Sports Reporter

John Shea

Hours before Flores battled for a game-winning walk, Bob Melvin announced a significant change to the team's starting rotation. 

Ares Taylor was preparing to be a mermaid their whole life, whether they knew it or not.


Meanwhile, a counter-tour celebrating the heart of the city drew a far bigger crowd.

With self-driving taxis on the cusp of going mainstream, The Standard reports from the back seat of a Cruise car named Funnel Cake.

Charleston? Vancouver? Salt Lake City? Manila? One lucky traveler got to fly from SFO to a point unknown.