13+ hour, 45+ min ago   (651+ words) There are still nine games remaining in the Major League Soccer regular season, and nine of 15 teams in each conference make the postseason. And in the Western Conference, 11 teams are separated by a mere 13 points in the standings So to…...

13+ hour, 47+ min ago   (821+ words) SAN FRANCISCO — Wheee! And Whew! The Padres won their seventh consecutive game on Sunday, jumping to their biggest lead in the playoff race since May. Their 6-4 victory over the Giants, which moved the Padres 2½ games ahead of the Diamondbacks in…...

14+ hour, 4+ min ago   (708+ words) The University of San Diego ninth-ranked men’s soccer team dominated Sunday’s showdown with San Diego State, but it was the brief, late-match lapse that loomed over Torero Stadium following Sunday night’s 2-1 Toreros win. “We’ve stressed in the last couple of…...

15+ hour, 2+ min ago   (714+ words) This was next-level bad football Sunday from the Los Angeles Chargers. Sloppy overall and soft on defense, L.A. bore no resemblance to a Jim Harbaugh-coached team and lost to the Arizona Cardinals, 26-14, without claiming a lead. What a bummer for the…...

17+ hour, 26+ min ago   (419+ words) Nick Canepa grades the Chargers following Sunday’s 26-14 season-opening loss to the Arizona Cardinals at SoFi Stadium: The Judases Judased. Justin Herbert had to start from an unexpected 7-0 hole. But once he got the ball in his hands, under new offensive…...

17+ hour, 57+ min ago   (889+ words) Three thoughts after San Diego State’s 28-10 loss to UCLA on Saturday at the Rose Bowl: San Diego State meant to test UCLA with deep balls down the sidelines. “That was part of the plan,” SDSU coach Sean Lewis said after…...

18+ hour, 10+ min ago   (644+ words) How big a deal was Pierce The Veil’s triumphant homecoming concert at Petco Park Saturday night? You may want to take notes. Pierce The Veil will be only second San Diego band to headline a Petco Park concert “This is…...

20+ hour, 34+ min ago   (455+ words) Nick Pivetta won’t have to deal with Rafael Devers in his second start off the injured list. The Giants placed their white-hot slugger on the 60-day injured list with a core muscle injury before Sunday’s 4:20 p.m. first pitch (Peacock…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1864+ words) Good morning from San Francisco, It starts with talent. All the desire and resilience in the world doesn’t matter over the long haul without talent. The Padres’ latest comeback victory and latest one-run victory provided a living illustration. The Giants…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (916+ words) The seed of what would become playwright Mat Smart’s new play “A Black-billed Cuckoo” was a birding class through the Brooklyn Botanical Garden that he joined during the COVID years. He discovered beneath the trees of Prospect Park “the wonder…...