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| New York Giants Win the Super Bowl Rematch Over the Patriots: A Little Satisfaction for Many Raider Fans (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
| With a large percentage of Oakland Raiders fans rooting for Eli Manning and the New York Giants to defeat Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, their Super Bowl victory was a small slice of satisfaction in the end after an overall disappointing 2011 season. |
| Oakland Raiders Fan's Look at Superbowl Commercials from Raiders' Last Appearance and Last Win (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
| The Oakland Raiders last Super Bowl appearance was in Super Bowl XXXVII on January 26, 2003. It was a great season, with a bad ending. The battle was fought against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers headed up by the Raiders' former head coach, Jon Gruden. |
| Five Reasons Eli Manning Will Defeat Tom Brady: Fan's Look at the Giants Vs Patriots (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
| With Super Bowl XLVI just hours away, despite being an Oakland Raiders fan, I'm looking forward to this game, as it's likely to be a good one with two of the best quarterbacks in the NFL facing each other. Going into their last match up four years ago, the teams were quite... |
| Oakland Raiders’ Tim Brown Leads NFL Hall of Fame Wide Receiver Snubs – a Fan’s Take (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
| Oakland Raiders' receiver Tim Brown, Minnesota Vikings' receiver Cris Carter and Buffalo Bills' receiver Andre Reed have a legitimate complaint. The NFL announced its 2012 inductions into the NFL Hall of Fame on Feb. |
| Oakland Raiders' Tim Brown Passed Over by the NFL Hall of Fame Once Again: Fan Reaction (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
| Despite the fact that the Oakland Raiders' former head coach Jon Gruden said back in 2010 that the Silver and Black's former great wide receiver Tim Brown, " dominated the game, " and remarked, "He's a first ballot Hall of Famer, without a doubt,"... |
| Raiders Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) |
| Reggie McKenzie knew it the first time he talked to Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Dennis Allen.
The new Raiders general manager met with Allen on Jan. 18, then immediately placed a call to owner Mark Davis.
"I think I've got my guy," Allen said.
McKenzie interviewed other candidates, but when he interviewed Allen a second time at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., it was mostly to confirm what he already knew. Allen, 39, and never having been a coach at any level, would be McKenzie's choice to lead Oakland back into the playoffs after a nine-year absence.
"He understood the big picture as far as putting a plan together," McKenzie said. "We went over everything. |
| Oakland Raiders' Fan's Look: Will Tim Brown Get His Call to the Hall of Fame? (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
| The Oakland Raiders' former wide receiver Tim Brown is one of my all-time favorite players and many fans throughout the Raider Nation feel he should have been inducted into the Hall of Fame the first time he was up for the honor. |
| Giants Jerry Reese on the GM rollercoaster ride (PA SportsTicker) |
| By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer |
| Oakland Raider Fans Quote Roundup on Super Bowl XLVI: Who Are You Rooting For? (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
| With the Oakland Raiders not making it into the postseason again this year, fans have been looking forward to the 2012 season for over a month already. In the meantime, Super Bowl XLVI is now almost upon us, and being football fans most of us will watch the game despite the Silver... |
| The Raiders Are Likely to Stay in Oakland, Los Angeles is Out: Fan Reaction (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
| The Oakland Raiders were said to have a good chance of moving to Los Angeles in 2014, and after the press conference by owner Mark Davis and new general manager Reggie McKenzie, those chances seemed to increase. Davis made some remarks back in mid-January during the conference that... |
| Raiders hire Hoffman to coach special teams (The Canadian Press) |
| ALAMEDA, Calif. - The Oakland Raiders have hired Steve Hoffman as special teams co-ordinator, the same position he held with the Kansas City Chiefs the past three years. |
| Raiders hire Steve Hoffman to coach special teams (AP) |
