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After shipping top prospect Christian Arroyo to the Tampa Bay Rays in a deal for third baseman Evan Longoria, the San Francisco Giants’ farm system is relatively barren.

If things go as expected, Stephen Curry will return to the court Saturday evening when Golden State Warriors play host to the Memphis Grizzlies for the second time in less than two weeks.

Solomon Thomas had an unusual rookie season with a late start, a knee injury and learning all the different defensive-line positions. He’s hoping for more production next year.

“Guys took things ever since baseball existed,” Willie McCovey said. “It may not have been steroids, but guys took things like those greenies and stuff so they could play the next day.”

It was a big year in Fantasy Football with breakout performances, bounceback campaigns and so much more. Its Awards Night on Fantasy Football Focus, a star studded affair in which Ryan Covay & Adam Copeland hand out the prestigious awards for the 2017 season. In this final podcast of 2017, awards for “Breakout Fantasy Performer,” […]

For the last couple weeks, the Hot Stove League has been unseasonably cold. Following the trade of Giancarlo Stanton to the Yankees and the Angels’ signing of Shohei Ohtani, all of Major League Baseball appears to be in a waiting period, in the hopes that the market value of a number of high priced free agents will dwindle as we approach Spring Training.

Then only thing that’s been able to slow down 49ers rookie linebacker Reuben Foster this season is himself. Already looking like one of the best LBs in the league, Foster missed six games, and had to come out of nearly every game he played in, with various injuries this season. Many, including his defensive coordinator Robert Salah, have pointed to Foster’s tackling technique as one of the factors, and said earlier this week that the linebacker will have to learn to run through players, as opposed to launching his body at them, to protect himself in the future.

Rookie linebaker Reuben Foster could have planty of accolades in his future if he learns to stay healthy and play with the proper technique.

The 49ers are now stopping the run game, the next phase will be creating pass rush and succeeding on third down.

Steve Kerr’s decision to start a small lineup with Draymond Green at center in Game 4 of the 2015 NBA Finals changed the course of the series, and gave Golden State a “death lineup” that would terrorize the rest of the league during the 2015-16 season. Following the departure of Harrison Barnes, the Warriors trotted out a modified version with Kevin Durant — dubbed the Hamptons 5 — in 2016-17, giving them an even more dynamic unit that when clicking, was nearly impossible to guard.