Oakland just can’t seem to stay out of the biblical spotlight. First, that wacky old minister blows his Rapture prediction, then those wacky Warriors bring in the basketball Messiah to resurrect their downtrodden team. Jerry West sounded every bit the franchise savior when introduced as Golden State’s new team adviser and executive board member in San Francisco on Tuesday. Read More

Before basketball fans nominate Joe and Gavin Maloof for sainthood for keeping the Kings in the state capital, consider the more Machiavellian side of their gamesmanship. Weary of Sacramento’s more-than-decade-long inability to build a new arena, the brothers brazenly flirted with Anaheim’s Honda Center and its billionaire owner Henry Samueli, who offered up to $75 million in incentives to lure the Kings. Read More

Riding high on a seven-game win streak, Lowell the High School baseball team ran into a hot-hitting South San Francisco High School team, and couldn’t hold down the Warriors’ bats in a 10-1 nonleague loss Saturday at Orange Park. The Warriors (9-9) collected 10 hits against four Lowell pitchers, including a 2-for-3, five-RBI performance from junior designated hitter Gregorio Jimenez, to continue a streak of four games where they’ve scored 10 runs or more. Read More

For first-year coach Daryl Semien, the task is pretty straightforward: Getting the South San Francisco High School baseball team back to the upper echelon of the Peninsula Athletic League. Getting the task completed won’t be so easy, but Semien thinks his Warriors may be up to the challenge. “We definitely have some work to do, especially at the plate,” Semien said this past week. “We’re a little young, but we’re strong with pitching and defense.” Read More