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Ride to Raimondi: The Oakland Ballers want you to walk and bike to games
Oakland’s new Pioneer League baseball team, the Oakland Ballers, will start playing this summer at Raimondi Park in West Oakland. In preparation, the team is fixing up the historic field and it’s encouraging Oaklanders to get to games on foot or by bicycle. Lance Wilson, a Ballers’ spokesperson,...
San Rafael little league baseball field could be sold
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - Las Gallinas Field, on an eight-acre parcel of land owned by San Rafael City Schools, has hosted baseball teams for more than 70 years and is used by the Galinas Valley Little league, other players and the public in general. But now, there is real fear the property may be sold or leased.
Richmond Bike Activist Looking To Transform Community Through Cycling
Fifteen years ago, when Najari Smith moved from New York to California, he took a plane to travel to his new home. It was a bicycle, however, that made the Bay Area feel like him for Smith. "My first year out here in Cali, I went back to New York...
The hunt for the green A’s truck: Two Oakland fans’ bizarre quest for a lost team relic
Spirits were high as the two diehard fans of the soon-to-be former Oakland Athletics headed out on a quixotic quest. Members of the “Last Dive Bar” fan group, Gabe Hernandez and Robb Roberts met up at the parking lot of the Black Bear Diner in Pleasanton on the afternoon of April 14. There, they outfitted themselves in canvas safari vests and hats fresh from Amazon and matching green Last Dive Bar hoodies.
Piedmont softball splits two WACC matchups
Piedmont High School’s softball team split a pair of West Alameda County Conference matchups. The Highlanders defeated San Lorenzo at home on April 26, 15-5 in a game shortened to five innings due to the mercy rule. Piedmont fell behind 2-0 in the top of the first when an...
NCAA Basketball Recruiting: Analyzing top 6 teams for San Francisco transfer Mike Sharavjamts
Sophomore guard/ wing Mike Sharavjamts is down to six NCAA Basketball programs. Which of them is the best potential fit?. After starting 20 games and earning all-freshman honors in the Atlantic 10, Mike Sharavjamts decided to transfer out west to San Francisco. The 6'8 wing started all 34 games for the Dons, averaging 7.7 ppg and 2.7 apg, shooting 42% from the field and 36% from deep. That includes a season-high 18 points in a win over Seattle.
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