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Bring the tissues.
It’s the end of an era for the San Francisco Giants. On Sunday, the team and fans will say goodbye to iconic broadcaster Mike Krukow. In 2014, Krukow revealed he suffers from a degenerative muscle disease that causes progressive weakness, and in August he announced his retirement.
On Sunday, the Giants will honor Krukow in a ceremony after the game.
STORY: kron4.com/mlb/giants/after-n…
Great work by @susanslusser
I spent time with Mike Krukow at his Reno home last week and it was a wide-ranging conversation about his career, his health and his broadcast partner: Mike Krukow opens up about life in and after baseball — and the first time he met Duane Kuiper sfchronicle.com/sports/giant…
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Wishing the best to Kuip and his family.
A message from Duane Kuiper 🧡
ALT STATEMENT FROM GIANTS' BROADCASTER DUANE KUIPER: "I was recently diagnosed with throat cancer and began treatment last week with my doctors at Stanford Medicine. This cancer is unrelated to the one I experienced five years ago, and I'm optimistic that it will be successfully treated. I'll miss the broadcasts tomorrow and Wednesday as I continue treatment, but I'm looking forward to returning Tuesday and this weekend to celebrate my partner, Mike Krukow, and his remarkable career as he calls his final game before retirement. I'm incredibly grateful for the care I'm receiving and for the tremendous support from my family, the Giants organization, my broadcast partners and so many others."
Damn!
Giants announcer Duane Kuiper divulges he’s being treated for throat cancer; Mike Krukow with some comments here: sfchronicle.com/sports/giant… via @sfchronicle
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POTUS is desperately trying to pick a fight with any entity he can find (today it’s the press, next week he may try “caravans”) that he thinks will serve as enough of a culture war distraction to actually interest his own supporters and cover up this energy inflation debacle from Iran decision. His problem: the schtick is wearing thin even with his own base.
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“I don’t want to leave.” Emotional interview w/ legendary @SFGiants broadcaster Mike Krukow (who will retire at end of season). #myositis #MLB Full story: nbcbayarea.com/news/local/mi…
Shameful …
81 days.
That's how many days the House of Representatives has worked in DC this year while being paid $174,000, along with $79 a day for food and incidentals, up to $258 per day to pay for their DC housing, a full staff, and gold-level healthcare, of which taxpayers cover 75% of the cost.
The House is on recess right now, won't return until September 14th, and then they'll work just four days before leaving again until November 9th.
These are the people telling everyone who is struggling to work harder, that affordability is a hoax, and causing millions to lose their healthcare despite having their own coverage subsidized.
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Greg Papa, voice of the 49ers (& more):
“A lot of it is like they’re eulogizing me. (MFers), I ain’t dead. I’m here in the back of the church. I’m fine. It’s been a weird, out-of-body experience. But it’s been amazing, brother. It’s a total epiphany.”
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Why did none of these cowed, weak-kneed Wash press corps reporters come to the defense of CNN's Kristen Holmes after Trump insulted her today? Because they're gutless cowards. Should have walked out en masse. Instead, it's "Please sir, we'd like some more." Sickening.
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One year ago today, Trump rolled out the red carpet for Putin in Alaska, called the summit “very productive” and claimed, “We really made some great progress today.” One year later, Putin’s war against Ukraine is still raging.
A total failure.
Rooting hard for Greg Papa. Thank you, @rajmathai
Fighting for his life, getting fired by @KNBR and his future w/ @49ers. Emotional intvw w/ legendary broadcaster Greg Papa. Airs tonight at 7p and 11p @nbcbayarea #leukemia #NFL
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Pending a change in @baseballhall protocol, the soonest they go be voted in would be Winter 2027 with a 2028 induction. This year's Frick vote goes to a broadcaster who was pre-Wikd Card era. The Hall should accelerate this duo and buck protocol and get them in.
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Radio announcer Greg Papa has endured leukemia, a bone marrow transplant and the collapse of both lungs. But as he keeps beating long odds, he eyes what he might yet still do. sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers…
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Welcome back to the Bay!
Reunion: Free agent WR Deebo Samuel is signing back with the #49ers, sources say. The former #Commanders and SF pass-catcher returns where it all began.
1-year, up to $7M in a deal done by Tory Dandy of @AthletesFirst.
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Jeff Kent raves about Dusty Baker (of course!) and shouts out Giants fans in his Hall of Fame speech, notes a few there in attendance at Cooperstown today.
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Warriors win Summer League. Yaxel wins MVP — then gives a shoutout to the team’s new corporate sponsor. What a night for @DoubleR_PR.
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JUST IN: Workers have begun removing Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center.
Earlier today, a judge denied the Kennedy Center board’s request to pause a ruling that requires Trump’s name to be removed from the building.
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Scott Pelley fired back with a statement of his own after Nick Bilton announced that CBS News had fired the “60 Minutes” veteran:
"New management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them."
"Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.”
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