Out of control in Oakland
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THERE IS no excuse for the behavior exhibited by a few Oakland A&#39;s fans and some members of the Texas Rangers baseball team that sent a player to jail and left a spectator with a broken nose.
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Incidents between baseball players and fans have long been part of the game. But they seem to be getting uglier with each year, and an imbroglio Monday night in Oakland, Calif.
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Football The Oakland Raiders canceled the final week of their offseason training program yesterday after complaints from the NFL players' union about the intensity of the practices. In a statement, coach Lane Kiffin said the players' union believes the Raiders' offseason program violated league rules on practice standards. "The union has complained about the high level of intensity, player aggressiveness, ...
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The Oakland Athletics are doing their best to eliminate one of their pursuers in the AL West. Texas entered the weekend needing a series sweep to get back in the race. Instead, the Rangers are on the verge of being swept and falling 10 games behind division-leading Oakland with a month left in the season.
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The big question won&#39;t be answered until the playoffs begin and even the NFL&#39;s biggest control freak is helpless to do anything thing about that at the moment.
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The Blue Jays smacked the Oakland A&#39;s 13-5 yesterday in a game that smacked an awful lot of the Syracuse SkyChiefs. Of the 15 players who had a hand in this much-welcomed cakewalk, nine, including four of
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OAKLAND, Calif. - Texas reliever Frank Francisco was arrested Tuesday morning on a charge of aggravated battery after he threw a chair into the right-field box seats and hit two spectators in the head during Monday night's loss to the Oakland Athletics...
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The usually heated rivalry between the Raiders and Broncos didn&#39;t have the same fire this Sunday after Denver waltzed into Oakland and embarrassed the Raiders, 31-3.
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He's not the Norv Turner of the 1990s. Definitely not the Norv of those two dreadful years in Oakland. Finally, Norval Eugene Turner has gone from a guy who couldn't get his teams into the playoffs to being one step from the Super Bowl.
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Argonauts wide receivers R. Jay Soward and Andre Talbot and Tiger-Cats cornerback Wayne Shaw were ejected for fighting midway through the first quarter...Toronto is 2-3-1 on the road and 2-3-1 against the East this season...Hamilton is also 2-3-1 at home
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Turnovers near their opponents&#39; goal line. Missed tackles near their own end zone. One 49ers quarterback after the other getting pummeled and injuring their shoulders.
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needs to get into a groove to stop the powerful St. Louis offense. Martinez has. lost five of his last six decisions going back to the regular season.
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Kerry Collins proved better at playing long ball again. 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.
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Mistakes defined Oakland's dismal 2003 season opener, and they showed up again in the team's exhibition opener: costly penalties and boneheaded decisions abounded.
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That Guy responsible for the Brawl in Detroit . âTheir contract is an insult. Iâve got a family to feed.â - Latrell Spreewell, currently making $14 million.
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Oakland made five errors and Toronto rookie Gabe Gross hit a grand slam, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 13-5 victory over Oakland yesterday.
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The Oakland Athletics got a solid effort from ace Dan Haren and took a two-run lead into the bottom of the ninth inning. They still couldn't find a way to win.