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The Bay Area was a weird place in 1987. You had the remnants of the Me Decade’s cults of touchy-feeliness bumping up against Silicon Valley’s computer-nerd capitalism. Competing D.I.Y. music scenes meant you could surf between S.F. Thrash, East Bay rap, and pockets of punk popping up from everywhere; shows and entrances to a subculture of your choice were just a BART ride away. Other than the San Francisco 49ers, still deep into their Joe Montana-led winning streak, sports meant rooting for underdogs. (The Oakland A’s…

There is a snippet of “The Illiad, or The Poem of Force,” Simone Weil’s 1940 essay about the blind poet Homer’s Trojan War epic, that has always stuck with me: “The progress of the war in the Iliad is simply a continual game of seesaw. The victor of the moment feels himself invincible, even though, only a few hours before, he may have experienced defeat; he forgets to treat victory as a transitory thing.” The Golden State Warriors seemed invincible once. Now, far from it. Nobody saw this coming five years ago,…

The All-Star forward delivered a flagrant blow to the Phoenix Suns center in the face during Tuesday’s game The NBA has suspended Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green indefinitely after he struck Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkić in the head during Tuesday’s game. Green was ejected from the game, marking his third ejection of the season. Joe Dumars, NBA executive vice president and head of basketball operations, announced the news in a statement released Wednesday. “This outcome takes…

Favorite Jennifer Garner movie? 🤩😬 pic.twitter.com/2byh4Ch2Nc — ESPN Los Angeles (@ESPNLosAngeles) March 5, 2023 Turns out the son of actors Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck is a Steph Curry fan. Samuel, 11, who resides in Los Angeles, sat courtside with his mother at Crypto.com Arena in a Curry hoodie Sunday. The Golden State Warriors were in town to take on the Lakers. It was Curry’s first game back after missing 11 due to injury — but the Warriors fell 113-105. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – FEBRUARY 17: Actor Ben Affleck…

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green tied the knot over the weekend to actress Hazel Renee. The two were former classmates at Michigan State and reunited years later. They got engaged in 2019. Over the weekend, Essence published exclusive photos of their engagement. NBA Star Draymond Green And Hazel Renee's Stunning Engagement Shoot. See the beautiful images captured from their engagement photo shoot below and congratulations in advance to the happy couple. #ESSENCE https://t.co/artIZQ8tvq — ESSENCE (@Essence)…