ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Yes, the Golden State Warriors have designs on moving across the bay from the grittiness of Oakland to the bright lights of San Francisco.
And, of course, the Oakland Raiders have made their intentions known that if Las Vegas can come through, they will leave the East Bay’s realism for Sin City’s glitz and glamour.
But the Raiders and Warriors have a special kinship as co-tenants of the Oakland Coliseum complex, along with Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics. With the Warriors two wins over the Cleveland Cavaliers away from claiming a second consecutive NBA title and the Raiders on the rise, it feels a bit like the early-to-mid-1970s in Oakland … even if the A’s are currently more pretenders than contenders.