Contributing writer ESPN, The Ringer | Also in The Atlantic, Baseball Prospectus, Oaklandside, SF Standard, Longreads, others | East Bay 🌳 | Oliver’s dad ⚾️ https://www.danmoorewriter.com/https://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3mgsk46ag2c26I'm writing a book. It's about Oakland. I usually work on it early in the morning, at night, in whatever pockets of time I can squirrel away from my three year old. It's always hard yanking myself out of the draft. Depending how long I'm away, it's even harder re-immersing myself in it. 🧵11 Mar 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsk46ag2c26https://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3mep3guftvk2qAlso 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.12 Feb 2026 22:52 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mep3guftvk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3mep3afyxhc2iLogged 2k words today 💪12 Feb 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mep3afyxhc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3me3dklztrc26Hey this is what my book is about [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Feb 2026 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3me3dklztrc26https://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3lzo3xqw3cc2qI’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.25 Sep 2025 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzo3xqw3cc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3lzbvhgpq7c24Oakland 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Sep 2025 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzbvhgpq7c24https://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3lybjhat3qk2jApropos of nothing, I wrote about the historic endurance of Browns fans. #DawgPound https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46168604/cleveland-browns-fans-dedication-nfl-season-opener-202507 Sep 2025 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lybjhat3qk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3lyapunazwk2oFor 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. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46168604/cleveland-browns-fans-dedication-nfl-season-opener-202507 Sep 2025 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyapunazwk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3lwtyhjxtic2qGod Bless @brianphillips.bsky.social https://www.theringer.com/2025/08/20/pop-culture/em-dash-use-ai-artificial-intelligence-chatgpt-google-gemini20 Aug 2025 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwtyhjxtic2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3lso6azlf7s25Finished 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. 👏28 Jun 2025 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lso6azlf7s25https://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3lp5fj6d7xs2x🤯🤯🤯 WHAT! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2025 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp5fj6d7xs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3lp2sb2bz2k2hI'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. https://defector.com/how-to-watch-basketball?giftLink=2aea30fac52bbac4f65b5aa19fdf5776 https://defector.com/how-to-watch-basketball?giftLink=2aea30fac52bbac4f65b5aa19fdf5776&utm_campaign=defector&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter13 May 2025 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp2sb2bz2k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3lnfx4pmdl22iI spent the last few months reporting on the strangest story in sports: the surreal, high-stakes experiment of the "Sacramento" A's. It’s a story about rootedness, compromise, & the competition for big-league status. It's out now in the @theringer.com.web.brid.gy https://theringer.com/2025/04/22/mlb/sacramento-athletics-faustian-bargain-john-fisher-vivek-ranadive-las-vegas22 Apr 2025 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnfx4pmdl22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3ll7kx4swbc2lI look forward to every @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social dispatch and this one is top notch 👌 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2025 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll7kx4swbc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3lktjqwomu226Bravo @stevengoldman.bsky.social + @baseballprospectus.com [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2025 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lktjqwomu226https://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3lke7w7drm22aJust a really smart and good blog from @brianphillips.bsky.social https://www.theringer.com/2025/03/11/sports/quarter-century-age-of-sports-moments-highlights-reels-clips14 Mar 2025 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lke7w7drm22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3ljxmsaobr227Played in my high school’s alumni baseball game yesterday. Got a few ABs and some time on the bump. Gave it my all—had to, in front of the boy. Today I’m icing everything. I regret nothing.09 Mar 2025 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljxmsaobr227https://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3ljq3osc7xk2qThe new Jeff Passan deep-dive on the A's and Ray's stadium dysfunction is excellent as usual but I wish it would have included a challenge to this: the idea that billionaire team owners NEED public funding in order to build what turn out to be purely privately valuable stadiums. They don't.06 Mar 2025 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljq3osc7xk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3lihptisfqk2bBlogged about Barkley: his decade-long beef w/ Warriors fans + San Francisco, his big donation to Glide, and what appears to be a change of heart—or at least the end of the bit. cc @bradymccollough.bsky.social + @sfstandard.com https://sfstandard.com/2025/02/17/stalking-sir-charles-barkley-san-francisco-all-star-game/18 Feb 2025 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lihptisfqk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3lgbtb7a3ak2kHey crazy week huh. If you’re looking for a distraction, I spent a few weeks tailing San Francisco’s most terrifying mountain biker and learning all about the Bay Area’s long and fittingly confounding political battle over mbs in the region. For @sfstandard.com https://sfstandard.com/2025/01/18/meet-the-mountain-biker-going-viral-for-bombing-sfs-most-terrifying-hills/21 Jan 2025 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbtb7a3ak2khttps://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3ldtw5xpbpc2tAt the final A’s game in Oakland, the most popular jersey in the stands was Rickey Henderson’s. That was not only because Rickey is the greatest Oakland A of all time. It’s because Rickey—who grew up playing ball at Bushrod—represented close to the best of what this place can be. RIP.21 Dec 2024 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldtw5xpbpc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3ld7ccxjqn22vEasy decision. @oaklandside.bsky.social reporters are some of the best in the biz. Oakland has no other paper of record. At a time when there's just a mind-spinning amount of shit happening in the city—and no shortage of bad press to unpack/confront—Oaklandside is an actually crucial resource [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Dec 2024 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7ccxjqn22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/danmoore.bsky.social/post/3ld7amlemsk2l"San Francisco's entire season has been a rolling feast of gruel and roofing nails." Thank you @rayratto.bsky.social for blessing us with this perfect summation of the 49ers' 2024. https://defector.com/that-was-just-awful13 Dec 2024 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:hbut27bsracgdik7ds5s56b6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7amlemsk2l