More surprising win yesterday? Oakland over Philadelphia? Kansas City over Washington? How about Buffalo over the New York Dirty Sanchezes? All were unexpected, but because of some avian intervention, Oakland’s win over the suddenly-hapless Eagles takes the cake — or the bird feeder, as it were. What we have is [...]

I’m sure everyone has heard about Ice Cube’s ditty for the Oakland Raiders. He even performed it for ESPN, because that’s just how O’Shea rolls. While the song is harmless enough and Cube’s rhyme style comes through decently enough, I’m left a little cold, if, for nothing else, this little lyric Cube dropped [...]

Even though their defense failed to hold the surprising lead, the Oakland Raiders have reason to be excited about one of their rookie wide receivers, although, I don’t think it’s the one they were expecting to embrace. A lot of eyebrows were raised when the Raiders drafted Darrius Heyward-Bey, the speedster with suspect hands from [...]

Merry Christmas from the Raiderettes … Something I can certainly support — the cheerleaders and the well-wishing. Adding joy to holiday cheer for Oakland fans: The Raiders actually won yesterday and JaMarcus didn’t look too bad at all in the process. Has he escaped the “bust zone” or are we still in [...]

In one of the most shocking announcements since Darth Vader told Luke Skywalker about his daddy, the Oakland Raiders have fired Lane Kiffin — according to sources gathered by Chris Mortensen, who looks like he actually beat Jay Glazer this time.
The details were about what you’d expect from Al Davis — Kiffin was told he [...]

Yes, the NFL season is only a week old, but there are some trends that are worth noticing. For instance, while half the league is 0-1, there were a few teams that stood out because of their ineptitude. The three that immediately come to mind are the Cincinnati Bengals, the Oakland Raiders and [...]