Lawn bowling at Lake Merritt survived the pandemic. Now the club aims to be stronger than ever.
Tag: Sports
The remarkable rise of the Oakland Roots: The Town’s homegrown soccer club
Professional sports teams have used and abandoned Oakland. Could the Oakland Roots be different?
Politicians sabotaged Midnight Basketball. 30 years later, Oakland’s chapter pushes forward
The youth development program headquartered in Oakland became a pawn in Republican-Democrat policy fights in the 1990s.
Oakland Roots to start a women’s soccer team
The new team, ‘Oakland Soul,’ will make its debut in 2023.
This Oakland women’s basketball league helps locals go pro around the world
And could a local WNBA team be in the cards?
How two mentors are building on the legacy of Black golfers in Oakland
Preston Pinkney and Howard Oliver run programs that provide youth access to a historically exclusive sport.
Photos: The Oakland Roots kick off a new season
The soccer team played its first home game of the 2022 season at Laney College on Saturday. Pre-game festivities included a performance by hip-hop collective Grand Nationxl.