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  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    San Leandro's Nonito Donaire Will Fight Jeffrey Mathebula in July

    Nonito Donaire, the WBO junior featherweight champion from San Leandro who ranks as the second best boxer of Filipino descent, inked his next fight earlier this week: a July 7 title unification match with IBF champion Jeffrey Mathebula.  This will be the Filipino Flash's second fight at 122 lb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Kelly Slater Wins Surfing World Title -- For Real This Time

    Twice the winner ​After last week's embarrassing mixup where Kelly Slater was prematurely crowned the world champion, surfing fans flocked to Ocean Beach on Sunday to watch the 39-year-old surfer win the Rip Curl Pro ... again. Slater clinched the title (for real) four days after the Association o ... More >>

  • News

    October 12, 2011

    Fighting Chance: Boxer Karim Mayfield Fights to Rise in a Dying Sport

    Twice the winner ​After last week's embarrassing mixup where Kelly Slater was prematurely crowned the world champion, surfing fans flocked to Ocean Beach on Sunday to watch the 39-year-old surfer win the Rip Curl Pro ... again. Slater clinched the title (for real) four days after the Association o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Hank Williams, Jr., Dares to State Outright What Fox News Only Implies

    So, it seems some suits someplace are all worked up at the political opinions of Mr. Hank Williams, Jr. Good for him. Moments like this are why we need a Hank Williams, Jr. Just to be clear, he's the middle (and middle-aged) Hank Williams, the one with the Muppet beard, the one who has never cro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    The Franchise Recap: The Boys Are Back

    AuntJuli/Flickr​Last night, Showtime aired the first installment of The Franchise: A Season with the San Francisco Giants, a look inside the lives and clubhouse of our defending World Series champions. The 30-minute premiere acted as preview for the series, which doesn't technically start until Ju ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Top 10 Reasons Bill Clinton Endorsed Jerry Brown

    Jerry Brown's official gubernatorial portrait. Yes, really.​One day after Jerry Brown felt the need to apologize for making light of President Bill Clinton's past as a lying philanderer, the latter endorsed the former for governor of the great state of California. What gives? 10. Bill just doesn't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Lance Armstrong Hires Bill Clinton Whitewater Attorney Mark Fabiani

    Matt SmithI'd better have someone look after that pain in my ass...​Lance Armstrong has further lawyered up in the face of possible federal doping allegations by adding former Bill Clinton Whitewater counsel Mark Fabiani to his burgeoning legal team. Fabiani specializes in steering scandal-plagued ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    JaMarcus Russell Admits He's a Codeine Guy

    JaMarcus Russell reveals the number of arrests he's suffered for alleged codeine possession​JaMarcus Russell, the departed Raiders quarterback who has staked a solid claim on being the biggest bust in National Football League history, has made a startling admission: He's used cough syrup in the pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Karma Smiles on San Francisco Giants

    Keep your eye on the ball...​Those who believe that a Supreme Being, The Force, or supernatural entities actually influence the outcomes of sporting contests aren't always the most credible sorts. But you have to admit that the San Francisco Giants are in the midst of an almost karmic series of do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Former USF basketball player, Hyman Taylor, Shot Dead in IKEA Parking Lot

    Photo: USFDons.com​Hyman Taylor -- a former center for the University of California San Francisco basketball team -- was shot and killed last night in an IKEA parking lot in Emeryville. The 6-foot-9, 245-pounder from Oakland was 23 years old. Another 27-year-old man who police are not yet identify ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Behind the Scenes at Masturbate-a-Thon 2010 (Pics NSFW)

    All photos | Gretchen Robinette Lady Grace, volunteer stage manager and full-time dominatrix, takes center stage​ View more pics in Gretchen Robinette's 10th Annual Masturbate-A-Thon (Really NSFW) slideshow. It was 11 a.m. on Sunday morning, and the masturbatorium was quiet. The chairs in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Winnie Phan, 17, Outpitches Hockey Star Dany Heatley at Giants Game

    Seventeen-year-old do-gooder Winnie Phan is well on her way to becoming the next Internet meme -- and she didn't even have to beat the shit out of a fellow bus passenger or generally behave crazy to do it.  No, she just had to do what she's always done: Succeed. The photogenic 17-year-old from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Hidden Clauses in 49ers' Pact With Prodigal Receiver Michael Crabtree

    Yes, that is Michael Crabtree on the cover of NCAA Football​Insiders have whispered to ESPN that holdout wide receiver Michael Crabtree has opted to finally ink a contract with the San Francisco 49ers, curtailing a months-long holdout that extended through training camp and the team's first four g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Serious About Your Social Media? Watch This Show

    ​While most of us live on the outskirts of the social media landscape, tweeting the occasional brain fart and using facebook to update our relationship status, there are a select few who choose to take their engagement with the networks that be to a whole new level. For those special people who th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2009

    Tackled By National Federation, Creators of Two-Quarterback Football Offense Look Downfield

    As SF Weekly foreshadowed, the National Federation of State High School Associations last month voted, 46-2, for rule changes that effectively kill the innovative, two-quarterback A-11 offense -- which is every bit as lopsided a tally when it comes to governing high school sports or playing a foot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    S.F. Creator of Two-Quarterback Football Offense Threatens Lawsuit, Secession if Governing Body Outlaws His System

    Steve Humphries is facing 4th-and-very, very long. A few years back, the San Francisco mortgage broker devised a football offense that forever altered the prevailing paradigm of who the head cheerleader is supposed to date. Humphries and fellow Piedmont High School football coach Kurt Bryan's A-11 ... More >>

  • News

    August 27, 2008

    Going for Gold

    Academy of Art’s new sports program is about spirit, marketing — and the chance to break even more rules.

