There is still hope for the Oakland Raiders
Bryon Pointer,
Contributor
May 3, 2017
The Oakland Raiders are officially leaving for Las Vegas in a few years, but before they go they’re adding a little local flare to the team. Well, a little more than a little, as Marshawn Lynch, the Skittles man and one of the most dominant running backs of his era, has officially been added...
Silver and black leaving Oakland, not my life
Bryon Pointer,
Contributor
April 19, 2017
Last November, I decided to join my family tradition of getting an Oakland Raiders tattoo and I must say, of all the different Raider tattoos my family has, mine is the most unique. Instead of the traditional Raider with the two swords crossing from the top, I replaced it with a pirate skull equippe...
Why it sucks to be an Oakland A’s fan
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
April 5, 2017
For baseball fans, April is the best month of the year. The MLB season just started and every team has a chance to be a champion, as least for a little while. However, not all fans are so lucky. An Oakland A’s fan since I was four-years-old, I am one of the unlucky fans who know we have no chance ...
Las Vegas gets lucky with Raiders
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
March 29, 2017
Filed under Metro, Showcase, Sports
After eight years of rumors and stalled negotiations between the city and the team it became official on Monday; the Oakland Raiders will move to Las Vegas. At the NFL owners meetings in Phoenix early Monday morning the 32 franchise leaders approved a conditional relocation for the Oakland franchise with...
Investors jump off Raiders Nevada stadium bandwagon
Gabriel Armenta-Rose,
Contributor
February 8, 2017
Filed under Sports
The NFL season may be over, but the Raiders are still making headlines: investors at the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., an investment banking, securities and management firm, and casino mogul Sheldon Adelson have withdrawn their investments in the Oakland team’s new Las Vegas stadium. The with...
Raiders could be ‘Just Moving Baby’
Gabriel Armenta-Rose,
Contributor
January 25, 2017
Filed under Sports
Two NFL teams have changed cities in the past two years, and now there may be a third; the Oakland Raiders officially submitted the relocation papers to move to Las Vegas on Jan 18th. One obstacle remains: Twenty-four of the 32 owners must approve of the move. The vote is set to take place at the a...
Silver and black should stay in Oakland
Cameron Stover,
Contributor
November 30, 2016
Raiders fans, there is still hope. On Oct. 17, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed off on a bill that would provide the organization with $750 million of public money to build a stadium in Las Vegas and owner Mark Davis has pledged his allegiance to the plan. But there is still a good chance that the ...
Sin City makes way for silver and black
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
October 26, 2016
Earlier this month, Nevada lawmakers approved legislation to raise the hotel bed tax in Clark County. The increase will go towards a new $1.9 billion football stadium, which the city hopes will be the new home of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders. In order for a team to move to Sin City, at least 24 of the 3...
Raiders could stay at home in Oakland
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
October 6, 2016
Filed under Sports
Two weeks into the 2016 NFL season, the focus should be on the field. However, for the Oakland Raiders, off-the-field issues have dominated the headlines as of late. That trend continued yesterday when Stadium Real Estate Partners, LLC in association with The Integral Group, sent a letter to Oaklan...
The curse on UFC 200 continues
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
July 9, 2016
The biggest mixed martial arts fight of the year has had its fair share of problems. On Wednesday, just three days before UFC 200 in Las Vegas, the main event and title fight, Jon “Bones” Jones against Daniel Cormier, was dropped from the card. On July 6, a drug test administered to Jones by t...
Oakland today, Las Vegas tomorrow?
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
July 6, 2016
With no firm proposal for a new stadium in Oakland, the Raiders could be on the move. Owner Mark Davis, son of former owner Al Davis, has confirmed his interest in moving the team to Las Vegas or San Antonio. According to USA Today, Ron Reese, a senior vice president at the Las Vegas Sands Corp. sa...
East Bay loses another head coach
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
May 25, 2016
Filed under Campus, Showcase, Sports
Coaches leaving is not new at Cal State East Bay. In the last year, the school has seen its track, cross country, softball and men’s soccer coaches all leave for other opportunities. This trend continued last week when CSUEB swimming Head Coach Ben Loorz accepted the head job at the University of N...
