SF News The Only Thing Missing from the Napa Valley Dirt Classic was Bush</a> Seems that ole W was in Angwin for some mountain biking this weekend, but for some reason he didn't show up at this year's Napa Valley Dirt Classic. Too bad for the POTUS,
Arts & Entertainment The Grapes of Path Usually when we think of Napa, we think of Range Rovers and froofy wine-tasting tours that inevitably get sloppy and end with a brutal hangover and two cases of overpriced Chardonnay. But this
Arts & Entertainment The Sea Otter Does It Again The mud is barely dry on the bikes but already racers and spectators alike are looking forward to next year's Sea Otter Classic (April 12-15, 2007). The acknowledged kick-off to the road and
Arts & Entertainment Charting A New Course at the Sea Otter The big news at this year's Sea Otter Classic, besides the weather, is the new MTB cross-country course. The new course is generating a lot of buzz, and those that have ridden it
Arts & Entertainment You Otter Be There Today through Sunday, the 16th annual Sea Otter Classic (SOC), the self-proclaimed "world's largest cycling festival" is going down at the Laguna Seca raceway in Monterey. This is a big-time cycling throwdown featuring
SF News Burn Parity, Burn This year the women's NCAA basketball tournament definitely achieved a level of parity with the men's NCAA basketball tournament. But it wasn't all good. On the positive side, most basketball observers agree that
SF News Beware the Three Seed On Saturday, the Cardinal absolutely handled number two seed Oklahoma 88-74 behind a Walton-like performance from 6-4 junior center Brooke Smith. Smith poured in 35 points on 14 of 16 shooting. She also
SF News Tourney Update Despite the dearth of local men's teams in the tourney, the Bay Area is still part of the tournament, hosting some pretty sweet regional games for both the Sweet 16 and the Elite
SF News A Call to Wheels Tonight at 7:00 PM, the San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Commission is holding a special meeting that could affect the future of mountain biking in the Bay Area. The Commission is
SF News The Final Frontier Sure it's no secret, but it's no American Idol either. The women's game has been nipping at the heels of the cultural consciousness for about ten years now, but hasn't quite grabbed the
SF News Bust out your high-tops For millions of fans and office pool players, and even the uninitiated, the month of March is all about college basketball. The women's tournament and the NIT are part of the tasty delight
SF News Why We Love College Basketball It's March, and that means all eyes are upon the sport of college basketball. And why not? College basketball is primal, peppy, loud, fun, historic, goofy, social, exciting, unpredictable, decisive, brave, clean, and
SF News The Warriors: The Dream Goes Limp The Warriors are now dropping faster than Dumbya's approval ratings in the type of extended freefall we were hoping to avoid this year. To their credit, the slightly hard luck, slightly underachieving, slightly
Arts & Entertainment The Warriors: Mr. Foyle Goes to Washington (We Wish) Sure, Lamb is a real sour apple who desperately needs a pie in the face, and C-SPAN is, well, C-SPAN, but his guest was none other than Adonal Foyle, Golden State's serviceable NBA
SF News The Season Comes Down to Tournament Week In the next ten days, Bay Area hoops fans will have plenty to watch. West Coast Conference (WCC) Men's Tournament March 3-6, McCarthey Athletic Center, Spokane, WA Six seed Santa Clara plays Friday
SF News The Warriors: Here's to Home Cooking Balanced precariously on the razor's edge between potential and the same old-same old, the War-dribbles are lurching heavily towards the ghosts of seasons past. They're hurting right now, having lost three in a
SF News The Warriors: Get a Move on Already The War-bloons have basically been treading water for the last couple of months, and like a small-time sucker playing conservative bets at the $5 blackjack tables in Reno, the house odds are starting
Arts & Entertainment Cold Climbin' it Cali' Style was the Prologue of the inaugural 2006 Amgen Tour of California, a 1.9-mile individual time trial from Pier 1 to Coit Tower. The morning air was crisp and the streets glistened with
Arts & Entertainment Rain On, Ride On So what's a fat tire to do in the Bay Area for a little wet-weather action? You could brave the conditions and hit the trails anyway, or you could look for some lower-impact
Arts & Entertainment The Tour Comes to Town Now that the San Francisco Grand Prix is no longer, this race offers Bay Area cycling fans their only chance to see the best road cyclists in the world battle it out on
SF News The Search for a Silver Lining With about 1:17 left in the first quarter of Saturday's game against the Cleveland Cave-ins, Warriors Nation saw the season flash before its eyes when Baron Davis came down for a rebound
Arts & Entertainment Reef Madness That force was the "Super Bowl of Surfing." On one of the most beautiful days ever seen along the often foggy and windswept San Mateo County coastline, thousands of spectators and 24 of
Arts & Entertainment Surf's Waaaaay Up Forget the four-foot rollers at Ocean Beach, the stylish left-break splendor of Fort Point, or even the creepy minefield of Potato Patch, when it comes to surfing, there is one place in the
SF News Balls Out or Ballhog? In his last game, Koh-bee dropped a mind-boggling 81 points on Toronto, and the talk is that he might be able to match Wilt Chamberlain's 100. Alas, he's had four days to rest
SF News What Was and What Could Have Been Something big was going on alright, the hometown University of San Francisco Dons men’s basketball team was playing host to the number eight team in the country, the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Unhyped coming
