Golden State Warriors

Ghost Stories: Scams Targeting S.F.'s Cantonese Community Reveal the Terrible Power of Belief

Here's Your 49ers Super Bowl XLVII Drinking Game

What a time to be in San Francisco. On Sunday, the world's eyes will be on The City's team. The Super Bowl is America's favorite unofficial holiday, and San Francisco will be right in the middle of national party. A day of greasy foods, shouting, and general indulgence; a day for revelry and drink ( ... More >>

Bay Area DJs Battle It Out at the Red Bull Thre3style Contest, 1/24/13

The Red Bull Thre3style Contest, featuring DJs D-Sharp, Dstrukt, J. Espinosa, Mei-Lwun, and Richie Panic Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 The Independent Better Than: Being stuck in a crowded arena of people sucking on pacifiers wondering whether you are baby-sitting or just better off never going out again ... More >>

City Hall Power Knocked Out By Fire

An electrical fire at City Hall knocked out power to the building last night, leaving much of the seat of government in the dark this morning -- and a portion of the basement under water. At around 9:30 last night -- while around 300 guests attended a private soiree -- the small, electrical fire bro ... More >>

Lorenzo Jimenez Murder: Police Release Sketch of Suspect Wanted in Shooting of Local Bouncer

Police are asking for your help in locating the man responsible for shooting 24-year-old Lorenzo Jimenez who was shot to death earlier this summer. On June 8, Jimenez, a local bouncer for the Roaring 20s Strip Club in North Beach, had been with several friends at the Double Dutch bar near 16th and ... More >>

LeBron James and the 2001 Oakland Soldiers

This week's feature story, Swoosh Dreams, describes how the Oakland Soldiers became one of the best travel basketball teams in the country. The program's co-founder, Calvin Andrews, believes that the Soldiers' rise can be charted along three turning points. The first was when Izzy Washington, the ... More >>

Live Review, 3/1/12: The Red Bull Thre3style DJ Contest Comes to Ruby Skye

​The Red Bull Thre3style Contest, featuring Miles Medina, John Beaver, DJ Zita, DJ Playtime, DJ Theory, King Most, DJ Just, Four Color Zack Thursday, March 1, 2012 Ruby Skye Better than: Being in an orgy of DJs. One of the world's preeminent DJ competitions, Red Bull's Thre3style DJ Battle made ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

R.I.P. Solomon Kahn, DJ for the Golden State Warriors, 1977-2012

Solomon Kahn, a beloved local DJ who performed at such diverse venues as Oracle Arena, AT&T Park, and every major club in San Francisco, was tragically killed Tuesday, Jan. 31, in Bangkok, Thailand, in a car accident. He was 34. Kahn, known to clubgoers as DJ Solomon, was in Thailand as a part of a ... More >>

Solomon Kahn, Beloved Giants DJ, Tragically Killed in Thailand

R.I.P.​Solomon Kahn, the popular DJ known to clubgoers as DJ Solomon, was killed in a car accident Tuesday in Bangkok, Thailand.Kahn, who performed at Golden State Warriors games and at AT&T Park as well as major clubs in San Francisco, was on tour in Thailand with his fiancee, Nicole Cronin w ... More >>

Monta Ellis Sexting Scandal Aptly Illustrated by Crazy Taiwanese Animation

Everyone can appreciate a good sexting scandal, whether it involves a lonely politician or a seemingly untouchable pro athlete (pun intended). Yesterday, media outlets were graced not just with the story of Golden State Warriors star guard Monta Ellis' sexting, but photos of his penis that he allege ... More >>

Charlie Bell, Golden State Warriors Player, Allegedly Shows Up to DUI Hearing Drunk

Slammed Drunk?​In what appears to be a boozy cry for help, Golden State Warriors guard Charlie Bell allegedly went to his DUI hearing -- drunk.Bell was taken to jail Thursday in his hometown of Flint, Mich., after a scheduled alcohol screening showed that Bell's blood alcohol content level was .09 ... 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 >>

