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Editor’s Note: Each holiday season DPB tries to give a little back to the sports that have given us so much (to write about). Last year it was offering to buy a Candlestick Park urinal off the SF Recreation & Parks Department. This year, well, we’re offering… Continue reading This year we’re giving San Francisco the greatest gift of all: Its 49ers back
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Once a quarter Squaw CEO Andy Wirth grabs a hold of his keyboard and spits out magic. By Andrew Pridgen Whether it’s “confirming the prevailing wisdom” (<– my favorite #wirthline to date; how does one confirm such ambiguities?) that Olympic Valley residents shouldn’t have the power to… Continue reading Squaw CEO Andy Wirth is the Aaron Sorkin of terrible emails
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I got up and out of the house about 7 a.m. for a noon kickoff in Pasadena for the Oregon/UCLA game. My drive time to LA can vary from 2.5 to 7-plus hours depending on whether the traffic monster is slumbering. Saturday mornings are about the only… Continue reading The Scalper Diaries: UCLA vs. Oregon at the Rose Bowl
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Stand up 2 Cancer (the one with the arrow and a 2), Katie Couric’s .org that was started for her dead husband which may/may not worry her current husband, is a decent organization. And I’m a sucker for celebrity-type auctions. Thinking about how much I would pay… Continue reading The 8 most horrible MLB experiences currently available on the Stand up 2 Cancer auction
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We learned last week the good old days of the NFL were just as bad if not worse for a player’s health. The league built its tough-guy image on a hit that Frank Gifford was on the receiving end of in 1960. A hit that forced him… Continue reading Frank Gifford’s CTE diagnosis casts the NFL’s sepia years in harsh light
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After the final buzzer of the Golden State Warriors’ record 16th-straight victory to start the NBA season Tuesday, interim head coach Luke Walton went and hugged Lakers guard emeritus and former teammate Kobe Bryant. The embrace was appropriate and real. Luke rubbed Kobe’s head on the dismount… Continue reading Luke Walton’s burst into bloom
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Cotto. vs. Alvarez is the drinks before dinner, the shirt before the shirt, the line before brunch, the Bud Light before the Fat Tire, the reservation before the upgrade…the fight before the fight. Written by Kyle Magin Forgive yourself for looking past Saturday, because almost no matter… Continue reading Miguel Cotto does everything and we forget him for it
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Nobody else is saying it, so I will: The Pac-12 is the best, most-dominant, rife with talent, toughest to win in consistently, not-ugh-this-game-fucking-sucks-and-glad-I-watched-all-sixty-minutes-for-it-to-be-10-3, disturbingly proficient at producing NFL-ready players conference in college football. And yet, after last weekend they’ve virtually been eliminated from post-season ‘tournament’ play. Why taking… Continue reading The Pac-12 is too good for its own good
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Each week, during college football season DPB’s Kyle Magin and Andrew J. Pridgen pour on the prose with Pints and Picks™. Who to wager and what to drink while doing it. This week: Road Trip. Kyle, Holy cow! Have I got a Saturday planned. So, about a… Continue reading Pints and Picks Week 11: Road Trip!
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Hunter S. Thompson once wrote, “all these things have happened, and probably they will happen again” but I don’t think he meant within the span of two minutes. By Andrew Pridgen With fewer than 180 seconds to go in the third against memphis Wednesday, Steph Curry, the… Continue reading Steph in Memphis
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