Prior to the beginning of the A’s weekend series against the Kansas City Royals, the Oakland Athletics announced that starting pitcher Brett Anderson will miss at least the next four weeks with a stress fracture in his right foot. Anderson, already on the disabled list, will be reevaluated in four weeks and have a walking boot removed. At that point, more »
Warriors Battle But Can’t Overcome Spurs
The Warriors season came to an end at the hands of the Spurs, falling 94-82 in game six of the Western Conference Semifinals. The Spurs won the series 4-2 to advance to the Western Conference Finals, but the Warriors can still hang their heads high. The Warriors battled deep into the fourth quarter, trailing 77-75 with just under five minutes more »
San Francisco One Step Closer to Hosting Super Bowl 50
The city of San Francisco and the 49ers officially submitted their bid to co-host the Super Bowl in either 2016 or 2017 on Monday. This comes a week after the 49ers announced the naming rights to the new Santa Clara stadium to Levi’s®. “There’s no better place to play host to the Super Bowl and celebrate one of our nation’s more »
Crisp Returns, A’s Continue to Falter in Loss to Rangers
Center fielder Coco Crisp was activated from the disabled list Wednesday, but the team leader could not provide the spark that the A’s needed to win the rubber game of the series against the Rangers. Oakland fell to two games under .500 for the first time since starting the season 0-2, as starter Dan Straily had trouble locating his pitches more »
Brandon Belt Finally Belting It
In the fourth inning of Tuesday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Giants first baseman Brandon Belt stepped to the plate with his team down 6-1. Squaring off against reigning National League Cy Young Award winner and knuckleball extraordinaire R.A. Dickey, Belt looked to spark his team to a rally from its early deficit. He certainly did his part. On more »
Melvin Ejected, Donaldson 4-for-5 In Athletics 6-5 Loss to Rangers
Josh Donaldson went 4-for-5 but the Oakland Athletics left eleven runners stranded on Tuesday night at the Coliseum as they fell to the Texas Rangers 6-5 in ten innings. After a scoreless three frames on both sides, the Rangers put three runs on the board, thanks in part to Mitch Moreland’s eighth home run of the year. The Athletics offense more »
