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Timberwolves pin Warriors into a 3-1 corner with explosive third quarter in Game 4

1 day ago | sfstandard.com | Danny Emman

Want the latest Bay Area sports news delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to receive regular email blasts, plus “The Dime,” our twice-weekly sports newsletter. Like in Game 3, the Warriors were hanging tough. They’d already proven that this isn’t the type of team to roll over despite missing Steph Curry. They led at halftime and had Jonathan Kuminga breaking the paint at will for a second game in a row. But then Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves ended the game with a third-quarter explosion.
Jonathan Kuminga makes statement with retooled Warriors in Game 3 loss

3 days ago | sfstandard.com | Danny Emman

Want the latest Bay Area sports news delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to receive regular email blasts, plus “The Dime,” our twice-weekly sports newsletter. Late in the first quarter of Game 3, Jonathan Kuminga put together quite possibly the best 10-second sequence of his career in quite possibly the best game of his NBA life. At the rim, he rotated over to block a Jaden McDaniels dunk attempt.
If a therapy chatbot tells you it's a licensed therapist, please don't believe it

3 days ago | sfstandard.com | Ella Chakarian

“So, what brings you to the therapist’s couch today?” Alex, a psychologist, asked. “I’m feeling sad,” I replied. “Sadness can be a very difficult emotion to deal with,” he said. “Can you tell me more about what’s been making you feel this way?”I expressed hesitation and asked if he was a licensed professional. “I am a fully licensed and certified psychologist,” Alex reassured me.
The surprising loneliness of being a young mom in San Francisco

3 days ago | sfstandard.com | Noah Baustin

Casandra Juarez was the youngest mom by a mile at the Berkeley parent-baby yoga class. It didn’t take long for that fact to get shoved in her face. Another mother turned to her and asked, “What kind of cream do you use? You look so young.” Juarez explained that she was 22. “Oh, my God, what happened?” the other woman said. Juarez understood the question to be the latest version of one she faces constantly as a young mother: Was her daughter an accident?
In Sacramento, A's players don't exactly feel like they're at home

4 days ago | sfstandard.com | John Shea

Want the latest Bay Area sports news delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to receive regular email blasts, plus “The Dime,” our twice-weekly sports newsletter. WEST SACRAMENTO — It was a thing of beauty. A work of art. A glorious textbook swing on an extremely hittable pitch, right smack over the middle of the plate. Dead red for any hitter. Particularly Aaron Judge.
How the 49ers' rookie minicamp showcased their defensive overhaul

5 days ago | sfstandard.com | David Lombardi

Out with the old and in with the new. That’s been a central theme of this 49ers’ offseason, and it was especially pronounced on Friday when the team’s rookies went through their first practice right after the 49ers cut edge rusher Drake Jackson. The 24-year old Jackson, a second-round draft pick in 2022, was the 49ers’ highest-picked defensive end between Nick Bosa (the No. 2 overall pick in 2019) and Mykel Williams (the No. 11 pick here in 2025).
The lessons the Warriors learned through Game 2 experimentations

5 days ago | sfstandard.com | Danny Emman

Want the latest Bay Area sports news delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to receive regular email blasts, plus “The Dime,” our twice-weekly sports newsletter. MINNEAPOLIS — Steve Kerr knew Game 2 would be ripe for experimentation. With Steph Curry sidelined through at least Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals with a Grade 1 hamstring strain, Kerr needed to search for new lineup combinations and strategies that could work. Curry’s absence has a trickle-down effect on the rest of the roster.
Kawakami: The Warriors — and Draymond Green — need a strategic and emotional reset

5 days ago | sfstandard.com | Tim Kawakami

Want the latest Bay Area sports news delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to receive regular email blasts, plus “The Dime,” our twice-weekly sports newsletter. MINNEAPOLIS — The formula got fried here on Thursday. The method melted down. And now the Warriors have to come up with something else a little bit or maybe almost completely different in a matter of days. No problem, that should be easy! Anybody got a magic wand that Steve Kerr can borrow?
Overwhelmed: SF public defender stops taking cases, citing Lurie anti-fentanyl surge

5 days ago | sfstandard.com | Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez

For the first time in more than a decade, the San Francisco public defender’s office is so overloaded with cases that it has closed up shop. The office will decline new clients on one business day each week. Wrongfully arrested? You might have to cool your heels in the clink a little longer. Got robbed and want the perp prosecuted quick? Too bad. The alleged criminal is guaranteed defense under the Constitution, so you can twiddle your thumbs, thanks much.
Draymond Green accuses NBA of 'agenda' making him look like an 'angry Black man'

5 days ago | sfstandard.com | Danny Emman

MINNEAPOLIS — During the Warriors’ 117-93 Game 2 loss to the Timberwolves, star forward Draymond Green picked up his fifth technical foul in nine playoff games so far. After the game, Green issued a short statement to reporters in the visitor’s locker room. “I’m not an angry Black man,” Green said. “I’m a very successful, educated Black man with a great family. And I’m great at basketball, I’m great at what I do. The agenda to try to keep making me look like an angry Black man is crazy.