The Bay Area's sports teams have a long and storied past. From Barry Bonds' record run with the Giants to the 'We Believe' year with the Warriors, SFist's sports reporters give you insights into your favorite Bay Area teams. Local reporters analyze up-and-comers on the San Jose Sharks, review the year's progress with the Warriors, peek into the dugouts of Giants & A's, and look at what's to come for the 49ers & outgoing Raiders.
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The MLB All-Star Game is officially headed to San Francisco in two years; opponents of the Marina Safeway redevelopment have a new tactic; the Solano County DA is seeking to try to the Fairfield High graduation shooting suspect as an adult.
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A conspiracy theory surrounding the electrical substation next to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara now has its own parody social media account as roughly twenty 49ers players are currently sidelined this season due to injuries.
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Greg Papa, a prominent voice on Bay Area radio for decades, has been laid off from KNBR alongside his on-air talk show partner Greg Silver, as he continues recovering from complications from a bone-marrow transplant.
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The Oakland Roots soccer club will pay a six-figure sum upfront before every remaining game at Oakland Coliseum, per a new agreement with the venue's board of directors. If the club fails to pay, they will lose access to their current home pitch.
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The San Francisco Giants are suspending payments to outfielder Harrison Bader following his involvement in a late-night scooter crash in Cow Hollow last weekend. Bader has been out of action since late May with plantar fasciitis in his left foot.
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The San Francisco Giants continue in their terrible, no good, very bad 2026 season, and now injured outfielder Harrison Bader has apparently made his foot injury worse with a scooter accident.
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49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan was quick to respond to media reports Tuesday morning that the 21-year-old woman who was the other driver in the July 14 crash in Palo Alto that left him with serious injuries was the one deemed at fault.
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Proving the 49ers' recent inability to avoid injuries isn't limited to the players on the field, the team announced that head coach Kyle Shanahan was involved in a serious car accident earlier this month that's left him with numerous non-life-threatening injuries that include a severe concussion.
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Buster Posey's recent unpopularity was on full display during a live interview on the Giants' flagship radio station, KNBR, when an unnamed producer was caught on a hot mic voicing his opinion off-camera.
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Rob Manfred, commissioner of Major League Baseball, made some new comments this week about last month's Pride Night debacle in which four Giants pitchers decided to protest the recognition of LGBTQ fans by way of their uniforms.
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Major League Baseball has been in talks for the past year about participating in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, and if players are allowed to compete, SF would likely be chosen to host that summer’s All-Star Game at Oracle Park.
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James Oliver Unick was sentenced Friday for the 1982 cold-case murder of Sarah Geer in Cloverdale; dozens gathered for a vigil for a man killed while walking his dog in Oakland; and the Golden State Valkyries just won their 7th consecutive game.