Demolishes Academy of Art in Sporting Match
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.
Buh Bye Rich Harden, Hello Corey Maggette?
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.
Breaking Sports News: Baron Davis Flakes, Opts Out of Warriors Contract
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.
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Degrassi: TNG Stereotypes Ring True
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.
Week Around the -Ists
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.
The Warriors: 2007-2008 Season Preview, Part Three
Attrition has been one of the Warriors' best pickups this offeseason. While the Warriors have taken some baby steps forward, many of the Western Conference rivals have been moving in the opposite direction.
When looking at the Warriors chances to make the playoffs this year, it runs from the bottom up.
The Warriors: 2007-2008 Season Preview, Part Two
There is no doubt that coach Don Nelson and his sidekick Chris Mullen have reshaped the Warriors, and the team now has a pretty strong pool of players from which Nellie can choose to implement his failed system of up-tempo small-ball.
The Warriors: 2007-2008 Season Preview- Part One
The Warriors season starts up tonight and in honor of the return of basketball, SFist Chris takes a look at the Warriors.
The Dirty Ol' Fall Tour
Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers (a band with a breakfast cereal/basketball name - catchy, right?) have started their Dirty Ol' Fall Tour on the West Coast, starting in Long Beach, then L.A. and tonight in San Francisco at Cafe du Nord. At the beginning of December, they will end up in their hometown of Northampton, Massachusetts playing two final shows at Iron Hall Music Hall. Playing over 300 shows in the last two years Stephen...

