Death of a Sports Town Part 2: Reverse Boycott (Encore)

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🗓️ 27 December 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Any time a franchise owner threatens to leave a city, the pressure and scrutiny on civic leaders intensifies. But in Oakland, a parallel story emerged—a group of activist fans who refused to let the Athletics go quietly. In the second part of our series, Death of a Sports Town, we examine the three men who led the Warriors, Raiders, and Athletics away from “the Town,” the reasons behind their decisions, and the intimate story of one fan who launched a movement to fight back. The multipart series: ‘Death of a Sports Town’ is being re-published in the feed for the next 3 days. If you don’t want to wait, you can check out all of the episodes of this series from when they originally aired at the links below. Check out the playlist, featuring our favorite stories of 2024. Death of a Sports Town Episodes: Apple Podcasts: Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, & Part 5 Spotify: All episodes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody, Michelle Steele here.
0:02.7	While we're out on holiday break, we're revisiting our death of a sports town series from earlier this year.
0:08.5	Today, we're bringing you part two of that series.
0:12.0	And if you missed episode one yesterday, you can go ahead and check that out first.
0:16.6	As always, you can find links to all five episodes from this series in the episode description,
0:22.2	as well as a list of all of our favorite stories from the year.
0:26.4	And be aware, today's episode originally ran on September 10th.
0:40.2	Previously on ESPN Daily.
0:45.8	The city and the county took out giant loans to pay for the construction of this because they believe the projections that they got from Al Davis and the Raiders.
0:51.3	Lifelong Bay Area resident Tim Kewen helped us kick off our five-part series,
0:56.3	death of a sports town.
0:58.3	You've got the ballpark that people don't like because you've ruined it.
1:02.8	When they start saying that without a new stadium, they can't compete with other teams
1:08.7	in the league, then what's going to happen?
1:11.4	We're now nearly two weeks away from the last ever Oakland home game for baseball's athletics.
1:16.9	And accordingly, we are chronicling the missteps and misfortune that have given the East Bay
1:21.8	an unprecedented distinction.
1:25.0	The first city to lose three major pro sports franchises in a five-year span.
1:31.0	The Oakland A's inked a deal to build a new ballpark near the Las Vegas Strip.
1:34.7	Vegas rated Oakland of its football team.
1:37.4	Now we're here talking about the Oakland A's.
1:40.0	So the team.
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