The Port previously signed an agreement for the site with the Athletics before the team decided to move to Las Vegas.
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Oakland’s latest national champions want to celebrate with the Town
The Oakland Spiders, one of city’s ultimate frisbee teams, have clinched it. They’ve invited all of Oakland to join the “Spider Den” at a Prescott Market community party on Sept. 16.
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Judge strikes down Trump administration lawsuit against trans-inclusive sports in California
The DOJ had sought to strip California of $44 billion if schools didn’t eject trans girls from girls’ sports teams. Bay Area families with trans kids are celebrating the decision.
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The Spiders are national ultimate champs and other Oakland sports news
The Roots are still in playoff contention, while defending league champions the Oakland Ballers failed to make the playoffs for the first time. Plus 8 games and watch parties in September.
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Coach Zo, an Oakland football legend, hits the national spotlight
Alonzo Carter, a McClymonds grad who brought the team league championships as coach, is now leading a Division I team at Sac State. And he’s got his eye on Oakland talent.
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Gabby Williams has Oakland roots, a great defensive game — and a spine
On the eve of Oakland Pride, the Valkyries All-Star and outspoken LGBTQ activist has a message for the Town that helped shape her.
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Roots get to keep Saturday’s game at Coliseum: ‘If they can’t play, they can’t pay’
But future games remain in limbo. The team defaulted on payments to the Coliseum earlier this month.
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30 Oakland sports events to catch in August
Roller derby’s Summer Slam, Oakland Spiders’ championship quest, Ballers host Gary Payton and Too $hort, Roots hold a Bad Bunny halftime drag show.
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For one Oakland kid, a World Cup dream come true
Sofia Palacios got to walk hand-in-hand with a national team player onto the pitch at Levi’s Stadium.
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‘It’s not a soccer stadium’: Oakland Roots to leave Coliseum after this season
Oakland’s iconic sporting arena was built for baseball and football. The Roots say they’ll keep searching for a permanent home — “a space meant for soccer.”
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The Unicorns bring world class cricket to Oakland Coliseum
Some of cricket’s global superstars will be competing in the Major League Cricket championship at the Coliseum in July. Fans from the South Asian diaspora will be turning out.
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Oakland sports standings: Roots playoff push, ultimate frisbee dominance
Plus we get you up to speed on the Ballers’ home run leader, the Unicorns’ promising cricket season and the rise of some local youth weightlifting champions.
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27 Oakland sports events to catch in July
How to catch World Cup fever, where to see your first Cricket championship, and why the Ballers have embraced their alter ego, the Blazers. Yes, that kind of blaze.
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Can the World Cup score for Oakland’s economy?
From watch parties to BART travelers to Airbnb bookings, the 2026 FIFA tournament appears to be kicking off business in The Town.
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Giants’ Pride snub a sharp contrast to Ballers’ embrace
Four Giants pitchers rejected the team’s Pride celebration. Meanwhile Oakland’s Pioneer League champs are all in.
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Bay Area 100 ultramarathon debuts in Oakland
The East Bay’s first point-to-point endurance race began in the Berkeley Hills, then circled through Tilden, Lake Chabot and Redwood regional parks. 101 made it to the finish at Skyline High.
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Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi: Oakland, get ready to hear it
The Australia men’s soccer team is calling The Town their home during the World Cup. Is Oakland ready for a Hot Aussie Summer?
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More girls are playing sports at OUSD than ever. It took a Title IX fight to get here
After Oakland Unified slashed some girls sports programs in 2018, parents fought back. A settlement set the Oakland Athletic League down a different path.
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Dozens of Oakland sports events to catch in June
With World Cup watch parties, the Roots and the Soul on a roll, and the Falcons and Spiders chasing ultimate frisbee championships, it’s a packed month .
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You don’t know Alysa Liu’s power until you see it in person
At Stars on Ice in Anaheim on May 16, the “Quad God” was there, sure. But there was one skater the packed crowd came to scream for.
