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Alex Simon

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Sports Editor at SFGate

He/him — Sports Editor, @SFGate — Previously at @mercnews/@eastbaytimes — Always repping @TheNextHoops, @Cronkite_ASU, @ElonNewsNetwork, @eloncomm

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  • 1 week ago | sfgate.com | Alex Simon

    For anyone not up to speed: Devers had been Boston’s third baseman for the vast majority of his career until this season, when the Red Sox signed Alex Bregman as a free agent. The team didn’t communicate the Bregman deal to Devers and then asked Devers to move to designated hitter at the start of spring training. Devers was upset at first but eventually relented and became the Red Sox DH.

  • 1 week ago | sfgate.com | Alex Simon

    According to Sportico, Fisher has hired investment bank Moelis & Company to sell off the San Jose Earthquakes, the Major League Soccer team Fisher has owned since 2007. Fisher previously hired Moelis to sell minority stakes in the team in 2021, but Sportico reports Fisher now “intends to sell a control interest” in the Quakes. The news comes as the Athletics are nearing a groundbreaking ceremony for their Las Vegas ballpark next week, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

  • 1 week ago | sfgate.com | Alex Simon

    After seven years and a number of controversies and scandals, Jim Knowlton is stepping down as Cal’s athletic director at the end of the month. But the initial plan to replace him is to elevate two people who worked under Knowlton during all of those same scandals — and even before. Knowlton announced on Monday that he’ll be retiring effective July 1, according to a university news release.

  • 1 week ago | sfgate.com | Alex Simon

    Cal Poly San Luis Obispo President Jeffrey Armstrong announced at 2:30 p.m. on Monday that he will not be reinstating the school’s swimming and diving programs after months of back-and-forth. Cal Poly first announced its plans to eliminate the swimming and diving programs on March 7 and said no fundraising could be done to save the sport.

  • 1 week ago | sfgate.com | Alex Simon

    Rafael Devers of the Boston Red Sox steps over teammate Richard Bleier to throw to first to throw out Mike Yastrzemski of the San Francisco Giants in the bottom of the sixth inning at Oracle Park on July 29, 2023 in San Francisco. The San Francisco Giants have landed a star via trade just moments before Sunday's rubber match against the Los Angeles Dodgers by landing Boston Red Sox star Rafael Devers, according to multiple reports. The trade was first reported by Robert Murray of Fansided.

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Alex Simon @AlexSimonSports
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RT @SFGate: One competitor at San Francisco's Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon is paralyzed after a collision at Sunday's event, which other…

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Alex Simon @AlexSimonSports
6 Jun 25

RT @SFGate: There's finally some clarity with Jonathan Kuminga's Warriors future, according to a report from Monte Poole of NBC Sports Bay…