Bay Area Sports Valkyries Eliminated In Last-Minute, Nail-Biting One-Point Playoff Loss The Golden State Valkyries squandered a 17-point lead and ended up being eliminated in a one-point playoff loss Wednesday night — but the bigger embarrassment might belong to ESPN, whose announcers’ microphones died out through much of the fourth quarter.
Bay Area Sports Valkyries Must Win Playoff Game Tonight or Be Eliminated, Even as Coach Named WNBA Coach of the Year Golden State Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase was just named WNBA Coach of the Year Wednesday, but that is little consolation, as the Valkyries need to win tonight’s playoff game against the Minnesota Lynx or else their season is over.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: Ballhalla DJs, The Worm Run, Transit Art, and Temple Brunch Ballhalla DJs and Jalapeño Guy bring the beats, while Transit Month rolls on with art, walks, and the Worm Run. Add temple brunch, Doors Open tours, a rediscovered Coppola short, open studios, Black Neighborhood hikes, and a garter snake revival.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Lawmakers OK Bill to Rollback Cannabis Tax to 15%, Awaiting Newsom’s Approval Valkyries Coach Natalie Nakase was awarded ‘Coach of the Year’ and Vs guard Veronica Burton received ‘Most Improved Player;’ nasal sprays containing azelastine may help prevent contracting COVID-19; and the state excise tax on cannabis could go back down to 15% from the current 19% soon.
Bay Area Sports Valkyries Final Game Tonight Determines Who They Play in the Playoffs, and the Game’s on KPIX Thursday night’s Golden State Valkyries game will determine whether their playoff matchup will be against the #1 team in the WNBA, or a red-hot team on a 15-game winning streak, or a team they might stand a pretty good chance against.
SF News Sunday Links: Tech Worker Who Was Stabbing Roommate Fatally Shot by Santa Clara Police The Valkyries played a strong game but lost against the Minnesota Lynx; posts on social media are saying salt trucks have been deployed across Chicago in anticipation of ICE; and an unemployed tech worker was shot and killed by police during a knife attack.
Bay Area Sports Valkyries Clinch Playoff Spot With Last Night’s Win, But Relegated to San Jose for Home Playoff Game The thrill of the Golden State Valkyries becoming the first WNBA expansion team to make the playoffs in their first year comes with the insulting reality that they won’t get a first-round playoff game on their own home court.
Bay Area Sports Valkyries Knock Off Defending Champions, Could Clinch Playoff Spot Thursday Night The first-year Golden State Valkyries could soon punch their ticket to the playoffs after an upset win over defending champions the New York Liberty on Tuesday night, and they’d be the first WNBA expansion team to make the playoffs.
SF News Sunday Links: Two $1.16M Powerball Tickets Bought in the Bay Area Remain Unclaimed The Oakland PD is removing public access to its radio communications for the first time in 100 years Wednesday; the Valkyries beat the Mystics Saturday and will host the Fever Sunday; and two unclaimed lottery tickets were purchased in Milipitas and Pleasant Hill.
Bay Area Sports Golden State Valkyries Have the Highest Average Attendance for Home Games In the Whole WNBA Despite having no star players, a mediocre record, and playing in just their first season, your Golden State Valkyries have scored the highest average home game attendance numbers in the entire WNBA.
SF News Saturday Links: Radioactive Shrimp Recall Widens to California, Several Brands Affected An SFPD recruit died two days after suffering a medical emergency during a training session; a small sinkhole ruined some drivers’ days near Golden Gate Park; and the radioactive shrimp recall now includes California.
SF News Saturday Links: Draft of California Redistricting Map Released, GOP Seats Nearly Cut in Half More than 100,000 travelers are stranded worldwide as Air Canada flight attendants have gone on strike; a crow in Walnut Creek tested positive for West Nile virus Friday; and California released a draft of a new proposed redistricting map.
