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    May 23, 2012

    Yes, the Warriors Moving to S.F. Would Mean a Big New Concert Arena in the City

    San Francisco is so tiny, dense, and developed that the only way to put a new stadium here is to build one on top of some piers over the bay. Okay, so that's not a huge surprise. But building a giant arena over the bay was the dead-serious plan announced yesterday by city officials and the owners o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Golden State Warriors Owners Confirm Plan to Move to San Francisco

    When Golden State Warriors brass told Oakland that the city was "still in the running," they might as well have said, "I do still want to be with you, I just think it would be best for both of us to see other people for a little bit, so we can grow as individuals before committing to each other." M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Warriors, City Make Stadium Plans Official -- But "Nothing" in Writing Yet

    The city and the Golden State Warriors held a press conference today on Piers 30-32 -- and everybody came. The mayor! The lieutenant governor! The police and fire chiefs! Rose Pak! The starting power forward! A platoon of laborers who moved shrubberies to strategic locations! Everybody! Whether the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Golden State Warriors Are Probably Moving to San Francisco

    There is an immediate bit of good news accompanying the reports that the Golden State Warriors are moving to San Francisco: There's a strong chance the team will finally trash the comically antiquated "Golden State" part of the name, which it absurdly adopted when it moved from San Francisco to Oakl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Warriors Fans Now Know the Euphamisms for Tanking

    The Warriors have lost 13 of their last 15 games. With six regular season games left, it is becoming increasingly crucial that the Warriors continue, if not exceed, their current losing trend. A few years ago, the team traded its 2012 first round pick for Marcus Williams, who would score a total of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Don Nelson's Time in Golden State Was Like A Four Loko Bender

    Don Nelson's stints as head coach of the Warriors were like those nights when a group friends decide to shotgun a case of Four Loko then club hop through the city. Those nights start off gloriously. There's excitement and energy and gratuitous high-fiving and within hours they're locking down extra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Warriors Fans Take Out 20 Years of Frustration on Owner Joe Lacob (Video)

    ​No Monta Ellis, no Jeremy Lin, no Dwight Howard, probably no playoffs, and possibly no lottery pick. So it's not surprising that there were no cheers for Warriors owner Joe Lacob last night during Chris Mullin's jersey retirement ceremony. There were plenty of boos, though.When Lacob took the mic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Jeremy Lin Latest One Who Got Away from Warriors

    ​The Golden State Warriors' transcendent moments have resonated so strongly because the team's status quo is unmitigated failure. Failure has built up atop failure, creating a rich loam with which to grow more failure. The franchise that traded Robert Parrish and the draft pick that became Kevin M ... More >>

  • Music

    February 8, 2012

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

    ​The Golden State Warriors' transcendent moments have resonated so strongly because the team's status quo is unmitigated failure. Failure has built up atop failure, creating a rich loam with which to grow more failure. The franchise that traded Robert Parrish and the draft pick that became Kevin M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Monta Ellis' (Alleged) Penis Waved Around by Lawyer

    Dunk = good. Junk = bad. ​In a likely legal first, an attorney representing a former Golden State Warriors employee who claims she received unwelcome and explicit text messages from star guard Monta Ellis brandished an enlarged photo of a schlong for the gathered hordes of media. "We don't care if ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    The Venerable DJ Jazzy Jeff Explains Why Your Laptop Won't Make You a Good DJ

    DJ Jazzy Jeff​There really isn't much introduction needed for DJ Jazzy Jeff, who since the 1980's has remained one of the biggest names in hip-hop due to his incredible showmanship and continued innovation in the art of DJing. Since his beginnings as a house party DJ, and through his role as one ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Did Blake Griffin Dunk at Specchio?

    Liam PassmoreL.A. Clippers rookie dunking phenom Blake Griffin (in blue sweater) with teammates at Specchio.​In town last week to play Golden State, the L.A. Clippers ― including human highlight reel and latest cheap-shot target Blake Griffin ― slipped into Specchio for dinner (not the fir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Lucas Anthony Tang, Toddler, Plunges to Death At Warriors-Lakers Game

    ​Our sister paper, OC Weekly, tracked down the identity of the 2-year-old who fell to his death from a luxury box following yesterday's Golden State Warriors-Los Angeles Lakers game at the Staples Center. The Child was Lucas Anthony Tang of Garden Grove in Orange County.

