Back in the middle of the 20th century, it was rare to see a man of the major leagues have a career that spanned from coast to coast. The...

The Oakland A’s of the early 1970’s dominated the MLB, winning three straight World Series. The club was loaded with talent including a...

Since the moment he first bore the uniform of the San Francisco 49ers, Garrison Hearst was one of the most electrifying players in the...

Max Baer was one of the first truly great boxers to come out of the San Francisco Bay Area. Immortalized in the movie Cinderella Man as...

Since its birth in 1869, major league baseball had neglected the western part of the United States. All of their teams were either on the...

The American Basketball Association changed the way that basketball is played. Before it was formed, the NBA had not yet adopted the...

On the morning of April 18, 1906, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco and parts of Oakland to its very core. Felt from...

Joe Morgan was a self made man. Coming out of Oakland, California in the early 1960’s, he was small for his stature and had to work hard...

Dave Stewart was Oakland through and through. Being raised in the East Bay and gaining athletic fame in high school, Stewart was one of...

Few have lived a Bay Area-centric dream quite like Brent Jones. After starring at Leland High School and Santa Clara University, he...

The Freitas name is famous within the halls of Serra High School in San Mateo, California. Jesse Sr. began the family dynasty by becoming...

One of the more overlooked aspects of those great Oakland Raiders teams of the 1970’s is their ground game. Led by one of the greatest...

In the early 1950’s, McClymonds High School in Oakland, California boasted a rich amount of talent in both basketball and baseball. While...

Since their inception, the Oakland Oaks baseball team had been nomads, playing at various stadiums without any to call “home”. That all...

The 1981 49ers won the Super Bowl behind an inventive passing attack and a tremendous defense. Their running attack was suspect and...

During his 14 years in San Francisco, Bryant Young won over the hearts of 49er fans with his persistence in the midst of trial. He...

Tom Brady is widely regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. The longtime quarterback of the New England Patriots and...

These days, Patrick Walsh is known as a successful football coach at Junipero Serra High School. Over the past decade he has collected...

Since the winter of 1991, the De La Salle Spartans football team has not lost to a team from Northern California. The streak began with a...

At the beginning of the 1980’s, the San Diego Chargers had one of the greatest passing attacks of all time. Overshadowed by their...