Oakland a One-Sport Town?

Oakland doesn’t get much publicity as a sports town, but the capital of the East Bay is one of the few cities in America to house a team in each of the three major sports. Take that, San Francisco! You too, hockey!

But faced with the prospect of losing two-thirds of its teams, Oakland is now in the middle of a sporting crisis.

The potential South Bay relocation of both the A’s and Raiders presents the very real possibility that Oakland may soon become a one-sport town. While that may work just fine for Green Bay or Oklahoma City, it makes those of us who care about Oakland more than a little nervous. If you follow the local sports scene at all, you know that giving Chris Cohan a monopoly is a scary thought.

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