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Raiders Apply For "Las Vegas Raiders" Trademark, Release Stadium Renderings
None of this means a Raiders’ move is any closer to reality—we already know Mark Davis wants a new stadium or to get the hell out of Oakland, and the mean ol’ NFL won’t let him go to Los Angeles, and he doesn’t have to money to build a new place on his own—but these are two moves that, if the Las Ve...
Why Your Team Sucks 2016: Oakland Raiders<em></em><i> </i>
Some people are fans of the Oakland Raiders. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Oakland Raiders. This 2016 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. And buy Drew’s new book here....
Poll: Las Vegas Residents Don't Want Public Funds Used For An NFL Stadium
Las Vegas ABC station KTNV polled Clark County residents about whether or not they would want to pay $500 million in order to help build the Raiders an NFL stadium. Of the 750 people polled, 55 percent said they opposed spending half a billion dollars on a new stadium, while only 35 percent were in ...
Raiders LB Aldon Smith Allegedly Live Streams Video Of Himself Smoking A Blunt<em></em>
Suspended Raiders linebacker Aldon Smith appears to have knowingly live streamed video of himself smoking weed on Periscope, a move that would be at least as hilarious as it is reckless. ...
Proposed Las Vegas Raiders Stadium Would Cost Taxpayers A Record $750 Million
Oakland lawmakers have stood firm, refusing to pay a dime in public money toward a new stadium for the Raiders. Because this is how things work now, rather than obtain private financing, or sell the team, or continue to play in the Coliseum, owner Mark Davis is waiting to be wooed by relocation opti...
Let’s Move The Raiders To Vegas
By now we’re all so used to NFL relocation talk that the first impulse is to ignore all the recent reports that Oakland Raiders owner and embarrassing ’70s yearbook photo Mark Davis is toying with the idea of moving the team to Las Vegas. Remember, it took decades for the NFL to finally sack up and ...
Check Out Some Candid 2010 Pre-Draft Assessments By Oakland Raiders Scouts
Solid evidence has surfaced online that the Oakland Raiders have staffers who evaluate talent, and moreover, that they sometimes know what they’re talking about. A post up on Imgur this weekend purports (credibly, it seems) to have the Raiders’ pre-draft evaluations from 2010. It’s not a huge galler...
Connor Cook's Dad Seems To Be A Big Shithead
Connor Cook, long projected to be picked in the early rounds of the NFL Draft, ended up slipping to the Raiders in the fourth round. A report about why he fell despite his obvious talent pointed to attitude problems and a bad rap from his teammates. According to the Detroit News, there wasn’t one in...
Newly Hired UNLV Coach Jumps Ship For Texas Tech
Less than a week ago, UNLV’s regents formally approved the hiring of Arkansas-Little Rock’s basketball coach Chris Beard to fill the same position for the Runnin’ Rebels. Yesterday afternoon, Texas Tech announced that they had hired Beard to coach their basketball team next season. After Tubby Smith...
So, Exactly How Historic Was Middle Tennessee State's Upset?
After Denzel Valentine collapsed, Michael Jordan cried, and Middle Tennessee State was done celebrating their 90-81 win over Michigan State, people started to contextualize the historic upset. Michigan State was a two-seed, sure, but they were among the favorites to win the whole shit. The NCAA said...
MTSU Knocks Off Michigan State For Eighth 15-Over-2 Upset Ever
The Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders entered college basketball immortality after a wire-to-wire upset of second-seeded Michigan State, becoming just the eighth 15-seed to win in the NCAA tournament’s round of 64....
Texas Tech's Toddrick Gotcher Proposes To Girlfriend On The Court After Senior Night Win
Toddrick Gotcher just won the last home game of his college career this afternoon as Texas Tech beat Kansas State. He scored 13 points and also one accepted marriage proposal....
Sheldon Adelson Is Killing Stories About How Much His Raiders Stadium Will Cost Las Vegas (UPDATE)
When it comes to the stadium scam, there are few things worse than the local media cheerleading the rich guys and urging local governments to spend hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to make sports teams happy. This would be worse: the Las Vegas Review-Journal, recently purchased by hands-on b...
The CTE Headlines Get Ahead Of The Science, But Maybe That's Not So Bad
Raiders great Ken Stabler suffered from “moderately severe” CTE when he died, according to researchers at the Boston center that examined his donated brain. Another dead football player with cognitive impairment, another CTE diagnosis. The only real surprise is that anyone is surprised—and that anyo...
Las Vegas Is The Next City The Raiders Will Use For Leverage To Try And Get A New Stadium
For two decades Los Angeles has served as the NFL’s bogeyman, lurking just out of sight as an implicit threat to any city that refused to pay up for a new or renovated stadium. You better flash the cash, the NFL would threaten, or the Bills/Dolphins/Jaguars/Vikings/Colts are going to bolt for glamor...
The Torture Isn't Over Yet For Chargers And Raiders Fans
This morning, Rams fans are feeling angry, and sad, and betrayed. But at least it’s over. At least they know Stan Kroenke has officially ditched them for Los Angeles. There is no more dread or uncertainty, which can in many ways be even worse than just yanking off the band-aid. There is no such merc...
Reports: Rams And Chargers Approved To Relocate To LA, Share Stadium In Inglewood
NFL owners will meet soon to approve the relocation of the St. Louis Rams and San Diego Chargers to the Los Angeles area, where they will share an Inglewood, Calif. stadium, according to numerous reports....
Charles Woodson Says Marvin Harrison Was The Best Receiver He Played Against
Charles Woodson is retiring after tomorrow’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Over his 18 NFL seasons, he’s amassed 13 defensive touchdowns and 65 picks, good for first and fifth respectively (both in ties) of all time. He’s won a Super Bowl and is the last defensive player to win a Heisman trop...
Charles Woodson Delivers Address To Oakland Crowd In Emotional Goodbye
Oakland beat San Diego Thursday night in an overtime game that went past midnight on the east coast and threatened to be the most disappointing Christmas tie since millions of suburban dads opening poorly-wrapped gifts from their kids, every year. Retiring Raiders defensive back Charles Woodson took...
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Interrupting the game and making an obscene gesture all in one motion? PLEASE DON’T LET THE RAIDERS LEAVE OAKLAND....