I’m forever harshing on news outlets that run articles about the economics of stadium deals without ever consulting any actual economists, so
Back in September, Oakland’s then-mayor Libby Schaaf revealed that she was looking to piece together another $320 million to pay for infrastructure
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2022 was a weird year in the sense that there were a lot of curveballs and changeups thrown at me. It forced me to reflect and make minor
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According to this website, advent calendars have been around since the 19th century. I'm pretty sure the first advent calendar I ever received was
It’s been a long and hectic week, so let’s let the chatbot take over writing the intro for this week’s roundup: Write an introduction for a
Apparently that “bottom of the ninth inning is rapidly approaching” article from Monday was part of a bigger MLB push to pressure the city of
Joanna Cagan and I have never gone into much detail in public about how we divvied up writing duties for the first edition of the book Field of
I’ve written here before about cities and teams that are looking for a cut of federal infrastructure money to help in building sports venues, now
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I didn’t post an election day roundup yesterday because I was waiting for results in the Oakland mayor’s race and Nevada governor’s race, both
Happy election day, for those who celebrate! (For those who are stuck holding their noses and voting for the lesser of two evils, you have my
Hey, remember back this summer when there was speculation that Madison Square Garden could be torn down and rebuilt in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards
It turns out that MLB commissioner Rob Manfred didn’t only express optimism about a Tampa Bay Rays stadium deal and pessimism about an Oakland
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred did what Rob Manfred does during the World Series on Friday, going on the radio and opining about big-picture stuff like
Apologies for the slow posting week — it was busy for me in other ways, so the site was a little quieter than I’d intended. But let’s make up
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Image Credit: Unsplash Could the Oakland A’s, the home of Moneyball and Rollie Fingers’ mustache, soon be no more? According to several news