Scott Ostler

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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.

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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.

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The Warriors starters sit on the bench during the fourth quarter of Game 4 against the Minnesota Timberwolves in their second-round playoff series in Minneapolis on May 12. The Timberwolves won 117-110 before wrapping things up in Game 5. Santiago Mejia/S.F. ChronicleStephen 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.

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May 21-The Golden State Valkyries have no interest in becoming the basketball version of the 1962 New York Mets, an expansion team that went 40-120-1. No "loveable losers" tag for this crew. The deck is deliberately stacked against the Valkies, as a first-year expansion team. They have been handed the league's castoffs, useful but expendable role players, and eager rookies, and been challenged to cobble together a squad facing a hard road to respectability.

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Former Cincinnati Reds player and guest Pete Ross acknowledges spectators during a Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame induction ceremony before a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2018 in Cincinnati. John Minchillo/Associated PressAfter meeting with President Donald Trump last month, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred removed Pete Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and members of the 1919 Chicago Black Sox off of baseball’s list of permanently ineligible players.