End is a start for Raiders
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With 10 of 12 playoff berths solidified on the final day of the regular season, there will be an eye on the future in many stadiums today. That is especially true in Oakland, where quarterback JaMarcus Russell is scheduled to make his first career start.
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The Tennessee Titans are doing a great job of holding onto the ball. Now, they have to find a way to get into the end zone.
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The Silver and Black looked right at home in the white stuff. Kerry Collins threw for 339 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Oakland Raiders to an upset in the snow Sunday night, 25-24 over the Denver Broncos.
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FOXBOROUGH - They are a prideful group and felt as if the last two games were not reflective of their potential. They had watched their own offense carve up the opposition and, in turn, lost their own edge.
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Success breeds expectations, and Watertown coach Stephen Harrington knows that after winning the school's first Division 3 title, the Raiders will be playing with a target on their backs.
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Kerry Collins proved better at playing long ball again, and showed he was a diplomat, too. The backup to Rich Gannon rallied Oakland from a 13-3 deficit to a 17-13 lead in a 2:17 span, and the Raiders held on for a 17-16 exhibition win over the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday night. Collins attributed it to luck by the second stringers.
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The Oakland Raiders opened the free agency season Friday by contacting representatives for quarterback Jeff Garcia, who has expressed an interest in returning to the Bay Area.
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NAPA - The Raiders and Robert Gallery got a scare they didn&#39;t need late Monday afternoon. The NFL&#39;s second overall choice in April&#39;s draft and presumed soon-to-be-starting left tackle &quot;sprained&quot; - his word - his right ...
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Shaun Alexander has a message for the many folks who say NFL exhibitions mean zilch. Some words for those who will see the defending NFC champion Seattle Seahawks throttling the ragged Oakland Raiders in the final preseason game Thursday night as unrevealing and insignificant.
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Carlos Almanzar left the game with an apparent right forearm injury with two outs in the ninth...Texas beat the A&#39;s for only the seventh time in 18 outings this season, but have won three of four from Oakland...Mark Kotsay and Jermaine Dye had three hits
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Minutes before the game, Tampa Bay coach Jon Gruden received a hostile reception from the Raider Nation. While walking from the locker room and into the tunnel heading
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defenders got a piece of Bledsoe, and the Raiders offense did just enough -- as in a 43-yard touchdown pass from Rich Gannon to Ronald Curry and two Sebastian Janikowski field
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Kitna throws a 32-yard touchdown pass to Shaun McDonald with 4:15 remaining and Dewayne White forces two late turnovers to help the Lions rally to beat the Raiders, 36-21, after blowing a 17-point lead.
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CINCINNATI (Ticker) -- Linebacker Takeo Spikes all but ended his former team&#39;s postseason hopes and kept his current squad in the thick of the playoff chase.
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Such is the nature of the Raiders&#39; season that the one time they needed Denver&#39;s first blizzard of the season to do it worst, it stopped.
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One third of this years&#39; NFL season is over, and already each division has a situation, a player or a change that has been a surprise.
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Guard Ismail Simpson of Stanford was walking off the field at the end of the game, yelling and gesturing. An assistant coach had an arm around him, pushing him in the direction of the end zone tunnel that leads to the locker room.