Barry Bonds

The Legal Perspective on Baseball Hall of Fame Voting and Steroids

In each of his six years of Hall of Fame eligibility, Mark McGwire received less than 24 percent of the vote. With McGwire's case, the baseball writers who cast the ballots indicated that players who took steroids should not have a Cooperstown bust. This year's eligible class will test that stance ... More >>

San Francisco Giants: Wet Wish Fulfillment

In the last few short years, San Francisco Giants fans have been treated to every experience they could have ever hoped to have. Last night, however, was a new one. If you ever dreamed of watching a nigh-impossible comeback capped during a torrential rainstorm -- well, there you go. Last night' ... More >>

San Francisco Giants' Instant Classic Stirs Foul Memories

Last night's epic duel between San Francisco's Matt Cain and Philadelphia's Cliff Lee was that rarest of things: It felt like a throwback to another time and a videogame. The Giants' right-hander tossed nine innings of two-hit, shutout ball. He threw a minuscule 91 pitches and was removed only becau ... More >>

Mario Elie, Dana Stubblefield: Bad Day For Former Bay Area Athletes

​Three's a trend -- and, as any outside shooter with his foot on the line knows all too well, two ain't three. Still, Thursday was a bad day for two former Bay Area superstars whose names remind local fans of better days. Former Golden State Warrior Mario Elie, currently an assistant coach with th ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Case Takes BALCO Investigator Jeff Novitzky To France

Look what you've done!! I'm melting, melting. ​Jeff Novitzky, the USDA investigator famed for pursuing Barry Bonds in the BALCO steroids case, was in Lyon, France this week chasing evidence that cycling star Lance Armstrong doped in violation of multimillion dollar sponsorship agreements with the ... More >>

Two Kanye West Songs For The World Series-Winning SF Giants

In case you were in a soundproof panic room between 8 p.m. and roughly right now, the Giants won the World Series last night. To help you sort out the complex emotions you are no doubt feeling, here are two apropos songs by Kanye West, both from before the whole I'ma-tweet-about-letting-my-phoenix-f ... More >>

Feds Say Fuck No to Lincecum-Themed T-Shirts

ICE Fucking Took It​The federal government is not your friend. Barry Bonds knows this -- the home run king will be in federal court next year not for using steroids, but for allegedly lying to a federal grand jury about using them (this after a federal agent rooted through BALCO kingpin Victor Con ... More >>

Giants, Ticket Scalpers Enjoying Pennant Run

You wanna watch The Freak? Pay up. ​If success truly does have a thousand fathers, then "Who's your daddy?" is a complex question for the San Francisco Giants these days. Yesterday's clutch win -- coupled with a crushing San Diego loss -- puts San Francisco two games up with five to play. It's the ... More >>

Brian Wilson's Orange Shoes, and Baseball's Worst Fashion Faux-Pas

Brian -- you shouldn't have! ​Yesterday, San Francisco Giants pitcher Brian Wilson -- a man with about three pounds worth of tattoo ink coursing through his veins and a haircut befitting a Blink-182 roadie -- came under fire from the league office. The objection: Wilson's traffic cone-orange shoes ... More >>

Wall Street Journal Planning Lance Armstrong Doping Bombshell

Might this affect Lance's concentration?​The Wall Street Journal, which for a week has been rumored to be preparing a Game of Shadows-style story detailing doping allegations against seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, announced in Friday's paper that it plans to release just such ... More >>

April Fools' Day: Forcing Bloggers to Fact-Check

Would an evil company do this? ​It's April Fools' Day, also known as the day Bloggers Live in Fear of Blogging a Fake Story Seriously. Google is already up to its hilarious tricks (Seriously guys, we are not evil, just look at our affinity for whimsy!) and the St. Stupid's Day Parade kicked off at ... More >>

A Hopey, Changey Day on the Diamond

S.F. Babylon: A Decade of Hypocrisy, Scandal, and Weirdness Pt. 2

Over the past decade, we have often felt as though we might be living in an adult playground run by a feisty bunch of hypocrites, philanderers, and drunk-dialers. This, we have to admit, makes San Francisco a pretty exciting city in which to gather the news. Narrowing down the top 10 (okay, it's rea ... More >>

Baseball's Bizarre Cost-Benefit Economics Means Brad Penny Signing Has Already Paid Off For Giants

Keith AllisonBoston castoff Brad Penny has already earned his keep with the Giants​Raise your right hand high over your head if you predicted that the San Francisco Giants' scrap-heap recovery project, Brad Penny, would come within three outs of throwing a shutout last night in a dominant debut vs ... More >>

Chron Redesign: It's a Brave New Font-tier

New. Improved?The San Francisco Chronicle debuted its much-touted redesign on Sunday, with additional changes appearing in today's paper. Modifications include a new, softer headline font and stories divided by three horizontal lines instead of one. In a time when most publications are cutting back, ... More >>

The Price of Failure

Empty seats abound at Giants home games – and it's not just the team that's losing.

Gay Weddings We’d Really Like to See

Most Maddening

Who's more annoying: Danielle Steel or Muni? Vote now.

SF's Most Maddening

We Can Kick the Pope Around Next Year, Maybe

Investigating the Future of Investigative Journalism. Part I: ‘It’s a Very Scary Time’

BALCO Breakup - Chron Reporter Jumps to ESPN, Sourcing Gets Awkward

SF Weekly Digested: What's new in print for this week of 9.19.07

Barry Bonds' Police Bat

Forget about the home-run ball — what's a bat signed by Barry Bonds worth after it's been smudged by the cops?

Kanye West

Graduation (Island Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella)

756: Thank Christ --The Barry Bonds Lovefest

SFWeekly's Noon (or so) Unusual News Roundup -- Sex, AIDS, Gunfire, and Why Barry Bonds Matters

Breaking News -- Bonds' beneficent visitor apparently a wild 'n crazy former soccer star

End of an Era

As The Apologist takes a bow and asks its final questions, it's time to turn the spotlight on ourselves

The Chron Behind Bars

A judge has ordered two Chronicle reporters to serve time unless they divulge their source on Bonds' steroid use. Do you think they should be made to spill the beans?

Ghost Tree Blooms

Watch it dump, from a safe place

Best Giant

Best Giants Player Who's Not on Steroids

Girls Rule

Fight the Power

A Portrait of Hope

On the eve of the A's big loss, we learn why the Oakland team is to baseball as indie rock is to mainstream music

Action!

Giants mold young filmmakers

Just the Facts

Many of the films at DocFest focus on the freakish -- and we like it that way

'Roid Ragers

Two macho men and the bitchy bodybuilding world that surrounds -- and, perhaps, spawned -- the BALCO steroids case

The Oracle of San Francisco

No, not that jerk-led software behemoth down the Peninsula – the real Oracle, with the surefire, bet-the-house prophecies you deserve

Outfield

From the dugout, you could see small tents rising like goose bumps from the grass

The Rock

Triathletes get out of jail free

Giant Expectations

Hometown showdown between Felipe and Dusty

Strike Zone

Curve

Dog Bites

Dead, But Not Dead Enough; A Click Down Memory Lane

Some People Have All the Luck

And then there's developer Michael Strausz

Guest List

The who's who at the opening of the Clift Hotel

Dog Bites

Rejected Proposals for Treasure Island Monuments

Letters

Letters from September 27, 2000

Letters

Letters from September 20, 2000

Riff Raff

In the Ballpark