Before the 2019 World Series even begins Tuesday night, the Fresno Grizzlies are guaranteed winners. The team is the minor-league club of the National League champion Washington Nationals. It is also the former top club for the American League champion Houston Astros. In fact, the Astros have more former Grizzlies...
Grizzlies Magic: Nats' Win Makes It 5 of 10 for AAA Team
Are the Fresno Grizzlies the AAA team of the decade? For the fifth time in the last 10 seasons, the Major League parent club of the AAA Fresno Grizzlies will play in the World Series. And, if the Washington Nationals follow the success of the other clubs, a title could...
Slatic Recall Group Takes First Step to Remove School Trustee
The group seeking to recall Terry Slatic as a Fresno Unified trustee is official. "Recall Slatic - FUSD Trustee District 7" filed its paperwork with the county clerk to raise funds. The recall group continues to meet to map out its plan. The first step is to file a Notice...
Taco Eating Contestant Choked to Death: Coroner
A Fresno man who died shortly after competing in a taco eating contest during a Fresno Grizzlies Triple-A baseball game choked to death, the Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner's Office said Thursday afternoon. The cause of death finding was announced following an autopsy on 41-year-old Dana Hutchings of Fresno. A full autopsy report...
Sheriff's Office IDs Fresno Taco Eating Contestant Who Died
A Fresno man died shortly after competing in a taco eating contest Tuesday night during a Fresno Grizzlies Triple-A baseball game against the Memphis Redbirds. The Fresno County Sheriff's Office identified the man as 41-year-old Dana Hutchings. "We are not ruling a cause of death yet, but we have an...
Sheriff's Office IDs Fresno Taco Eating Contestant Who Died
A Fresno man died shortly after competing in a taco eating contest Tuesday night during a Fresno Grizzlies Triple-A baseball game against the Memphis Redbirds. The Fresno County Sheriff's Office identified the man as 41-year-old Dana Hutchings. "We are not ruling a cause of death yet, but we have an...
Born Dirt Poor in the Ozarks, John Carbray Believed in Fresno
John Carbray's first breaths were in a dirt floor farmhouse in Paris, Arkansas, as America was recovering from the Great Depression. His coal-miner father left their Ozarks home when John was 6 months old. And, John would crisscross America many times before settling in Fresno nearly 50 years later and bringing...
An NBA First for Fresno's Lopez Twins: Teammates
Splash Mountain and Sideshow Rob are back together again. Brook and Robin Lopez, twin brothers and Fresno natives with 22 seasons of professional basketball between them, are set to be on the same team for the first time since they starred at Stanford University. As part of Sunday's maelstrom of...
Councilmembers Go to D.C., Mend Fences with AOC over Grizzlies Video
Two Fresno councilmembers met with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday to cool down any residual angst from a politically volatile video displayed at a Fresno Grizzlies home game. Councilmembers Miguel Arias and Esmeralda Soria visited with the New York congresswoman at the U.S. Capitol. Images from the...
Dos Equis/Tecate Drop Grizzlies Over Video Controversy
Heineken USA, brewers of the Tecate and Dos Equis beer brands, pulled out of its sponsorship deal with the Fresno Grizzlies in the wake of Monday’s Memorial Day video controversy. The baseball team showed on the Chukchansi Park scoreboard a seemingly patriotic message, featuring a 1981 speech by President Ronald...