After a slow and dismal start to the season, the Warriors have won two road games—reawakening hope in Dubs fans, continued awe of Steph Curry and ratcheting up expectations for rookie Yaxel Lendeborg.

The Olympics have taken over my TV screen over the last few weeks, and there have been scintillating contests in every arena. I’ve particularly been drawn to track and field, swimming, volleyball, and ...

If you read my most recent column about Fall, the harvest and the English folksong John Barleycorn, below is a more detailed look at the ancient poem. John Barleycorn is an old English folksong that ...

Handheld versions of major console titles don’t interest me. For all intents and purposes, they seem like the lesser version of what you can play on the big screen. With Need for Speed The Run on the ...

thought many of you would get a kick out of this. Mercury News alums Don Nash and John Spalding do a great job keeping the history of high school sports in the area. They have provided the All-Mercury ...

As this latest NBA offseason winds to a close, and with free agency and summer league behind us, it is a pretty good time to look back on what was a action-packed period of inaction for the Golden ...

During this year’s playoffs, I saw my Twitter feed littered with jokes about certain NBA teams and certain players having magnet-ball nights. For those not in the know, magnet ball is what happens ...

LB – Dan Craig, Oak Grove; Victor Davi, Monterey; Al Floyd, Oak Grove; Durk Hagen, St. Francis; Leonard Marchese, Monta Vista; Mike Matisi, Hillsdale; Dave Ring ...

The Golden State Warriors take on the Detroit Pistons on the road today, and both teams are significantly banged up. The Dubs are without a number of stalwarts, and the Pistons are without Cade ...

Hey folks, Here are the All-Mercury News baseball teams from the 1980s. Couple notables that went on to Major League careers are Barry Bonds and Greg Jefferies of Serra. Not sure why, but there was ...

On Friday, St. Francis and Bellarmine will play for the 50th consecutive season in football, making it the longest uninterrupted rivalry between Santa Clara County schools. Besides its longevity, the ...

The 2024-2025 NBA season is over, and the Oklahoma City Thunder are world champions. On one hand, the Thunder were statistically the best team in the NBA by an overwhelming margin, and so them ending ...