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Sunday Morning QB: Rams and Bengals are 0-4? Here's the bad news

Welcome to Week 5 in the NFL, and where did the time go? Especially if you are one of those teams that still thinks it is Aug. 31 and it all starts here, right now, this weekend and ... wait ... how did we get to 0-4? Sure, the Texans and the Lions are 0-3.... (original story)

Shea Hey: Assessing the Magowan Era

With Bill Neukom aboard, Peter Magowan is officially out as the Giants' managing general partner, but his legacy lives. What exactly is that legacy? In 16 years, he did some good stuff and not-so-good stuff. Here's a sampling: Five plusses - He led a... (original story)

Letters to The Green: Special time for Bay Area sports

Editor - The Giants most closely resemble the Pirates - no, not the team from Pittsburgh, the one in Altoona. The A's are entering Year 15 of their five-year rebuilding plan, and Billy Beane just traded their batboy for a couple of prospects because the kid... (original story)

Letters to The Green: Special time for Bay Area sports

Editor - The Giants most closely resemble the Pirates - no, not the team from Pittsburgh, the one in Altoona. The A's are entering Year 15 of their five-year rebuilding plan, and Billy Beane just traded their batboy for a couple of prospects because the kid... (original story)

Favre, Jets getting used to new arrangement

, N.J. - Brett Favre slipped his jersey over his head, grabbed his helmet and said something to Laveranues Coles that elicited laughs that echoed through the New York Jets' locker room. The veteran quarterback then made his way to the practice field, a big... (original story)

Down 0-2, Brewers must solve Phillies vet Moyer

After Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel reminisced Friday about Gil Hodges' World Series exploits in the 1950s, Jamie Moyer couldn't help himself. "I think I faced Gil Hodges in that series," Moyer joked. Still going strong at age 45, Moyer has the... (original story)

Ex-49er Phillips gets sentenced to 10 years

Former 49er Lawrence Phillips was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison, two years after he was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon. The sentencing was repeatedly delayed while Phillips fought to withdraw a guilty plea in a domestic abuse case that... (original story)

O.J. Simpson found guilty in Las Vegas

O.J. Simpson has been found guilty on all charges in the alleged gunpoint robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas casino hotel room more than a year ago. The 61-year-old former football star faces a prison sentence of 5 years to life. A weary... (original story)

Drew's homer boosts Red Sox over Angels 7-5

Boston's latest postseason win over the Los Angeles Angels moved the team with baseball's best record to the verge of elimination. J.D. Drew stunned Francisco Rodriguez with a two-run homer in the ninth inning, and the defending World Series champions beat... (original story)

Banta-Cain is off the bench, back into the fire for 49ers

So far, this season has been one big DNP for TB-C. Actually, make that IA, as in inactive. A year ago, Tully Banta-Cain was a 10-game starter for the 49ers at outside linebacker in his first year with the club. It was a triumphant return for Banta-Cain, a Bay... (original story)

The Week in Eater: Top Chefs Revealed, Pinkberry Rising

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. This Week's Top Stories: Top Cheffage: Season Five Cheftestants NAMED, Froyo Blockbuster: Pinkberry Signs Lease at Santana Row, French Laundry's Hollingsworth to Rep USA, Rubicon Spot Check: On the Market, Might... (original story)

Giants notes: Lowry follows surgery with treatment plan

Noah Lowry arrived in Arizona one day after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left elbow and has begun treatment in a bid to be 100 percent healthy by spring training, head trainer Dave Groeschner said. Dr. Lewis Yocum, a noted orthopedist in Southern... (original story)

Weekend Open House Report

The weekend open house slog is nigh, and we're here to help, as always. Agents, have a listing of your very own? Hustle! Location: 3345 17th St #6, Inner Mission Size: 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, 900 sq ft Price: $599,000... (original story)

Does Berkeley Have a Main Street? And if Not, Why Not?

                                          “Main Street USA”: but where is it in Berkeley? All this talk from our presidential candidates of “Wall Street” versus “Main Street” has prompted some interesting discussion on what people understand these terms to mean. A particularly erudite conversation was held over at one of my favorite blogs, Nancy Friedman’s Fritinancy. (Wherefrom I glean [...] (original story)

You’ve Seen Two, But You Haven’t Seen Them All: 300 Beale #406

Boffi, Miele, Porro and Agape (the tub above) inside. And yes, Embarcadero Lofts (this time #406). As we said, you’ve seen one (or two), but you haven’t seen them all… ∙ Listing: 300 Beale #406 (2/2) - $1,595,000 [MLS]... (original story)








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