2008 — Zheng Jie completes the biggest victory of her career at Wimbledon, beating new No. 1 Ana Ivanovic 6-1, 6-4 in the third round. The 133rd-ranked Zheng’s victory, her first against a top-10 ...

2024 — Hall of FamerWillie Mays, in the conversation for the greatest player ever and one of the last survivors from the ...

2014 — Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, winner of eight National League batting titles, passes away from cancer of the salivary gland at 54. 2015 — Brock Holt became the first Boston player to hit for the ...

Joe DiMaggio instructs Rick Monday as an Oakland A's coach in 1968. AP ... “Joe took me under his wing,” Rudi once told Baseball Digest. “That’s a play where you have to turn your back to the ball, ...

The A’s moved to Oakland when Hanks was 12. A lot has changed since then, but his love for his favorite baseball team never wavered. And he'll always appreciate the memories, one of his fondest ...

The Oakland A’s pose for a group photo on the mound after winning 3-2 against the Texas Rangers in their final home game at the Oakland Coliseum. ... second baseman Dick Green, third baseman Sal Bando ...

The A’s moved to Oakland from Kansas City in 1968, winning four World Series since then. ... In 1974, Joe Rudi hit a go-ahead home run to push the A’s past the Los Angeles Dodgers, ...

Walmart. Everything was generated because of the Oakland A’s. Economically, it did so much for the area. ... Joe Rudi, Sal Bando, Blue Moon Odom, Vida Blue and Rollie Fingers.

The final days are here. After 57 seasons, the Oakland Athletics will play their final game at the Coliseum on Thursday, as the team will move to Sacramento starting in 2025, signaling the end of ...

OAKLAND — Steve Vucinich could see into the future. All he had to do was walk outside his home and look toward Highway 880 when construction began on the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in 1964.

The A’s arrived in Oakland in 1968. Their inaugural roster included five members of that 1966 Modesto team: Jackson, Fingers, La Russa, Duncan and outfielder Joe Rudi.