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NFL Coaches Fight Club, Round 2: Andy Reid vs. Jim Caldwell

NFL Coaches Fight Club: the Tournament. Because we have nothing better to do than predict what might happen if head coaches started punching each other in the face. More Coverage: Fight Club Introduction | The Bracket | Round 1 Recap It seems that seedings don't much matter in Fake Fight Club. Neither do measurables like...

The Raiders Dispute Chris Mortensen's Report That Team Is for Sale

It's been a few weeks since the Oakland Raiders front office put themselves in the news, so I guess they figured it was a good time to bring us all some entertainment on Wild Card weekend, with a little help from ESPN's Chris Mortensen. On Sunday, Mortensen passed along some inside information that Al Davis, owner of the...

Jim Fassel Writes Letters, Tells Al Davis He'd Like to Coach Raiders

I can't envision a situation where someone of sound mind would agree to take the Raiders' head coaching gig, given what's happened since owner Al Davis fired Bill Callahan in 2003. We've seen Norv Turner, Art Shell, Lane Kiffin and now Tom Cable amass 17 wins in four-plus seasons. Staggering. So maybe Oakland's best hope...

Javon Walker Is Fully Committed to the Raiders, Retirement Talk Was Just That

Good news, Lane Kiffin: you got nothing to worry about. Javon Walker, Raiders' offseason signee and Vegas beatdown victim, contemplated retirement last week before owner Al Davis convinced him to stick it out. But after some thought, Walker is "fully committed" to Oakland, which means that Kiffin can worry about the truly...

Warren Sapp Confirms What We All Know: Crazy Al Davis Is Still in Charge

I didn't even know this was up for debate, but during his radio show yesterday, Dan Patrick asked recently retired Raiders defensive tackle Warren Sapp if Al Davis was still the puppet master in Oakland. Sapp confirmed what the rest of us just assumed to be true: "Fully. When I went there a few months ago, no doubt about...