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Warriors star Steph Curry came up short during the American Century Championship's final round on Sunday in South Lake Tahoe. The 2023 ACC champion won't be hoisting the trophy again after finishing with a score of 58, good enough for fifth place. San Jose Sharks legend Joe Pavelski was the victor, posting 73 points for his first ACC win in nine tries after second-place finishes in 2022 and 2024.
On Tuesday, California sports fans with an Xfinity subscription that watch their teams on NBC Sports Bay Area or NBC Sports California will have to shell out an extra $20 per month to upgrade from the “Popular” package to the “Ultimate” package. NBC Sports Bay Area broadcasts the Golden State Warriors and San Francisco Giants while NBC Sports California airs Sacramento Kings, San Jose Sharks, and Oakland A’s games.
NBC Sports Bay Area and NBC Sports California, together with its team partners – NBA’s Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings, MLB’s San Francisco Giants and Oakland A’s, NHL’s San Jose Sharks, MLS’s San Jose Earthquakes and NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, along with the teams’ apparel and merchandise partner Fanatics – and San Francisco-based bag manufacturer Timbuk2 have teamed up to donate 50,000 face masks and bandanas to Northern California health care providers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The teams and NBC Sports have donated over 10,000 new t-shirts, and Timbuk2 will create cloth face masks and bandanas from the t-shirt material.
The civil suit by Fox follows legal action in August from one of his partners, former San Jose Sharks co-owner and VeriSign CEO Stratton Sclavos, who failed in his attempt to get a temporary restraining order issued against Fox. In that attempt, Sclavos and other signatories affiliated with Echo Fox accused the former Celtic and Laker of “willful, wanton, and intentionally destructive efforts toward the Partnership,” according to that complaint.
Curry, the Golden State Warriors two-time NBA Most Valuable Player is a contender in the tournament. He is considered among the favorites. Harrah’s and Harveys Race and Sportsbook have installed him at 15-1 odds along with San Jose Sharks captain Joe Pavelski and former Sharks star Jeremy Roenick.
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The Golden State Warriors and San Jose Sharks have an unlikely fan in their twin bid to bring the championship from their respective leagues home to the Bay Area: Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. If both the Warriors and Sharks win championships this month, Cuban stands to profit because he holds the trademark for the "City of Champions" T-shirts that are routinely sold in cities that can claim two or more reigning champions in North America's four major team sports. 'If the Mavs don't win, at least there is always a chance for a win in there somewhere for me," Cuban told ESPN.com Wednesday.
The Golden State Warriors and San Jose Sharks have advanced to the championship rounds of their respective leagues, the ninth time a metro region has hosted the NBA and NHL finals at the same time. It marks the first time those sports have simultaneously contested their finals west of such subzero climates as New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago. For fans, it has been a thrilling, exhausting spring, summoning game faces night after night -- sometimes on the same night -- for two "home" teams. "There have been a lot of late nights over the past month," said Dan Fisher, a Sharks season ticket holder. He watched Monday night's Game 1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins at the Britannia Arms in downtown San Jose, despite the periodic "annoyance" of the Warriors' Game 7 win over Oklahoma City playing on many of the bar's TVs.
The Bay Area's sports radio landscape is changing a little bit. And who knows? Depending on what the Golden State Warriors do, that change could end up being dramatic. By now, hard-core fans know that the Bay Area has another sports talk radio station in town: 95.7-FM. The station already is the flagship station of the Oakland A's and will be the flagship of the San Jose Sharks next season. That's not a bad start. But for 95.7-FM to make any kind of serious run at KNBR-680 -- the Bay Area's dominant sports talk station -- it's going to need to do more. Enter: The Warriors. The Warriors' contract with KNBR expires at the end of the 2011-12 season, and it seems only logical that the Warriors will engage in dialogue with 95.7-FM.
Owners of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks and the HP Pavilion arena appear to be spearheading hopes of bringing an NBA team to San Jose. Mayor Chuck Reed of San Jose told Yahoo! Sports that Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment Enterprises reached out to the Maloof brothers, owners of the Kings, about bringing the franchise to San Jose to no avail as the Maloofs are intent on moving to Anaheim. The HP Pavilion holds 18,500 seats for basketball with 66 suites. It hosted a regional in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament last year and hosted the Golden State Warriors during the 1995-96 season while their arena in nearby Oakland was renovated. “We have all the ingredients for [basketball],” Reed said. “We just need someone that wants to buy a team and put them in the arena. That’s all.”
Mike Ilitch is staying quiet about his quest to buy the Detroit Pistons. Ilitch declined comment when asked for an update on the sale and his wife, Marian, said "mum's the word," before their Detroit Red Wings played the San Jose Sharks on Monday night. Mike Ilitch also owns the Detroit Tigers.
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Mike Ilitch is staying quiet about his quest to buy the Detroit Pistons. Ilitch declined comment when asked for an update on the sale and his wife, Marian, said "mum's the word," before their Detroit Red Wings played the San Jose Sharks on Monday night. Mike Ilitch also owns the Detroit Tigers.
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