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Patriots Sign Andrew Walter, Know Something Raiders Don't

Al Davis loves speedy wide receivers and strong-armed quarterbacks. These are well-known facts that explain -- though don't justify -- many of the Raiders' draft-day decisions. There was a time, 25 to 30 years ago, when Oakland's reliance on the deep pass was integral to its success. But defenses evolve to combat offensive...

JaMarcus Russell Could Be in for Another Long Season

Mocking the Oakland Raiders is a year-round affair, and the NFL Draft is no different. People who make it their business to know such things were predicting the Raiders would take wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey with the seventh overall pick because -- wait for it -- Al Davis loves speed. The year before, some folks...

Word on the Street: Raiders Still Heart Darrius Heyward-Bey

Last week, NFL Network's Mike Mayock had the Raiders drafting Darrius Heyward-Bey with the seventh overall pick. Not because he thought Heyward-Bey was one of the seven-best players in the draft, or even a top-3 wide receiver. But because Al Davis loves speed. Former Raiders executive Mike Lombardi also had Heyward-Bey...

NFL Invites 9 Players to NYC for Draft

Last year, everything worked out. The NFL invited six players to Radio City Music Hall for the NFL Draft, and all were chosen with the first six selections. It hasn't always been that way; in 2007, a forlorn Brady Quinn spent six excruciating hours -- the last few out of camera shot in Roger Goodell's private viewing room...

Cowboys' Roy Williams Gets Dunked On, T.O. Surely to Blame

There used to be a time when professional athletes could take part in a friendly game of basketball and, should they be embarrassed, only have to face ridicule from the few hundred onlookers in the stands. Now, with the ubiquity of hand-held video cameras and those series of tubes, all posterizations are local. After the...

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05/23/12 NFL players willing to pay fines rather than wear knee... Source: Larry Brown Sports With any rule change there is bound to be opposition.
05/14/12 7 Players Whose Return to Health Will Give Oakland... Source: Bleacher Report Michael Huff might be one of the more versatile players on the Raiders.
04/24/12 Combined choirs perform Rutter's 'Requiem' Source: The Sun Advocate - Price UT The Utah State University Logan campus University Chorale united with the USU Eastern campus Concert Choir to present "Out of the Deep" on Saturday in the Price City Civic Auditorium.
04/21/12 Oakland Raiders: Six Not-so-Bold Predictions for 2012 Source: Bleacher Report Here are six long and short term predictions for the Raiders and the AFC West. Some may be wrong, but most will be right, and they all make sense.
04/17/12 Now the sheriff and the coroner can read minds Source: Lander Journal - Lander WY I guess we can all add "mind reader" to the list of skills of the Fremont County Coroner's office and the Fremont County Sheriff.