The Raiders can’t slip up in Week 3 at home against the Carolina Panthers. Not if they’re serious about being taken seriously this season.
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Raiders defensive tackle John Jenkins talks with the Review-Journal about making friends and grabbing coffee over long bicycle rides, scoring touchdowns and more.
For the second straight week, the biggest NFL favorite on the board lost outright, as the Raiders stunned the Ravens 26-23 as 9-point road underdogs.
The Raiders’ quarterback play was a question mark entering the season. Gardner Minshew’s play Sunday against the Ravens should quiet those concerns a bit.
UFC 306 at Sphere had no chance to live up to the kind of hype that had surrounded the event for weeks, yet somehow it may have been even better.
It’s unknown if the UNR storyline had a bearing on UNLV not receiving an invitation to join the Pac-12, but it shouldn’t have in any manner, now or in the future.
UNLV has two road wins against Big 12 opponents and is off to the program’s best start in 40 years after beating Kansas on Friday night.
Gardner Minshew played well enough in the Raiders’ season opener against the Chargers. He’ll need a lot more help from his teammates to beat the Ravens.
A day after Circa set a record for prize money and entries for its $1,000-entry Survivor contest, a huge portion of the field was eliminated in Week 1 of the NFL season.
Antonio Pierce, in his first game as the Raiders’ full-time coach, returned to his conservative ways at the worst times of a 22-10 loss to the Chargers on Sunday.
Several facets of the Raiders’ operation came up short in the team’s 22-10 loss to the Chargers in its season opener Sunday.
UFC president Dana White is oddly calm just a week away from trying to deliver on what he has vowed will be the greatest sporting event of all time.
In a clash of high school football powers Friday night, top-ranked Mater Dei simply played at a higher level than No. 2 Bishop Gorman.
The Raiders defeated the Chargers 63-21 on Dec. 14, a result that changed the trajectory of both franchises. The teams meet again Sunday in the season opener.
Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay, who hit 70 percent of his picks last season to win the Review-Journal NFL Challenge, gives his Week 1 best bet.
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