Before Vernon Davis and George Kittle donned the jersey number 85 for the 49ers, Monty Stickles wore that same number with pride and set...

Oakland’s Oracle Arena has hosted three NCAA Regional tournaments: 1990, 1995 and 2006. Each year holds a unique place in the legend that...

Pete Newell lived a rich life in the game of basketball. In his 14 year coaching career, he won a national championship at Cal, an NIT...

Jim Corbett was the first man from the San Francisco Bay Area to win the world heavy weight championship. But most importantly, he became...

Trent Dilfer had quite a football career. Born in Santa Cruz, California, he starred at Aptos High School and Fresno State where he...

Bob Albo had one of the most unique stories in Bay Area athletics. A star in baseball and basketball at Cal, he could have signed with...

Evans Diamond has hosted many great baseball teams from Cal. It opened as Edwards Field in 1933, but was soon renamed Evans Diamond after...

Stanford baseball has had a long storied history. Since 1963, they have made 16 appearances in the College World Series and were the...

Few people have won more World Series championships than Frank Crosetti. Born in the baseball hotbed of San Francisco, Crosetti went on...

Life is so very fragile. Some people are blessed with a long life while others are burdened with a shorter yet eventful life. Tony...

Sometimes, a great story is told in the lives that are lived after the event. What happened in Long Beach, California in the fall of 2001...

Jerry Rice is arguably the greatest player in NFL history, but the year before the San Francisco 49ers drafted him, they enjoyed a 15-1...

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...