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As seen on Bleacher Report. The first offseason without the presence of legendary owner Al Davis will prove to be the most intriguing one in decades for the Oakland Raiders. Reggie McKenzie takes over as the main football executive and has already been working to shape the Raiders into his team. McKenzie started with the [...]
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Pastorini: I wasn’t sorry to see go
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To say that the late owner of the Oakland Raiders, Al Davis, made his share of enemies over his more than 4 decade career in the AFL/NFL would be an understatement. Marcus Allen, Mike Shanahan, Lane Kiffin, Pete Rozelle, the list goes on and on. Davis has long been known as someone who treat his friends like royalty while trying his best to make his enemies’ lives...
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12 days ago
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Could there be a New Quarterback in Oakland?
A lot of changes are on the horizon for the Oakland Raiders. For starters, ownership has a new face in Mark Davis (son of the late Al Davis), the Raiders have a General Manager for the first time, and finally, the Raiders hired a new head coach, Dennis Allen. With so many changes in key roles in the organization, it wouldn’t be surprising to see a change in the most significant...
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18 days ago
The Raiders Are In Good Hands With Mark Davis…Not
There's no question that Al Davis changed the NFL, he is a hall-of-famer, but over the last decade he has made some questionable decisions and Raiders fans have been not-so-secretly hoping their senile owner Al Davis would kick the bucket. Well they got their wish, but it doesn't take more than one look at his son and heir apparent to realize they are still not in the hands...
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29 days ago
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Report: Raiders could move back to LA
New Raiders owner Mark Davis has some new ideas about how to run the team after taking over from his father, Al Davis. Chief among them? Possibly moving the team back to Los Angeles.
"Yeah, Los Angeles is a possibility," the new Raiders owner said Wednesday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. "Wherever's a possibility. We need a stadium."
The Raiders have apparently discussed...
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January 11, 2012
Report: Mark Davis Believes Raiders Could Move Back to Los Angeles
New Raiders owner Mark Davis has some new ideas about how to run the team after taking over from his father, Al Davis. Chief among them? Possibly moving the team back to Los Angeles. "Yeah, Los Angeles is a possibility," the new Raiders owner said Wednesday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. "Wherever's a possibility. We need a stadium." The Raiders have apparently discussed...
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January 11, 2012
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January 11, 2012
Raiders' possible return to L.A. isn't farfetched
The Raiders have long been considered a candidate to relocate back to Los Angeles, and Tuesday new owner Mark Davis officially put them in play.
Davis, son of late owner Al Davis, said it's essential that the Raiders get a new stadium and that the organization has had conversations with L.A. stadium groups.
"The timetable is yesterday. So that's where it is. We've got to get a...
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January 10, 2012
Davis reached out to "extended family" Raider Legends for GM hire
During Al Davis' long reign as the owner and managing general partner of the Raiders, he wore many hats. When he passed, he left his son scrambling to fill his shoes. He would need a general manager to help him but to do that he would need to reach out to the great minds of Raiders' past to get the right guy.
Mark Davis has been a part of the Raiders for 48 years. During...
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January 10, 2012
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January 10, 2012
Raiders GM Search Begins With Packers McKenzie
For the Oakland Raiders it seems ineveitable that along with the passing of legendary owner Al Davis, and his son Mark Davis’s subsequent takeover will come a search for the right GM to take the team to new heights.
The search will continue Wednesday when Packers’ director of football operations Reggie McKenzie will interview in Oakland. It would seem that McKenzie has a leg...
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January 04, 2012
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January 04, 2012
Al Davis died of heart failure
The cause of former Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis' death has been determined to have been heart failure.
The death certificate issued by Alameda County says Davis died at age 82 at 2:45 a.m. on Oct. 8 from an abnormal hearth rhythm, congestive heart failure and a heart muscle disease.
He died at the Oakland Airport Hilton, where he lived during much of the football season...
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October 28, 2011
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