Dan Moore

Also went digging through some old Oakland Tribune archives. The people in the history room at @oaklibrary.bsky.social are maybe the kindest people on earth.

Logged 2k words today 💪

Hey this is what my book is about

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Thanks Jacob!

Fall 2027

Reeeeeeeeally excited for this

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Thanks Melissa!

Pros may have left, but the tough and the plucky remain. Side note: Oakland is also home to California’s only dedicated curling ice.

I’m so excited to finally share this: I’m writing a book! It’s about Oakland—its rise as a great American sports town, its fall to the billionaires who abandoned it, and, most of all, the fans and activists and founders who fought to hold onto this aspect of the city’s identity and soul.

How to Start a Professional Sports Team, Win Games, and Save the Town After the A’s announced they were leaving Oakland, a pair of lifelong fans set out to do something audacious: start a beloved pro baseball team of their own. Remarkably, they pulled it off. Now the Oa...

I wrote about the Ballers last year for @theringer.com.web.brid.gy

See yall at game 4 tn 🍻

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Oakland lost every single one of its big league sports teams. So a pair of fans built Oakland an independent pro team of its own. Now the @oaklandballers.bsky.social are competing for the Pioneer League World Series before sell-out crowds. Coolest story in sports.

Cleveland Browns fans know how to keep the faith The Dawg Pound has witnessed 30 years of futility. Will the team's bid for the burbs test the loyal fanbase?

Apropos of nothing, I wrote about the historic endurance of Browns fans.

#DawgPound

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Finally, it’s a literal dream come true to be writing for ESPN. I’m so grateful to my editors Rebecca Hudson and Scott Burton for their hard work on this story and Tony Moss for helping make it happen.

I spent most of the summer in Cleveland reporting on this, and I left it enamored of the place. I sincerely appreciate everyone there who let me into their lives for a while. Cleveland rocks.

Cleveland Browns fans know how to keep the faith The Dawg Pound has witnessed 30 years of futility. Will the team's bid for the burbs test the loyal fanbase?

For my first story in @espn.com, I profiled the #DawgPound. It’s a story about Cleveland, the Browns, community in the Muni Lot, and what the most loyal fan base in sports is ultimately loyal to.

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Stop AI-Shaming Our Precious, Kindly Em Dashes—Please Human writers have always used the em dash. In fact, it’s the most human punctuation mark there is.

God Bless @brianphillips.bsky.social

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Finished The Pacific Circuit by @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social. So very good. Infuriates, illuminates, & captures Oakland's centrality to other larger infuriating stories all at same time. Elegantly synthesizes a shit ton of research / reporting. Weaves a good yarn. My pages runneth over w/ notes. 👏

Holy hell this is so good bravo @redford.bsky.social

The Ecology of Baseball Stadiums | Baseball Prospectus Nature is everywhere, except sometimes where the grass is greenest.

New from me at BP: An essay about the ecology of baseball stadiums, which stand as beautiful lifeless monuments to an era of urban command over nature, one that is quickly dying out. On ballparks, parks, and the growing divide between the two:

Thanks Melissa!

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How To Watch Basketball | Defector The NBA playoffs are in full swing, and as such, I find myself watching and talking about the games with people who do not watch as much basketball as I do, probably because watching basketball is not...

I'm one of the casual basketball-watchers @redford.bsky.social refers to here and I thoroughly enjoyed + genuinely appreciated this smart / sharp take on how to watch basketball in a smarter / sharper way. Perfect timing for watching the Warriors slowly disassemble.

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Check out this week's SLR featuring @chameauleon.bsky.social, @danmoore.bsky.social, @livaaben.bsky.social, @chafkin.bsky.social, @flopuetz.bsky.social, @skornhaber.bsky.social & many more talented writers mailchi.mp/sundaylongre...

Thank you!

Get comfy and read this one.

Dan writes about Sacramento with the consideration, depth, and honesty it deserves.

Thank you Annelise!!