Loss of Golden State Warriors stings Oakland | San Jose Mercury News
OAKLAND -- The Golden State Warriors' impending return to San Francisco is a blow both to Oakland's pride and its chances for transforming the Coliseum site into a sports and...
Week 2 of OTAs Underway | OaklandRaiders.com
The Oakland Raiders started their second week of Organized Team Activities (OTAs) on Monday at the Alameda practice facility. Safety Matt Giordano. Photo by Tony Gonzales The Oakland Raiders started their second...
From ?Dr. Phil? to a 49ers reunion, the Terrell Owens Story? | San Jose Mercury News
out to him to see if he was throwing at any point and he told me and the Raiders were out there and I think that’s what brought up all the hoopla because it was Carson Palmer oh he’s the quarterback for the Raiders and he had...
Raiders Inspire High School Football Players | OaklandRaiders.com
Oakland Raiders QB Terrelle Pryor, offensive lineman Stefen Wisniewski and RB Taiwan Jones worked with football players during NFL High School Player Development (H.S.P.D.) programs. QB Terrelle Pryor...
Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain sentenced to 180 days in jail | San Jose Mercury News
The football season of middle linebacker Rolando McClain was in question Thursday after his conviction on charges of assault, reckless endangerment, menacing and wrongful discharge of a firearm by a Decatur (Ala...
Raiders Participate in Banking on Our Future | OaklandRaiders.com
The Oakland Raiders teamed up with Operation HOPE, US Bank and Oakland Unified School District for the Banking on Our Future program at Fruitvale Elementary School. Raiderette Marcy encourages a young student...
Tim Kawakami: Oakland Raiders QB Terrelle Pryor goes from ghost to man | San Jose Mercury News
Terrelle Pryor was the Raiders' famous phantom last season--highly anticipated but nearly invisible, unplayable and inaudible.He knew it. He didn't know what to do about it. He helped to cause it, and the...
Palmer OTA Media Session | OaklandRaiders.com
QB Carson Palmer answered questions from the media after the Raiders Organized Team Activities. QB Carson Palmer speaks with the media after the Raiders OTAs. Photo by Tony Gonzales Q: What was standing out to you today, some of the players...
2012 NFL Free Agents: Predicting Each Team's Best Camp Cut | Oakland Press
of recent third-round draft pick Demario Davis, who has the looks of a stud linebacker in the National Football League. However, there have been rumblings that the New York Jets might be looking to trade Bart Scott. His production has slipped over the course of the last two seasons...
Raiders Roll Into OTAs | OaklandRaiders.com
The Oakland Raiders took the field for the second day of Organized Team Activities (OTAs). QB Carson Palmer hands the ball off to RB Darren McFadden. Photo by Tony Gonzales The Oakland...
Oakland Raiders' Darren McFadden feels like his old self | San Jose Mercury News
accelerating around left end one moment and exploding into the secondary with a swing pass the next.The football field is where McFadden is at his happiest, and his enthusiasm and positive energy were in evidence Tuesday as the Raiders opened their second day of organized team activities to...
Monte Poole: Carson Palmer's defining year with Oakland Raiders | San Jose Mercury News
he's a retired quarterback sitting on his couch. The next day, an old friend summons him to Oakland to try and save a sinking football team.He arrives in a blink, receives a warm introductory greeting from his old friend and most of his new teammates while a...
Raiders announce front office hirings | San Jose Mercury News
ALAMEDA, Calif.The Oakland Raiders have hired former New York Jets vice president of college scouting Joey Clinkscales as their new director of player personnel as part of a front office restructuring. The team...
Raiders Restructure Player Personnel Department | OaklandRaiders.com
The Oakland Raiders have restructured the organization’s player personnel department, the team announced Tuesday. Shaun Herock has joined the Raiders as director - college scouting. Photo by Tony Gonzales. The Oakland...
Raiders Support Newly-Launched Youth Football Safety and Helmet Replacement Partnership | OaklandRaiders.com
Partnership between NFL, NFL Players Association, USA Football, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Athletic Equipment Reconditioners Association (NAERA), NCAA, National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE), Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA...
NFL, union, NCAA supporting youth helmet program | San Jose Mercury News
-- The NFL, its players' union and the NCAA are donating money to provide new helmets to youth football players in low-income communities, including the Bay Area.They've joined with the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment to commit a total of about $1 million to...
Matt Leinart happy to join a West Coast offense with Oakland Raiders | San Jose Mercury News
with the Arizona Cardinals. When Houston quarterbacks coach Greg Knapp accepted the job as offensive coordinator of the Raiders and imported much of the offense, it only made sense to Leinart that he come along, as well. "It made perfect sense for me to come here because this is...
Conference Call with QB Matt Leinart | OaklandRaiders.com
and letting things fall out where they were. I’m grateful, very grateful, for the opportunity here in Oakland. Q: Did you talk to any other teams before signing with the Raiders and what attracted you to the Raiders? Leinart: Houston was a possibility to go back there. I...
Kinuha ng Raiders si LB Miles Burris sa 4th | OaklandRaiders.com
Pinili ngThe Oakland Raiders si LB Miles Burris mula sa San Diego State sa 4th rawnd ng 2012 NFL Draft. Hinirang ng Raiders si LB Miles Burris sa 4th rawnd ng 2012 NFL...
Pinili ng Raiders si DT Christo Bilukidi sa 6th Rawnd | OaklandRaiders.com
Pinili ng Oakland Raiders si Christo Bilukidi sa 6th rawnd ng 2012 NFL Draft. Napili ng Oakland Raiders si DT Christo Bilukidi mula sa Georgia State sa 6th rawnd ng 2012 NFL Draft...
Hinirang ng Raiders si Crawford sa 5th Rawnd | OaklandRaiders.com
Kinuha ng Oakland Raiders si DE Jack Crawford mula Penn State sa 5th rawnd ng 2012 NFL Draft. Pinili ng Raiders si DE Jack Crawford mula sa Penn State sa 5th rawnd ng...
Monte Poole: 'Life coach' Lamonte Winston will try to protect the Raiders' greatest assets: The players | San Jose Mercury News
industry with multimillion-dollar talent, it's good business practice to protect and maintain the most valuable assets. The Raiders, after years of resistance, finally have.Not long after the new coaching staff was assembled, first-year general manager Reggie McKenzie hired the team's first full-time...
Raiders Conclude Rookie Mini-Camp | OaklandRaiders.com
The Oakland Raiders concluded their three-day rookie mini-camp with an on-field practice Sunday. The Raiders 2012 Draft class. Photo by Tony Gonzales The Oakland Raiders concluded their three-day rookie mini-camp with an...
SWARCO Raiders Win Thriller at Graz | OaklandRaiders.com
Thanks to a 21-20 victory at the JCL Giants Graz the SWARCO Raiders, sister-team of The Oakland Raiders, secured home-field advantage for the Austrian Football League’s (AFL) playoff semifinals. Thanks to a 21-20 (7-0; 0-0; 7-7; 7-13) victory at the JCL Giants...
Monte Poole: Oakland Raiders rookie receiver Juron Criner is quick to impress | San Jose Mercury News
myth consistently has been exposed by the likes of Jerry Rice, Michael Irvin and Larry Fitzgerald.Though some football folks have been slow to accept this, the new Raiders clearly do, which is why they drafted a "slow" wideout named Juron Criner.Among the dozens of rookies taking the...