| The Oakland Raiders have hired Steve Hoffman as special teams coordinator, the same position he held with the Kansas City Chiefs the past three years. The Raiders announced the move Friday. Hoffman joins the staff of new coach Dennis Allen after 22 seasons as an NFL assistant, including 16 as kicking coach of the Dallas Cowboys from 1989 to 2004. |
| Capsule look at Hall of Fame finalists (The Canadian Press) |
| A capsule look at the finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame: |
| Could Los Angeles Get Two NFL Teams?: A Fan's Take (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
| Ever since the Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams left town, the NFL has been working on getting a team back to Los Angeles. In some ways, it is actually quite strange that the NFL has been absent from the city for this long. Given the population density, you would think that the... |
| Oakland Raiders Latest Coaching Hires and What's Left to Fill: Fan's Look (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
| So much for the Oakland Raiders waiting to announce their new hires until they'd filled all the open positions. It was probably too hard to keep the lid on what was going on, and on Thursday the Raiders released an official report confirming seven new hires. |
| Greg Knapp Hired as Raiders Offensive Coordinator: Fan Reaction (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
| Reggie McKenzie and the Oakland Raiders brought in Dennis Allen on January 27 to replace Hue Jackson as the Oakland Raiders head coach. Allen now has the ability to choose his staff and the Raiders have officially hired Greg Knapp to fill the vacancy at offensive coordinator. |
| NC's Heath Shuler won't seek re-election to House (AP) |
| U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina announced Thursday he won't seek re-election in what's become another blow to conservative Democrats on Capitol Hill and the party's state congressional delegation. Shuler, a former professional football player and conservative who challenged House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi for her post following the November 2010 elections, announced in a... |
| Raiders hire 7 assistant coaches (Yahoo! Sports) |
| The Oakland Raiders hired seven assistant coaches for head coach Dennis Allen's staff on Thursday, and three of them were on the Raiders' staff last season. Also, the Raiders reportedly have requested permission to talk to Green Bay Packers cornerbacks coach Joe Whitt Jr. |
| Heath Shuler won't seek re-election to House (The Canadian Press) |
| RALEIGH, N.C. - U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina announced Thursday he won't run for re-election to Congress in what's become another blow to the conservative wing of the Democratic Party on Capitol Hill and the party's state congressional delegation. |
| Raiders hire 7 coaches for Allen's staff (The Canadian Press) |
| ALAMEDA, Calif. - The Oakland Raiders hired seven additional coaches for Dennis Allen's staff on Thursday, including three who were with the team last year. |
| Colts hire Manusky to be new defensive coordinator (The National Football Post) |
| The defensive coordinator carousel has been spinning at a brisk rate in recent days, as the Indianapolis Colts,... |
| Colts hire Manusky as defensive coordinator (Yahoo! Sports) |
| The Indianapolis Colts filled one of their coaching voids Thursday when they hired Greg Manusky to be their defensive coordinator. The San Diego Chargers fired Manusky last month after one season as their defensive coordinator. |
| The Oakland Raiders and the AFC West Coaching Shuffle: Fan Perspective (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
| It's hard to keep up with the many changes in the Oakland Raiders' coaching staff. So far the only confirmed new hire, other than head coach Dennis Allen, is the rehiring of Greg Knapp who worked with the Raiders in 2007-2008. |
| SUPER BOWL: Profiles of key players (PA SportsTicker) |
| By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer |
| Martindale named Ravens LB coach (Yahoo! Sports) |
| Don Martindale is the Baltimore Ravens new linebackers coach, the team announced Thursday morning. Martindale, 49, was the Broncos defensive coordinator in 2010, the team's linebackers coach the previous season and has been in the NFL for seven years. |
| 'They use you up': Hall of Famer Dorsett suing NFL (AP) |
| The helmet-to-helmet shot knocked Tony Dorsett out cold in the second quarter of a 1984 Cowboys-Eagles game, the hardest hit he ever took during his Hall of Fame NFL career. "It was like a freight train hitting a Volkswagen," Dorsett says now. "Did they know it was a concussion?" he asks rhetorically during an interview with The Associated Press. |