A franchise whose personalities and storylines are fit for a miniseries now will be the subject of one, the Raiders announced Tuesday, as they’ll be featured in HBO’s “Hard Knocks” this training camp.
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The Raiders’ Rodney Hudson quietly chipped away at online business classes to earn a master’s degree, and now could become one of, if not the, highest-paid centers in the NFL.
The judge earlier denied a defense motion to dismiss the undecided charges involving the alleged rapes of a 54-year-old hitchhiker and an unconscious teen.
A former professional football player was denied bail Thursday on murder and child abuse charges in the Tuesday evening death of his girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter.
The Las Vegas Raiders are benefiting the Oakland Raiders in free agency.
The Cleveland Browns have signed Kareem Hunt, the running back cut by Kansas City in November after a video showed him pushing and kicking a woman the previous February.
Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray says he will pursue a career in the NFL over playing baseball for the Oakland Athletics.
In the divisional round of the 2016 playoffs, 15 of the 16 possible teaser options hit, with three games cashing all-way teasers on each side, over and under.
The Gold Sheet handicapper Bruce Marshall provides the Review-Journal with NFL tech notes and trends from Goldsheet.com.
Former Denver Broncos head coach Vance Joseph has been hired as the defensive coordinator on new Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury’s staff.
The Minnesota Vikings have fired offensive coordinator John DeFilippo, whose first season on the job ended after just 13 games amid a sharp decline in production by the offense over the past six weeks.
The Raiders signed Denver Kirkland off the Arizona Cardinals’ practice squad and free agent Cameron Hunt on Tuesday while placing OL Jon Feliciano on injured reserve.
The City of Oakland filed a federal antitrust and breach of contract lawsuit against the Raiders on Tuesday, calling the team’s move to Las Vegas “illegal” while seeking to recover financial damages lost to the scheduled 2020 relocation.
Underdogs were 7-4-1 ATS on Sunday with outright upsets by the Titans, Browns, Bills, Redskins and Cowboys.
Raiders punter Johnny Townsend took off on a fake for a 42-yard gain that was a franchise-long and fourth-highest ever by an NFL punter.