The Raiders’ playoff hopes remain alive, but the postseason seems more like wishful thinking after a 26-15 defeat at Kansas City that wasn’t close.
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After a week filled with distractions, what the Raiders needed most was a return to normalcy, and a return to .500 in the standings. What they got instead was their fourth straight loss.
Oakland needs a new football stadium. Oakland is not getting a new football stadium, because Oakland also needs things such as cops and roads. This is why Las Vegas will be getting Oakland’s football team.
The Raiders used big plays to dominate the Jets Sunday en route to a 45-20 victory that rekindled memories of the old Oakland A’s.
Longtime Las Vegan Dan Currie, who played outside linebacker for Vince Lombardi’s championship teams in Green Bay during the 1960s and was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated, died Monday. He was 82.
Former Rancho High football player James Flynn said it was meant as a joke. But when people started contributing to a web account, he decided to give the money to charity.
Las Vegans David Humm and Frank Hawkins are excited about the possibility of the Raiders moving to Southern Nevada, but sympathize with football fans in Oakland.
