Arts & Entertainment The Beanstalk: The Giants Are Looking Really Good (And It's An Even-Number Year) Tonight, when the Giants take on the Padres in San Diego, it will mark the unofficial start to the second half of the season. And at the halfway mark, it looks like the
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: And We're Done Here I don't have anything to say about the game. I don’t remember the final score, I haven’t reviewed the stats or the game log. I haven’t watched replays or seen
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: It Can All Go To Hell, And It's Probably Rigged I’m a zombie right now. Last night, I dreamt of Kyrie Irving. He didn’t play particularly well in yesterday’s game or anything, so I don’t know why he haunted
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: The Fix Is In, Warriors Head To Game 6 Of the major American sports leagues, it’s the NBA that draws the lion’s share of conspiracy theories. From Michael Jordan’s first retirement to Game 6 of the 2002 Western Conference
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: We Now Have A Series Put away the brooms there will be no sweeping on LeBron’s watch. Last night, the Cleveland Cavaliers dominated the Golden State Warriors, winning 120-90. Just when it appeared that this Finals series
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: The Warriors Destroy The Cavs 110-77 Last night, for about two and half quarters, the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers did battle in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. The Warriors won handily, 69-53. Strangely, despite Cleveland
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: The Warriors Make A Decent Start Against The Cavs Last year, the knock on the Warriors was that they faced a Cavaliers team that was missing Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love—LeBron James nearly beat the Warriors by himself! No he didn’
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: This Is Gonna Be Good At the start of last season, no one saw the Warriors ending the year by hoisting up the Larry O’Brien Trophy. At that time, they were a cute, little team that had
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: The Warriors Continue To Confound The Odds As They Enter The NBA Finals When the Dubs roll a snowball into Hell, the Devil puts on a scarf. Last night, the Golden State Warriors laid to rest the Oklahoma City Thunder, 96-88, their third and final victory
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: The Warriors Look Alive Again, Thank God The reports of the Warriors’ demise have been greatly exaggerated. Last night in Oakland, the Warriors prevailed over the Thunder, 120-111, to force a Game 6 on Saturday. It wasn't the prettiest Warriors
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: Could It Really Be Over?! The Warriors, in their pursuit of the greatest glory, flew past the clouds, winked at the angels, and climbed higher than anyone had done before. Alas, they flew too high, too close to
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: Warriors Destroyed By Thunder 133 to 105 I’m not even mad—that was amazing. The final score was OKC 133, Warriors 105, but the Warriors should have lost by fifty. In fact, by the end of the third quarter,
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: Did You See Iguodala's Insane Circus Layup? What, us worry? Nah! Ok, maybe a smidge, but we’re feeling a whole lot better about our Warriors after last night’s resoundingly reassuring 118-91 win over the Thunder in another patented
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: Warriors Begin Western Conference Finals With A Loss Last night’s game was that dream where all your teeth fall out. The Western Conference Finals was supposed to be between the two best teams in the NBA, the Warriors and the
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: Good Series, Portland. Best Of Luck Next Season. For the second straight year, the Golden State Warriors are headed to the Western Conference Finals. Writing that sentence made me smile. In each of the first two playoff series, the Warriors won
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: The Overtime Apotheosis Of Steph Curry Steph Curry was gone for two weeks, one day, and three quarters. Then, last night in the fourth, he rose again from the dead. Thank Threesus. Steph hadn’t played a full game
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: The Warriors Get Lucky, Eke Out Second Win Against Portland Many teams can hang with the Warriors for 36 minutes. Sadly for them, they have to play 48. Last night, the Golden State Warriors got trounced for the first three-quarters against the Portland
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: Warriors Trounce Trailblazers 118-106 Everyone loves Portland. Everyone hates Oakland. Good. They can keep the love we’ll take the Dubs. Yesterday, the Golden State Warriors sonned the Portland Trailblazers in Game 1 of the Western Conference
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: The Warriors Clinch The First Round, Trounce The Rockets 114-81 Last night, for the sake of basketball fans everywhere, the Warriors snuffed out the Houston Rockets’ season and, in its doing, advanced to the second round of the NBA playoffs. The final score
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: Warriors Blow Past The Rockets To 3-1 Series Lead The Houston Rockets are who we thought they were. With Sunday’s 121-94 win over the Rockets, the Warriors took the series lead to 3-1 and will be coming home to Oakland to
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: Dubs Drub The Rockets 115-106 At the close of their historic regular season, the Golden State Warriors knew they would need 16 more wins complete their title defense. They knew the first four would have to come against
Arts & Entertainment The Dub Sack: The Warriors Join The Ranks Of Bay Area Legends The Warriors began this season 24-0. They ended it 73-9. Last night, your Golden State Warriors completed the greatest regular season in NBA history, and in its doing, laid waste to an entire
Arts & Entertainment The Beanstalk: The Mixed Bag Of August I go out to eat almost every day. Nothing fancy, mind you I'm not really a white table-cloth type. I'll eat a burrito three, four times a week, easily, and I ain't even
Arts & Entertainment The Beanstalk: Will We Make The Post-Season? Maybe. Let's see, where were we? Ah yes, the Giants! Another year as reigning champs and another year of having been written off as having an outside chance at best at making the post-season,
Arts & Entertainment The Dubsack: We. Are. The Champions. There was only way this season had to end and so it did. Our Golden State Warriors are the NBA Champions! There are those of us who, for decades, ached for those words.
