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Death of a Sports Town Part 5: The Curtain Closes on the Oakland A's (Encore)
Jan 01, 2025On September 26th, 2024, the Athletics played their final game ever in Oakland, the city they’ve called home for 57 years. As friend of the show Jeff Passan wrote, baseball in the East Bay was “killed...
Death of a Sports Town Part 4: The True Price of Sports (Encore)
Dec 31, 2024In covering Oakland’s unraveling as a big time sports town, we’ve documented the greed, the loss, the dubious decisions, and the rich sports community soon to be left behind. But we’ve yet to fully ex...
Death of a Sports Town Part 3: Baseball’s Last Dive Bar (Encore)
Dec 30, 2024The loss of three professional sports teams in five years has thrust Oakland into the media spotlight, with coverage focusing on every twist, turn, stadium proposal, and relocation rumor. But amid all...
Death of a Sports Town Part 2: Reverse Boycott (Encore)
Dec 27, 2024Any time a franchise owner threatens to leave a city, the pressure and scrutiny on civic leaders intensifies. But in Oakland, a parallel story emerged—a group of activist fans who refused to let the A...
Death of a Sports Town Part 1: Rooted in Oakland (Encore)
Dec 26, 2024On the afternoon of September 26th, the Oakland Athletics played the Texas Rangers in their final game ever in the city they’ve called home for 57 seasons. Following the lead of the Warriors and Raide...
When Eagles Fans Booed Santa: The Notorious True Story (Encore)
Dec 25, 2024It’s one of the most infamous fan stories in sports history: when Eagles fans booed Santa at halftime of a game played at Franklin Field. But who was the Santa in question - and why was he booed and p...
The 2024 Sports Year in Review
Dec 24, 2024By the time the end of the year rolls around, it’s easy to forget what has gone down in the previous 365-ish days. A story that felt like the center of the world in February, is lost to the passing of...
NFL Week 15 Recap with Ben Solak
Dec 23, 2024As the NFL season heads into its final few weeks, the jockeying for playoff position is getting more intense. There are three teams grouped at the top of the NFC, and with the Lions and Vikings poised...
Ryan McGee Breaks Down the College Football Playoff
Dec 20, 2024After months of games, upsets, rankings, arguments and prognostications – the College Football Playoff is finally here. And tonight the race for the national championship starts in earnest in the he...
The New York Sack Exchange was a Glimmer of Hope in Jets’ Lore
Dec 19, 2024The 1970s were a tough decade for the New York Jets. After winning the Super Bowl in 1969, they quickly became the laughing stock in the NFL, unable to post a single winning season throughout the deca...