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Alex Simon
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Sports Editor at SFGATE | Elon/Arizona State alum | Loves In-N-Out Burger a bit too much
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The beloved football coach died Friday after being shot on campus on Thursday.
'Massive tragedy': Bay Area community mourns Oakland coach John Beam
The beloved football coach died Friday after being shot on campus on Thursday.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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New story for @sfgate.com with my colleague @madilynnemedina.bsky.social:

'Massive tragedy': Bay Area community mourns Oakland coach John Beam

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'Massive tragedy': Bay Area community mourns Oakland coach John Beam
The beloved football coach died Friday after being shot on campus on Thursday.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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This is a developing story. Read more updates here:
'Never stopped fighting': Oakland mayor remembers John Beam
Oakland police said the suspect in the shooting targeted Beam.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Bay Area coaching legend John Beam died around 10 a.m. on Friday after being shot at the campus’s sports facility on Thursday, Oakland police confirmed in a news conference.
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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The discipline for the Antioch HS football team's heinous hazing incident includes a “restorative circle to understand the impact of this incident and this type of conduct.”

No one will address why team is still playing games.

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Discipline for Antioch football hazing includes 'restorative circle'
In letter, Antioch's principal says nothing about why the team is still playing.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Despite the graphic descriptions of the video that have been in the news cycle for more than a week, NCS Commissioner Pat Cruickshank said on Monday that he had not even personally seen the video himself.

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Bay Area HS won't explain why it resumed football after heinous hazing incident
Antioch is set to play in the North Coast Section playoffs on Friday.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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New story for @sfgate.com:

Bay Area HS won't explain why it resumed football after heinous hazing incident
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Bay Area HS won't explain why it resumed football after heinous hazing incident
Antioch is set to play in the North Coast Section playoffs on Friday.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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@edsbs.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social if y’all haven’t seen what Miami just did to score a TD, you need to go look. Throwback to an o-lineman for a TD
November 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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The garlic fries will be way better than the ones at Oracle Park.
SF's most awarded bar is now opening its first restaurant
The garlic fries will be way better than the ones at Oracle Park.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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This one from Eric Ting at @sfgate.com is pretty damn ironclad. www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl...
It's time for 49ers QB Brock Purdy to suck it up and play
The 49ers need their franchise quarterback, writes SFGATE columnist Eric Ting.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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A behind-the-scenes feature from me at @sfgate.com, getting an inside look at a global tech giant's foray into the sports world:

Apple is spending billions to fix sports-viewing they say 'sucks'
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Apple is spending billions to fix sports-viewing they say 'sucks'
How Apple's deal with Major League Soccer is changing the sports television game.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Warriors' Brandin Podziemski claims he could be the 'white Shohei' of baseball
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Warriors' Brandin Podziemski claims he could be the 'white Shohei' of baseball
"I think I could for sure do both. Pitch, play the field, hit, all those things.”
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October 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Plutonium was detected at the decommissioned Hunters Point shipyard.
'Deeply concerned': Dangerous radiation levels detected in San Francisco
Plutonium was detected at the decommissioned Hunters Point shipyard.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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In-N-Out did not respond to a request for comment on the “6-7” phenomenon.

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The latest teenage craze is causing headaches at In-N-Out
In-N-Out's order-numbering style has led to numerous viral videos recently.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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a 49ers YouTuber has spent the last couple days basically doing the "5g causes covid" conspiracy theory but for the team's injury woes www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl...
Top 49ers YouTuber pushes conspiracy theory about team's injury issues
EMF conspiracy theories, a relic of the COVID-19 pandemic, have returned.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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How Cam Skattebo rose from tiny Calif. town to become 'irreplaceable' Giants star
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It’s a real bummer that NorCal-born-and-raised Skattebo won’t face the #49ers, his favorite team growing up, this week.
How Cam Skattebo rose from tiny Calif. town to be 'irreplaceable' Giants star
Skattebo's rookie season is over, but his journey is still making an impact.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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National news coverage, 3,800 date applications and a stack of hate mail as thick as a phone book.

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The Bay Area woman who paid for 12 billboards to find a husband
"I'm shocked that it got as big as it did."
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October 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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'Soul-crushing to even talk about': How Dodgers ace Blake Snell could (indirectly) impact SF Giants offseason
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'Soul-crushing to even talk about': Dodgers ace could impact SF Giants offseason
It's not a good look for former Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi.
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October 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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“Was Trump within his legal rights to perpetrate this act of desecration? Probably not, but honestly … what does it matter? When you elect Trump as president, as Americans have now done twice over, you’re voting FOR desecration.”
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Remember the attack on the White House
"Like everything else Trump touches, the White House is no longer recognizable."
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October 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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"Trump is the rabble, the confusion, the theft. This wasn’t a secret before he was 1st elected, nor is it a secret now. Legality no longer applies to him, or to much of anything else, really. The looters are coming from inside the House."

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Remember the attack on the White House
"Like everything else Trump touches, the White House is no longer recognizable."
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October 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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The White House has been attacked before. Just not by, you know, the fucker living in it. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
Remember the attack on the White House
"Like everything else Trump touches, the White House is no longer recognizable."
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October 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Developing story @sfgate.com:

On NBA opening night, NBC demoted Warriors-Lakers to streaming service
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On NBA opening night, NBC demotes Warriors-Lakers to streaming service
The first nine minutes of the Warriors season were available only on Peacock.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Florida State, which said Stanford would 'dilute' ACC, loses to Stanford
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Florida State, which said Stanford would 'dilute' ACC, loses to Stanford
It's sweet, sweet revenge for the Cardinal over the miserable Seminoles.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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'Got the ball in his court': SF Giants insider @andrewbaggarly.bsky.social offers latest on manager search
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'Got the ball in his court': SF Giants insider offers latest on manager search
The Giants are pursuing an almost unprecedented hire in MLB history.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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SF Giants reportedly 'closing in' on hiring college coach as their manager
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SF Giants reportedly 'closing in' on hiring college coach as their manager
It's another bold move from SF Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey.
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October 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM