The New York Yankees are not pretending in 2026. They have a plan at first base—and Paul Goldschmidt understands exactly where he fits into it. According to reporting from The Athletic, Goldschmidt isn’t clinging to everyday at-bats or fighting Father …
Yankees Shift First Base to Ben Rice as Veteran Accepts New Role Read MoreMarlon Garnett played 14 seasons of international basketball, worked nine years as an NBA assistant coach and currently helps coach a team in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional, Puerto Rico’s professional league. Now 50, Garnett was a junior at Santa Clara …
College basketball: Why Gonzaga’s visit to Santa Clara might be Broncos’ biggest game in decades Read MoreMaybe the moral renewal of America depends on the moral renewal of Silicon Valley. For 40 years I have been a proud valley resident. But I am increasingly appalled by how our tech leaders are shaping our future. And, more …
Clendaniel: Declining morality of Silicon Valley’s tech leaders dragging down the nation Read MoreSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Opportunity. That was the word of the day when Buster Posey and Tony Vitello answered questions on Tuesday about the composition of the Giants’ bullpen. Opportunity, opportunity, opportunity. “I think there’s opportunity for a lot of guys. …
SF Giants 2026 spring training preview: bullpen Read MoreWoodside soccer player Luke Hunter is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Feb. 2-7. In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Hunter had 40% to finish ahead of James Logan soccer …
Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Luke Hunter, Woodside soccer Read MoreQ: I bought a GE refrigerator four years ago for over $3,000. The freezer portion has failed five times because of a coolant leak that technicians can’t locate. Each repair costs over $1,200, which was covered by my warranty, and …
GE keeps fixing my fridge, but it won’t stay fixed – what now? Read MoreTown budget update As of a special meeting on Feb. 10, Los Gatos may not have a budget deficit this fiscal year. Related Articles Federal budget cuts lead this East Bay county to consider a new tax to fill the …
Los Gatos’s projected budget deficit is now a surplus Read MoreBy MEG KINNARD, Associated Press Another shutdown for parts of the federal government is expected this weekend as lawmakers debate new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda. Related Articles Today in History: February 13, Supreme Court Justice Antonin …
What to know about the Homeland Security shutdown starting this weekend Read MoreGood morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: The Sun-Times has been checking the prices of 35 common grocery items at four Chicago stores for the past year. Here’s what we found. 🗞️ Plus: A CHA whistleblower flags civil rights violations, DePaul and Loyola’s …
Our yearlong grocery price investigation Read MoreEverything I’ve heard and seen from Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights has horrified me. As I said previously, the most worrying aspect of this film adaptation is that people who haven’t read the book will see the movie and actually believe …
Margot Robbie & Jacob Elordi cover Vogue Australia, talk Wuthering Heights Read MoreLast September, Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Sarah Chalke, Judy Reyes, John C. McGinley, and Bill Lawrence posted a picture from the first table read for the Scrubs reboot. I’d had mixed feelings about this revival, but that picture did make …
The ‘Scrubs’ trailer captures the original series’ heart and comedy Read MoreDrew Barrymore is 50 years old. She got divorced for the third and final (?) time about a decade ago. Her third husband was Will Kopelman, the father of her two daughters. Since that divorce, Drew has said that she …
Drew Barrymore: ‘I’m totally grossed out’ by the idea of dating guys in their 20s Read MoreJames Van Der Beek passed away on February 11 after a years-long journey with colorectal cancer. He is survived by his wife, Kimberly Van Der Beek, and their six children, ages four through 15. Over the last several months, James …
Zoe Saldana & other celebs donate to James Van Der Beek’s family’s GoFundMe Read MoreSometimes, it feels like we’re being gaslit about the Princess of Wales’s style. They even lie about the colors she wears! On Thursday, Kate stepped out at a south London school to highlight Children’s Mental Health Week. She wore slim-cut …
Princess Kate’s new favorite color is green, when she previously said ‘white’ Read MoreAmazon Ring aired a commercial during the Super Bowl that was supposed to be a feel-good story about how the collective power of their cameras can be used to find lost dogs. Instead, it revealed to a global audience that …
Amazon Ring cancels partnership with Flock cameras after Super Bowl ad backlash Read MoreThis week, Britain’s former prime minister Gordon Brown wrote a scathing piece in the New Statesman. Brown was PM from 2007 through May 2010, in between Tony Blair and David Cameron. His New Statesman piece is about the Epstein Files …
Gordon Brown: Prince Andrew must be questioned about human trafficking Read MorePrince William’s three-day trip to Saudi Arabia has drawn mixed reactions, even from William’s loyalists and the royalist press. He had royal reporters traveling with him for the trip, and they sounded bored as hell. The Times even asked “William …
Mail: Prince William can’t ‘keep up his trademark irritated silence for much longer’ Read MoreJ.D. Vance opened last year’s Munich Security Conference (MSC) with an attack on the US’ European allies, stunning the world’s biggest defence summit. In the year since, Donald Trump has published the new US national security strategy, which outlined the …
Munich Security Conference: a showdown between Europe and Trump? Read MoreThe first in a line of a new generation of EVs – BMW is calling them the New Class, or Neue Klasse – the iX3 expunges “many or all of the annoyances of new-age EVs”, said Top Gear Magazine. The …
BMW iX3: a ‘revolution’ for the German car brand Read MoreWe think of samurai as fearsome warriors – and they were, said Neil Fisher in The Sunday Times. Yet if you visit Nomura Residence, an “elegant” house in the Japanese city of Kanazawa where generations of samurai lived, you’ll find …
Samurai: a ‘blockbuster’ display of Japan’s legendary warriors Read MoreThe International Olympic Committee has boasted that Milano-Cortina 2026 is “the most gender-balanced Olympic Winter Games in history”. But there’s actually one sport women don’t even get to try. For all the claims about “the highest level of female participation …
Nordic combined: the Winter Olympics sport that bars women Read MoreFind out how closely you’ve been paying attention to the latest news and other global events by putting your knowledge to the test with our Quiz of The Week.
Quiz of The Week: 7 – 13 February Read MoreMaybe the moral renewal of America depends on the moral renewal of Silicon Valley. For 40 years I have been a proud valley resident. But I am increasingly appalled by how our tech leaders are shaping our future. And, more …
Clendaniel: Declining morality of Silicon Valley’s tech leaders dragging down the nation Read MoreReading Time: 3 minutes Andy Cohen is not losing any sleep over Jill Zarin. As you might have heard, the long-time reality star was fired by Bravo this week after she reacted to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show in …
Andy Cohen Reacts to Jill Zarin Firing: GOOD RIDDANCE! Read MoreBy DAVE SKRETTA, Associated Press Sports Writer MILAN (AP) — The International Skating Union says it stands by the judging of ice dance at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, where the scores from the French judge earlier this week played …
ISU defends Olympic ice dance scoring after French judge’s margin swings gold to French team over US Read MoreBy KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will send the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Middle East to back up another already there, a person familiar with the plans said Friday, putting …
Second US aircraft carrier is being sent to the Middle East, AP source says, as Iran tensions high Read MoreAn eleventh-hour entrant into the race for Los Angeles mayor figures to turn the nation’s second-largest city into another battleground in a fight that’s been brewing within the Democratic Party: insurgent progressives versus the establishment. Indeed, the announcement from Councilmember …
Los Angeles becomes another progressive vs. establishment battleground Read MoreSACRAMENTO — In authoritarian Russia, critics of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine have an odd habit of falling out of windows. These likely acts of defenestration serve as a stark warning for other critics, although the official line is usually that they tripped or …
Steven Greenhut: Time to stop ICE’s efforts to ‘defenestrate’ the Constitution Read MoreBy MEG KINNARD, Associated Press Another shutdown for parts of the federal government is expected this weekend as lawmakers debate new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda. Related Articles New astronauts launch to the International Space Station after …
What to know about the Homeland Security shutdown starting this weekend Read MoreFor some, there’s nothing more romantic than cozying up with a book on Valentine’s Day. Or maybe you’re going out and need something to read while you and your date wait for your table to open up when out for a fabulous …
9 romance novel recommendations to spice up your Valentine’s Day Read MoreQ: Greetings Honk: I am suspicious this new lane will actually be a tolled lane. Do you have any information? – Andy O’Connor, Lake Forest A: Andy kindly sent Honk a website link to the Orange County Transportation Authority’s project …
More express lanes likely for Orange County — eventually Read MoreBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, Associated Press Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A key measure of inflation fell to nearly a five-year low last month as apartment rental price growth slowed and gas prices fell, offering some relief to Americans grappling with …
Inflation measure falls to nearly five-year low as gas prices fall and housing costs cool Read MoreThis essay and interview appear in this week’s The Book Pages newsletter. For more information and book coverage, sign up for the free newsletter. Terms like “artificial” and “robotic” aren’t words associated with satisfying romance, which seems to prefer the …
Southern California romance bookstores do not want AI for Valentine’s Day Read MoreJohn Harbaugh hasn’t been shy about shaking up the coaching staff for the New York Giants, but he knows the value of one key assistant, so much so, Harbs changed the young coach’s job title and increased his responsibilities to …
John Harbaugh Changes Title to Keep Key Giants Assistant: Report Read MoreThe Buffalo Bills suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Denver Broncos to dash their Super Bowl hopes, and now the team is headed for more pain in the offseason. The Bills are facing a tight salary cap situation, one that …
Bills Facing ‘Pressure’ to Make Decision on Veteran Wide Receiver Read MoreIn the NFL, you don’t hear about teams trading away elite left offensive tackles very often. The Baltimore Ravens might not be doing things in a typical fashion with a new head coach in Jesse Minter, which is why Bleacher …
‘Biggest Star’ Leaves Ravens in Blockbuster Trade Prediction Read MoreThe Dallas Cowboys have 3 defensive tackles on the roster who could start for essentially all 32 teams with Quinnen Williams, Osa Odighizuwa and Kenny Clark. All 3 also have massive contracts. Williams isn’t going anywhere, so it makes sense …
Pair of Cowboys Defensive Stars Called ‘Top Trade Assets’ Read MoreOn Feb. 12, LeBron James became the oldest player to record a triple-double in the NBA. The Los Angeles Lakers‘ aging superstar ended the night with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists as his team defeated the Dallas Mavericks …
Lakers’ Austin Reaves Reacts to LeBron James’ Historic Night Read MoreThe Cleveland Browns have been heavily linked to picking a wide receiver and offensive line help with their two first-round picks, but that may change. Cleveland needs to address its offense in the draft, but the team could also look …
Browns Urged to Draft Defensive Player Compared to Troy Polamalu Read MoreThe Seattle Seahawks are still celebrating the team’s Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots. Soon, the confetti will eventually settle and general manager John Schneider faces plenty of decisions about how to keep the team’s championship roster intact. …
Seahawks Issued Warning on ‘Mass Exodus’ After Super Bowl Read More