Bay Area Sports How the Raiders Bilked the City of Oakland Out of $190 Million The Raiders may be long gone, but new calculations reveal that the team took a loan from the city of Oakland, let the interest run its total up to $190 million, and then left for Las Vegas without the city even asking for the money.
Bay Area Sports The Raiders Are Playing Themselves Into Postseason Contention In their final season in Oakland, despite countless injuries, the Raiders are now right in the thick of both the AFC West and Wild Card playoff races.
Bay Area Sports Raiders Selected to Appear on Latest 'Hard Knocks' Season With a host of new faces, including a few who are no stranger to controversy, the HBO reality series couldn't help but cover the Raiders in their final season in Oakland.
Bay Area Sports Raiders Coach Jon Gruden Excited About Undrafted Rookie and Bay Area Native Keelan Doss Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden is excited about the potential of undrafted rookie wide receiver Keelan Doss and what he brings to the table for QB Derek Carr.
Bay Area Sports Raiders Select Clemson's Ferrell With No. 4 Overall Pick, Stun Experts and Fans After dealing away perennial All-Pro edge-rusher Khalil Mack to the Chicago Bears and two-time Pro-Bowl wide receiver Amari Cooper to the Dallas Cowboys, all eyes were on coach Jon Gruden and GM Mike Mayock and their decision-making.
Bay Area Sports Raiders Bolster Defense, Fly Under the Radar With Transactions The Raiders had a low-key transactional week, though, they made quite a few moves that fell mostly under the radar.
Bay Area Sports Decision 2019: The Raiders’ Trio of First Round Picks With three first-round picks in the upcoming NFL Draft, the Oakland Raiders — in particular head coach Jon Gruden and new GM Mike Mayock — have an excellent opportunity to add young talent to their underwhelming squad.
Arts & Entertainment NFL Approves Raiders' Proposed Move To Las Vegas NFL owners today voted 31 to 1 to allow the Oakland Raiders to move to Las Vegas, setting the stage to deprive Bay Area fans of a beloved football franchise that first began
Arts & Entertainment Suspended Oakland Raider Aldon Smith Detained For Being Drunk After Car Hits SFPD Vehicle Suspended Oakland Raiders' player Aldon Smith was detained Thursday morning after a vehicle he was in struck an unmarked SFPD vehicle, injuring two officers, as ABC 7 reports. The incident happened outside SFPD
SF News Former 49ers, Raiders Cheerleader Sues NFL Alleging Minimum Wage Violations Although their squad is known as the Gold Rush, the cheerleaders of the San Francisco 49ers football team are allegedly making just dirt in pay. ABC 7 reports that a lawsuit was filed
SF News Wednesday Lunchtime Links: Humane Society Receives 34 Cats And Kittens In Cardboard Boxes The Marin Humane Society is grappling with the unexpected and anonymous nocturnal delivery of 34 cats and kittens in cardboard boxes on its doorstep. Three suspects who abandoned the animals were caught on
SF News Brooklyn Man Fatally Shot After Retrieving Son's Oakland Raiders Cap From Bully In Brooklyn, some high school bullies carry guns, and one just killed a man over an Oakland Raiders cap. Our friends at Gothamist just relayed the story of 38-year-old Gerald Cummings, who was
SF News Bay Area Football Star Accused Of Raping Disabled Woman Denies Charges Former San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield's no stranger to brushes with the law, following a conviction for lying to federal investigators during the BALCO investigation in 2008, multiple
SF News The Raiders Really, Really Want To Leave Oakland Sorry Raider Nation, it appears like you've got yourself a one-sided love affair. Despite efforts this week by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf to convince top NFL officials that the potential Oakland Raiders' fan
SF News Video: Watch Raiders And Niners Fans Brawl Harder Than The Niners Appeared To Play Sunday Mayhem at a 2011 preseason game between the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders had put what is typically referred to as The Battle Of The Bay on hold until this Sunday, when
SF News Raiderettes Sue Oakland Raiders For Looting Wages, Horrible Working Conditions The Oakland Raiders, a professional football team named after a pillaging band of seamen, are being sued by the Raiderette cheerleading squad for wage theft, unfair employment practices and other such pirate-like behavior.
SF News Oakland Raiders Coach Set to Get the Axe After not beating and choking of his ex-assistant coach, Randy Hansen, Oakland Raiders coach Tom Cable is ready to get the boot from owner Al Davis. The impending firing, it seems, is due
misc American Football Spectacular: Capsulizing The 2009 NFL Draft's First Round, "A Tale Of Two Receivers" It's time for American Football Spectacular's capsule reviews of the first round in the 2009 NFL Draft. All the intrigue, all the anticipation, all the immeasurables! All hard information was culled from NFL.
SF News 49ers Welcome Michael Crabtree While the 2009 NFL Draft's spotlight was stolen by the New York Jets' acquisition of USC quarterback Mark Sanchez, there was plenty of drama around the San Francisco 49ers' signing of wide receiver
misc American Football Spectacular: Welcome Back, Jeff Gilroy's second-favorite export is returning to the Bay Area. Chronically-underestimated warrior QB Jeff Garcia has signed a one-year deal with the Oakland Raiders. He'll be slotted for the mentor/back-up role unless something
misc American Football Spectacular: Beyond Caring Only a few games left of the NFL's 2008 season and as is customary, the Raiders are in full plummet. The last things that stand to be parsed out are which players are
SF News Oakland Raiders Tommy Kelly Busted for DUI Word is that Oakland Raiders football player Tommy Kelly -- who, we should point out, is one of the "NFL's highest paid defensive players" ion the field this season -- was arrested Sunday
SF News Oakland Raiders Wide Receiver Receives Beating During Las Vegas Robbery Wide receiver Javon Walker of the Oakland Raiders was severely beaten, robbed, and left in a daze after a night of heavy partying in Las Vegas. Stripped of "large amounts of cash" and
misc Around the Sports Dial -Which is why there are a lot of rumors that the Niners are looking way south, a lot south, and are eyeing LA. -As are the Raiders -And what about Brisbane? Brisbane? -Barry
misc Around the Sports Dial Sharks- A team many people thought would contend for the Cup is once again choking as they now fall 3-0 to the Dallas Stars. The Sharks just might be the Obama of hockey--
