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Oakland Raiders News and Rumors

Raiders donating large chunk of season-ticket sales to local schools

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The Oakland Raiders have had some creative programs in the past couple of years.  During the lockout, for example, the Raiders didn’t lay off employees or cut their pay.  Instead, the Raiders required the employees to attempt to use their down time to…

Matt Loede, raidersgab.com

Conroy Black, CB, Utah Derek Carrier, TE, Beloit Brandon Carswell, WR, USC Dan Knapp, OL, Arizona State Thomas Mayo, WR, Cal (Pa.) Lucas Nix, G, Pittsburgh Chaz Powell, CB, Penn State Dominique Hamilton, DT, Missouri

ESPN.com

The Denver Broncos have announced their undrafted free agent class. Here are unofficial lists of college free agents for Oakland and San Diego. The Raiders, Chiefs and Chargers have not announced their free-agent classes yet.

Oren Shiri, raidersgab.com

The Oakland Raiders are in the midst of building valuable team chemistry with the mix of filling in their holes on both sides of the ball.  On the third day of the NFL draft the Silver and Black did exactly what general manager Reggie McKenzie said the …

sfgate.com

No, Reggie McKenzie said after the 2012 NFL draft was finally over, he didn't have boxes to check on his scouting report for how good the players' jump shots were. Or how much they believed in God. It only seemed that...

Vittorio Tafur, sfgate.com

Don't let the offensive guard picked Friday fool you. The Raiders went into the draft to address their defensive issues, and four of the five players they drafted Saturday were on that side of the football. "You gotta...

Vittorio Tafur, sfgate.com

Quarterback Matt Leinart will visit the Raiders this week. While one league source said Leinart is expected to sign, general manager Reggie McKenzie said it is only a tryout. If Leinart signs, the former Texans backup...