Adam Schefter learned a lesson yesterday. Throw out a rumor about a quarterback who’s been more of a punchline than a viable NFL player lately involving the Raiders, and you’re going to get whacked in the kneecaps with an amazing press release. If you go to the Raiders’ official website and click “News” you’ll see the graphic that’s pictured on the upper right of this post. Click this to read the whole thing. Isn’t that last line a thing of beauty? “The Raiders are very happy about their quarterback situation.” When...

You have to admit, there’s less of a jinxing possibility to that headline, isn’t there?

The Niners’ two resident divas, Vernon Davis and Michael Crabtree, had a little spat today. You know what this means … training camp’s almost over and the players cannot wait to be finished with Camp Singletary. And like it often does throughout the league, most of the drama coming out of Niners camp revolves around the receiving corps. The last preseason game is tomorrow night against San Diego, where the starters will sit and a few guys on the outskirts will try to prove right or wrong Matt Maiocco’s predictions on who will make the final 53-man roster....

After two weather-related posts last week, I promise not to obsess over another, milder heat wave in San Francisco that’s supposed to start tomorrow. Talking about the weather usually means you don’t know what else to talk about, and I really don’t want anyone to think the author of this site is Bill Martin if I can help it. But it’s clearly getting hot again. You don’t need the Weather Channel anymore, you just need to see home runs being hit into the AT&T Park arcade, especially at night. If you’re a numbers person, it’s supposed...

Stephen Curry’s got it all: the pedigree, the looks, respect from coaches and media members, a starring role on a Warriors team that will let him do whatever he wants, the ability to write “Member: Team USA” on his resume, and recently, the No. 7 spot on Matt Buser’s fantasy basketball Big(ger) Board. That’s right, No. 7. In the NBA. Ahead of Kobe Bryant (8), Amare Stoudemire (11) and Carmelo Anthony (18). And fantasy-wise, it’s not hard to see why. He’s capable of achieving the magical 50%/40%/90% milestone (although 50% from the field...

For a game where we got to watch Jonathan Sanchez carve up the Rockies for eight innings, that was one terrible game to sit in the stands and watch last night. Terrible offense, several head-scratching managerial moves, poor defense and a huge letdown at the end. In all, it led to the third-worst Giants game I’ve ever watched in person, after: 1. Game 3, 1997 NLDS against the Marlins (the Devon White grand slam game, which my buddy Carp and I saw from Section 60 in Candlestick Park…click here to see how far away that was) 2. This game, in which my sister and I watched...

Got emailed a question, and I figured I’d answer it and use it as a post at the same time. Have questions of your own? Send your queries to theguy@bayareasportsguy.com (undoubtedly my favorite email address of the 20 or so emails I’m currently maintaining). If it’s a good question, I’ll answer it. No guarantee in terms of the quality of the answer, but at least your name will show up ONLINE, which means you’re automatically famous. Onto the question:

Kind of a strange thing has happened in Oakland, where Billy Beane hasn’t just spent time overseeing Brad Pitt’s visor-wearing ability, he’s put together a surprisingly decent team. An injury-riddled, unbalanced and mostly ignored team, but a decent team nonetheless. Everyone knows is this isn’t Moneyball anymore. No, it’s something different; a philosophy of building around young pitchers, throwing big money at a big name pitcher whose best days are behind him, and assembling a meager offensive lineup in an attempt to eke out 3-2 wins every night....

Carmelo Anthony will not always be a Denver Nugget. He will play for a different NBA team, maybe this season, definitely the season after that (whether that season would start in 2011 or 2021 is anyone’s guess). But regardless of what Adrian Wojnarowski tosses out there, anyone who believes that Anthony’s next team could possibly end up being the Golden State Warriors has learned nothing over the past 20 years, either about the team or the league they play in. Here are five reasons why you should stop dreaming of seeing LaLa Vasquez as an Oracle Arena mainstay:

Thank you, NFL. Thanks for rightly believing that preseason games are just as important as regular season contests. Thank you for charging full price for all tickets, and extending your revolutionary and completely fair blackout policy to exhibition games. Local television blackouts rightly teach us to feel guilty about how little we respect and worship your product, whatever form it may take. I think I can speak for all fans, whether they back the San Francisco 49ers or the Raiders of Oakland, in that we deserve the broadcast of this classic battle to be pushed back three hours...