Friday Night: Shakira Opens Oracle Arena Concert with Commercial for Her Perfume

Courtesy of the artist ​Shakira October 22, 2010 @ Oracle Arena There was no opening act for Shakira on Friday night at the Oracle Arena. Quite simply, Shakira (Our Lady of "Hips Don't Lie," "She Wolf" sensation, "Waka Waka" wonder of the 2010 World Cup) needs no introduction. ... More >>

Matt Barnes, Former Warrior, Booked for Domestic Violence

Matt Barnes, self-described 'victim'​Matt Barnes, the former Golden State Warriors team captain -- and San Francisco Pro-Am champ -- has notified his Twitter followers he's not guilty of felony domestic violence. The current Los Angeles Laker claims, rather, that he is the victim in a confrontatio ... More >>

It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

He came, he saw, he tweeted​Dude, I don't even know what happened this week. Do you? Answer the questions correctly, mail us all your answers here, and you'll win a damn prize. Onward! 1. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev lost his Twitter virginity this week in San Francisco. What was the rough tr ... More >>

Bay Area Safe House Implicated in NBA Book Trafficking Ring

http://www.adonalfoyle.com'Ringleader' Adonal Foyle, who has peculiar ideas about literacy and democracy​According to the Wall Street Journal, the sleepy Bay Area community of Orinda is at the center of an international book trafficking ring led by foreign recruits to the National Basketball ... More >>

Manute Bol-Like Man Arrested For Alleged Robbery and Extortion

If your physique reminds people of this man, a life of strong-arm robberies is not in your future​A man with a body type particularly ill-suited for blending into a crowd was arrested Sunday for allegedly attempting to rob and extort a club promoter in North Beach. The promoter said a pair of men ... More >>

Fare's Fare: A Primer in Taxi Etiquette From An Outspoken S.F. Cabbie

Do not step into one of these vehicles until you've read this article​The other day we ran an article about an alleged violent drunk who refused to pay for his cab ride. When the cabbie began driving toward a police station, the inebriated fare attempted to choke him before tossing a soiled $10 bi ... More >>

Big Nate Serves Up So-So 'Cue, But at Least You Don't Have to Leave the Couch on Weekends

G. MiguelYeah, it's big.​Following a Hall of Fame-size career in the NBA, Golden State Warriors legend Nate Thurmond opened Big Nate's Barbeque in SOMA more than a decade ago, serving up a simple menu of Southern barbecue that hasn't really changed since then. The meat selection is straightfor ... More >>

Let Freedom Ring: Federal Judge Rules That, Yes, You Are Entitled To Mail Out Pictures of Your Enemies Altered to Look Like Hitler

No worries, Basil. It's 'fair use!' ​In the past few years, it seems the powers that be have found so many devious new ways to restrict our freedoms. They're reading our e-mails, listening to our phone calls, and calling up incessantly to try to get us to donate to their "Police Athletic Leagues" ... More >>

Going for Gold

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

Blood, Sweat, and Tutus

Tear your knee, wrench your back, pirouette, and bow: dancing at the San Francisco Ballet.

Reports from the Road: Bun B's "II Trill" release party

We tell What Not to Wear locals who need wardrobe overhauls

The USF Dons Have Gone from National Champs to National Chumps

C-Webb Reunites with Nellie and the Warriors

News of the Hour -- The Lethal Injection Cocktail, Mike Webb Found Dead, Ted Nugent Found Irritating

Yao? Yow!

Basketball's big guy

Weekly Obsessions

Things we were obsessing about on March 2, 2005

Return of the Legend

"Hook" Mitchell -- the best there ever was, before he went to prison -- and the redemptive power of basketball

Best Ribs With Free Delivery

Big Nate's BBQ

On Grime

We look beyond the buzz to get to the bottom of British MC Dizzee Rascal's phenomenal rise to fame

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, February 25, 2004

Read It and Weep

In answer to the Chronicle, we submit our own list of things that make us cry

Best Lovable Loser

Garry St. Jean

General Manager,

Golden State Warriors

House of Race Cards

Willie Brown to S.F.: You're racist. Racist racist racist racist racist racist racist. Biased, too.

Big Nate's Barbeque

All American

Riff Raff

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