Oakland sports, rare bald eagle nest, golf vs. redwoods: new podcast episode

Whereas Oakland has stated goodbye to all his most essential sports activities franchises – the Warriors, Raiders and As – in recent times an entire new technology of Minor League and fundamental groups rooted within the metropolis. From soccer to basketball to baseball, the sports activities scene of Oakland experiences a Renaissance.

That’s crucial subject of the episode of Oaklandside 510 of at present, accessible on Apple Podcasts” SpotifyAnd in all places you get your podcasts.

Host Tasne Raja talks to Tommy Craggs, former Deadspin editor and present worker of Oaklandside, about this thrilling chapter in Oakland Athletics. They discover the passionate fan base of the Oakland Rootcer crew, the Throwback baseball expertise of the Oakland Ballers, the Golden State Valkyries WNBA crew and different rising groups that construct actual neighborhood connections.

What drives on this tree? How do these groups differ from the corporate franchises that left? And what does neighborhood property imply for the way forward for Oakland Sports activities?

Plus: Headlines on the plan of Sequoyah Nation Membership to chop 175 Redwoods, Oakland’s clear holes in metropolis spending, a uncommon Bald Eagle Nest that buoys in residents of East Bay and the farewell of the historic Telegraph Avenue sanctom of East Bay.

The episode concludes with Oakland Sportswriter Dan Moore who shares his prime 5 “Most Oakland” sports activities moments of all time.

Hyperlinks to talked about tales:

How have been the ballers so good, so quick?

Then Moore on the rise of the Oakland -Roots

Sequoyah Nation Membership Redwood Controverse

Oakland Metropolis expenditure of transparency issues

East Bay Bald Eagle Nest Discovery

First Ame Church Demolition and Celebration

Oaklandside 510 is a weekly information present of the Oaklandside. Do you’ve got suggestions or story concepts? E -mail us at editors@oaklandside.org.