October 10th, 2011 
Matt Loede 
Posted in The reality hit Raiders coach Hue Jackson as he got in his car to drive to work after an emotional weekend. He heard a radio report about this weekend’s death of longtime Raiders owner Al Davis and it hit him that there will be no day-after game phone calls, no more discussions of strategy and [...]
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Just RIP, Baby…They Won
Just Win, Baby. And they did. The one thing Raiders owner Al Davis cared about more than anything, was winning, and today in Houston, his beloved team did it in a way that has to have him smiling from up in… well, from somewhere. Many have said that the game passed up Davis years ago, [...]
Picture of the Al Davis Decal on the Raiders Helmets for the Rest of 2011
Here’s the logo on the Raiders helmet today in Houston. They will wear that the rest of the 2011 season to honor owner Al Davis, who passed away at the age of 82 on Saturday.
Davis Family Will Stay in Charge of the Raiders
Owner Al Davis died Saturday morning, but not before he helped map out a plan for the team’s future according to Vittorio Tafur of the San Francisco Chronicle. Though there has been speculation that his wife, Carol, and son, Mark, would sell the controlling interest in the team once he died, that is not the [...]
Raiders Post Statment on the Passing of Al Davis
The Raiders have posted the following statement to their website: “The Oakland Raiders are deeply saddened by the passing of Al Davis. “Al Davis was unique – a maverick, a giant among giants, a true legend among legends, the brightest star among stars, a hero, a mentor, a friend. “Al Davis was the only person [...]
Raiders Owners Al Davis Passes Away at Age 82
Raiders owner Al Davis has passed away at age 82. The Oakland Raiders website posted a tribute with his name in large silver letters above “July 4, 1929-October 8, 2011.” Davis was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992. He was one of the NFL’s greatest innovators and contributors. Davis is the [...]
ABC’s Al Michaels Rips Raiders Owner Al Davis
The Raiders will not win another Super Bowl as long as owner Al Davis is alive and in charge of the franchise, NBC Sunday Night Football play-by-play man Al Michaels told a TMZ.com photographer. Michaels was stopped Monday evening outside Boa Restaurant in Hollywood and asked on camera if the Raiders were ever going to [...]
Raiders Grab Terrelle Pryor, Might He Be Their Future Franchise QB
The 2011 NFL Supplemental Draft kicked into swing on Monday, August, 22. The Oakland Raiders were the first team to jump into the excitement. For a third-round pick, Al Davis and the Raiders picked up the most-talked about prospect in supplemental draft history in former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor. Pryor will not be available for the first five games [...]
