June 18th, 2008 
Matt Loede 
Posted in From: Pro Football Weekly Raiders WR Ronald Curry returned to the field this week after he missed the first six weeks of OTAs recovering from surgery on his left foot. He is penciled as the team’s No. 2 receiver, but we hear Drew Carter made major progress while Curry was out and has a shot [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Tags: 
Walker Tells Story of Beating to TheDirty.com
Javon Walker gave an interview to TheDirty.com, a site that puts up pics of people in not so good positions, and he spoke out about the Las Vegas incident that left him in a hospital with a broken orbital bone along with other injuries. Walker had the following to say to the site: “I was [...]
Walker May be Out of the Hospital Today
Javon Walker could be out of the hospital today, just one day after he was found unconscious on a Las Vegas street after a night of partying on the strip. Police say he was beaten and robbed, and left on the street in Vegas. Police say that Walker was robbed of a large amount of [...]
WR Walker Found Unconscious on the Streets of Vegas
In a bizarre case that is just hitting the press now, new Raiders WR Javon Walker was found unconscious on the streets of Las Vegas with an orbital fracture on Monday morning. KVVU.com is reporting that the wide out was transported to Sunrise Medical Center’s Trauma unit, where he was listed in fair condition as [...]
Report Says Russell May be Limited on Deep Balls in 2008
From: Pro Football Weekly Sources say Raiders QB JaMarcus Russell may not get many chances to display his rocket arm on deep pass plays this season. The Raiders’ lack of depth at offensive tackle was glaring at recent OTAs. Backup OTs Seth Wand and Mario Henderson were getting plenty of work behind OLT Kwame Harris [...]
Former Raiders Head Coach Passes Away
John Rauch, who led the Oakland Raiders to an appearance in Super Bowl Two, passed away yesterday at his home in suburban Tampa, Florida. He was 80. Rauch came to the Raiders as an assistant in 1963 while the team was a member of the American Football League. He assumed the head coaching position in [...]
Russell Says Don’t Worry About His Weight
Last season QB JaMarcus Russell’s weight was a story at points in the season and offseason, but the 2nd-year QB says don’t worry about it – it’s a non-issue. In this week’s Sporting News Inside Dish, the QB insists that weight will not effect him this upcoming season. Russell said he was 269 at mini-camp, [...]
McFadden’s Signing Means the End for Jordan?
From: Pro Football Weekly The announcement of RB Darren McFadden’s signing on Friday gives the Raiders more flexibility in their ongoing negotiations about what to do with RB LaMont Jordan, sources say. There was a sense that Oakland needed to hold on to Jordan until a contract with McFadden was in place, ending the threat [...]
