San Jose Mercury News

Lost balls spoiled many a round of golf for Chris Savarese, until the former software executive decided to do something about it. His search of patent filings showed others had...

Urine samples that could include those of Giants left fielder Barry Bonds and other baseball players linked to the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative are being stored at the UCLA Olympic...

In a slap at the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and its attempt to ban him for life, Tim Montgomery is asking an international court to hear his case, bypassing the agency's...

If mortgages can be fashionable, then so-called "interest-only" and "zero-down" loans are the trendy way to borrow right now. With home prices rising, mortgage lenders are offering these types of...

A published account of track star Tim Montgomery's federal grand jury testimony in the BALCO investigation stirred angry responses all around Thursday -- including threats of lawsuits by Barry Bonds...

Citing evidence from a federal investigation of BALCO, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is seeking a lifetime ban against two championship athletes--sprinters Tim Montgomery and Michelle Collins. Sources told the Mercury...

Until automakers put hard-drive stereo systems in cars, listening to MP3s on the road can be tough. Sure, you could put the headphones on and drive away, oblivious to what's...

For the price of all those 411 calls from your cell phone, you might be better off with a new smartphone subscription service called Handmark Express. Handmark sends the latest...

The lawyer for Marion Jones opened a file folder Tuesday for the San Jose Mercury News and declared that the contents were being used to try to ensnare the elite...

An Illinois sports-supplement maker and a Texas anti-aging doctor supplied two of the key drugs in the BALCO Laboratories steroid scandal, federal investigators were told last year. Although reports have...