By Art Spander
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OAKLAND — These are unnerving times. One minute you’re worried about virus droplets, the next about everything going up in flames. If the Oakland Athletics on Saturday seemed to have more on their minds than picking up a ground ball, well, even good teams have their bad games.
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By Art Spander
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This isn’t like 1969, when the first pick in the NBA draft was Lew Alcindor, who soon would change his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and the second pick was Neal Walk.
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James Wiseman, LaMelo Ball, Warriors articles, basketball Email Article By Art Spander
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SAN FRANCISCO — Not a bad weekend for the old bay. On one, side Collin Morikawa was sinking putts. On the other, members of the A’s and Astros threatened to sink a few punches.
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By Art Spander
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SAN FRANCISCO — The finish was acceptable, an under-par round, even if didn’t mean much except to the man himself, Tiger Woods, and his fans.
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SAN FRANCISCO — He wears a hat promoting a messaging service that President Trump is determined to ban. He once flung a putter into a lake in France, and his mother retrieved it, only to discover the club was broken.
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