10 top sports VCs and other investors share their best advice for startups
It’s been a rough year for startups looking to raise money, especially in sports gambling. Insider compiled a list of the top venture capital investors pouring money into sports. Leaders of 10 VC firms offered advice for sports startups trying to fundraise in a tough market. The startup scene in 2023 is depressing. Tom Loverro,…
Warriors’ chemistry top of mind as Paul, Curry shoot after practice and Wiggins talks absence
Golden State Warriors: Andrew Wiggins discusses the team’s objective to reconnect SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Steph Curry’s post-practice routine usually consists of him getting shots up by himself while assistant coach Bruce Fraser feeds him the ball. Someone is taking part this year. After each of the Warriors’ practices to kick off training camp, Chris…
‘You ought to be making this money for me,’ Bay Area man allegedly told ‘prostitutes.’ Unfortunately for him they were undercover cops
Gun charges filed against Santa Rosa man OAKLAND, Calif. — Last week, two undercover Oakland cops dressed up as sex workers and went to the 500 block of International Boulevard in the hopes of attracting suspected pimps or men looking to buy sex. Their disguises appeared to be effective. The officers were approached around 6:15…
He cursed out judge, prosecutor, and allegedly threw a punch at his lawyer in court. Now this Antioch murder suspect has a new attorney
First trial ended with courtroom chaos MARTINEZ — Ramello Randle’s prosecution has been anything but smooth. Last year, the 28-year-old Oakland man attempted to represent himself in court, but the trial was terminated after he told the judge, “I’m not your b—-,” wished the prosecutor’s death, and loudly declared that police and the district attorney…
Palo Alto: Hummus Mediterranean Kitchen joins Stanford Shopping Center
Half of Saturday’s grand-opening sales will benefit Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Moussaka. Pizza with a Turkish twist. Baba Ghanoush is a non-traditional dish. Hummus Mediterranean Kitchen is expanding its reach for those dishes and more with a fourth Bay Area location, a decade after opening in San Mateo. The concept’s creators, co-founders Onur Alkanoglu and…
Is 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy elite? This six-time Pro Bowler doesn’t think so
Purdy’s 4-0 start to the season and an NFL-best 115.1 QBR prompted the question It only took four weeks for the “elite quarterback” debate to resurface in NFL media circles. With Brock Purdy’s 4-0 start and an NFL-best 115.1 quarterback rating, former ESPN personality Rich Eisen and NFL Network analyst Gerald McCoy, a six-time Pro…
Oakland: CHP to pay $7 million over controversial 2020 fatal shooting by three officers
Attorney calls for criminal charges against officers OAKLAND, Calif. — According to court records, the California Highway Patrol will pay $7 million to settle a civil lawsuit alleging wrongdoing by three officers who shot and killed a 23-year-old man and injured his girlfriend in 2020. The family of Erik Salgado, 23, filed the lawsuit, seeking…
‘She was unshakable’: Sen. Dianne Feinstein lies in state at San Francisco City Hall
Hundreds of mourners lined up to pay their respects to the San Francisco native Bay Area residents paid their respects Wednesday to Dianne Feinstein, the longest-serving female U.S. Senator and a towering figure in the city’s politics, having served as mayor during one of the city’s most turbulent decades. Feinstein, who died last week at…
PG&E customers can expect brief relief this month from soaring bills
Twice-yearly climate credit arrives in monthly bills OAKLAND — PG&E customers can expect some temporary relief from their skyrocketing monthly utility bills when a credit is included in their October regular statement. According to a web post from the state Public Utilities Commission (PUC), the discount comes in the form of a climate credit, which…
