AltWeeklies Wire
Can Oakland Go the Distance? After 25 Years, a Marathon Returnsnew
the Oakland Running Festival is scheduled for the weekend of March 26-28 and will include the first road marathon to be held in Oakland in more than 25 years. The event returns with an eye-popping new route and a menu of race choices.
East Bay Express |
Dan Schoenholz |
03-17-2010 |
Sports
Using Yoga to Help Young People Break the Cycle of Violencenew
The Oakland-based Niroga Institute seeks to take yoga out of the world of the pale, privileged, and pliable. Giving thought to where, how, and to whom yoga is taught, the institute aims to make the practice a tool for healing communities at their sorest points.
East Bay Express |
Marcy Rein |
12-30-2009 |
Sports
Skateboarding Down the San Francisco Baynew
John Eppard is going to skateboard the length of the San Francisco Bay — from Richmond all the way to San Jose — again. And if the persistent punk rocker happens to lose a leg or other appendage in the process, he can find comfort in the fact that the three-day trek is a fund-raiser in part for a nonprofit for athletes with prosthetic limbs.
East Bay Express |
Cassie Harwood |
05-13-2009 |
Sports
Last Days of the Oakland Raidersnew
When the team's lease at McAfee Coliseum expires in 2010, will the Raiders follow the Athletics in the search for a new home?
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
09-04-2008 |
Sports
Olympic Marathon Runner Magdalena Lewy Boulet is Back on Tracknew
After failing to make the team in 2004, she had to start from scratch for this year's Olympic qualifier.
East Bay Express |
Kibby Kleiman |
07-24-2008 |
Sports
A New Day at the Racesnew
Golden Gate Fields' new synthetic racetrack may make horse racing safer, but it certainly will be slower.
East Bay Express |
Kibby Kleiman |
11-08-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The Year Moneyball Falterednew
The struggling Oakland Athletics tore through more players than ever in their history -- but for the minor leaguers, 2007 was a chance to dream.
East Bay Express |
Staff |
09-26-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The Fremont Athleticsnew
How the deal to move the A's from Oakland went down, and why it was inevitable.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon and Chris Thompson |
11-30-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Fat! Fit? Fabulous!new
East Bay activists and researchers are at the center of the new civil-rights movement known as Health at Every Size.
East Bay Express |
Lauren Gard |
09-18-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Wounded Warriorsnew
A Richmond, Calif. midget football team tries to overcome violence and loss to win its sixth straight state title.
East Bay Express |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
12-22-2005 |
Sports
Cricket: Remade in the USAnew
The venerable game of cricket changes the rules to win new fans. But Americans have to change too if it's ever going to take off.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
09-05-2005 |
Sports
Assaulted Fan Gets Philosophical About Hecklingnew
Craig Bueno instigated a brawl at the Oakland Coliseum between A's fans and Texas Rangers players. Two days later, he and his attorney held a press conference, calling his heckling an "American tradition."
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
09-27-2004 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Black Holed: When Football Players Touch Downnew
When Oakland Raiders tight end Roland Williams tumbled back into the crowd at a 2002 game against the New York Jets, hyped-up fans patted and spilled beer on him. But not fan Susan Lopez, who claims in a lawsuit that she was under the 265-pound player and suffered injuries.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
09-14-2004 |
Sports
