The Raiders signed free agent Bo Scarbrough to add needed depth at the position after Jalen Richard got hurt and Theo Riddick retired.
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As the preseason creeps closer, Raiders fans have plenty of questions about how things are going in training camp.
Foster Moreau’s contributon will come primarily as a blocker in the run game. But as his playing time increases, the more opportunities he’ll get in the passing game as well.
The Raiders defensive end spoke Friday for the first time since coming out as the first active NFL player to announce he was gay.
Not long after the Westgate posted futures odds on the winner of the NBA Summer League title game, a bettor wagered $500 to win $6,000 on the New York Knicks (12-1).
Bishop Gorman graduate Vashti Cunningham will compete in the high jump final Saturday at the Olympics. Her dad and coach is former NFL and UNLV quarterback Randall Cunningham.
A day after signing free agent defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, longtime Seahawks linebacker K.J. Wright was in Henderson on Thursday for a meeting with the Raiders.
Charles Williams is back at UNLV for his sixth and final season as the program’s first academic All-American and a devoted father.
The second-year wide receiver is having a strong camp. His early play is drawing comparison to Davante Adams from Derek Carr and Terrell Owens from Jon Gruden.
Over the past year, the value of the Raiders has increased by 10 percent to $3.415 billion, according to Forbes. This puts them 16th among the NFL’s 32 teams.
Gerald McCoy spent nine seasons in Tampa Bay, where he was among the NFL’s elite interior defensive linemen. He missed all of last season with a ruptured quad tendon.
Pro bettors account for most of the exhibition action, which explains why the preseason limits at sportsbooks are one-tenth of what they are during the regular season.
Connor Fields, who went to Green Valley High School and UNLV, was badly injured in the BMX semifinals at the Olympics. He will go through rehabilitation in Henderson.
It’s difficult to unearth anything lacking in execution from Derek Carr, the team’s quarterback, who has looked terrific early in training camp.
The quarterback was asked Wednesday about how the team has reacted to defensive end Carl Nassib’s public announcement that he is gay.