AltWeeklies Wire
Oakland Needs a Sports Do-Overnew

If a city can reinvent itself, why can't a basketball team?
East Bay Express |
Kibby Kleiman |
12-21-2011 |
Sports
Oakland's Play for the A'snew
Unlike San Jose, Oakland's redevelopment agency can finance land acquisition and infrastructure upgrades needed for a new ballpark -- and Major League Baseball knows it.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
12-09-2010 |
Sports
Does Don Perata Really 'Believe in Oakland' -- Or In San Jose?new

Oakland A's co-owner Lew Wolff, who wants to move the team to San Jose, donates $10,000 to a Perata group after the ex-senator says Oakland can't retain the team.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
10-27-2010 |
Sports
Say-It-Ain't-So Joenew
Why does Joe Morgan -- the best second baseman in history and a prominent TV broadcaster -- hate Moneyball, a book about baseball that he refuses to read?