Ten years ago, there was a serious debate going on as to who would have the better MLB career—Jurickson Profar or Oscar Taveras. Profar made the Texas Rangers’ roster at 19 years old and was thought by some to be the best prospect at that time. Others opted for Taveras, a smooth-swinging lefty outfielder who…
Two teams defined the 2024 MLB trade deadline on Tuesday. And one trade in particular summarizes the distinctly different approach to a roster shuffle in the middle of the season. While the San Diego Padres went into go-for-broke mode, the Tampa Bay Rays revealed a heavy dose of self-awareness and sacrificed a potential playoff berth…
Nov 19, 2023; Santa Clara, California, USA; San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk (11) leans into the play against Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive back Dee Delaney (30) during the second quarter at Levi’s Stadium. credits: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports After a turbulent summer, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk has formally requested…
When David De Clercq traveled to San Francisco last year, he had a few musts on his itinerary: Go to Alcatraz. Try new restaurants. And ride in a self-driving car. Self-driving cars, also known as autonomous vehicles or, colloquially, robotaxis, have been driving the streets of San Francisco in some form since 2009 and have…
8:30 a.m. Stroll on the avenue by the sea Enjoy an espresso ($1.50) with a fresh mallorca pastry (a spiral sweet bun; $3.50) at Sobao, an indoor-outdoor cafe at the AC Hotel by Marriott, then walk along Avenida Ashford until you reach a small park called Ventanas al Mar (Windows to the Sea), which has…
Headliner San Sabino With this new venture, the married chefs Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli, and their partner Michael Stillman’s Quality Branded, aren’t fretting about driving business from their high-profile Italian American restaurant, Don Angie, which opened six years ago just a few doors south. “It’s different, there’s more seafood and we’re being creative with…
On San Andres, a small Colombian island in an archipelago off the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, counting the blues in the famous “Sea of Seven Colors” is on every visitor’s to-do list. It’s a midday activity done en route as you cruise among the cays, or keys, dotting San Andres’s eastern side: low-lying (mostly) uninhabited…
Good morning. The vernal equinox is in less than three weeks, but you wouldn’t know it from the frosted mud in the woods and the storm-wounded lawns where I stay. It’s bare ugly everywhere save in the bays, where water clear as gin flows over rocks in a spectrum of pink. At the market: cabbage…
