Raiders owner Mark Davis has tried several approaches to find the right coach, from hiring the hot-shot coordinator to reaching back into the franchise’s past.
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The Raiders are searching for a general manager to replace Tom Telesco, who was fired by team owner Mark Davis after one season and a 4-13 record.
The Raiders have reached out to three general manager candidates after completing their first set of coaching interviews.
The Raiders added a seventh name to their list of coaching candidates Monday. It’s the second candidate they’ve asked to speak to within their division.
All NFL head coaches were required to meet last Tuesday with reporters inside a hotel ballroom during the league’s owner meetings in Orlando, Florida. Raiders coach Jon Gruden started about 10 minutes early and stayed a few minutes late.
The Raiders signed cornerback Leon Hall on Thursday, the team announced. Of its five oldest players under contract, four were acquired in March.
David Humm was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1988. Except for family members, he didn’t tell anybody. He didn’t want people to feel sorry for him, for that was never his style.
David Humm, perhaps the greatest quarterback in Las Vegas prep history who went on to a storied career at Nebraska and later played 10 years in the National Football League, died late Tuesday.
Las Vegas Stadium Authority Chairman Steve Hill and Oakland Raiders President Marc Badain on Wednesday signed all the documents needed to fund a $1.8 billion indoor football stadium that will house the NFL team and the UNLV Rebel football team beginning in 2020.
Coach Jon Gruden scrunched his face Tuesday into a mischievous grin. “You come in,” he said of his ability to recruit free agents. “You don’t come out.”
A’s President Dave Kaval recently made the offer to officials of Oakland and Alameda County, who operate the Coliseum, as the team seeks a site for a new stadium in Oakland after being turned down for its first choice downtown in December.
An important vote went as expected Tuesday. Attention now reshifts to Southern Nevada.
Raiders coach Jon Gruden shook his head Monday and made something clear. He’s not trying to throw the game of football back to 1998.
If Wednesday’s Las Vegas Stadium Authority agenda brings about a sense of deja vu, you’re not imagining things.
