The Raiders selected former Connecticut safety Obi Melifonwu with the No. 56 overall pick Friday in the NFL draft. He is something of an athletic specimen, one of the stars at the NFL Scouting Combine in March.
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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell may be willing to consider allowing players to use marijuana for medical reasons, but he remains against the banned drug for recreational use.
Gareon Conley is the newest Oakland Raider after being drafted by the team in the first round of the NFL Draft Thursday.
The most popular prop was the total of 3.5 quarterbacks selected in the first round, and under bettors cashed their tickets.
On the day lifelong fan Tom Hanks disagreed with Oakland’s move to Las Vegas, the Raiders drafted a player with the sort of silver and black cloud hovering over his resume that defines the pick as risky and, well, a bit arrogant.
The Raiders did their homework on Gareon Conley. Clearly, he passed. The former Ohio State cornerback, who was accused of rape this month, was taken by Oakland with the 24th pick of the first round Thursday.
No surprise at the top of the NFL draft: Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett was the first choice by the Cleveland Browns.
The New York Giants have picked up the fifth-year option on receiver Odell Beckham Jr.’s contract.
Actor Tom Hanks ripped the franchise’s eventual relocation from Oakland, an impromptu pivot made Wednesday at a San Francisco charity event.
Months of scouting and analysis is done, 32 teams are ready and many young football players’ dreams will come true today. The NFL Draft is finally here.
Based on the opening lines, oddsmakers at CG Technology expect the 2017 NFL season to mirror 2016, when the Patriots and Falcons went a combined 28-10 against the spread and the Browns and Rams went a combined 8-23-1 ATS.
Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie has eight selections — one in the first six rounds, two in the seventh — and if six were spent on defense, no one should be surprised.
The Raiders are favored in 10 games — seven of them by three points or fewer — with their Week 15 matchup against the Cowboys a pick’em in lines available for wagering at noon Thursday at CG Technology sports books.
The Raiders finalized a two year, $16.5 million contract with the 31-year-old running back on Wednesday.
What will the Raiders do with the 24th overall selection in Thurday’s NFL Draft? Here’s who some Review-Journal staffers think they will pick:
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General manager Tom Telesco was fired by the Raiders on Thursday after one season at the helm. His first draft was a success thanks to tight end Brock Bowers.
Raiders minority owner Tom Brady has already made his mark on the team’s coaching search, based on some of the candidates the club has been linked with.
The Raiders requested to interview two coaching candidates from the Lions on Wednesday, one day after firing Antonio Pierce.
The Raiders shouldn’t have made Antonio Pierce hold an end-of-season press conference Monday, but they made the right call by firing him Tuesday.
