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April 28, 2026

Choosing your Halloween candy: do’s and don’ts

You know from time to time I get to use this column to perform a

NFL lockout helped 49ers’ Smith become team leader

Alex Smith was stuck in San Francisco. Not a bad place to be for a summer, but after six miserable seasons as the 49ers' quarterback, it was time to get out.

Athletics appear set to sign Manny Ramirez

All signals point toward the Oakland Athletics signing free-agent designated hitter Manny Ramirez sometime soon.

More developments on the Mayweather, Pacquiao front

Hours after Floyd Mayweather Jr. urged Manny Pacquiao to "step up punk" and fight him May 5, the Filipino boxing star answered with his own message: Just wait a few more weeks. Pacquiao huddled with his promoter Bob Arum on Wednesday in the Philippines and agreed the best course for pursuing a long-awaited fight date against Mayweather is to schedule it for late May, or, ideally, June 9.

Delilah doles out delightful advice

As I walked Dec. 3 through the trees decked in sparkling

God’s Three-Step Anger-Management Program

Last year, more than half of all the murders committed in the United States involved people who knew each other. More than 6 million wives were beaten by their husbands, and 10 million children were beaten by their parents. It makes us feel better to think that people who do these sorts of things are monsters, but the truth is, they're not; they're just people who can't control their anger.

Excess aplenty, gumption and a serving of good Chingale

Played a lousy round of golf this weekend and whacked one in the

Setting out on a father-son adventure

By the time you read this, my 18-year-old son and I will be in

Scrapbook: Honors, births

Meghan Kathleen McBrearty recently received a doctor of

Dust Off Those Old Telescopes

Being in real estate, I get the chance to preview a number of

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