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

"Count it a blessing that you're such a failure, your second chance might never have come." -- from the song "Winners Never Quit" by Pedro The Lion Friends, as we've said before, these are indeed dark time for American Football in the Bay Area. As both of our professional football clubs' fortunes plummet, ever closer we are to the dreaded Double Blackout. Down into pro football's depths fall we -- much like Bill and......

Jackson is out this week, face-down on the floor somewhere after drinking too much egg nog. The final football weekend of 2004 pretty much ended just like every other football weekend in 2004 for the Raiders & Niners- with losses. The fun started this Saturday as the Silver & Black played what we were told was a fun-filled and exciting game against one of the Raiders’ long-time rivals- the Kansas City Chiefs. And when......

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......

Football wrap-up....