Bay Area Sports Valkyries ‘Egg’ Hatches, Out Comes Their New Muppet-Like Mascot Violet Mahna Mahna! Your WNBA Golden State Valkyries busted out their new mascot Violet at Monday night’s game, and this very Muppet-resembling mascot is capable of doing the splits and back handsprings.
sports Valkyries Take Key Win Over LA Sparks Amid Rivalry and Flagrant Foul Drama In a crucial fourth matchup of the season, the Valkyries beat the LA Sparks 72-59 Saturday as fans chanted, “Beat LA!” throughout the night. The teams' infamous rivalry escalated when Sparks guard Kelsey Plum kicked V's guard Veronica Burton in the leg, receiving a foul.
Bay Area Sports Valkyries Put Giant Purple Egg Outside Chase Center, In Apparent Marketing Ploy A four-foot-tall, Valkyries-purple egg appeared in front of the Chase Center Thursday morning, and the team is playing coy about what is obviously some marketing stunt.
Bay Area Sports A Rash of Dildos Have Been Thrown Onto the Court During Valkyries Games, and Players Have Had It Not one but two Golden State Valkyries games have been disrupted by fans throwing dildos onto the court in the past week, and a third WNBA dildo-tossing incident Tuesday night has the league talking about stiff penalties.
sports A Legacy Basketball Team, a Local Public Radio Station, and a Very Passionate Sportswriter The Valkyries and KALW hosted a touching reunion for the legendary Pioneers, a short-lived but groundbreaking Bay Area women’s basketball team that drew huge crowds from 1979 to 1981 — thanks in large part to the dedication of Oakland-raised sportswriter Maya Goldberg‑Safir.
Arts & Entertainment Field Notes: Valkyries Podcast, Audium’s 50th Anniversary, Hidden Alcatraz, and Bandaloop In this week's Field Notes: a Golden State Valkyries momcast, Audium’s 50th anniversary 176-speaker revival, Bandaloop in Oakland, Tamera Avery’s surreal art, the best swimming holes, Victorian towns, zany dioramas, and more.
Bay Area Sports Golden State Valkyries Are Now The First Women’s Sports Franchise Valued at $500 Million Despite having won barely half their games and having no real standout star, your Golden State Valkyries now hold the highest valuation of any women’s pro sports team ever, and not even a month and a half after playing their first game.
Bay Area Sports The Golden State Valkyries’ Caitlin Clark Game Is Tonight, It’s On TV On KPIX Tickets are going for as much as $2,500 a pop as WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark makes her first-ever appearance at the Chase Center Thursday night, so you will be pleased to know you can just sit home and watch it for free on KPIX’s CBS Bay Area.
SF News Sunday Links: Newsom and Bass Reject Crisis Claims as Trump Deploys National Guard to LA The Valkyries broke their losing streak in a big win over Las Vegas; Greta Thunberg and other Freedom Flotilla Coalition activists are nearing Gaza; and Newsom and Bass say Trump is manufacturing a crisis by sending the National Guard to LA.
Arts & Entertainment Last Week, This Week: Chinatown Pride Silent Disco and Drag Procession This weekend: Some Bay to Breakers runners didn't get their medals at the finish line; Last week: A treasure hunt, a time capsule, a spider monkey, and two rattlesnakes; This week: a ton of free, live music and Chinatown Pride.
Bay Area Sports Golden State Valkyries Debut at Chase Center Tonight, Boast the Most Expensive Game of the WNBA Season The expansion WNBA team the Golden State Valkyries are already setting sales records despite not even having played a game yet, but they play their first real regular season game tonight at the Chase Center.
Bay Area Sports Golden State Valkyries Play First-Ever WNBA Preseason Game at Chase Center Tonight; Tickets Start at Just $14 The historic first-ever exhibition game of SF’s new women’s NBA team the Golden State Valkyries tips off at 7 pm Tuesday night. It’s streaming online (for a price), but tickets are shockingly affordable by Chase Center standards
Bay Area Sports Golden State Valkyries Stun the World by Picking Obscure Lithuanian Player Justė Jocytė In Their First WNBA Draft There’s finally a big name on the roster of SF’s women’s pro basketball team (kind of?), as the Golden State Valkyries just shocked the women’s basketball world by selecting Lithuania’s Justė Jocytė with the No. 5 overall pick at Monday’s WNBA Draft.
