We have to admit to becoming positively stoked about all the All Star Festivities these days, especially as tonight is the big Home Run Derby. Local sports talk radio is all over it, ESPN is here, Fox has been promoting the hell out of it, and Jay Z is even throwing a party for it (and hey, Hovah, if you happen to be reading this and want to help hype it by having an on the spot reporter, just drop us a line). And we're not the only ones excited-- reports say that the All Star Game is bringing the city big bucks. ...

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. ...

KRON is in a little bit of trouble these days. Due to the fact an entire schedule of local news and Dr. Phil does not attract the biggest audience, they've been having trouble paying the bills. So instead of laying off more and more people or figuring out something that would attract a bigger audience (hint-- 24 hours of "Buffy") they went and dangled their integrity in front of the highest bidder. So that weeklong special on traveling to Australia? Sponsored by the Australian tourism board. Same with an in-depth, investigative, eleven part special on spas. ...

Have we got a job for you! KRON-4, the Bay Area's ostensible news station, just posted a help-wanted notice for a reporter! How cool is that! Oh, to stand on the shoulders of giants like no-nonsense Vic Lee and dreamy Ross Palumbo. And how hard can it be, anyway? As Gary Radnich once put it, "no matter how KRON looks ... we're trying." Qualifications include: Willingness and interest in experimenting in new ways to......

"Count it a blessing that you're such a failure, your second chance might never have come." -- from the song "Winners Never Quit" by Pedro The Lion Friends, as we've said before, these are indeed dark time for American Football in the Bay Area. As both of our professional football clubs' fortunes plummet, ever closer we are to the dreaded Double Blackout. Down into pro football's depths fall we -- much like Bill and......