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[Translate] Warriors planning move to San Francisco from Oakland. This is the kind of thing John Russo would have worked to prevent if he were City Attorney: The Golden State Warriors, named such because the City Of Oakland has been too wuss to get the owners to change the name of the team to “Oakland Warriors,” have rolled out a plan to move to San Francisco....
[Translate] Ryan Grant Oakland Raiders fans (like this blogger) can erase any dream that the Silver and Black would be able to knock off the Defending Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers and stop the midwestern team’s win streak at 12 games for the 2011 NFL Season. The Raiders were destroyed by the Packers 46 to 16, and in a game where the Raiders forgot to...
[Translate] Chester McGlocktonThe news that Oakland Raiders Legend Chester McGlockton passed away this Wednesday morning at the age of 42 of a heart attack reached this blogger via Facebook just a moment ago. The first memory was of meeting Mr. McGlockton when he came to the Oakland Mayor’s Office in 1997, and then Oakland Mayor Elihu Harris invited me to join...
[Translate] When Carson Palmer signed the deal to join the Oakland Raiders last week, thus effectively replacing Raiders Quarterback Jason Campbell, who was out with a broken collarbone, this blogger said in vlog form that it wasn’t a trade that I would have made. Not that it was a bad trade, but the Silver and Black already have former Cal Bears QB Kyle Boller,...
[Translate] Carson Palmer is an Oakland Raiders quarterback as of today. And the man who was the long-time (2003) Cincinnati Bengals signal caller who went to USC, gets to stay out in the West Coast and play for Hue Jackson. (In fact, Palmer will be officially reunited with Jackson at a press conference set at Raiders Headquaters for 7 PM EST today.) The trade with...
[Translate] A quick post before departing for the Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots game that promises to be an epic battle at the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum. First, this game will show just how far the Oakland Raiders have come under new coach Hue Jackson. The Raiders have been called “The Bullies” of the block by some sports watchers,...
[Translate] Adam Sandler was a surprise guest at the Oakland Raiders v. New York Jets game – well, at least to the Coliseum staff. Sandler, who’s star as an actor continues to rise with such movies as the recent Just Go With It, was a guest of New York Jets Owner Robert Wood Johnson. (According to Coliseum staffers, Sandler said “Hey, I’m...
