Sports Basement

SB makes your custom apparel dreams a reality!

It all started in 2009 when Sports Basement co-founder and super-human Eric Prosnitz was coaching his daughter’s soccer team. He wanted to have uniforms made, but found that they were prohibitively expensive for the average Joe. Here’s where the super-human part comes in – instead of writing their names on some tees with a Sharpie, [...] Posted on 6/17/2013 by Jessica Blomstrom

Backpacking meals made easy

One of the best things about backpacking is that whatever you eat after six miles of hiking is going to taste amazing! Hunger is the best seasoning. Planning your meals may seem like a daunting task, but careful preparation will help you to reduce pack weight and abide by Leave No Trace ethics. Posted on 6/12/2013 by Danielle Gellis

Get your kid into cycling!

Ah, summer. Just the word alone brings to mind the smell of sunscreen, the taste of fresh lemonade and smoky barbeques, and of course, the mad hullabaloo of kids home for summer break. Spend some quality time the your little wunderkind by engaging in the ultimate summer activity – bike rides! Get your kids into [...] Posted on 5/31/2013 by Jessica Blomstrom

Love Your Purchase: our new price & return policy unveiled!

If you’re a long time customer of ours you probably know that we’ve always bent the rules of our stated return and price policies to make sure you loved your purchase. Now we’re going to make it official – we have changed our price and return policies to leave no doubt that you will always [...] Posted on 5/27/2013 by Jessica Blomstrom

All things AIDS/LifeCycle

Over the years we have been huge fans and supporters of AIDS/LifeCycle and we've put together some resources to help you out along the way. Posted on 5/21/2013 by Ariel Parrish

The Amgen Tour of California is headed to the Bay!

America’s biggest race kicked off to a stellar start on May 12th down in the sweltering heat of Escondido, but the world’s top cyclists are making their way north to our more temperate climes this week! By Friday, May 17 the peloton will have hit San Jose, and the fun will truly begin (for us, [...] Posted on 5/14/2013 by Jessica Blomstrom

Sports Basement wants to support your school!

It goes without saying that kids are awesome. Unfortunately, jump roping is hard enough for us without having to remember rhymes at the same time, so we're officially stuck in adult-land. But all is not lost! If we can't be kids again, we can at least support kids all we can, with our school revenue sharing program. Posted on 4/29/2013 by Jessica Blomstrom

A letter from a life saver

A few days go we received the very best kind of email from one of our CPR trainees. It was one of those emails that gives you the shivers and leaves you smiling all day long. We’re still basking in the afterglow, so rather than trying to explain it, here it is in full: Posted on 4/25/2013 by Jessica Blomstrom

We want to take you mountain biking for free!

Sports Basement wants to take your company mountain biking for a day, for free! That’s right, we’re giving away one of Sports Basement Outdoors‘s one day, all-inclusive guided mountain biking trips (a $6000 value!) to one lucky winner and up to 29 of their favorite co-workers. Start baking cookies for your office staff ASAP – [...] Posted on 4/15/2013 by Courtney Rheins

Charity Madness comes to a glorious end!

Charity Madness has finally come to an end, and what an end it is! In a truly stunning finale, more than 25 San Francisco schools organized a stampede of supporters to shop at Sports Basement and charged ahead to win the 2013 Charity Madness tournament! The SF Schools raised a whopping $2,887 vs. the SF [...] Posted on 4/15/2013 by Jessica Blomstrom

Winter never ends at the Basement!

Here at Sports Basement we know that it only takes a short hike with some good friends to find some amazing turns all summer long; that's why we'll be renting snow gear all throughout the year. Posted on 4/11/2013 by Ben Cranson

Why they ride… for AIDS/LifeCycle

For nearly two decades, thousands of people have been riding their bikes from San Francisco to Los Angeles annually – a seven-day, 545-mile bike ride – to raise funds for AIDS research and support. Posted on 4/9/2013 by John Belcher

Charity Madness is down to the Final Four!

Forget Michigan and Louisville – Charity Madness is in full fundraising swing! It was a huge week for the SF Schools who really shopped ’til they dropped during spring break. We had great competition between 3 San Francisco powerhouse charities, with YMCA edging out ALC on the west end of the city. Another buzzer beater in [...] Posted on 4/8/2013 by Aaron Schweifler

Pamper your ski gear before you put it away

Want to know the surest way to keep your skis or snowboard happy throughout the summer? Bring them in for a summer tune before you put them away for the season. Posted on 4/2/2013 by Ariel Parrish

The results are in for week 2 of Charity Madness!

What a close finish! The East Bay bracket was neck and neck all week, with the Police and Fire Departments just barely edging out the Walnut Creek Soccer Club to the benefit of both! On the east side of San Francisco, SF schools are rolling along miles ahead of the rest – we’ll see if [...] Posted on 4/1/2013 by Jessica Blomstrom

Week 2 is drawing to a close – who will you support?

Week 2 of Charity Madness ends on Sunday night, which means you only have four days left to push your favorite charity from mere contestant to real contender! But let’s be honest here, regardless of who makes it to the Final Four, everybody’s winning: all these charities combined have raised $14,467! Check back here on Monday [...] Posted on 3/28/2013 by Jessica Blomstrom

Week 1 of Charity Madness is complete!

The Madness has officially completed its first week of match-ups, with a total of $11,553 raised! Posted on 3/25/2013 by Jessica Blomstrom

The Madness has begun!

One week into Charity Madness and we’ve already raised over $8,000 for charity! Let’s take a look at the brackets: East Bay With all the close match ups we decided to push the end of round one out to the end of this weekend! WCEF and PEAK are leading the pack again but the American [...] Posted on 3/22/2013 by Jessica Blomstrom

Charity Madness is almost here!

March Madness is nearly upon us, and that means Charity Madness is getting set to kick off next week on March 16! Here’s this year’s bracket of charities for you to support. Now, the match-ups are going a little differently this year because of the number of charities involved: for example, in East SF, the Sf schools [...] Posted on 3/8/2013 by Jessica Blomstrom

SB Campbell’s Grand Opening Celebration is March 15!

Our newest store location is nearly ready to swing open it's doors, and we're absolutely giddy with excitement! Our Grand Opening Celebration is going down Friday, March 15th, and will be chock full of prizes, discounts and fundraising for local Campbell schools. Posted on 3/6/2013 by Jessica Blomstrom

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