Ann Killion
@annkillion.bsky.social
Height-challenged San Francisco Chronicle sports columnist.
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
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#49ers game review:
* Upton Stout’s strength is surprising. His weakness? Alarming
* Ricky Pearsall's knee injury isn't going away
* Why Eddy Pineiro was screaming at Calais Campbell
* CMC not making it easy
* Concussion concern
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* Upton Stout’s strength is surprising. His weakness? Alarming
* Ricky Pearsall's knee injury isn't going away
* Why Eddy Pineiro was screaming at Calais Campbell
* CMC not making it easy
* Concussion concern
www.sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers...
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
#49ers game review:
* Upton Stout’s strength is surprising. His weakness? Alarming
* Ricky Pearsall's knee injury isn't going away
* Why Eddy Pineiro was screaming at Calais Campbell
* CMC not making it easy
* Concussion concern
www.sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers...
* Upton Stout’s strength is surprising. His weakness? Alarming
* Ricky Pearsall's knee injury isn't going away
* Why Eddy Pineiro was screaming at Calais Campbell
* CMC not making it easy
* Concussion concern
www.sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers...
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Stop me if you've heard this before:
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Stop me if you've heard this before:
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???
They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???
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Slow news day. Hard to know what’s the lede.
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Slow news day. Hard to know what’s the lede.
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. @annkillion.bsky.social: #49ers’ brass ditches "Super Bowl or Bust" mentality with trade deadline inaction
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49ers’ brass ditches ‘Super Bowl or Bust’ mentality with trade deadline inaction
A generation raised on Eddie DeBartolo’s marching orders might have a hard time adjusting to this season’s San Francisco 49ers slogan, “Super Bowl? You Must … be kidding me.”
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November 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
. @annkillion.bsky.social: #49ers’ brass ditches "Super Bowl or Bust" mentality with trade deadline inaction
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Purdy out for the 7th time in 8 games.
#49ers inactives:
QB Brock Purdy (toe)
DE Bryce Huff (hamstring)
C Jake Brendel (hamstring)
WR Ricky Pearsall (knee)
S Marques Sigle
DT CJ West
RB Jordan James
QB Brock Purdy (toe)
DE Bryce Huff (hamstring)
C Jake Brendel (hamstring)
WR Ricky Pearsall (knee)
S Marques Sigle
DT CJ West
RB Jordan James
November 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Purdy out for the 7th time in 8 games.
Wrote this before it became official this morning:
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In Buster we trust? Posey taking a big risk if Tony Vitello is Giants’ next manager
Hiring Tennessee coach Tony Vitello as the San Francisco Giants’ new manager would be unconventional. Controversial. And would test the almost universal faith in Buster Posey.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Wrote this before it became official this morning:
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Posting this again because Jimmy was the truth last night:
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Emerging from ‘all that chaos,’ Jimmy Butler finds clarity in Warriors’ title quest
In going from an inferno of finger-pointing in Miami to a frenzied playoff push with the Warriors, Jimmy Butler is embracing a fresh season with “no hidden agendas” and a singular goal: win a...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Posting this again because Jimmy was the truth last night:
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San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle will return from his Week 1 hamstring injury to face the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, and coach Kyle Shanahan expects him to be full go.
49ers’ George Kittle will play Sunday against Falcons; Brock Purdy, Ricky Pearsall out
San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle will return from his Week 1 hamstring injury to face the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, and coach Kyle Shanahan expects him to be full go.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle will return from his Week 1 hamstring injury to face the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, and coach Kyle Shanahan expects him to be full go.
Had a chance to sit down with Jimmy Butler.
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Emerging from ‘all that chaos,’ Jimmy Butler finds clarity in Warriors’ title quest
In going from an inferno of finger-pointing in Miami to a frenzied playoff push with the Warriors, Jimmy Butler is embracing a fresh season with “no hidden agendas” and a singular goal: win a...
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October 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Had a chance to sit down with Jimmy Butler.
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“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.
October 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
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Column: Democratic Rep. Adelita S. Grijalva won her special election in Arizona more than two weeks ago, but House Republicans refuse to swear her in.
