The Mercury News

Entering the 2022 season, the A’s had only a handful of veteran players with a track record of major league success. One of those players, reliever Lou Trivino, has taken a significant step backward. For the second time in three days, Trivino gave up t…

BOSTON — Klay Thompson’s shot hasn’t been up to his championship standard in the first two games of the NBA Finals. But he just might have a modern solution to the issue of a shooting slump. Over six straight playoff runs, Thompson has developed a funk…

SAN JOSE, Calif. — After getting blasted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week for maintaining ties with a Russian city that manufactures war rockets, a San Jose City Council member wants the city to reconsider its stance. But Mayor Sam …

SAN FRANCISCO, Fla. — The Boston Celtics tried Kevon Looney seven times in Game 2 of the NBA Finals Sunday. Jayson Tatum tried to drive past him on the perimeter. He failed. Al Horford tried to post up the Warriors’ center and shoot a baby hook over hi…

MIAMI — What a difference a night makes. Or, maybe more accurately, what a difference a pitcher makes. Spared — for a day, with tough right-hander Pablo Lopez on deck Saturday — having to face the National League ERA leader, the Giants lineup exploded …

Deep inside Alex Mack’s thank-you note for 13 seasons in the NFL was a compelling line, one that aptly describes life as an offensive lineman, whether they’re highly accomplished like him or not. “I think I’ll miss the O-line rooms the most,” Mack wrot…

Debate erupted Friday over whether some in the crowd outside St. Paul’s Cathedral in London Friday booed when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arrived for the thanksgiving service in honor of the queen’s Platinum Jubilee. During the Sky TV broadcast, pre…

SAN FRANCISCO — Despite a NBA Finals record six first-quarter 3-pointers from Steph Curry and an impressive third quarter in which Golden State outscored Boston by 14 points, the Warriors collapsed in stunning fashion in the final minutes and lost Game…

Center Alex Mack is one-and-done with the 49ers, meaning Trey Lance will be fielding snaps from someone else in 2022 and beyond. Mack, after suspicions intensified in recent months, is retiring from a 13-year NFL career out of Cal, according to nationa…

WOODSIDE, California — Gas prices in the Bay Area and California broke records again Wednesday, with some stations hitting $7 a gallon for mid- and premium-grade, exacerbating concerns about inflation and the region’s exceptionally high cost of living….