Archive for July, 2007
Camp Opens Thursday For Raiders
Another big date on the football calendar is just days away– the opening of NFL training camps. The Oakland Raiders are the first Bay Area team to open camp this season with a date set for this Thursday at the Napa Valley Marriott. New head coach Lane Kiffin begins the long road of trying to […]
Posted by Matt Loede on Jul 23 2007Raiders Sign 2nd Round Pick Frampton
The Raiders have announced that rookie safety Eric Frampton has been signed to a contract. Terms have not been disclosed. Framton was the Raiders second pick in the fifth round of the 2007 draft. The 5′11″ 205 pound safety was a Pac-10 All Conference player in 2006 for Washington State and was also named the […]
Posted by Michael Loede on Jul 22 2007McNeal Released By Raiders
According to ESPN, the Raiders have released reserve defensive end Bryant McNeal. The announcement comes less than a week after McNeal was arrested on an outstanding warrant in South Carolina. The 27-year old McNeal was arrested last Thursday near Columbia, South Carolina during a traffic stop. A routine background check revealed McNeal was wanted in Florida […]
Posted by Matt Loede on Jul 12 2007Another Piece Added: Silver and Black Sign Darius
The Oakland Raiders are adding another solid piece to their already tough defense, as on Tuesday they signed former Jags safety Donovin Darius. The big-time hitter in the secondary has missed parts of the last two years with injuries, but says he is ready to go for 2007. He spent the first nine years of […]
Posted by Matt Loede on Jul 10 2007DE McNeal Arrested for Fraud in South Carolina
Defensive end Bryant McNeal had been arrested in South Carolina following a traffic stop for having an outstanding warrant. The warrant for the 27-year-old was for selling a Land Rover to a pawn broker for $15,000 in Florida when he didn’t own it. McNeal was with Tampa Bay back in 2005, and reports say that […]
Posted by Stephen Rhodes on Jul 05 2007Rhodes Suspended First Four Games of 2007
New Oakland Raiders running back Dominic Rhodes has been suspended for the first four games of the season for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. Per league rules, they do not reveal reasons for substance abuse suspensions. Rhodes pleaded guilty to reckless driving charges in Indiana during the offseason after authorities dropped drunken driving charges. […]
Posted by Stephen Rhodes on Jul 04 2007California Supreme Court Denies New Trial For Raiders In Suit Against NFL
The California Supreme Court has denied a new trial for the Oakland Raiders in their lawsuit against the National Football League. The Raiders, then playing in Los Angeles, had sued the NFL for more than a billion dollars in 1995, charging the league with sabotaging its attempts to get a new stadium at Hollywood Park […]
Posted by Matt Loede on Jul 03 2007NFL Network snubs RADIERS..
The Raiders were once again overlooked and basically snubbed by the NFLN during the telecast of what the network calls the NFL’s Top 10 Single-Season performances. Omitted from that show are a number of GREAT RAIDER single-season performances that have been hailed everywhere as being the best in NFL history. Although there have been […]
Posted by Michael Loede on Jul 01 2007

