games - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports

Dear Giants

It's over. Finished. Kapoot. As of this moment, we will no longer start to believe in you. Once again, for like the umpteenth and hundredth time, we started to think that you had

Arts & Entertainment

The Sticky Adventures of the Superfisters

You can't go two panels without reading a swear, so some folks label this series "mature." But we don't know about that -- aside from bad words, the book's pretty light-spirited and gentle.

The Second Coming of Crazy Crab

In a promotion that worked way beyond anyone could have thought, the Giants held '80s night for last Friday night's game against the A's. They played 80's music, they busted out their old

Gail Devers Extends Claws

The errors in question involve track and field star Gail Devers, who was mistakenly described as having trained with admitted steroid distributor Remi Korchemny. To quote the book, "Among his greatest Olympians was

Your San Francisco Giants Win a Few

Jon was going to write up a blurb about the Giants taking two-out-of-three from the D-Backs, but he was way-laid by a prawn quesidilla at Taco Bell. And yes, you might be thinking

Going to the World Cup With Fabian Núñez

Hey, we just found out a way to go-- just give tons of money to Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez? He's taking some of his biggest fund raisers to Germany to watch the Finals.

Armando Cries Us a River

Remember those halcyon days of 2005 when it became apparent the Giants season was not going to go as expected and everyone on the team started in with the kvetching? Well, it's happening

Your San Francisco Giants: Grrr...Aaarrggh...

Yesterday's game was a complete study in frustrating suckitude. The Giants went into the eight inning with a 5-3 lead, only to see Tim Worrell-- aka the Guy Who Is Supposed to Hold

SFist's Guide to the World Cup Part Deux- How to Pretend You Care

You don't want to look like an Ugly American, now do you? So what were going to do is to provide you a handy-dandy guide of who to root for and who not

Your San Francisco Giants: Happy Days Are Here Again?

Here's what taking two-out-of-three games on the road against the best team in the National League will get you-- Giants bloggers are actually experiencing glee. And why not? They did take two from

The Warriors: Down and Out in Old Monterrey

So what do you do when you haven't made the playoffs in 11 years, you refuse to hold the front office and the head coach responsible, and can't seem to come up with

The Battle of the Bay Begins

This weekend, inter-league play rears its ugly head as the Giants travel cross the Bay Bridge to take on the A's in Oakland. Shouldn't Gavin and Jerry be making bets on these things,

Tanking in the Shark Tank

We sort of knew this was going to happen, but here it is: after officially jumping on the Sharks bandwagon last week, they have now lost three in a row to the Edmonton

Today In The Law

The Susan Polk trial was in recess today, but it was still a pretty busy day for the local courts, which decided: *that kids who failed the state high school exit exam can

Arts & Entertainment

SFist Tech Labs: Because No One Should Have to Go To LA

Of course, we're still scouring the internets for any hint of game news. There's plenty of coverage all over the place, in particular GameSpot's media blitz and Joystiq's ongoing blog updates, dealing with

One More To the Babe

Considering Barry's love of drama and his love of hitting most of his momentous home runs here at Whatever-the-hell-it's-Named-Park, it'll be a good bet that he’d hit both 715 and 716 this

Meanwhile, in San Jose...

We're going to talk about something we rarely talk about-- hockey. Why? Because the San Jose Sharks are now up 2-0 against the Edmonton Oilers in the second round of the playoffs, after

Political JunkiEE

If you think the Ma v. Ja race is content-free, you should try the State Senate District 8 race between Leland Yee and Mike Nevin. Yawn, unless you like trying to figure out

Arts & Entertainment

SFIFF: <i>Play</i>

Here's a brief summary of the plot, so you can follow our dialogue: Lonely Cristina finds depressed Tristan's stolen briefcase at the beginning of the movie, takes his cool cigarette lighter and iPod,

Not Too Late to Catch Olympic Fever

"We are honored to have been selected as a candidate for the 2016 Summer Games. San Francisco embodies the Olympic ideals of peace, friendship, universality and tolerance. This is a testament to the

Arts & Entertainment

Backfence Moves Into Our Backyard

A new neighbor has moved into an old house in the 'hood, renovated the place and promises to be part of the community -- going to PTA meetings, Little League games, community centers

A's Brand Baseball: Opening Day 2006

You still the man, Rick . . . You still the man. A bold prediction from A's Brand Baseball: By the time "One Shining Moment" ends on Monday night, Barry Zito will have thrown the first

Asian-American Democrats Have The Power

Saturday, Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean and about 400 Democratic Asian American party activists and officials filled the halls of the San Jose Marriott to attend the Asian American and Pacific Islander Democratic

Righteousness Is Its Own Reward

How to get money, how to get money...hey, we'll solve some crimes! Arnold has offered rewards for information leading to the arrests and convictions in three Bay Area lukewarm cases. Apparently, if

SFist is Talking Baseball: Day 3

SFist Chris: The National League West? Holy crap what a mess. There's only room for one Pacific Coast League fellas. Of course it isn't that bad, but the NL West is pretty bad.