The past year was a rough one for sports fans in the Bay Area, to put it mildly. Baseball luminaries died. Teams endured tragedies off the field. Between the lines, they mostly stunk.
One club even picked up and left town, though the arrival of two new franchises — one debuting in the spring and another announced to begin play next year — provided a glimmer of hope amid the rubble of 2024.
If you really want to relive it, here are a few of the biggest sporting stories in the Bay Area in 2024:
JANUARY
16: Assistant coach Dejan Milocevic’s death at 46 rocks Warriors
FEBRUARY
11: 49ers lose Super Bowl in overtime to Chiefs
MARCH
3: Giants sign Matt Chapman to three-year deal
17: Bay FC plays first-ever game, a 1-0 road win over Angel City
18: Giants sign Blake Snell to two-year, $62 million deal
APRIL
4: A’s announce move to Sacramento for 2025-27
10: Legendary Stanford coach Tara Vanderveer retires
MAY
7: Sharks win NHL draft lottery (18.5% chance, NHL’s best odds)
14: Valkyries unveiled as name of WNBA team (awarded franchise in October 2023)
JUNE
12: Warriors architect Jerry West dies at 86
18: Giants legend Willie Mays dies at age 93
28: Giants Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda dies at 86
28: Sharks draft Macklin Celebrini No. 1 overall
JULY
6: Klay Thompson traded to Mavericks after agreeing to deal
AUGUST
2: Blake Snell throws 10th no-hitter in Giants history, beats Reds
10: Warriors’ Steph Curry, Steve Kerr win Olympic gold in Paris with Team USA
20: Hall of Fame Warriors player and coach Al Attles dies at 87
31: 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall shot during robbery attempt
SEPTEMBER
20-21: Stanford (at Syracuse), Cal (at Florida State) play first ACC football games
27: A’s win final game at Oakland Coliseum in front of sellout crowd
30: Farhan Zaidi fired as Giants’ president, Buster Posey hired
OCTOBER
21: Brandon Aiyuk tears his ACL after tumultuous holdout, opening to 49ers’ season
NOVEMBER
3: Bay FC clinches playoff spot in inaugural season
30: San Jose State loses Mountain West volleyball final, ending season after 8 forfeit wins apparently over trans player
DECEMBER
6: Valkyries add 11 players in expansion draft
20: A’s all-time great Rickey Henderson dies at 65
49ers’ Super Bowl loss to Rickey Henderson death
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