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Raiders should be targeting a starting linebacker in a trade

Jon Gruden said media Monday that the Raiders will be looking for linebacker help before today’s 1 p.m. trade deadline. That much was obvious in their loss to the Texans.

Look for doves to hang around longer because of dry climate

Historically, a wet monsoonal weather front passes through Southern Nevada every year in the days leading up to the dove opener. But that didn’t happen this year.

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Raiders hoping Trent Brown lives up to massive paycheck

A Super Bowl champion with the Patriots last season and then made the highest paid offensive lineman in NFL history by the Raiders, Brown at right tackle will be among those protecting quarterback Derek Carr.

New NASCAR package paves way for long shot to win Pennzoil 400

Handicapper Micah Roberts said a case can be made for up to 20 drivers to win, including Ryan Blaney at 12-1, Aric Almirola and Erik Jones at 20-1, Denny Hamlin at 25-1, Daniel Suarez, Austin Dillon and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. at 50-1 and Ryan Newman at 80-1.

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