The Killers are advancing the tradition of rock bands performing on rooftops for the Las Vegas Raiders’ home opener Monday night.
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The Raiders’ Josh Jacobs ran for 81 yards after contact on running plays, a full 87 percent of his 93 rushing yards against the Panthers, according to Pro Football Focus.
Safety Johnathan Abram, who suffered a season-ending injury in the 2019 opener, finished with 13 tackles and gave the Raiders an emotional lift in their win at Carolina.
Leave it to the Detroit Lions to find a creative way to torture their backers, and sportsbook rules turned one easy winner into a refund.
Here are the NFL games for the Las Vegas market in Week 2.
The Raider Image official team store will open to the public at 11 a.m. Wednesday ahead of the team’s inaugural game at the $2 billion stadium Monday.
Raiders’ right tackle Trent Brown was a big topic of questions in the Raiders’ weekly mailbag. We get to Brown and plenty of other topics in a heavy mail day.
The video screen, spanning 27,600 square feet on the Interstate 15-facing side of the $2 billion stadium, was illuminated Monday night with color test bars.
The Raiders have acknowledged there’s still $162 million in unpaid bills on Allegiant Stadium, and the Stadium Authority says liens against any large project are common.
Jason Cole’s biography, “Elway: A Relentless Life,” goes on sale Tuesday, Sept. 15, and is available on Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com.
The Raiders’ coach was befuddled about his wife’s name becoming one of his quarterback’s signals at the line of scrimmage during Sunday’s game.
The downtown Las Vegas sportsbook was slammed with sign-ups the last two weeks and ended up with 4,538 $1,000 entries — 3,148 in the Million and 1,390 in Survivor.
All of the bets were placed at BetMGM books, most notably The Mirage and Bellagio, except for a $275,000 wager on the Patriots -7 that was placed at William Hill.
The Raiders’ tenure in Las Vegas is set to be guaranteed one year longer than originally expected.
Sharp money poured in on the Tennessee Titans when Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller suffered a potential season-ending ankle injury Sept. 8.
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