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The Giants placed right-handed reliever Hunter Strickland on the paternity list on for the club’s weekend series against the San Diego Padres the team announced Friday. The club called up left-handed reliever Steven Okert to replace Strickland, who was expected to make the big league club out of camp, from their Triple-A affiliate Sacramento River Cats.

He originally signed with the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent

Sacramento River Cats reliever Jose Dominguez received a 142-day suspension without pay by Major League Baseball Thursday, after testing positive for metabolites of Stanozolol, the league announced. The failed test is Dominguez’ second since entering the league in 2013.

The Giants added some depth to their bullpen options for the 2017 season on Tuesday, signing former Tampa Bay Rays right-handed reliever Ryan Webb to a minor-league deal, as first reported by Baseball America’s Matt Eddy. Webb, 31, was released by the Brewers at the end of spring training, and is coming off the worst […]

The Golden State Warriors announced Thursday morning that Kevin Durant has been cleared to return to full-team practices, and that he is expected to return to the court for Saturday’s home game against the Pelicans, barring any setbacks.

Without another home until 2020, owner Mark Davis has plans to continue playing at the Coliseum for at least the next two seasons, but a stunning revelation at Wednesday’s Oakland-Alameda County Authority board meeting could put those plans in jeopardy.

After reports surfaced Monday that the Oakland Raiders are “locked in” on acquiring retired former Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, Lynch visited the Raiders’ facility on Wednesday, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.

With their depth in center field already wearing thin just two games into the regular season, the San Francisco Giants are nearing a minor-league deal with veteran outfielder Drew Stubbs, as first reported by Andrew Baggarly of the Bay Area News Group.

In the latest episode of Rod’s Riffs, Rod riffs on the Wizards’ interesting comments after losing to the Warriors, an NHL player paying the price, and a man attempting to bench press in what appears to be a barbershop with a small gym and children running around unsupervised.

Derek Law entered the 8th inning Sunday and allowed three hits and a run before being pulled from the game without registering an out. Ty Blach and Hunter Strickland finished the inning off, before Mark Melancon blew the save in the 9th.