Sal Pizarro is a Bay Area News Group columnist who has written the Around Town column for The Mercury News since 2005. His column covers the people and events surrounding the cultural scene in Silicon ...

Alyssa Thomas had a 20 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in her fifth career playoff triple-double, and the Phoenix Mercury advanced to the second round of the WNBA playoffs by ...

NEW YORK — Satou Sabally and Alyssa Thomas each scored 15 points to help the Phoenix Mercury beat the New York Liberty 86-60 ...

Liberty star Breanna Stewart said she’s ready to go for Game 2 of the WNBA playoffs against the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday night after spraining the MCL in her left knee in ...

A time capsule was retrieved from a wall near the entrance of Bryan East. The container had a “Fun Run” T-shirt, a brick and stacks of documents, among other items.

The letter says the recalled bottles (item #1879870) were bought between April 15 and Aug. 26 at Costco stores in Nebraska, ...

Napheesa Collier scored 20 points to lead five players in double figures and the Minnesota Lynx breezed to a 101-72 victory ...

A’ja Wilson scored 29 points on Sunday night to help the No. 2 seed Las Vegas Aces beat the seventh-seeded Seattle Storm 102-77 in Game 1 of their best-of-three first-round ...

The New York Liberty face the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025 (9/14/25) in Game 1 of the first round of the WNBA ...

In 1962, Scott Carpenter launched into orbit in Aurora 7! He named his capsule "Aurora", because he viewed his flight as a "celestial event.

However, during these early years of spaceflight, NASA engineers and astronauts cut their teeth on a variety of spaceflight ...

British band Wolf Alice have broken a Mercury Prize record by becoming the only act in the award's 34-year history to be nominated for all of their first four albums. The quartet, who won in 2018 for ...