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Amid Relocation Drama, the Show Must Go on in Oakland (For Now)

There has been considerable talk of the Athletics’ storied past in Oakland and just as much talk about their uncertain future. But the present? It’s easier just to ignore.

Sports Illustrated

Governor signs public funding bill for new A's stadium in Vegas, growing global sports destination

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has signed into law a $380 million public financing package to help build a Major League Baseball stadium for the Oakland Athletics on the Las Vegas Strip

The Independent UK

MLB to start months-long approval process for Oakland Athletics' move to Las Vegas

Major League Baseball laid out a detailed process to approve the Oakland Athletics move to Las Vegas, which appears set to become the second shift of a franchise in the last half-century

The Independent UK

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A's going, going, all but gone from Oakland as bill to fund Las Vegas stadium passes

The Oakland Athletics appear to be two small steps from extinction.

Los Angeles Times

Oakland A’s secure crucial votes in Nevada, close in on $380 million stadium deal

Nevada lawmakers on Tuesday granted the A’s a crucial win in their dreams of a state-of-the-art, $1.5 billion Las Vegas ballpark, part of a whirlwind day for Oakland’s last major sports franchise.

Tribune News Service

Yankees Owner Says Underfunded MLB Teams Share Blame for Payroll Disparity

Hal Steinbrenner said at owners’ meetings that he doesn’t appreciate those that aren’t “putting money into the team when they could.”

Sports Illustrated

US culture wars come to baseball as MLB celebrates Pride month

The league has made efforts to welcome LGBTQ+ people into ballparks but recent pushback has shown that large parts of the sport remain conservative

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Nevada revisits Oakland Athletics stadium plan in special legislative session

The Oakland Athletics’ search for a new home has drawn Nevada lawmakers into a special legislative session Wednesday to weigh whether the state should cover $380 million of the $1.5 billion stadium planned for the Las Vegas Strip

The Independent UK

MLB Has the Power to Keep the A’s in the Bay Area

The league could clear some hurdles for the team to remain in or around Oakland, but instead seems intent on helping team owner John Fisher burn his remaining bridges there.

Sports Illustrated

Bally Sports Plus Has 203,000 Subscribers, Only 55% of Diamond’s Goal

Key disclosure comes amid 'vitriolic' bankruptcy court exchange Wednesday between MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and Diamond Sports management

Multichannel News

SI Media Mailbag: NBA's Broadcast Future; Best NFL Announcers and More

Could the NBA leave TNT? Who is the top NFL play-by-player and analyst?

Sports Illustrated

Meet the New Boss: Major League Baseball Officially Launches Into the RSN Biz With 'MLB San Diego Padres'

Baseball sets up a new pay TV home for the Padres, as Twins, Guardians, Diamondbacks and Rangers petition in Texas bankruptcy court to cut them loose from Bally Sports, too

Broadcasting & Cable

Inside the $1.5billion ballpark on Las Vegas strip ahead of Oakland A's relocation

New images have been released by the Oakland A's as the Major League Baseball franchise look to move to a new stadium that is planned to be built on the Las Vegas strip

Daily Mirror

MLB commissioner: A’s ‘pretty settled’ on Las Vegas site; relocation vote could come within month

MILWAUKEE — A vote to approve the Oakland Athletics’ possible move to Las Vegas by Major League Baseball owners could be just weeks away, Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday.

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Report: A’s reach ‘loose agreement’ with Nevada lawmakers for Las Vegas public financing

The Oakland A’s publicly stated their intentions to move to Las Vegas more than a month ago, and it seems that they are finally making progress on that relocation this week.

Los Angeles Times

Dodgers apologize and invite Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to Pride Night

LOS ANGELES — Less than a week after removing the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their lineup, the Dodgers on Monday re-invited the organization to Pride Night amid backlash from LGBTQ+ and civil rights groups as well as local politicians and even Dodgers employees.

Sports Illustrated

Oakland A’s Reach Agreement to Build $1.5 Billion Stadium on Las Vegas Strip

The team’s eventual move to the desert cleared a major hurdle Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

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…

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Los Angeles Times

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.

AFP

MLB's Oakland A's look ready to join the Vegas sports party

San Francisco (AFP) - Major League Baseball appears set to join the huge sports expansion into Las Vegas now that the Oakland A's have signed a deal to buy 49 acres of land there.

Daily Mirror

Athletics set to join Oakland exodus as Las Vegas plans edge closer

MLB side Oakland Athletics are set to be moved 553 miles and join the Raiders in Las Vegas, following stalled progression with new ballpark in their current region

Chicago Sun-Times

Oakland A’s take another step toward moving to Las Vegas

President Dave Kaval said the team finalized a deal last week to buy a 49-acre site where the A’s plan to build a stadium close to the Las Vegas Strip with a seating capacity of 30,000 to 35,000.

Sports Illustrated

MLB Team Takes Significant Step Toward Las Vegas Relocation

As poor attendance and stadium issues in Oakland continue, the Athletics are taking the next steps toward relocation.

The Independent UK

Oakland A's purchase land for new stadium in Las Vegas

The Oakland Athletics have signed a binding agreement to purchase land for a new retractable roof ballpark in Las Vegas after being unable to build a new venue in the Bay Area

The Conversation

New MLB rules are consistent with baseball's past — not an assault on tradition

The final line of the beloved baseball anthem Take Me Out to the Ball Game proclaims “For it’s one, two, three strikes you’re out at the old ball game.” While it’s still three strikes and you’re out, the old ball game has some new rules for the 2023 Major League…

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