The Oakland Raiders' 2006 slog of a season continues this Sunday at the Coliseum with their Week 15 scrap with the St. Louis Rams. Plenty of good tickets still available for the game. Well, there must be tickets, since the NFL is blacking the game out on TV....

Welcome back, or welcome to your holiday American Football Spectacular, depending on whichever sets of traditions you choose to salute. Everyday is a holiday if you feel like it. This is the bear time of American Football, where the NFL's regular season gasps its last, college teams compete through the institutional irregularities of the bowl games, and high schoolers are home for the holidays. Mmmm... home cookin'. Here's the problem: your San Francisco 49ers won! Really! 24 - 20, sweeping those dastardly St. Louis Rams for 2005. Sure, they were somewhat depleted in Saturday's Christmas Eve matchup, but so what. We win. Hah! ...

Like football? Like dancing? Are you lacking a Y chromosome and willing to be judged almost entirely by your bubbly appearance? Then becoming a professional cheerleader could be right up your alley, and lucky for you, the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League are looking to bolster their corps of SaberKittens for the upcoming AFL season. While you may not make as much money as your peers the Raiderettes or the, uh,......