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New Raiders era begins today on national stage

By: Alexis Terrazas 08/12/12 4:45 PM
The Raiders didn’t have much to boast about last year. The Silver and Black went winless in preseason, failed to make the playoffs for the ninth consecutive year, and became claimants to the record of the most penalized team within an NFL season. Rookie coach Dennis Allen — the youngest head coach in the league — is fixated on changing that. Read More

McFadden healthy and ready to silence doubters

By: The Sports Xchange 08/12/12 4:00 AM
So far, so good. Which is really no different than any other training camp with the Raiders where running back Darren McFadden is concerned. McFadden has been the most impressive and explosive player in Napa four years running. With limited contact, he’s managed to remain healthy in July, August and into September other than a freak injury. Read More

Raiders running like a real organization under McKenzie

By: Glenn Dickey 08/10/12 12:13 PM
Al Davis must be spinning in his grave. Raiders practices are open to the public? Horrors, everybody will know our secrets. Rich Gannon is invited to talk to players? That traitor! Assistant coaches are allowed to talk to the media? The media are our enemies! Read More

Oakland is back on the sports map

By: Mychael Urban 07/27/12 7:22 PM
What happened to Oakland being the Bay Area’s black hole for sports? Not anymore, it isn’t. Thanks in large part to their incredibly dramatic sweep of the New York Yankees last weekend and a failed trade for Hanley Ramirez this week, the A’s are national news now, on and off the field. The Giants are suddenly playing second fiddle. Read More

Family of deceased former Raiders lineman joins NFL concussion lawsuits

By: Ari Burack 07/23/12 7:51 PM
The family of former Raiders offensive lineman Chris Riehm filed a lawsuit Friday contending that traumatic brain injury from repeated head injuries was a cause or contributing factor in Riehm’s death, asserting that the NFL “promoted and mythologized” violence. Riehm, an offensive lineman for the Raiders from 1986 to 1988, died in March in his home state of Ohio at the age of 50, officially of a heart attack. Read More

Raiders deal WR Murphy to Panthers

By: The Sports Xchange 07/23/12 7:13 PM
The Raiders traded wide receiver Louis Murphy to the Carolina Panthers for an undisclosed conditional draft pick. The NFL Network reported it is a conditional late-round pick. Murphy has 90 career receptions for 1,371 yards and six touchdowns in three seasons since being a fourth-round pick out of Florida. However, he posted career lows of 15 catches for 241 yards and no touchdowns in 11 games last season. Read More

Raiders player receives probation, classes in DUI case

By: Mike Aldax 07/23/12 6:24 PM
Darrius Heyward-Bey will stick to just weaving on a football field. Wanting to shift his focus to the upcoming summer training camp, the Raiders wide receiver pleaded no contest on Monday to misdemeanor DUI stemming from an April 7 arrest in which he was reportedly speeding and weaving on the San Francisco side of the Bay Bridge. Read More

Raiders player pleads not guilty to DUI in S.F.

By: Mike Aldax 05/31/12 8:08 PM
Raiders wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey passed on attending his own arraignment on DUI charges Thursday, having his attorney plead not guilty on his behalf in a San Francisco courtroom. Attorney Ivan Golde told the media after the hearing that the 25-year-old football star has no prior convictions and that the misdemeanor DUI arrest on the Bay Bridge last month was his first. Read More

Raider works on defense for DUI court date

By: Mike Aldax 05/28/12 8:19 PM
At least he can catch a court date.Raiders wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, 25, is scheduled to be arraigned in a San Francisco courtroom Thursday on DUI charges, prosecutors said.Heyward-Bey was pulled over by the California Highway Patrol on April 7 for allegedly speeding and weaving on the Bay Bridge near Treasure Island. The football star was driving his 2012 Range Rover about 2 a.m., Officer Tony Tam said. Read More

Low-key Moore looks to build off strong first year at Oakland Raiders

By: Alexis Terrazas 05/20/12 4:00 AM
Denarius Moore, despite his short time in the NFL, appears not to be much of a stickler for media conversations. But that, however, isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Thus far, the second-year Raiders wide receiver has let his gridiron play speak for itself. And to keep a job in the pros, the ability to continuously score far outweighs one’s ability to constantly chatter. Read More

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