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Lost Boys of Summer: Some Ex-Ballplayers Seek Help From MLB

The Franchise Episode 2 Recap: Hey Now, You're an All-Star

​I've written before that "The Franchise" is not really a show for Giants fans. In theory, it's a way for Major League Baseball to introduce some of the game's personalities to a broader audience at a time when they're finding it difficult to market most of their players. In its basic conception, ... More >>

Giants Release "It Gets Better" Video

SF Weekly first reported that the San Francisco Giants would become the first professional sports team to produce an iconic "It Gets Better" video. Today, the World Series champs released a short video aimed to curb LGBT bullying and teen suicides. The roughly 60-second clip begins with Giants pitch ... More >>

Will the Atlanta Braves Follow the Giants' Lead and Create an "It Gets Better" Video?

Case in point that it does get better​It isn't enough that the San Francisco Giants will be the first professional sports team to create an "It Gets Better" video for LGBT youth. What we need now is a more macho, unsuspecting, conservative group of athletes to follow the Giants' lead -- like the A ... More >>

Giants to Create "It Gets Better" Video for LGBT Youth

The champs are here to tell you that it gets better​The San Francisco Giants told SF Weekly today that the team will make an iconic "It Gets Better" video to encourage LGBT youth across the nation. The Giants will be the first professional sports team to join the spirited campaign aimed at curbing ... More >>

Giants Fan Petitions Team to Create "It Gets Better" Video for LGBT Youth

Do the Giants believe it gets better?​SF Weekly readers might recall the recent Giants games against the Atlanta Braves. Yes, we got swept, but what was even more upsetting was the fact that the Braves pitching coach, Roger McDowell, accosted Giants fans, asking a group of men if they were homos. ... More >>

Roger McDowell, Atlanta Braves Coach, 'Deeply Sorry' for Calling Giants Fans Homos

Uses his bat to simulate gay sex​Atlanta Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell just now issued an apology to the Giants fans who he verbally accosted at AT&T Park this past weekend when he asked a group of men if they were a homo couple or a threesome. McDowell followed up his question with ano ... More >>

Giants To Be Honored -- By Congress?

Sadly, the Congressional bill congratulating the Giants does not make mention of 'The Machine'​Congressional Bill: "Whereas the rest of the country learned to 'fear the beard'" Rep. Nancy Pelosi -- you've heard of her -- yesterday introduced a Congressional bill "Congratulating the San Francisco G ... More >>

Giants Bandwagon: Even Jews for Jesus are Jumping On

Brian Wilson, spokesman for Just For Men and ... religious zealots?​Right about now, long-suffering Giants fans and men with bizarre, dyed-black facial hair are suddenly finding themselves with lots of company. Whether you like it or not, wearing traffic cone orange and throwing oneself into the s ... More >>

Lou Piniella Didn't Leave His Heart in San Francisco

Sayonara! ​Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella, a legend in both the sports of baseball and temper tantrums, abruptly retired yesterday after a 16-5 drubbing by the Atlanta Braves. A number of articles will likely celebrate his virtuoso ability to get himself thrown out of a game -- and innovative u ... More >>

Scenes from Giants' Opening Day

As we write, the hometown boys are being throttled by Atlanta Braves starter Tim Hudson to the tune of no runs on one hit. But you can't beat the spectacle of opening day...All photos | Tom WalshIn a bit of role-reversal, former San Francisco 49ers receiver Jerry Rice throws to quarterback Steve ... More >>

When it Comes to Trade Deadline Sluggers, Ryan Garko Is About as Big as the Giants Go

Ryan Garko is not supernatural -- but, then, who is?​Moments after the San Francisco Giants obtained first baseman Ryan Garko in exchange for a Single-A pitcher 99 percent of the team's fans had never heard of, the Internet critiques came in two flavors: No. 1 -- Ryan Garko ain't all that. No. 2 - ... More >>

Weekly Obsessions

Things we were obsessing about on Dec. 22, 2004