January 24th, 2007 05:23pm

The Big Al Show

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I’ve said it before, and it bears repeating. Short of a Bobby Knight tantrum or an American League pitcher trying to hit a curveball, an Al Davis press conference might be the most entertaining event in sports. Any notions that Tuesday’s session at Raiders headquarters would be blander than usual (not counting the portion where Lane Kiffin was speaking, of course) were immediately dispelled by Davis. The first words out of … Read More »

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January 17th, 2007 06:38pm

Sarkisian back for second interview

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Steve Sarkisian, the 32-year-old USC assistant who remains the frontrunner for the Raiders’ less-than-coveted head coaching vacancy, was back in Alameda for a second interview with team owner Al Davis on Wednesday. The question is whether Sarkisian and Davis will begin hammering out a contract this time. Most fans – and without a doubt, every writer assigned to the case – would be thrilled to wrap up this search soon. There … Read More »

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January 4th, 2007 10:06am

Shell out as coach

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Long after firing Art Shell as Raiders coach in 1995, team owner Al Davis called it his biggest mistake as guardian of the franchise. But less than a year after giving him a second chance, Davis has again dismissed Shell. The two men met on Thursday in the wake of a disastrous season. And after initially deciding to make an announcement today, Davis responded to a whirlwind of rumors by putting … Read More »

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January 2nd, 2007 03:52pm

The 2006 Raiders’ final scene

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If you had entered the Raiders’ post-game locker room in the spare underbelly of the Meadowlands on Sunday, it’s possible you would have briefly mistaken the Raiders for a winning team. At the least, you probably wouldn’t have guessed these were players stuck in a nine-game losing streak. Hip-hop blared from a boom box in a corner inhabited by the defensive linemen, a scene-setter usually reserved for the winning locker room. And with the exception of … Read More »

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