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Ted Sillanpaa looks at the San Francisco Giants, other Bay Area sports and gives a dad's-eye view of Empire prep and youth sports trends

You take Jordan … I’ll take LeBron

Thursday, at 10:18 by

By TED SILLANPAA People who follow the NBA want to wait to see how many championships LeBron James wins before they even consider acknowledging him to be in the same class at the great Michael Jordan. I’ve heard some respected media members and former players who still want LeBron to win more titles before they’ll consider him in the same class as Kobe Bryant. I see no need to wait for LeBron to try to win five or six championships… Read More »

Jordan at 50: PEDs could get him back in the game

Wednesday, at 2:12 by

By TED SILLANPAA Michael Jordan turns 50 this week, so there’s lots of talk about how he could still play for an help an NBA team. We really have trouble seeing our sports heroes as mortal, obviously. Jordan’s overweight and out of shape. His skills were other-worldly when he was the greatest player in the history of the NBA, but had diminished greatly by the time he retired nearly a decade ago. As a man who celebrated his 50th birthday… Read More »