MLB fans lashed out at John Fisher after the A’s had their worst attendance since 1979 MLB should never have let this happen. USA Today Sports Media Group · May 16, 2023
Baseball’s last dive bar: Farewell to the crumbling Oakland Coliseum The stadium that’s prompted the Athletics’ move to Las Vegas was just as outdated and unfashionable as advertised. Naturally, I loved it The Guardian - US · May 4, 2023
MLB fans crushed A’s ownership after attendance dropped to 2,500 in the saddest scene at Oakland Coliseum Oakland deserves so much better. USA Today Sports Media Group · May 3, 2023
Reggie Jackson Rips Oakland Officials for Botching A’s Stadium Issue The Hall of Fame outfielder blames the city for what has transpired. Sports Illustrated · Apr 23, 2023
Bill Madden: A’s continue to be an embarrassment to MLB, but so do a half-dozen other teams NEW YORK — The sorry plight of the Oakland Athletics, which came to a head this week with the announcement the team will be pulling up stakes and heading to a new ballpark in Las Vegas, is the most glaring example of the bigger problem vexing baseball — the lack… Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2023
Bill Shaikin: MLB and A's should do the right thing and keep team in Oakland If baseball mythology really came to life, if teams really were civic assets and owners really were stewards of those public trusts, Rob Manfred would have issued a starkly different statement when the Oakland Athletics decided they wanted to move to Las Vegas. Los Angeles Times · Apr 22, 2023
The Oakland A's are on the verge of moving to Las Vegas Team officials said they had signed an agreement to buy a 49-acre site near the Strip for a new stadium. The team's departure would leave Oakland with no major pro sports teams. WEKU · Apr 21, 2023
A’s Owner Must Be on a Mission to Alienate Everyone in Oakland Losses, more losses and … an opossum? John Fisher seems to be testing just how low he and his team can go before leaving for Las Vegas. Sports Illustrated · Apr 21, 2023
Dieter Kurtenbach: Oakland, the East Bay deserve better than John Fisher’s bush-league A’s SAN JOSE, Calif. — Around these parts, those who can do. Tribune News Service · Apr 21, 2023
A’s Display the Ugly Side of Moneyball, On and Off the Field Ownership’s unwillingness to support their team on and off the field will seemingly lead the Athletics on a shameless path out of Oakland to Las Vegas. Sports Illustrated · Apr 20, 2023
Oakland A’s new Las Vegas stadium: Everything we know about MLB team’s possible desert move It looks like the move to Las Vegas could be starting for the Oakland Athletics. USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 20, 2023
Sam Gordon: A’s don’t belong in Las Vegas. They belong in Oakland. He’s roamed the bleachers inside several stadiums, selling hot dogs to baseball fans — and hearing the classic chants that seem to maintain the same tenor in every Major League city. Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2023
Former A’s great Jason Giambi favors team’s move to Las Vegas LAS VEGAS — The debate about the future home of the Oakland Athletics was on full display Saturday as the A’s lost, 10-9, to the Cincinnati Reds in the first game of Big League Weekend at Las Vegas Ballpark. Tribune News Service · Mar 5, 2023
Liverpool Echo · Jan 13, 2023 Man 'feels lucky' despite going 'numb' after terrifying diagnosis John Fisher was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year, despite having no symptoms
The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2022 Western push on China, Russia at UN rights body faces test Western countries are leading a simultaneous push at the U.N.’s top human rights body to scrutinize human rights in two of the world’s most influential countries: China and Russia
Nottingham Post · Sep 3, 2022 New 'vibrant' Broadmarsh walkway artwork praised by shoppers for 'bringing identity to Nottingham' It features various Nottingham attractions and slang
Reason · Sep 2, 2022 New #TheyLied Libel-by-Implication Case, Related to Firing of Service Employees International Union Official From Fells v. SEIU, decided yesterday by the D.C. Court of Appeals in an opinion by Judge Joshua Deahl, joined by Judges Corinne Beckwith and John Fisher; not as colorful as the inimitable Memphis Pub. Co. v. Nichols (Tenn. 1978), but still an interesting modern example of the libel-by-implication doctrine:…
The Guardian - US · Aug 31, 2022 Feral cats, few fans and lewd acts: is the A’s era in Oakland over? The team that came to worldwide attention thanks to Moneyball is struggling to pull in fans. A move to the bright lights of Vegas could be approaching
AAP · Jul 19, 2022 More chilly temps forecast after low snow No fresh snow has been forecast for Tasmania this week, but what is there will take days to melt, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
Sports Illustrated · Jul 10, 2022 Warriors Owner Joe Lacob Says He Has ‘Standing Offer’ to Buy A’s The Golden State owner told the San Francisco Chronicle he thought he had a deal in place to purchase Oakland years ago.
Manchester Evening News · Jul 6, 2022 'Final nail in the coffin': This town voted Tory for the first time in last election - but now they want Boris gone 'People have completely lost faith in him'
ABC News · Jul 3, 2022 NT Gold Panning Championships in Pine Creek attracts locals and tourists Gold panners from far and wide have descended on the Northern Territory town of Pine Creek to find tiny crumbs of the precious metal in a bucket full of sand.
Tribune News Service · Jun 22, 2022 Chris Biderman: The A’s next fire sale should include owner John Fisher It’s reassuring to know fans of the Oakland Athletics, who are showing up to games in laughably low numbers this season, aren’t the only ones disenchanted with the team’s ownership.
Liverpool Echo · Jun 14, 2022 Child rapist walks free because he has dementia John Fisher subjected two girls to a campaign of rape and sexual abuse but could not be convicted at trial because of his illness