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Rod Streater Made A Beats By Dre Parody
Those Beats by Dre commercials are ubiquitous (and the headphones aren't worth the price). Raiders receiver Rod Streater brings a little sanity back into our lives....

Here's Every Finable Offense For Raiders Cheerleaders
Lacy T., a Raiderette during the recently completed season, has sued the Oakland Raiders for a slew of shoddy business practices regarding cheerleader pay. The whole suit, which you can read at the bottom of the page, is a glimpse into the many indignities of being an NFL cheerleader (besides the ma...

What It Was Like To Play In The Most Violent NFL Game Ever
After the most violent NFL game ever played, Marc Wilson sat on the team flight back to the West Coast, nursing his injured thumb. A Raiders team doctor approached. He had a secret message to pass along....

"Hero" Raiders Fan Breaks Fall Of Woman Jumping From Upper Deck
A lifelong Raiders fan was described by police as a hero after he broke the fall and saved the life of a woman who jumped from the upper deck of the Coliseum in an apparent suicide attempt....

Andre Johnson And Matt Schaub Yell At Each Other While Losing
It's been a horrendous season for the Texans already. Losing to the Raiders and falling to 2-8 just adds more frustration....

Eric Ward's One-Handed TD Catch Sparked Your Most Recent Gusgasm
We don't cover Gusgasms much these days, and we've sort of come around to editor emeritus's viewpoint about Fox's top college announcer. But when Gus Johnson goes overboard, we have an obligation to highlight it....


Mike Leach Once Called The Big 12 Commish In The Middle Of A Game To Complain About The Officiating
The year was 2007. It was a simpler time. Dan Beebe was in his first season as Big 12 Commissioner, and Mike Leach was still at Texas Tech, probably not even having met redshirt freshman Adam James. But he was already a crazy person....

NCAA DQs Colgate Kid For A Year For Playing Church-League Hoops
The NCAA has truly been on a run of first-rate justice lately. It penalized reigning Heisman winner and shirtless mugshot male model Johnny Manziel 30 minutes of playing time for maybe just maybe getting paid cash money for signing autographs. It spelunked around the University of Miami's most sordi...

Nick Foles Goes Berserk For A Seven-Touchdown Day
Michael Vick was sitting with a hamstring injury he re-aggravated last week, so Nick Foles got his chance as Philadelphia's quarterback of the week. It's safe to say he did an acceptable job, throwing an astounding seven touchdowns (along with 406 yards) in a 49-20 rout of the Raiders....

Raiders DC Jason Tarver Flippin' Birds & Flingin' "Fucks" At Referees
A third quarter personal foul call on Oakland cornerback Mike Jenkins so enraged Raiders defensive coordinator Jason Tarver that he twice was caught flipping the bird and screaming "FUCK!" at the officials....

Disbelieving Raiderfan Reaction Somehow Appropriate
That this is a reasonable and expected response from a Raiders fan whose team still has a three-point lead and the ball with 90 seconds left tells you how truly wacky the 2013 NFL season has been....

Terrelle Pryor Runs 93 Yards Untouched For Touchdown, Sets NFL Record
Well, that read option worked out nicely. Terrelle Pryor's 93-yard dash is the longest run by a quarterback in NFL history and the longest run by anyone in Raiders history. ...

College Football Referee Stops Game To Tell Band To Shut Up
Middle Tennessee State scored on the final play to win a 51-49 shootout last night against Marshall. But the game's best highlight came in the second quarter, when the ref took a moment to threaten the MTSU band with a noise violation. Stupid rules....

Raiders Superfan Dr. Death Returns, Speaks At City Council Meeting
Dr. Death is back, and this time he's got a banner and a wolfman to go along with his knife helmet, face paint, and passion for Oakland Raiders football....

Good God, The Raiders Just Had A Third-And-48
Second & 37 generally doesn't mean, "Run around in circles and take a ridiculous sack." Unless you're the Raiders. ...

