Ann Killion

Warriors’ Rick Celebrini soaks in son Macklin’s historic feats as Sharks’ budding star Rick Celebrini had a busy Tuesday night, first focusing on the Golden State Warriors’ health in Orlando and then pulling out his phone to watch Macklin’s hat-trick overtime clincher for the...

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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?

But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.

But that's just me

What John Beam gave his players was bigger than football wins or losses At Skyline High and Laney College, John Beam provided his teams more than X’s and O’s, he tapped into the power of sports to provide young men life lessons with value beyond the field.

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#49ers game review:
* Upton Stout’s strength is surprising. His weakness? Alarming
* Ricky Pearsall's knee injury isn't going away
* Why Eddy Pineiro was screaming at Calais Campbell
* CMC not making it easy
* Concussion concern

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Stop me if you've heard this before:

If the NYT still had a public editor, that person would have official standing to ask, WTF???

They axed the public editor. So it's up to the rest of us to ask, unofficially, WTF???

Slow news day. Hard to know what’s the lede.

49ers’ brass ditches ‘Super Bowl or Bust’ mentality with trade deadline inaction A generation raised on Eddie DeBartolo’s marching orders might have a hard time adjusting to this season’s San Francisco 49ers slogan, “Super Bowl? You Must … be kidding me.”

. @annkillion.bsky.social: #49ers’ brass ditches "Super Bowl or Bust" mentality with trade deadline inaction

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Purdy out for the 7th time in 8 games.

In Buster we trust? Posey taking a big risk if Tony Vitello is Giants’ next manager Hiring Tennessee coach Tony Vitello as the San Francisco Giants’ new manager would be unconventional. Controversial. And would test the almost universal faith in Buster Posey.

Wrote this before it became official this morning:
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Emerging from ‘all that chaos,’ Jimmy Butler finds clarity in Warriors’ title quest In going from an inferno of finger-pointing in Miami to a frenzied playoff push with the Warriors, Jimmy Butler is embracing a fresh season with “no hidden agendas” and a singular goal: win a...

Posting this again because Jimmy was the truth last night:
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49ers’ George Kittle will play Sunday against Falcons; Brock Purdy, Ricky Pearsall out San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle will return from his Week 1 hamstring injury to face the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, and coach Kyle Shanahan expects him to be full go.

San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle will return from his Week 1 hamstring injury to face the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, and coach Kyle Shanahan expects him to be full go.

Emerging from ‘all that chaos,’ Jimmy Butler finds clarity in Warriors’ title quest In going from an inferno of finger-pointing in Miami to a frenzied playoff push with the Warriors, Jimmy Butler is embracing a fresh season with “no hidden agendas” and a singular goal: win a...

Had a chance to sit down with Jimmy Butler.
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“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

How WNBA’s ‘most important moment’ is exposing Cathy Engelbert’s greatest weakness The depth of players’ disgust with WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert’s leadership has been revealed as the league approaches an Oct. 31 showdown over labor negotiations.

Great look at the WNBA offseason from @annkillion.bsky.social

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#49ers have fewer than 85 yards rushing in 5 straight games for 1st time in franchise history

Column | Congresswoman-in-limbo Adelita Grijalva on the dilemma she faces Democratic Rep. Grijalva won her special election more than two weeks ago, but House Republicans refuse to swear her into office.

Column: Democratic Rep. Adelita S. Grijalva won her special election in Arizona more than two weeks ago, but House Republicans refuse to swear her in.

She believes it has to do with her stance on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and her identity.

Judge blocks Trump from deploying troops in Illinois for now Officials in Oregon and Illinois had challenged the Trump administration’s push to dispatch the National Guard in both states.

A federal judge in Chicago blocked President Trump from deploying National Guard troops in Illinois.

“I am very much struggling to figure out where this would ever stop,” said U.S. District Judge April M. Perry.

#49ers QB Mac Jones in doubt for Sunday vs. Buccaneers: "We’ll see how I feel"

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What should Cal, Stanford learn as Bill Belichick takes college football to new levels of weird? As Cal and Stanford drum up money, recruit and try to regain relevance in the changing world of college football, Bill Belichick and North Carolina are becoming an example of what not to do.

As Cal and Stanford drum up money, recruit and try to regain relevance in the changing world of college football, Bill Belichick and North Carolina are becoming an example of what not to do.

Has another Mac Jones win fired up a familiar 49ers story, the QB controversy? Mac Jones’ gritty performance in San Francisco’s win over the Rams raised him to 3-0 as a starter subbing for Brock Purdy. One of the most familiar themes of Niners franchise history might be...

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Mac Jones joined Jim Plunkett as the only QBs in #49ers history to throw 6 TD passes in their 1st 3 career games with the team

#49ers inactives:
QB Brock Purdy (toe)
WR Ricky Pearsall (knee)
WR Jauan Jennings (ribs, ankle)
DE Robert Beal (ankle)
WR Jordan Watkins (calf)
LB Nick Martin
RB Jordan James

Jonathan Kuminga to stay with Warriors on two-year, $48.5 million contract, source says The Warriors’ summerlong standoff with forward Jonathan Kuminga has finally been resolved. Kuminga agreed to a two-year, $48.5 million contract to stay with Golden State, the Chronicle confirmed.

The Warriors’ summerlong standoff with forward Jonathan Kuminga has finally been resolved. Kuminga agreed to a two-year, $48.5 million contract to stay with Golden State, the Chronicle confirmed.

ICE Officer ‘Relieved of His Duties’ After Pushing Woman to Floor

NEW: An ICE officer was "relieved of his duties" after pushing an Ecuadorian woman to the floor at an immigration courthouse in New York.

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so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

If 49ers ‘commemorate the legacy of Charlie Kirk,’ what does that say about America? OPINION: Charlie Kirk’s death is a tragedy and an outcome of the divisive politics of the present. Here’s why the NFL and the 49ers shouldn’t ask all of us to honor him, columnist Scott Ostler...

My colleague Scott with an important read:
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49ers take the field and the reaction was definitely more mixed than when they came out for warmups. The locals are filling up the Dome now.

New Golden State Valkyries coffee table book captures historic debut season “Valkyries Rising” documents Golden State’s remarkable run in the WNBA with exclusive stories and photos from the San Francisco Chronicle.

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Jane Leavy’s scathing, funny look at baseball reveals a problem bigger than sports Jane Leavy, famed for her biographies of Koufax, Mantle and Ruth, addresses where MLB has gone wrong in “Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong With Baseball and How to Fix It.”

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