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Devante Dubose Credits: Photo courtesy of the Oakland Roots In the latest sign of progress that a professional soccer team is coming to the East Bay, the Oakland Roots have announced the signing of their first player — a...

The Raiders’ planned move to Las Vegas would badly hurt the franchise for many reasons, chief among them is the dubious notion that there is a “global Raiders brand” led by an army of nationwide fans that...

This might be an unpopular opinion among Oakland fans, but I don’t mind at all that Kyler Murray — the A’s’ 2018 first-round pick and Oklahoma University football star — might be leaning toward choosing the NFL...

The men and women who run the A’s are thinking big — for the franchise and for their eternally disrespected East Bay city — and moving forward with urgency to build a privately financed ballpark as part...

It’s the last thing in the world Raiders owner Mark Davis wants. But sometimes the most difficult course of action is exactly what one should do. I’m talking about the pathetic state of the Raiders franchise, and...

When strangers stop in the street to offer you their condolences, you know the night has taken a rough turn. That was my cold reality after I left Yankee Stadium last Wednesday night, and later strolled through...

After a meandering, four-year journey through MLB’s desert, the upstart A’s have arrived as unlikely contenders at a historic destination: Yankee Stadium in the South Bronx. Credits: Wikimedia Commons The A’s-Yankees Wild Card Game scheduled for this Wednesday could...