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Remember Raiders fans, things can get worse

In Los Angeles, there's familial cannibalism. In Washington, there are suggestions of pure black-hearted evil. In Cleveland, there are extended meetings with men who enjoy dressing as dogs. In Memphis, there is a man defending his coach against the ...

From RAY RATTO, San Francisco Chronicle,  5 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Tom Cable,  NFL,  Lane Kiffin,  Art Shell,  Jamie McCourt

Concussion findings keep getting scarier

But it's still there. Football is beginning to scare the hell out of football players, and at some point, it's going to have to start scaring the hell out of you. As evidence slowly but surely grows from scientists and studies, even one commissioned by ...

From RAY RATTO, San Francisco Chronicle,  31 Oct 2009
Related Topics: NFL,  Kansas City Chiefs,  Roger Goodell

Writing the book on Sharks' characters

Point is, they've whizzed through 13 games and are still at the relatively annoying character development stage that most people cite as the main reason they don't read books anymore. They tend to pick up a book so that they can get to the finish - ...

From RAY RATTO, San Francisco Chronicle,  30 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Andre Agassi,  Joe Thornton,  Patrick Marleau,  Evgeni Nabokov,  Doug Wilson

Stunner: McGwire back in baseball

Yes, "report," from the German for "Believe nothing until further notice," but with Tony La Russa close to re-upping in St. Louis to manage the Cardinals for his 32nd year as a major-league skipper (meaning he has done so for nearly half his life) ...

From RAY RATTO, San Francisco Chronicle,  25 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Tony La Russa,  Hal McRae

Blip on national radar - that can't be good

As you might guess, that isn't good. And as you might have further guessed, they got bored and stopped. Since Jackson asked for a trade on the heels of signing a three-year extension he didn't need and shouldn't have been offered, the bizarre cavalcade ...

From RAY RATTO, San Francisco Chronicle,  24 Oct 2009
Related Topics: National Basketball Association,  Dallas Mavericks,  Latrell Sprewell,  Yahoo!,  MSNBC

No-win case for D.A.

But more than that, Napa County district attorney Gary Lieberstein said that Raiders assistant coach Randy Hanson couldn't satisfactorily explain to Lieberstein's conviction rate how his jaw was broken. And that, ultimately, is the lesson here. Nobody ...

From RAY RATTO, San Francisco Chronicle,  22 Oct 2009
Related Topics: NFL,  Roger Goodell,  Richard Seymour,  Kirk Morrison

Raiders' big days not good ones

That's the day that Napa district attorney Gary Lieberstein has hinted that he will make a decision on Randy Hanson's claim that he was assaulted by Tom Cable. The semi-educated guess is that Lieberstein will decline to prosecute because the case looks ...

From RAY RATTO, San Francisco Chronicle,  18 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Al Davis,  Tom Cable,  NFL,  Philadelphia Eagles,  Gaines Adams

Raiders football, an oxymoron

That's the day that Napa district attorney Gary Lieberstein has hinted that he will make a decision on Randy Hanson's claim that he was assaulted by Tom Cable. The semi-educated guess is that Lieberstein will decline to prosecute because the case looks ...

From RAY RATTO, San Francisco Chronicle,  17 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Al Davis,  Tom Cable,  NFL,  Philadelphia Eagles,  Gaines Adams

Chaos in owners' box may hurt Dodgers

The Dodgers are in trouble. Considerable trouble. Ownership trouble. Which, as we all know from watching the Padres disintegrate over the past two years, is the worst trouble there is. Now before we go on here, you don't get to feel happy about this, ...

From RAY RATTO, San Francisco Chronicle,  15 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Frank McCourt,  St. Louis Rams,  Los Angeles Times,  John Moores (baseball),  Rush Limbaugh

Linebackers are hit hard

(10-12) 18:39 PDT -- The big news from Alameda on Monday concerned the injury to backup linebacker Ricky Brown, who rolled his left ankle (outside ligaments) on a 55-yard screen pass to Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw in the first quarter ...

From RAY RATTO, San Francisco Chronicle,  13 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Ricky Brown,  JaMarcus Russell,  New York Giants,  Ahmad Bradshaw,  Jon Alston

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