Join Oakland-based author Dave Newhouse for a special after-hours event on Tuesday, January 28 from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM at the Bookmark Bookstore celebrating his best-seller, "Goodbye, Oakland: Winning, Wanderlust, and a Sports Town's Fight for Survival" (Triumph Books), a fascinating tour of Oakland sports history and a look toward the future of professional sports in the East Bay.
This is Newhouse's 19th book after a longtime career as an award-winning Oakland Tribune sports columnist. His co-author, Andy Dolich, held a decades-long career as a Bay Area sports executive including positions with the Oakland A’s as well as then-Oakland based Golden State Warriors. Their successful hardcover publication of "Goodbye, Oakland" -- between 2,000 and 3,000 copies sold -- has led to best-seller status and a forthcoming paperback release scheduled for this spring.
“Goodbye, Oakland takes us through all of it, from when the sky was the limit to when the bottom fell out.” —Chris Berman
"Explore Oakland's paradoxical identity as a sports town as it fights for the future of professional sports in the East Bay." —Triumph Books
From Triumph Books:
A sports city like no other, Oakland is the only city in America to be abandoned by the same team twice, with the Raiders most recently leaving for Las Vegas. The Golden State Warriors, who crossed the bay in 1971 in search of better digs, have now returned to San Francisco with trophies in tow. The long-fought battle to keep the Oakland Athletics in the East Bay may narrowly save the city from a hat trick of departures.
And yet, Oakland has produced more than its share of success in the form of 10 national titles across the NFL, NBA, and MLB. The city is gritty, gutsy, and self-preserving, with a blue-collar mentality and a gold standard under that collar. Bolstered by the Silicon Valley tech boom, Oakland has become one of the most desirable places to live in the entire country, all while its sports fans increasingly find that, in the famous words of Gertrude Stein, "There is no there there."
What is it about Oakland that inspires such wanderlust in its professional teams? Featuring numerous conversations with luminaries across sports, politics, and economics, "Goodbye, Oakland" explores the city's fascinating and paradoxical identity as a sports town while illuminating a cast of characters as diverse as the city itself: rogues, superstars, movers and shakers operating on and off the field, and, of course, the fans.
Through the insight of venerated Oakland Tribune scribe Dave Newhouse and sports business leader Andy Dolich, readers will come to appreciate the many quirks and challenges that define "The Town."
Dave Newhouse has observed the Bay Area sports scene since the 1940s. He was an award-winning sportswriter-columnist for the Oakland Tribune, a forerunner among radio sports talk show hosts in San Francisco, and is the author of 19 books. He lives with his wife, Patsy, an artist, in Oakland.
Newhouse's co-author, Andy Dolich, has spent more than five decades in the professional sports industry, including executive positions in the National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA), National Hockey League (NHL), and in Major League Baseball (MLB). He is currently EVP of FCF (Fan Controlled Football) and president of Dolich Consulting. Dolich teaches sports business at Stanford’s School of Continuing Studies. He is a columnist for the Ultimate Sports Guide, the co-host of podcast Life in the Front Office.
Support the Oakland Public Library by pre-ordering your copy of their forthcoming paperback release via the Bookmark Bookstore's corner of Bookshop.org.
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