She believes it has to do with her stance on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and her identity.
She believes it has to do with her stance on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and her identity.
Column | Congresswoman-in-limbo Adelita Grijalva on the dilemma she faces
Democratic Rep. Grijalva won her special election more than two weeks ago, but House Republicans refuse to swear her into office.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Column: Democratic Rep. Adelita S. Grijalva won her special election in Arizona more than two weeks ago, but House Republicans refuse to swear her in.
She believes it has to do with her stance on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and her identity.
She believes it has to do with her stance on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and her identity.
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A federal judge in Chicago blocked President Trump from deploying National Guard troops in Illinois.
“I am very much struggling to figure out where this would ever stop,” said U.S. District Judge April M. Perry.
“I am very much struggling to figure out where this would ever stop,” said U.S. District Judge April M. Perry.
Judge blocks Trump from deploying troops in Illinois for now
Officials in Oregon and Illinois had challenged the Trump administration’s push to dispatch the National Guard in both states.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A federal judge in Chicago blocked President Trump from deploying National Guard troops in Illinois.
“I am very much struggling to figure out where this would ever stop,” said U.S. District Judge April M. Perry.
“I am very much struggling to figure out where this would ever stop,” said U.S. District Judge April M. Perry.
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#49ers QB Mac Jones in doubt for Sunday vs. Buccaneers: "We’ll see how I feel"
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October 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#49ers QB Mac Jones in doubt for Sunday vs. Buccaneers: "We’ll see how I feel"
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As Cal and Stanford drum up money, recruit and try to regain relevance in the changing world of college football, Bill Belichick and North Carolina are becoming an example of what not to do.
What should Cal, Stanford learn as Bill Belichick takes college football to new levels of weird?
As Cal and Stanford drum up money, recruit and try to regain relevance in the changing world of college football, Bill Belichick and North Carolina are becoming an example of what not to do.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
As Cal and Stanford drum up money, recruit and try to regain relevance in the changing world of college football, Bill Belichick and North Carolina are becoming an example of what not to do.
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#49ers inactives:
QB Brock Purdy (toe)
WR Ricky Pearsall (knee)
WR Jauan Jennings (ribs, ankle)
DE Robert Beal (ankle)
WR Jordan Watkins (calf)
LB Nick Martin
RB Jordan James
QB Brock Purdy (toe)
WR Ricky Pearsall (knee)
WR Jauan Jennings (ribs, ankle)
DE Robert Beal (ankle)
WR Jordan Watkins (calf)
LB Nick Martin
RB Jordan James
October 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
#49ers inactives:
QB Brock Purdy (toe)
WR Ricky Pearsall (knee)
WR Jauan Jennings (ribs, ankle)
DE Robert Beal (ankle)
WR Jordan Watkins (calf)
LB Nick Martin
RB Jordan James
QB Brock Purdy (toe)
WR Ricky Pearsall (knee)
WR Jauan Jennings (ribs, ankle)
DE Robert Beal (ankle)
WR Jordan Watkins (calf)
LB Nick Martin
RB Jordan James
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The Warriors’ summerlong standoff with forward Jonathan Kuminga has finally been resolved. Kuminga agreed to a two-year, $48.5 million contract to stay with Golden State, the Chronicle confirmed.
Jonathan Kuminga to stay with Warriors on two-year, $48.5 million contract, source says
The Warriors’ summerlong standoff with forward Jonathan Kuminga has finally been resolved. Kuminga agreed to a two-year, $48.5 million contract to stay with Golden State, the Chronicle confirmed.
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September 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The Warriors’ summerlong standoff with forward Jonathan Kuminga has finally been resolved. Kuminga agreed to a two-year, $48.5 million contract to stay with Golden State, the Chronicle confirmed.
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NEW: An ICE officer was "relieved of his duties" after pushing an Ecuadorian woman to the floor at an immigration courthouse in New York.
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ICE Officer ‘Relieved of His Duties’ After Pushing Woman to Floor
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September 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
NEW: An ICE officer was "relieved of his duties" after pushing an Ecuadorian woman to the floor at an immigration courthouse in New York.
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so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining