Thursday, November 21, 2024

Generous family pays off layaway debts for JaMarcus Russell

Russell's list of layaway items included a PlayStation 4 with a copy of Madden 2020, a ninja blender, two 20-pound dumbbells, and an unopened audio book copy of "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People."

Trump bars Raiders and Texans from returning to U.S. from Mexico

President-elect Donald Trump followed through with his campaign promise of deportation on Monday night by barring the Oakland Raiders and Houston Texans from returning to the U.S. following their game in Mexico City.

Furious Raiders threaten NFL Films’ planned DVD release of team’s 2014 games

"Should this vile media be released, we will find no recourse but to enact swift, powerful justice upon those responsible," Raiders owner and supreme leader Mark Davis said in a team-issued statement lambasting the potential release of 2014 Raiders games to a national audience. "Such an act of defamation will not be met idly."

Carl Weathers NFL Power Rankings — Week 8, 2014

Carl Weathers, master thespian and former Oakland Raider, watches every NFL game from his man cave to compile his weekly Power Rankings exclusively for Heckler readers. Mr. Weathers, despite playing only eight career NFL games, was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.

Lackadaisical Raider fans admit they’re just going through motions while pummeling Charger fans

With the team going through yet another dismal season, it’s harder than ever for fans to dig deep and do what they do best, which is dress up in crazy outfits and gang tackle innocent men and women foolish enough to wear the other team's colors, or yellow SECURITY jackets, to home games.

Cowboys and Raiders cut as NFL sets 30-team roster for season

"While the Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders both have rabid fan bases and plenty of experience as franchises, the other bubble teams just look a bit more relevant heading into the season," said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.