Alex Simon
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Sports Editor at SFGATE | Elon/Arizona State alum | Loves In-N-Out Burger a bit too much
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The redesign itself is likely illegal, based on language written into the act that originally established the park passes.
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Trump's face on national parks pass is illegal, experts say
The redesign is likely illegal based on the act that created the pass.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The redesign itself is likely illegal, based on language written into the act that originally established the park passes.
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Good morning. Fuck AI. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
The time has come to declare war on AI
"It's now in everything, even if you don't want it there."
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December 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Good morning. Fuck AI. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
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"In a very short timeframe, AI has become the high-fructose corn syrup of the digital realm: It’s now in everything, even if you don’t want it there." www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
The time has come to declare war on AI
"It's now in everything, even if you don't want it there."
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December 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"In a very short timeframe, AI has become the high-fructose corn syrup of the digital realm: It’s now in everything, even if you don’t want it there." www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
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SEISMIC women's sports podcast news! Presenting Women's Sports Daily, podcast by @theixsports.bsky.social. Get the most important news in women's sports every morning, Mon-Fri, via @chelsealeite.bsky.social and @stephaniekaloi.bsky.social! SUBSCRIBE HERE open.spotify.com/show/4GNIwuV...
Introduction and holiday weekend highlights | Women's Sports Daily
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SEISMIC women's sports podcast news! Presenting Women's Sports Daily, podcast by @theixsports.bsky.social. Get the most important news in women's sports every morning, Mon-Fri, via @chelsealeite.bsky.social and @stephaniekaloi.bsky.social! SUBSCRIBE HERE open.spotify.com/show/4GNIwuV...
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A recent chilly Friday night in Los Angeles saw a Dave & Buster’s packed with Shrek superfans — many painted in head-to-toe green — for Shrek Rave, a touring dance party giving the DreamWorks classic a second life.
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A recent chilly Friday night in Los Angeles saw a Dave & Buster’s packed with Shrek superfans — many painted in head-to-toe green — for Shrek Rave, a touring dance party giving the DreamWorks classic a second life.
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“It's home right now. It's home for us. It's home for the foreseeable future."
PayPal Park, is the home of the 2025 championshup game, and for now, Bay FC. They still intend to have their own stadium eventually, but for now, San Jose is home | @sfchronicle.com
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PayPal Park, is the home of the 2025 championshup game, and for now, Bay FC. They still intend to have their own stadium eventually, but for now, San Jose is home | @sfchronicle.com
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NWSL championship descends on San Jose, where Bay FC’s future is uncertain
Bay FC’s home in San Jose hasn’t been considered permanent, and as the club heads into what it describes as “phase two” on the field and as a business, its long-term location is still a...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
“It's home right now. It's home for us. It's home for the foreseeable future."
PayPal Park, is the home of the 2025 championshup game, and for now, Bay FC. They still intend to have their own stadium eventually, but for now, San Jose is home | @sfchronicle.com
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PayPal Park, is the home of the 2025 championshup game, and for now, Bay FC. They still intend to have their own stadium eventually, but for now, San Jose is home | @sfchronicle.com
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The Stanford Tree officially turns 50 today. And for the irreverent but beloved band mascot, there’s a first coming: A wedding.
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My @sfgate.com feature on the greatest college mascot love story: www.sfgate.com/collegesport...
Neon spandex, expired Yoo-hoo and IKEA: The greatest college mascot love story
As the Stanford Tree turns 50, the mascot has never had a love story like this.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Stanford Tree officially turns 50 today. And for the irreverent but beloved band mascot, there’s a first coming: A wedding.
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My @sfgate.com feature on the greatest college mascot love story: www.sfgate.com/collegesport...
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For Big Game week between Cal and Stanford I tracked down the anonymous Oski and Stanford Tree who got into a nationally televised brawl on ESPN 30 years ago that required police intervention. The untold story involves 18 beers, suspensions & lots of blood.
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My latest:
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What really happened the night Oski beat up the Stanford Tree
"I must've been 18 beers deep at that point. I was in big trouble."
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November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
For Big Game week between Cal and Stanford I tracked down the anonymous Oski and Stanford Tree who got into a nationally televised brawl on ESPN 30 years ago that required police intervention. The untold story involves 18 beers, suspensions & lots of blood.
My latest:
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I wrote up an Olivia Nuzzi explainer. If I never have to write about this nightmare of a person ever again, I’ll be grateful. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
A guide to the absolutely ludicrous Olivia Nuzzi media scandal
Somehow, RFK Jr., a former Republican governor and Anthony Weiner are all involved.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I wrote up an Olivia Nuzzi explainer. If I never have to write about this nightmare of a person ever again, I’ll be grateful. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
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The beloved football coach died Friday after being shot on campus on Thursday.
'Massive tragedy': Bay Area community mourns Oakland coach John Beam
The beloved football coach died Friday after being shot on campus on Thursday.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The beloved football coach died Friday after being shot on campus on Thursday.
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'Massive tragedy': Bay Area community mourns Oakland coach John Beam
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'Massive tragedy': Bay Area community mourns Oakland coach John Beam
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'Massive tragedy': Bay Area community mourns Oakland coach John Beam
The beloved football coach died Friday after being shot on campus on Thursday.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
New story for @sfgate.com with my colleague @madilynnemedina.bsky.social:
'Massive tragedy': Bay Area community mourns Oakland coach John Beam
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'Massive tragedy': Bay Area community mourns Oakland coach John Beam
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This is a developing story. Read more updates here:
'Never stopped fighting': Oakland mayor remembers John Beam
Oakland police said the suspect in the shooting targeted Beam.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is a developing story. Read more updates here:
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Bay Area coaching legend John Beam died around 10 a.m. on Friday after being shot at the campus’s sports facility on Thursday, Oakland police confirmed in a news conference.
