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A College Football Scholarship Can Finance Your Marijuana Business, Too
Preston Bailey's 2011 season as an offensive lineman at Middle Tennessee State ended after seven games because of an injury. The school granted him a medical scholarship, but Bailey is accused of doing more with it than simply pursuing his Liberal Studies degree. Police say they found items like ma...
What Earned This On-Air Double-Bird From San Francisco's NBC Affiliate? News The Raiders Hired Dennis Allen
This is actually from Wednesday's 6 p.m. newscast on KNTV in San Francisco, during which a CSN Bay Area producer in the background appears to react quite negatively to the Dennis Allen news being delivered by sports anchor Henry Wofford. We're not sure how someone working on TV wouldn't know he i...
The Raiders Have Fired Hue Jackson
Per Adam Schefter, they're letting Jackson go after one season in which they went 8-8. Al Davis might be gone, but the stability with which he ran the franchise in his later years lives on. [via]...
Former Bears WR Willie Gault Is Being Accused Of Securities Fraud
A member of the '85 Super Bowl shufflers, Gault is one of six people allegedly connected with a scheme to falsely inflate the stock price of a company that makes heart-monitoring equipment. Smooth as a chocolate swirl. [Bloomberg]...
Bill Romanowski Remains A Terrifying Human Being
NFL commentator and sex advice columnist Bill Romanowski showed the same fire that made him one of the league's scariest players to face on the field in a live TV rant about perceived weaknesses in the Oakland Raiders organization....
Your Rolando McClain Perp Walk Grin Photoshop Roundup
When we put out the call last week for photoshops of the fantastic perp walk photo of Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain (above), we knew you'd be up to the challenge; we knew you'd make us laugh like all hell at the sheer absurdity of it all. And you didn't disappoint. In all honesty, I w...
Photoshop Contest: Raiders LB Rolando McClain's Fantastic Perp Walk Grin
When we first saw the above photo of Rolando McClain after he was arrested yesterday in his hometown of Decatur, Ala., on misdemeanor gun and assault charges, we kind of thought it had already been doctored. I mean, just look at that facial expression, at that playful tilt of the head. But the phot...
Rolando McClain Is Accused Of Putting A Gun To A Man's Head, Pointing It In Another Direction, And Firing
The Decatur (Ala.) Police Department has released another statement outlining the circumstances that led to Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain's arrest on charges of firing a gun and assaulting a man last night. McClain has been released on bail, according to a police spokesman I just spoke to on t...
Raiders LB Rolando McClain Was At The Scene Of A Shooting In Alabama Last Night
One person was injured, but no one has been charged, according to a statement issued by the Decatur (Ala.) Police Department. The victim refused treatment at the scene, drove himself to the hospital, and was released. Lt. John Crouch, a police spokesman, just told me over the phone he is preparing ...
Stanford Assistant Coach And Former Pro Bowl DL Chester McGlockton Is Dead
McGlockton was drafted 16th overall by the Raiders in 1992 and played 12 seasons for four teams. He made consecutive Pro Bowls as a Raider from 1994-97, including an All-Pro year in '95. In his second season as a defensive assistant at Stanford, McGlockton died overnight. The cause is not known. He...
We're Still Recovering From The Raiders' Kicking Orgy
Do you like kicking? Do you really, really, really like kicking? Then hot damn, was yesterday's shitty Raiders game the game for you!...
Texas Tech's Happiness Osunde Is Sad After Suffering This Gruesome Leg Injury
Kudos to Fox Sports for not shying away from showing multiple replays of this nasty injury to Texas Tech's Happiness Osunde that took place in the Red Raiders' matchup tonight against Baylor. It's possible the insult of an ACL tear was added to the injury of a broken ankle, from the looks of the r...
Oakland Raiders Superfans Are Tired Of Being Seen As Criminals, So They're Transforming Into The PTA
The Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State has adopted the usual language of surprise accusations—no one ever suspected anything from this loving, friendly old man. The Oakland Raiders' fan club, the Black Hole, is trying to pull the inverse. Sure, we may look like demon spawn who strangle innocent fo...
Because Of The New CBA, Carson Palmer Can't Get Enough Practice Time
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Palmer can't work with coaches until tomorrow....
A Provocation: My Al Davis Story
The following is republished with permission from the author's blog, Bluenatic.com....
Michael Crabtree Says He Missed A Flight Because He Got Pulled Over By A Cop Who's A Raiders Fan
Crabtree, a 49ers wide receiver, first tweeted this: "Just got pull over on highway 280 on my way to the airport. Police kept me for 30 mins....." He followed that with what you see above. No word on why Crabtree was pulled over, in what municipality the traffic stop took place, or why Raiders fans ...
This Is Why Raiders Fans Can't Have Nice Things
A reader named Taylor snapped a photo of this sign at the Cabo Cantina in Venice Beach, Calif. Taylor describes the spot as "one of my favorite places to watch an NFL game. It's a few steps from the beach and is usually pretty chill." Except, it seems, when a certain team's games are being broadcas...
A List Of Places Where Brett Favre Is Also Not Going, Yet
There is a special moment in the news cycle during which outlets report on things that are not happening, but that maybe could happen, but that also could not not happen because it would be so interesting if they did happen. Do you follow?...