www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/25/SPJPUM98P.DTL&tsp=1"> get into a nasty spitball spat with Lane Kiffin. Apparently, Al is a little upset that the Raiders once again didn't have a winning season and blames himself Lane. He is also pretty miffed that Lane talked him into trading Randy Moss. It's a little unclear as to what is going on as ESPN and the Chron have differing accounts but it appears that Al is trying to get Lane to quit so he doesn't have to fire him. ...

-With tonight's 108-82 win against the running joke that is the New York Knicks (seriously, what does it take to get fired in that organization?), the Warriors have now won three in a row and are one game from totaling the amount of wins our local football teams have. The Beard led the way with 31 points, seven assists and six rebounds and Stephen Jackson got 23 points. For the Knicks, Starbury played his first game of the season showing that blackmail does work ...

All this kafuffle over the Patriot's version of sex, lies, and videotape can only remind us of one thing-- the Greatness of the Raidahs. What other football team is so synonymous with cheating? It's part of their legend, their mystique, their je ne sais quoi. Hell, even Lisa Simpson even knows this. Or, as John Madden put it: "everybody says the Raiders cheat...OK, we cheat. So, what are you going to do about it?" ...

The Raiders have a new QB, at least for the moment. That QB is Daunte Culpepper, Randy Moss' ex-ball chucker. He had a little tryout for the team yesterday and it went so well, he was signed. Which is one way of looking at it. The other way of looking at it is that a deep connection was made between two desperate entities as Culpepper came in overweight and was said to be "spotty" with his passes. Culpepper is a pretty good fit as current Raiders QBs Josh McNown or Andrew Walter kinda suck. He's expected to keep the chair warm until first round draft pick JaMarcus Russell is ready to go. ...

Now that the National Football League's 2007 schedule has been released, let the carpin' in Oakland begin....

Here's todays wrap up of the news...

You know, we're having trouble rooting for the Saints mainly because it gives an excuse for too many sportswriters and broadcasters to make lazy comparisons between the football team and the city. So everybody feels happy that New Orleans is doing so well and coming back when the reality is far different. -Sharks beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-1. -Stanford gets by Number 22 ranked Washington State in overtime. Ray Ratto thinks it's a big win.......

On Fark.com they have this thing where if anyone in the House or Senate introduces a silly little bill, the person who writes the headline will always say "with nothing else going on Senator Blah Blah Blah introduced a bill to blah blah blah." Chuckles all around. So what does this have to do with anything? Well, with all the other stuff going on, you know, like the war, Senator Dianne Feinstein yesterday introduced legislation into the Senate giving the NFL a limited anti-trust exemption and so making it so that no team could move without first getting permission from the NFL first. And if you were to guess that this was all in an attempt to keep you know who from moving to you know where, you would be correct. ...

Sharks beat high-scoring Ducks, 4-3, with a tipped pass by Joe Thorton in the late, late third period. The victory snapped the Ducks five game winning streak and was only their fourth regulation loss of the season. Is their still room on the Sharks bandwagon?...

-Experienced climber dies in fall at Yosemite. -Bevan and Alix have a debate....

Welcome again to American Football Spectacular, your guide to American football in the Bay Area, and all points beyond. After yesterday's 49ers preview, we turn our eyes Eastward, towards the trill of The Autumn Wind lilting towards us on the September breeze. Drums. I hear battle drums on the wind. Hello my name is: Your Oakland Raiders. Grinning with all his teeth from atop one of the greatest cults of personality ever constructed, Raiders'......

Say this for Al Davis, while other teams spend their off-season whining and moaning about the salary cap, paralyzed by numbers and arcane cap legalisms, the Raiders aren’t. After officially signing one of the best receivers in football, it’s looking like the Raiders are going to make their next big move and sign free agent running back, LaMont Jordan. Jordan, Curtis Martin’s backup on the J-E-T-S, is the best running back available on the free agent market, or at least the best one not smoking the kind green and dabbling in holistic medicine. Although his numbers aren’t great, many people in New York felt he should have been starting instead of Martin, one of the best and most underrated running backs in the league. This will bulk up one of the worst running attacks in football and one that was bound to get infinitely better just in having Moss playing. The best part of the move? Unlike other free agent signings, Jordan is neither old, over the hill, or a malcontent. Is Davis losing his touch?...

Police today reported that two members of the Oakland Raiders, Charles Woodson and Marques Anderson, were arrested early Monday morning and held in jail for public drunkeness. The two, obviously celebrating a rare Raiders victory and the fact that they’re not playing for the Niners, were arrested when a woman drove up to a police officer and told him that two men- Woodson and Anderson- were in her car and refusing to get out.......

The big news, at least to SFist, is that Ricky Williams -- who has been living in a modest home in the Sierras, practicing yoga, and smoking our incredible northern California marijuana -- would prefer to play for the Oakland Raiders if he did return to football (which has been rumored, since he currently owes the Dolphins around eight million dollars). We think you're cool for going your own way, Ricky! So while we wait......