Christina Kahrl

Big-league shortstops in their late 30s are pretty rare. I’m thinking about that because you might be able to see one when Brandon Crawford makes his return to the Bay Area on Monday to play against the Oakland Athletics — as a 37-year-old member of the St. Louis Cardinals. That’s after Farhan Zaidi and the San Francisco Giants turned the page on the greatest shortstop in the Giants’ San Francisco era, perhaps in its franchise history. And in not bringing Crawford back, Zaidi and the Giants made…

If you thought that the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot was supposed to get any easier once Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens slipped off the page, guess again. As an eligible voter in the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, I look at this year’s ballot and think there are at least 16 players I could talk myself into voting for. But the decision I spent the most time considering was how to make room for Joe Mauer, on the ballot for the first time this year. Because when I look at Mauer, I’m think…

The San Francisco 49ers romped to a big lead early, overpowering the Seahawks on both sides of the ball in the first half and then decisively putting the game out of reach with Brandon Aiyuk’s fourth-quarter touchdown catch in a 31-13 victory to raise their record to 8-3 before next week’s return to Philadelphia to face the NFC-leading Eagles. How did the Niners do in taking down the Seahawks? OFFENSE: A- The 49ers moved the ball at will in the first half, with Christian McCaffrey adding two rus…

Before the MLB-worst Oakland Athletics took on the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night, they summoned reinforcements, activating outfielder Ramón Laureano from the 10-day injured list and reinstating right-handed reliever Angel Felipe from the paternity list. Laureano had been forced onto the IL for a second time this season, this time by a broken bone in his right hand, having already been shelved for a hamstring injury in April. The move was made on June 23. Around those injuries, Laureano h…

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Coming out as transgender as an adult? Never easy. Coming out as a transgender woman when you’re someone with a public profile? Harder still. Coming out as a transgender athlete in 2022, in the United States, in today’s political climate? That’s a test of strength that might intimidate any trans person coming to terms with a decision to come out, even during Pride season. For Gisele Mayordo, known to professional wrestling fans as Gisele Shaw of Impact Wrestling, it was not a question of what’s…

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