Jerry McDonald is a Bay Area News Group sports general assignment writer and columnist for The Mercury News and East Bay Times with more than 40 years of experience. His duties include a concentration ...

It’s too early to tell how many viewers NBC lost during the course of Super Bowl 60, but I can tell you in my house the exodus started after the Bad Bunny halftime show. Brother-in-law and ...

I reacted with puzzlement and amazement when the news broke that former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick will not be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on the first ballot. In the days ...

You remember Tonges, the Los Gatos High and Cal product who filled in capably for Kittle when the 49ers' Hall of Fame-bound tight end was lost to a torn hamstring ...

Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers managed to contract COVID-19 and at the same time strengthen his hold on the No. 1 spot in the weekly quarterback power rankings.