Serena Williams seen here during the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic in 2019 will take this year off from the Mubadala in San Jose (file photo from the Mercury News)

On Headlines with Jessica:

#1 Tennis returns to the San Jose State campus for the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic for Aug 2-8. This year’s tournament will be missing Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka, Ash Bartly, these are some top names that draw fans to the tournament. None the less with Sloane Stephens, Madison Keys, Sofia Kennin to name a few will be in the tournament it should be a draw.

#2 The Oakland A’s who have been a mainstay in the Bay Area since 1968 have one foot out the door as the Oakland City Council votes on the A’s new Howard Terminal ballpark this Tuesday. The A’s want three infrastructure developments the park, retail and housing without affordable housing. The city is willing to do the ballpark and half a billion apart on financing it.

#3 Former San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman might have put the icing on the cake for any chance of returning to football after having a driving under the influence, reckless endangerment of roadway workers, second degree criminal trespass, third degree malicious mischief, and resisting arrest on Tue Jul 13th. Sherman appeared in King County District Court and plead not guilty on Fri Jul 16. Thankfully no one was hurt or killed during Sherman’s drunken tirade. Sherman has never been in trouble before and has had such good reputation on and off the field.

#4 New York Yankees have Aaron Judge, Gio Urshela, Kyle Higashioka, joined the Covid 19 injured, New York pitchers Jonathan Loaisiga, Nestor Cortes Jr, and Wandy Peralta some were vaccinated and still tested positive.

#5 You could see the difference in the Yankees play as they have six players on the Coronavirus injury list and were defeated by the Boston Red Sox behind a 4-0 shutout. Eduardo Rodriguez pitched shutout ball for 5.2 innings and the bullpen kept the Yankees off the scoreboard the rest of the way at Yankee Stadium Friday night.

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