The family of slain Laney College football coach John Beam issued a statement Friday expressing their appreciation for the ...

Beloved coach John Beam, featured on “Last Chance U,” dies at 66 after a shooting in Oakland. The city mourns a mentor who ...

The man charged with murder in the Oakland, California killing of beloved Laney College athletic director John Beam​ made his ...

The murder of 'Last Chance U' coach sends Oakland reeling, unsafe conditions for child farmworkers and more big stories.

Twenty of his former players have gone on to play in the NFL.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A 27-year-old man was charged Monday with murder in the shooting death of celebrated former football ...

It was a shocking loss for athletes, coaches and Oakland residents who had come to rely on the wisdom and dedication of a man ...

Bullets rang out Thursday afternoon at Laney College in Oakland, striking a legendary coach who spent 45 years shaping young ...

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee called the situation "devastating,” noting it was the second shooting on an Oakland campus in a ...

OAKLAND — The man suspected of fatally shooting Laney College’s John Beam appeared strangely fixed on the legendary football ...

Almost every high school and college football coach espouses a desire to to turn boys into outstanding young adults, but few ...

John Beam’s death has rocked everyone who knew or knew about him. From professional sports to high school sports, the ...