7000 Coliseum Way: A photo essay
There’s a parking lot in East Oakland. You know the one. It’s nestled between the Amtrak Train tracks to the east and Highway 880 to the west, and bordered by a murky moat-like creek called...
Tag Archives: Sports
Berlin style ping pong comes to Oakland bars
About thirty heads turned quickly from left to right, focused on a bright orange ball, as the giant group of players faced off, each with a paddle in one hand and a beer in the...
Mayor’s office rallies sports fans to support Oakland teams
The amphitheater outside of City Hall was the site of a spirited pep rally for Oakland’s sports teams Monday morning, as Mayor Jean Quan led the crowd of about 100 fans in a “Let’s Go...
From Iraq to El Salvador, refugee children shine at Oakland Olympics
Forget about the London Olympics. Friday, the real Olympic fun was right here in Oakland at Soccer Without Borders’ Oakland Olympics, an annual event bringing together displaced refugee children between the ages of 5 and...
Dodgeball league for adults starts up in North Oakland
Frank Garcia can't help but start laughing. He’s standing in the middle of the Bushrod Recreation Center gym on a Thursday night, wearing gym shorts and holding a small, red plastic ball that looks like...
Tech girls fall in first round of NorCal basketball playoffs
The Oakland Tech girls basketball team couldn’t pull through on Wednesday night, losing 52-46 to visiting Heritage High School of Brentwood in the first round of the Northern California playoffs. The loss ended Tech’s season...
At Children’s Hospital Oakland, experts work to prevent injury, improve performance in young athletes
Conceived as a preventative branch of the hospital’s already booming Sports Medicine Center for Young Athletes, the athlete development program centers on training kids and teenagers involved in a wide swath of sports. The goal...
Costumed East Bay adults line up for competitive playground game
On Thursday night, a cast of about 40 characters gathered under the lights of the Rockridge BART parking lot for the annual pre-Halloween version of FourSquare East Bay, dubbed “Costume Square.”
Oakland honors late, openly gay MLB player Glenn Burke
In more than 140 years of professional baseball, over 17,000 players have passed through the major leagues. Only two have been openly gay. Glenn Burke was the first. At an event Wednesday night, the late...
A’s players cheer young fans at East Bay holiday events
With no baseball games for Oakland A’s fans to go see until the season starts in April, A’s players are spending some time this offseason going to see their fans. The A’s began their four-day...
One Warrior, many small admirers, and his gift pile of brand-new books
Dressed in black-and-maroon Nike basketball shoes, black Nike warm-up pants, and a black T-shirt that reads “Born to run things” in silver, Vladimir Radmanovic stood in front of—no, towered over—his audience.
Indoor trampolines bring a bounce to the Bay Area
They come in droves to jump on the massive trampolines. They do backflips, play dodgeball, and dunk on a basketball hoop they couldn’t otherwise reach without some catapulting aid. Oh, and children can also be...
We don’t need no stinkin’ shoes! Barefoot running takes off
They say that running barefoot is like gardening naked in the backyard: it's not for all seasons, and your neighbors will probably stare. But is this trend only for the serious runner, or is this...
Paddles up! Giant weekend dragon boat races on Bay
Dragon boats converged on the Bay this weekend from all over the Bay Area and way beyond. Teams from Texas and Canada, as well as the newcomer Oakland Renegades, were among the dozens racing in...
Beer pong at the Stork Club
Rowdy times at the first-ever beer pong tournament in the East Bay put together by the Stork Club and the East Bay Express.
Girls’ rowing team puts oars within reach
story by MARTIN RICARD audio slides by ISABEL ESTERMAN Sept. 7—About a dozen girls huddled in front of the boathouse at the Jack London Aquatic Center Sunday afternoon giggling and chatting away as though they’d...