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2008

    The Olympics Taste China

    Academy of Art’s new sports program is about spirit, marketing — and the chance to break even more rules.

  • Home Entertainment

    November 28, 2007

    Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

    Academy of Art’s new sports program is about spirit, marketing — and the chance to break even more rules.

  • Film

    December 20, 2006

    Rocky V. Ahmadinejad

    Another sequel, another chance for Rocky to persevere for America

  • News

    August 23, 2006

    254th-and-Long

    Only one other player was chosen lower in the draft than Vickiel Vaughn. But the 49ers rookie still believes he can reach his NFL dream.

  • News

    March 15, 2006

    Giant Fake

    Is baseball star Barry Bonds a juiced-up deceiver or just the greatest and most maligned player in baseball history? Find out where you stand!

  • Music

    November 30, 2005

    Videogames and Stevie Wonder compliments of Amon Tobin, RJD2, and "Wonder-Full 2"

    Is baseball star Barry Bonds a juiced-up deceiver or just the greatest and most maligned player in baseball history? Find out where you stand!

  • Film

    November 9, 2005

    Aboard Game

    Zathura sweeps you into its alternate reality

  • News

    October 26, 2005

    Here Comes the Fog

    The sprinter Lost in the Fog is the adored savior of horse racing in the Bay Area. Perhaps God brought him to us.

  • News

    August 17, 2005

    The A's Have It

    Dog Bites proclaims the A's to be the official team of the Bay Area

  • Calendar

    August 3, 2005

    School of Life

    Daara J takes hip hop back

  • Film

    June 22, 2005

    Car Trouble

    Herbie the Love Bug's back, and he bites

  • News

    September 29, 2004

    Under the Gun

    Why the Army thinks a 30-year-old college-educated California bull rider will help it recruit soldiers during wartime

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Rookie

    Bobby Crosby

  • News

    April 14, 2004

    All-In

    A brash Iranian-American wins $1.4 million at poker -- and knows his lucky streak has just started

  • News

    March 31, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, March 31, 2004

  • News

    December 31, 2003

    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

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    Making Their Own Luck

    Guerrilla marketeers hit the streets to push a new film about Asian-American high schoolers gone bad

  • News

    March 5, 2003

    Contending With Life

    Years after Evander Holyfield clocked him, boxer-turned-shoeshine-man Seamus McDonagh struggles to conquer his fears -- and to confront Holyfield

  • News

    February 19, 2003

    Tea and Hormones

    Lemon Curd? What in hell is Lemon Curd?

  • Holiday

    November 20, 2002

    GIFTS

    DVDs | Music DVDs | CDs | Books

  • News

    June 5, 2002

    The Snore of the Crowd

    Does the world need another college football bowl game? Some San Francisco boosters are banking on it.

  • News

    August 29, 2001

    Dog Bites

    Overpriced Sports Star Joins Local Team; Light Reading; A Match Made in Heaven; A Suggestion for Rearranging the Deck Chairs at Salon.com

  • Dining

    January 10, 2001

    Dinner and a Show

    Boys Toys

  • News

    February 23, 2000

    Dog Bites

    Muni's source for customer service expertise: Nordstrom

  • Film

    February 16, 2000

    Reel World

    Jesus Christ Superstar and The Producers

  • News

    November 10, 1999

    Night Crawler

    And Now, the Devil-Ettes

  • Calendar

    June 23, 1999

    Night & Day

    And Now, the Devil-Ettes

  • Music

    June 9, 1999

    Riff Raff

    And Now, the Devil-Ettes

  • News

    October 7, 1998

    Death Ray From Outer Space

    Satellite radio brings 100 stations and digital sound to San Francisco's car stereos. Can local broadcasting survive?

  • Calendar

    June 18, 1997

    Slap Shots

    Satellite radio brings 100 stations and digital sound to San Francisco's car stereos. Can local broadcasting survive?

  • Calendar

    January 8, 1997

    Slap Shots

    Satellite radio brings 100 stations and digital sound to San Francisco's car stereos. Can local broadcasting survive?

  • News

    May 1, 1996

    Hook, Line, & Stinker

    Everyone loves the 49ers. But even love has its limits. Are taxpayers willing to subsidize millionaire owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr.'s dreams of a new stadium when economists say it's a bad deal

  • News

    April 26, 1995

    Dog Bites

    Everyone loves the 49ers. But even love has its limits. Are taxpayers willing to subsidize millionaire owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr.'s dreams of a new stadium when economists say it's a bad deal

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