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...consolable later. "You have something to look forward to only if you do lose. After one that we won, I looked over at Charlie Waters and whispered, 'But whom do we play next?' When you win the Super Bowl--I hesitate to say it--you're depressed." XI Oakland Raiders 32 Minnesota Vikings...
...story on lobbying was an eye-opener. It says much about the state of our republic that so many former public officials can land private sinecures and then use these positions to undermine the policies they once upheld. In some countries, lobbyists would be called double agents. Eric Steel Oakland...
...surge of former Ivy Leaguers making their way into baseball operations first came to the forefront in Michael Lewis’ 2003 book “Moneyball.” Lewis followed the inner workings of the Oakland Athletics front office, making specific reference to Paul DePodesta ’95, a Harvard graduate who served as Assistant General Manager to Billy Beane in Oakland at the time and has since moved on to become General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers...
...he’d still have me beat, since I didn’t win the deciding games of all three of Boston’s playoff series last year, nor did I strike out Adam Melhuse and Terrence Long looking to end the heart-throbbing 2003 ALDS against Oakland...
...already been forced to postpone an amendment--one of four he was hoping to push through this year--that would overhaul the state's pension system. With his agenda and pugnacious style provoking the ire of the state's powerful unions, one observer, former Governor and current Oakland mayor Jerry Brown, suggests that Schwarzenegger may want to "evaluate his range of adversaries and look for ways in which accommodations can be made." But Arnold might find that proposing amendments is easier than making amends. --By Unmesh Kher. Reported by Terry McCarthy and Jeffrey Ressner