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The first coach hired by the Oakland Raiders following the death of owner Al Davis has been fired.

The Raider Nation is getting what they deserve. The Oakland Raiders have named rookie Derek Carr their starting quarterback.

Wrapping up the AFC West, we head to Oakland.  Since losing Super Bowl XXXVII, the Raiders have been in a perpetual rebuilding stage and have not even sniffed the playoffs in that time span.  Entering his third season as head coach, Dennis Allen is looking to a large of free agent additions to get this franchise into the playoffs for the first time in twelve seasons...

The Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders held a joint practice yesterday in Oxnard, California and as it usually does during training camp, a fight broke out between the teams.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Raiders tight end and five-time Pro Bowler Todd Christensen died from complications during liver transplant surgery. He was 57. Christensen's son, Toby Christensen, said his father passed away Wednesday morning at Intermountain Medical Center near his home in Alpine, Utah...

Dez Bryant, whose status was in question after leaving practice early Saturday because of hamstring tightness, came up with the only big play for Dallas' first-team offense when he made a good adjustment in the air for a 24-yard gain from Tony Romo on the first offensive drive for the Cowboys. Dallas defeated the Oakland Raiders 3-0.

Even though Al Davis is gone, Raider nation is hopeful the Raider mystique will continue. The team hasn't been to the playoffs since 2003, and has its sixth head coach in nine seasons.

Regardless of the network, NFL studio shows are becoming carbon copies of one another.  The smiling, personable host sets up the former player analyst who spouts out as many cliches and platitudes as he can in a 30 second period.  Rinse, lather, and repeat for 30 minutes and there is your show...

Carson Palmer passed for 299 yards and two touchdowns, and the Oakland Raiders beat the San Diego Chargers 24-17 on Thursday night. Palmer also committed two turnovers that helped San Diego stay in the game until its final minute, when the Raiders’ Tommy Kelly sacked Chargers’ quarterback Philip Rivers, and Lamarr Houston recovered the fumble for Oakland to end the game. Rivers was ...

A week after Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz chased after his San Francisco 49ers counterpart, Jim Harbaugh, Oakland Raiders head coach Hue Jackson had a tense moment with Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley on Sunday.