Ethan Kassel
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Oakland A’s Gold Globe first baseman Matt Olson undergoes hamate surgery
The Oakland Athletics will be without their Gold Glove first baseman for the foreseeable future, as the team announced that Matt Olson underwent hand surge → Read More
After Ichiro fanfare subsides, A’s fall in 12 in Tokyo
The main storyline for Thursday’s conclusion of the two-game series between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners at the Tokyo Dome was Ichiro Suzuki’s retirement, but amidst all that hubub, » → Read More
Oakland A’s pitching rocked in Tokyo opener
Mike Fiers allowed five runs in the third inning, four on a Domingo Santana grand slam, as his season debut was cut short on a night when Oakland Athletics → Read More
SF Preps Basketball: Versatile University ready for state championship challenge
For all of the success the University Red Devils have had over the last decade, this wasn’t supposed to be a year in which they made it to a state champion → Read More
No second half comeback in the cards as Serra boys’ basketball bows out in NorCal final
MORAGA — The Serra Padres have made a living out of second-half comebacks over the course of the season, but there would be no such saving grace in Tuesday → Read More
USF men’s basketball closes regular season on three-game losing streak
WAR MEMORIAL GYM — The energetic and dynamic University of San Francisco men's basketball team that was present for the first three months of the season wa → Read More
SF Preps Basketball: Miles Amos scores 24 as Stuart Hall’s season comes to an end with loss to Palo Alto
KEZAR PAVILION — Miles Amos did everything he could to keep Stuart Hall’s hopes for a return to the state championship alive, but his Knights fell 56-52 on → Read More
USF Dons Men’s Basketball: Turnovers and Vrankic combine to all but end San Francisco’s at-large hopes
SANTA CLARA — After a missed Tahj Eaddy free throw with 21.7 seconds left, the University of San Francisco's leading — and arguably most dynamic — scorer, → Read More
SF Preps: St. Ignatius girls soccer shut out in championship game
SANTA CLARA — The St. Ignatius Wildcats had reached the Central Coast Section Open Division championship game by avenging an earlier loss, but on Friday ev → Read More
SF Preps Basketball: Oscar Cheng rises to the occasion as Sacred Heart Cathedral completes improbable Open Division title run
SANTA CLARA — The West Catholic Athletic League basketball All-League Team came out on Friday, and Sacred Heart Cathedral didn’t have a single first-teamer. Six-foot-eight center Oscar Cheng didn’t even » → Read More
SF Preps Notebook: In CCS Open Division consolation games, St. Ignatius goes deep in win, Serra suffers blowout loss; plus baseball, wrestling
The consolation bracket in the Central Coast Section Open Division largely serves to ensure teams won’t be spending a full week without games between the O → Read More
SF Preps Basketball: Bryce Monroe scores 27, but Riordan falls to Bellarmine in overtime
SAN JOSE — Bryce Monroe put up his second-highest point total of the year in Wednesday night’s Central Coast Section Open Division Semifinal, scoring 27, b → Read More
SF Preps Basketball: Serra felled by Menlo-Atherton in first round of CCS Open Division
SUNNYVALE — It’s rare for the Serra Padres to lose to a San Mateo County public school. It’s even rarer for one of those teams to beat the Padres at » → Read More
SF Preps Basketball: Riordan shakes off first quarter to blow past St. Francis
SUNNYVALE — The Riordan Crusaders opened the Central Coast Section Open Division quarterfinals on Friday night with one of their worst defensive quarters o → Read More
USF rallies from down 12 to outlast Pepperdine as Ratinho scores career-high 29
WAR MEMORIAL GYM — A career-high 29 points from Jordan Ratinho and a huge second half from Jamaree Bouyea helped the San Francisco Dons avoid what would have been a » → Read More
SF Preps roundup: SHC girls miss playoffs, SI boys win fourth straight to close regular season
A roller-coaster season for the Sacred Heart Cathedral girls basketball team came to an end with one last thrill ride, as the Fightin’ Irish fell to St. Fr → Read More
PrepFocus: Urban’s trip up north to highlight first round of NCS games
The lower three divisions of the CIF North Coast Section have an interesting mix of private schools and small-town public schools, leading to some unusual → Read More
SF Preps Basketball: Despite Bellarmine controlling pace, Riordan snaps two-game skid
ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN — Riordan’s hopes for a West Catholic Athletic League championship were officially snuffed out on Friday night as Mitty claimed the outr → Read More
SF Preps Basketball: Stuart Hall comes back from down 17 to win BCL West Tournament in Kezar classic
KEZAR PAVILION — Saturday afternoon’s game between Stuart Hall and University may have not meant much in the grand scheme of the North Coast Section Divisi → Read More
SF Preps Basketball: Lick-Wilmerding takes BCL West Tournament championship over Urban
KEZAR PAVILION — The normally unforgiving rims at Kezar Pavilion were no problem for an extremely youthful Lick-Wilmerding girls’ team, as the Tigers closed the first quarter on a 17-0 run » → Read More