Scott Ostler

3 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Scott Ostler

Heliot Ramos (17) watches from the dugout as the Padres high five after the San Francisco Giants were defeated 1-0 by the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park in San Francisco, on Monday, June 2, 2025. Carlos Avila Gonzalez/S.F. ChronicleBuster Posey, president of baseball operations for the San Francisco Giants, during a Q&A at the San Francisco Giants 2025 Fan Fest, hosted at Sutter Health Park, home of the Sacramento River Cats, on Feb. 1, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif.

4 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Scott Ostler

Trans athlete AB Hernandez, center, of Jurupa Valley High School (Riverside County) joins other athletes for a briefing before the high jump competition at the California high school Track & Field Championships in Clovis (Fresno County) on Friday. Jae C. Hong/Associated PressA banner reading "NO BOYS IN GIRLS' SPORTS!" is flown above Veteran's Memorial Stadium during the California high school track-and-field championships in Clovis, Calif., Friday, May 30, 2025. Jae C.

4 weeks ago | sacbee.com | Scott Ostler

May 28-Muckraking is hard work, one would assume, but Irvin Muchnick doesn't seem worn out by almost four decades of such dirty duty. We have met for coffee a couple of times, and the Berkeley author and investigative reporter, now 70, looked peppy and sounded upbeat. All that digging into the slimy, dark corners of sport certainly hasn't made Muchnick wealthy - he still hasn't replaced his old Honda Civic that was stolen four years ago - but it hasn't broken him down or dimmed his spirit.

1 month ago | sfchronicle.com | Scott Ostler

Irvin Muchnick, an independent investigative reporter and author whose work focuses on sports exposés, is seen at his home in Berkeley. Stephen Lam/S.F. ChronicleIrvin Muchnick, an independent investigative reporter and author whose work focuses on sports exposés, displays copies of his books in Berkeley. Stephen Lam/S.F. ChronicleIrvin Muchnick, an independent investigative reporter and author whose work focuses on sports exposés, is seen at his home in Berkeley.

1 month ago | sacbee.com | Scott Ostler

May 26-Stephen Hawking isn't around to explain how this happened, but that Stephen Curry Window that the Golden State Warriors are seeking to maximize has shrunk. Curry, Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler are all under contract for two more seasons, so that would appear to be the Curry Window, but in reality, next season is the Last Chance Motel. The only way the Warriors extend that Window to a second season is by trading for Giannis Antetokounmpo.