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Bay Area coaching legend John Beam died around 10 a.m. on Friday after being shot at the campus’s sports facility on Thursday, Oakland police confirmed in a news conference.
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The discipline for the Antioch HS football team's heinous hazing incident includes a “restorative circle to understand the impact of this incident and this type of conduct.”
No one will address why team is still playing games.
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No one will address why team is still playing games.
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Discipline for Antioch football hazing includes 'restorative circle'
In letter, Antioch's principal says nothing about why the team is still playing.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The discipline for the Antioch HS football team's heinous hazing incident includes a “restorative circle to understand the impact of this incident and this type of conduct.”
No one will address why team is still playing games.
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No one will address why team is still playing games.
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Despite the graphic descriptions of the video that have been in the news cycle for more than a week, NCS Commissioner Pat Cruickshank said on Monday that he had not even personally seen the video himself.
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Bay Area HS won't explain why it resumed football after heinous hazing incident
Antioch is set to play in the North Coast Section playoffs on Friday.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Despite the graphic descriptions of the video that have been in the news cycle for more than a week, NCS Commissioner Pat Cruickshank said on Monday that he had not even personally seen the video himself.
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Bay Area HS won't explain why it resumed football after heinous hazing incident
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Bay Area HS won't explain why it resumed football after heinous hazing incident
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Bay Area HS won't explain why it resumed football after heinous hazing incident
Antioch is set to play in the North Coast Section playoffs on Friday.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Bay Area HS won't explain why it resumed football after heinous hazing incident
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Bay Area HS won't explain why it resumed football after heinous hazing incident
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@edsbs.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social if y’all haven’t seen what Miami just did to score a TD, you need to go look. Throwback to an o-lineman for a TD
November 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
@edsbs.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social if y’all haven’t seen what Miami just did to score a TD, you need to go look. Throwback to an o-lineman for a TD
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The garlic fries will be way better than the ones at Oracle Park.
SF's most awarded bar is now opening its first restaurant
The garlic fries will be way better than the ones at Oracle Park.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The garlic fries will be way better than the ones at Oracle Park.
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This one from Eric Ting at @sfgate.com is pretty damn ironclad. www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl...
It's time for 49ers QB Brock Purdy to suck it up and play
The 49ers need their franchise quarterback, writes SFGATE columnist Eric Ting.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This one from Eric Ting at @sfgate.com is pretty damn ironclad. www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl...
A behind-the-scenes feature from me at @sfgate.com, getting an inside look at a global tech giant's foray into the sports world:
Apple is spending billions to fix sports-viewing they say 'sucks'
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Apple is spending billions to fix sports-viewing they say 'sucks'
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Apple is spending billions to fix sports-viewing they say 'sucks'
How Apple's deal with Major League Soccer is changing the sports television game.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A behind-the-scenes feature from me at @sfgate.com, getting an inside look at a global tech giant's foray into the sports world:
Apple is spending billions to fix sports-viewing they say 'sucks'
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Apple is spending billions to fix sports-viewing they say 'sucks'
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Warriors' Brandin Podziemski claims he could be the 'white Shohei' of baseball
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Warriors' Brandin Podziemski claims he could be the 'white Shohei' of baseball
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Warriors' Brandin Podziemski claims he could be the 'white Shohei' of baseball
"I think I could for sure do both. Pitch, play the field, hit, all those things.”
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October 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Warriors' Brandin Podziemski claims he could be the 'white Shohei' of baseball
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Warriors' Brandin Podziemski claims he could be the 'white Shohei' of baseball
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Plutonium was detected at the decommissioned Hunters Point shipyard.
'Deeply concerned': Dangerous radiation levels detected in San Francisco
Plutonium was detected at the decommissioned Hunters Point shipyard.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Plutonium was detected at the decommissioned Hunters Point shipyard.
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In-N-Out did not respond to a request for comment on the “6-7” phenomenon.
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The latest teenage craze is causing headaches at In-N-Out
In-N-Out's order-numbering style has led to numerous viral videos recently.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In-N-Out did not respond to a request for comment on the “6-7” phenomenon.
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a 49ers YouTuber has spent the last couple days basically doing the "5g causes covid" conspiracy theory but for the team's injury woes www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl...
Top 49ers YouTuber pushes conspiracy theory about team's injury issues
EMF conspiracy theories, a relic of the COVID-19 pandemic, have returned.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
a 49ers YouTuber has spent the last couple days basically doing the "5g causes covid" conspiracy theory but for the team's injury woes www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl...
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How Cam Skattebo rose from tiny Calif. town to become 'irreplaceable' Giants star
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It’s a real bummer that NorCal-born-and-raised Skattebo won’t face the #49ers, his favorite team growing up, this week.
How Cam Skattebo rose from tiny Calif. town to become 'irreplaceable' Giants star
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It’s a real bummer that NorCal-born-and-raised Skattebo won’t face the #49ers, his favorite team growing up, this week.
How Cam Skattebo rose from tiny Calif. town to be 'irreplaceable' Giants star
Skattebo's rookie season is over, but his journey is still making an impact.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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How Cam Skattebo rose from tiny Calif. town to become 'irreplaceable' Giants star
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It’s a real bummer that NorCal-born-and-raised Skattebo won’t face the #49ers, his favorite team growing up, this week.
How Cam Skattebo rose from tiny Calif. town to become 'irreplaceable' Giants star
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It’s a real bummer that NorCal-born-and-raised Skattebo won’t face the #49ers, his favorite team growing up, this week.