Al Michaels comments on possible last game at NBC; sidekick Cris Collinsworth rejoices Bengals are part of the show; Michele Tafoya calling it quits.
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AJ Cole steals Pro Bowl show with a sideline soundbite — “Got zero punts, three holds (on kicks), two halftime hot dogs,” Raiders punter says.
The Pro Bowl showed how easily Las Vegas Ballpark can be transformed into a practice field for NFL all-stars and a facility for marquee high school football games.
Two weeks after playing in one of the most compelling playoff games in NFL history and then missing the Super Bowl, Tyrann Mathieu and Dion Dawkins are making do.
Raiders receiver Hunter Renfrow, a former high school quarterback, fails to connect during Pro Bowl Skills at cold and windy Las Vegas Ballpark.
Hunter Renfrow thought he was might wind up watching the Pro Bowl on TV before being added to the AFC squad as an alternate.
Former UNLV running back Larry Croom, who played for the Rebels in 2002 and 2003, scored a touchdown in the East-West Shrine Bowl, Hula Bowl and Blue-Gray Classic.
Unlike viewers at home, the NBC broadcast crew was oblivious to the erroneous whistle preceding the Bengals’ controversial touchdown pass.
Derek Carr’s last-gasp pass is intercepted in the shadow of the end zone as Raiders’ tumultuous season ends with a playoff loss to Bengals.
Darnell Washington, who played at Desert Pines High School, was part of Georgia’s three-headed tight end monster during the Bulldogs’ run to the national championship.
Football fans would be hard-pressed to name another franchise that has participated in as many iconic games than the Raiders — especially when it comes to the playoffs.
On a day they honored their late Hall of Fame coach with a pregame tribute and torch-lighting ceremony, the Raiders edged the Los Angeles Chargers in an overtime thriller.
After a short stay at TCU, Tony Sanchez, who compiled a 20-40 record at UNLV, hopes to help turn around a New Mexico State football program for which he once played.
Second-smallest Las Vegas Bowl crowd in 16 years watches Wisconsin trudge past Arizona State in lackluster affair.
Longtime Las Vegas native Nick Catanella was a defensive back on Cincinnati teams in the early 1970s. He’s pulling for the Bearcats against No. 1 Alabama in the CFP semifinals.