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Today's Most Popular Stories

    ​In which we determine what discerning readers are reading elsewhere and save you the trouble of going there by showcasing it here. Curbed SF: What do you get for pouring $733 grand into a San Francisco house already valued at $865,000 and then putting it back on the market a scant six months late ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    'Giants Baseball: Torture.' Can That Phrase Be Trademarked?

    Really, it just seems like the Giants' bats are broken...​Earlier this year, San Francisco Giants broadcaster Duane Kuiper -- who can't turn off the games when they become unwatchable -- turned to broadcast partner Mike Krukow and uttered "Giants baseball: Torture." It's a phrase fans have taken t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Woah, Nellie: Warriors Coach Don Nelson Reportedly Pushed Out

    The Don is gone...​When the Golden State Warriors' once and future coach, Don Nelson, won his record 1,333rd game, SF Weekly congratulated him. And urged him to retire. Nelson is the source of just about every fond pro basketball memory any Bay Area fan too young to remember fashionable plaid jack ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Chris Cohan's Worst Screwups As Warriors Owner

    ​With the end of Warriors owner Chris Cohan's 16-year tour of mismanagement here, long-suffering fans of the franchise are jubilant. The team was sold for a record $450 million to a group led by Joseph Lacob, a Celtics part-owner and partner at the Menlo Park venture capital firm KPCB; and Mandala ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Warriors Sold -- But Not to Larry Ellison

    Meet the new boss, Joe Lacob​Billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's quest to buy his favorite basketball team has been stuffed. The long-awaited sale of the Golden State Warriors was announced today, for a record $450 million -- but the winning bidder was Joseph Lacob, a part-owner of the Boston C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Reports: Larry Ellison's Purchase of Golden State Warriors Imminent

    Oracle Corporate CommunicationsHave you come to rescue us, Larry Ellison? ​Larry Ellison, the richer-than-Croesus CEO of Oracle and yachting enthusiast, is reportedly in the final stages of purchasing the Golden State Warriors. The move would likely be greeted with glee by fans of the NBA franchis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Golden State Warriors' Bay Bridge Logo Arriving This Week From China

    For the bridge, it's a great time out...​How overdue is the erection of the eastern span of the Bay Bridge? Well, the Golden State Warriors couldn't wait for the span to actually exist before adopting it as their new logo. With portions of the signature tower sections set to arrive in Oakland tomo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Cormega Gets Crowd Moving at First-Ever Bay Area Show

    ​Cormega June 17, 2010 The Rockit Room Better Than: South Bronx. South, South Bronx. The latest in Sellassie's on-going hip-hop series We All We Got brought Cormega to the Richmond District for his first Bay Area appearance ever. Rockit Room's upstairs venue was a fragrant hotbox stuffed with par ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Mistah FAB & DJ Spair's 'Hella Dope' Take On Local/Low-Brow Culture Might Offend You

    ​Question: What do the Golden State Warriors, Stewie Griffin from the TV show Family Guy, Donkey Kong, Mims' "This is Why I'm Hot," and rather offensive charicatures of drunk Mexicans have in common?(Answer after the jump...)

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Golden State Warriors' New Logo Incorporates Yet-To-Be-Built Bay Bridge

    ​Let's get this out of the way: We like it. We hated Thunder and do not mourn his passing. The Golden State Warriors' new logo, clearly modeled after the yet-to-be-erected eastern span of the Bay Bridge, brings us a wave of nostalgia the team's play of late has not. Not only are the new-old (old-n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson NOT Joining Arizona Boycott

    Kevin Johnson reveals he's always loathed AZ bigotryHere Gavin: Fake!Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson, a former point guard for the Phoenix Suns, announced Wednesday he'd join Gavin Newsom's boycott of Arizona. That turned out to be a political pump-fake: Johnson changed his mind hours later.In a mid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Congratulations, Don Nelson. Now Retire.

    Alone at the top​Last night, the Golden State Warriors dispatched Minnesota, 116-107. This year, any victory for the Warriors is cause for celebration; the team is struggling to win 30 percent of its games. But this one was special: It was victory No. 1,333 for coach Don Nelson -- the league's all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2009

    Team Players

    Cryptogramophone gathers together Left Coast jazz all-stars.

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