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2025 Athletics Season In Review: Mason Miller
Mason Miller was the Oakland A’s third-round draft pick in the 2021 MLB June Amateur Draft out of Gardner-Webb University in North Carolina. He played there for one season as a graduate student. After relatively short stints with A’s minor league affiliates in Arizona,
John Beam, 66, was a fixture in the Oakland athletics scene as a high school and then junior college coach. He died on Friday after being shot at Laney College the day before. Beam was remembered as an unforgettable influence, a man who knew how to draw the most out of his athletes and even his competitors.
It was a shocking loss for athletes, coaches and Oakland residents who had come to rely on the wisdom and dedication of a man known around town simply as Coach Beam.
The team formerly known as the Oakland Athletics really didn't want to hear what its old fans in Oakland had to say.
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Burks leads UCF against Oakland after 21-point showing
Orlando, Florida; Monday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UCF hosts Oakland after Jordan Burks scored 21 points in UCF's 86-74 victory over the Texas A&M Aggies. UCF finished 20-17 overall with a 13-5 record at home during the 2024-25 season.
Almost every high school and college football coach espouses a desire to to turn boys into outstanding young adults, but few were as successful at doing that as Beam.
A celebratory parade Sunday around Raimondi Park honored the Oakland Ballers baseball team for their Pioneer League championship win. The victory marks the city's first baseball title since 1989, when the Oakland Athletics won the World Series. While some ...
A celebrated football coach known for his grit and hard-charging personality, John Beam gained national fame in the 2020 Netflix documentary “Last Chance U.”
A senior athletics staff member at Laney College in Oakland was shot on campus and taken to a hospital Thursday.
Oakland Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers and his wife Raegan are enjoying a tropical Hawaiian getaway. Raegan shared photos of their serene sunrise s
The Oakland Athletics were up against the Texas Rangers at Sutter Health Park when something bizarre happened. The Rangers were leading with a 5-2 score at the top of the fifth inning. Hogan Harris was on the mound for Oakland when Josh Jung walked up to ...
The A’s have signed veteran first baseman/outfielder Joey Meneses, giving the team a low-risk, experienced option as they shape their 2026 roster.