Alex Simon

One of the world's oldest sports is having a Bay Area renaissance The first rule of the Bay Area's arm wrestling clubs: Tell everyone.

For my latest SFGATE feature, I wrote about the growing arm wrestling club scene across the Bay Area and the youth-led movement to make the sport more popular www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...

Why the Warriors have had a hard time talking about Kristaps Porzingis "It's not mysterious. It's complex."

I spoke to two medical researchers about the complexity of POTS and why the Warriors have had a difficult time articulating what's been happening with Kristaps Porzingis www.sfgate.com/warriors/art...

The WNBA is a mess As a lockout looms, SFGATE columnist Drew Magary breaks down the ongoing WNBA drama.

Good morning. I wrote up the WNBA’s labor crisis. The players are gonna get screwed. www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...

Controversial video leaks at California college cutting sports teams "It's important that the public does understand what's going on behind closed doors.”

New at @sfgate.com:

Controversial video leaks at California college cutting sports teams
www.sfgate.com/collegesport...

NBC's epic Olympics failure SFGATE columnist Drew Magary loves the Olympics. But he hates NBC's Olympics.

Wrote some mean shit about NBC. www.sfgate.com/olympics/art...

Hunting for the world's most mythical cannabis: Big Sur Holy Weed Big Sur could become the cannabis world's Champagne.

Couldn’t click fast enough. www.sfgate.com/cannabis/art...

The grim future of all-star games happened in San Francisco, twice A look into a dying trend in sports, with one silver lining.

I wrote about San Francisco hosting two consecutive underwhelming All-Star games and stark difference in how each league's fan base treats their shortcomings www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...

I love the Olympics, but I hate NBC's Olympics SFGATE columnist Drew Magary gives his hater's guide to NBC's Olympics coverage.

www.sfgate.com/olympics/art...

The county of Santa Clara deferred comment to Stanford officials, who did not respond to multiple requests for comment. While it's not clear how long these permits will delay the use of this new $50 million stadium, the program already held a ribbon cutting ceremony last week.

Pam Bondi tried to steal a 4-year-old's dog Drew Magary on MAGA's new rite of passage.

All of these people are so weird and shitty www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Stanford spent $50 million on a new stadium. Then it botched the opening. Stanford forget to check in with the county about their brand new stadium.

Stanford Athletics admitted Thursday that its first weekend of softball games were played in a new stadium that didn't have proper permits from Santa Clara County. This weekend, they've had to relocate a tournament. New from SFGATE: www.sfgate.com/collegesport...

Ex-Stanford professor's relationship with Epstein detailed over years of emails Their relationship dates back to the 1990s.

Stanford, man. www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

'Melania' is so, so, so bad "It has no journalistic value and even less entertainment value."

Here’s my review of Melania. It is bad. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

Despite the blowback, Shedeur Sanders was the star of the Pro Bowl Inside the chaotic media scene during San Francisco's Super Bowl week.

I wrote about the Shedeur Sanders Show at Pro Bowl media day. Confirmed that this is the first lead image that I’m actually in for a story I’ve done. www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...

Joe Lacob's make-or-break Warriors moment has arrived This would be a trade worth going all in for.

Joe Lacob’s make-or-break moment has arrived www.sfgate.com/warriors/art...

San Francisco coyote swims to Alcatraz for first time ever "This was the first time our park biologists observed anything like this."

I don’t think Amanda Bartlett is on Bluesky but someone please tell Amanda this may be the most S.F. story ever & I’m hella jealous.

🐾 🌁

www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

Warriors game in Minnesota postponed after another ICE shooting The NBA is moving Saturday's scheduled game back a day.

The NBA has postponed Saturday's scheduled game between the Golden State Warriors and the Minnesota Timberwolves in Minneapolis hours after federal immigration officers shot and killed a man in the city.

via @alexsimonsports.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/warriors/art...

SF Giants star Jung Hoo Lee detained by Customs at LAX Lee is traveling from South Korea back to California for a Giants fan event.

San Francisco Giants star Jung Hoo Lee was detained at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, the team confirmed.

via @alexsimonsports.bsky.social
www.sfgate.com/giants/artic...

OpenAI is flying high. But a huge new legal threat is coming. Legal experts say AI chatbots are bringing a new legal risk for tech companies.

For decades, America's tech companies have deployed products with little regard to how they harm their users. That could end with ChatGPT.

OpenAI is facing a multi-billion dollar legal risk that no one is talking about.

A new one w/ @stephco.bsky.social:

www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

The tragic backstory of one of the Bay Area's best 49ers bars "The community has really rallied around us."

This was a tough one to write.

"Tucked away in the same display case as the Mantle and DiMaggio balls is his first and only home run as a little leaguer. His dad put it in there the day after he hit it. 'He passed away a week and a half later.'"

for @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl...

Come for the poignant @drewmagary.bsky.social column, stay for the impressive accompanying art:

JD Vance is a piece of s—t We can't let the vice president off the hook.

Good morning. JD Vance is a piece of shit. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

The San Francisco dive bar that loves Bay Bridge traffic Despite skyrocketing food costs, the bar hasn't stopped its $1 wing deal.

Despite skyrocketing food costs, the bar hasn't stopped its $1 wing deal.

A fringe theory about 49ers injuries has gone viral. Here's what scientists say. The theory hunts for an explanation to all the injuries.

Christopher Collins, a professor of radiology at NYU who specializes in the impacts of radiation, was baffled by the idea of a connection between a substation and the 49ers' injuries: "It’s just not possible.”

via @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

A fringe theory about 49ers injuries has gone viral. Here's what scientists say. The theory hunts for an explanation to all the injuries.

my SFGATE colleague Anna Guth spoke with scientists about the dumbest fringe theory in sports www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

The follow up call makes it

This might be the best quote I've ever gotten, manager at an Eagles bar in Philly talking about 49ers fans pranking the crap out of his bar.

Good game day read if you're looking for one: www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl...

I got stranded in Germany for days. It gave me faith in humanity. Storms and military actions stranded travelers on both sides of the Atlantic.

“In the U.S., an airline isn’t obligated to put you up if you get stranded by a weather delay. In fact, President Donald Trump just recently snuffed out a Biden administration plan to compensate Americans financially for extended delays.”
www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...

Bay Area college suspends football program after SFGATE investigation There will be no Oaklanders football next season.

A month after a @thelatinochild.bsky.social investigation for @sfgate.com into Calif.'s worst college football team — scandal-ridden Lincoln University — wherein the head coach threatened him at the end of an interview, Lincoln has suspended its football program: www.sfgate.com/collegesport...

SF bartender attacked in viral Hayes Valley restaurant video has been fired "I did nothing wrong at the end of the day."

"I did nothing wrong at the end of the day."