The Latest Breaking News from Oakland

After former A’s All-Star first baseman Matt Olson landed an eight-year, $168 million contract extension with the Atlanta Braves last week, another corner infielder recently traded from Oakland also agreed to a new deal with his new club.

NORTH PORT, Fla. — When Matt Olson’s agent, B.B. Abbott, gave his client the numbers on the Braves’ contract offer, Olson did a double take. Wait, what did you say?

Giambi, who played on the Oakland A's with his brother, Jason, died in his parents' home on Wednesday. He was 47 years old.

Email congratulated applicants for ‘hard work’ before admitting to ‘human error’

DETROIT — Oakland University mistakenly told roughly 5,500 prospective students that they had earned nearly full-tuition scholarships at the beginning of the month, school officials admitted, an error that is upsetting many families even more after a similar problem at Central Michigan University ended with a different outcome.

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