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September 8, 2025

Local Roundup, 8/5: St. Francis football, cheer raising money with 49ers

Each ticket is $40 and half of the proceeds will go to St. Francis, which is flying north to play La Salle on September 8. To purchase tickets visit fevo.me/2sRcbWW and to donate to St. Francis select other in the drop down menu during check out.

Giants rally from 4 down to beat Diamondbacks 5-4 in 10

Denard Span scored on Jarrett Parker's two-out infield single in the 10th inning, lifting San Francisco to a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night.

Rookie Blackburn cools off Angels in A's 5-0 win

Paul Blackburn limited the Angels to five hits in 6 2/3 innings and Dustin Garneau had two RBIs to lead the Oakland Athletics to a 5-0 victory on Saturday night.

With new contract, Stephen Curry vows to do more off court

The Golden State Warriors superstar has yet to even make a major purchase for himself since finalizing the $201 million, five-year contract late last month. Oh, while on vacation last month in the Turks and Caicos the day his new deal became official he d

Column: Kaepernick unemployed, but at least Cutler has a job

Gotta hand it to the bigwigs who run the NFL: When they blackball a guy for taking a courageous stand against social injustice by doing nothing more than kneeling, they go all in.

Martin powers Mariners past A's 7-6 in 10

Martin homered in the top of the 10th inning as the Mariners rallied from a four-run deficit to defeat the Oakland Athletics 7-6 on Tuesday night. Martin hit a high arcing shot to right off a 2-1 94 mph fastball from Josh Smith (2-0) with two outs.

Nordic Naturals Challenger: Upsets continue on Day 4

Dennis Novikov knocked off No. 5 seed Mikhail Kukushkin and 20-year-old Alexander Bublik swept No. 3 seed Henri Laaksonen.

Gallagher hits slam for 1st MLB homer, Royals beat A's 6-2

Gallagher hit a grand slam for just his second big league hit, leading Kansas City past the Oakland Athletics 6-2 on Monday night.

HS Football Preview, 2017: ‘Catz trying to bring offense up to par to compete in MBL-Pacific

Stingy, speedy and mean, Watsonville’s defense kept the Wildcatz in every game last season but the offense struggled mightily to keep up its end of the bargain, averaging just 12.8 points per game. Watsonville’s offensive struggles ultimately cost the program a shot at the MBL-P championship, as the Wildcatz failed to score a touchdown in a heartbreaking 6-5 loss to eventual league champion Seaside High.

Stanton stays hot, Marlins smoke Giants, 8-1

Stanton's six-game homer streak ended Wednesday, but he singled, stole a base and scored in a four-run first inning to help the Miami Marlins beat the San Francisco Giants 8-1.