All Stories
20 long-form pieces covering the full Oakland-to-Las Vegas relocation saga.
The Coliseum is gone. The team is gone. But the memories, the community, and the green and gold identity we built there -- that belongs to us forever.
With the A's leaving, Sacramento is once again dreaming of an expansion team. The history of those efforts and how realistic it actually is.
Two seasons at Sutter Health Park. Strange, small, and more meaningful than anyone expected. Here is what Sacramento gave us.
The relocation was painful. Oakland's grief is real. And Las Vegas still deserves major league baseball. Both things are true at the same time.
The loss is real. Here is what other fans have experienced and what actually helps.
The failed ballpark deals, John Fisher's decision, the MLB vote, and what comes next. Everything that happened, in order.
Most teams have fans. The A's have something else -- a community built on underdog identity, Moneyball logic, and decades of doing more with less.
A Triple-A stadium hosting a big league team. What players, fans, and the city actually think about the arrangement.
Corporations buy stadium names. Cities negotiate tax deals. And fans want one thing: a team worth watching. An honest look at what matters and what doesn't.
While everything else was chaos, the A's player development operation has been quietly building something. Who is coming for the Las Vegas era?
Talking to Oakland fans about identity, loss, and whether they will ever follow the A's again.
The USPTO denied the A's trademark for Las Vegas Athletics. The full story of a legal dispute that revealed real complications in the team's new identity.
Profiles of fans who are done with the team for good. Their stories and why they feel that way.
The $380 million Nevada public funding deal, the opposition, the politics, and how a ballpark on the Strip got approved.
From one of baseball's finest venues to its worst. How a stadium's decline mirrored a franchise's decline.
Connie Mack's dynasty, Kansas City, Oakland's dynasty, and now Las Vegas. No franchise in baseball has moved more often.
From anonymous billionaire to the public face of franchise abandonment. The arc of baseball's most controversial ownership.
The first MLB relocation since 2005 signals something about small markets, stadium economics, and the future of baseball geography.
The Golden Knights changed everything. Then the Raiders. Now the A's. How the entertainment capital of the world became a legitimate sports market.
Assigning responsibility: John Fisher, the city of Oakland, the fans, MLB, the media. An honest accounting.