The San Francisco 49ers took a rent arbitration legal loss to their Levi’s Stadium landlord, the City of Santa Clara, and turned it into a self-inflicted wound: an emotional and embarrassing disaster for the team. The catastrophe started when the San Francisco 49ers challenged their rent and sought to cut $180 million off their 40 … Read more
Oakland News Now – On this Zennie62 YouTube Livestream on Monday night, Zennie Abraham talked with his viewers about the awful performance of the Denver Broncos against the Minnesota Vikings and asked if they posted a real threat to the Oakland Raiders? The Broncos were hammered 28 to 42 by the Vikings last weekend to … Read more
The San Francisco 49ers lost a legal battle to the City of Santa Clara and the Santa Clark Stadium Authority last week, as an arbitrator ruled in Santa Clara’s favor. Now, the SF 49ers pay higher rent to the Santa Clara Stadium Authority, to the tune of $262,000 more. That the Niners have sought a … Read more
Oakland News Now – Jon Gruden’s Oakland Raiders best the Detroit Lions 16 to 10, and gave the coach called Chucky his first win in returning to NFL Football as Head Coach of the Silver and Black. The highlights were many: 1) A multiple offense that moved the quarterback pocket. 2) A bruising running game … Read more
The NFL (National Football League) has issued a press release that presents its 2018 Injury Reduction Plan, including education efforts, and improvements to the Concussion Protocol. Here’s the press release: FACT SHEET PLAYER HEALTH AND SAFETY: 2018-19 SEASON Through its Play Smart. Play Safe. initiative, the National Football League is working to drive progress in … Read more
Oakland News Now – A.P. Steadham the veteran reporter on NFL and College Football stops by Zennie62 to talk NFL Hall Of Fame, Terrell Owners missing it, and gives us an Alabama Crimson Tide Football and SEC Football update. A.P. Steadham shared with Zennie62 fans what it was like to attend the 2018 NFL Hall … Read more
Oakland Raiders Head Coach and legendary sports broadcaster John Madden recently gave his beloved bus called the “Madden Cruiser” to the Pro Football Hall Of Fame in Canton, Ohio. MaddenCruiser Canton OH #HOF wow!!! pic.twitter.com/jMRgPBYvxA — Stephaine (@DFF_Stephaine) August 2, 2018 Oakland Raiders Coach John Madden’s “Madden Cruiser” bus arrived in Canton several weeks ago … Read more
Oakland News Now – Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys QB, is being called a “sellout for supporting the National Anthem and rejecting protest. Ok? So? He’s American. Did everyone forget the real issue here? I always thought the idea was to bring attention to police brutality against black Americans? What is going on that we, including … Read more
Oakland News Now – The 2018 NFL Hall of Fame Game is in the books, and the Baltimore Ravens won an entertaining contest 17 to 16. The top story was about Lamar Jackson: the 2016 Heisman Trophy Winner and Louisville QB Star didn’t disappoint. While he finished with passer stats that were poor, his actual … Read more
The National Football League has significantly changed the way players are allowed to make tackles. The new method, and the reasons for it, were introduced at the NFL Annual Meeting and the NFL Spring League Meeting for this year, 2018. Zennie62Media was there, and here’s the livestream from the NFL Spring League Meeting: Here’s the … Read more
The NFL announced its new Snapchat partnership two days ago. It looks pretty exciting, but as you read what’s about to come, ask yourself this question: “Where’s YouTube?” “As part of the extended partnership, the NFL will add a new Sunday Publisher Story to the daily content it produces and Snapchat distributes throughout the NFL … Read more
Oakland News Now – Charlie Casserly, the NFL Network Analyst and former General Manager of The Washington Redskins, made some really stupid and seemingly personal comments about Dez Bryant on the broadcast of Thursday evening. In an obvious rush to prove that Bryant is not the wide receiver he used to be with the Dallas … Read more
Was Greg Papa really fired by the Oakland Raiders? Did the Oakland Raiders really hire Brent Musburger to replace Papa? The rumor that Greg Papa was fired by the NFL Raiders was started by a little-seen Twitter tweet, then news of the possiblilty, though not confirmed. So, this vlogger thought it best to float the … Read more
Oakland Raiders fans answer Zennie62s’ stadium video call! This video-blogger put out a social media call for any Oakland Raiders fan who happened to be in Las Vegas this past weekend to make a video of the Raiders Stadium construction site. A long-time Oakland Raiders fan and Zennie62 on YouTube fan responded my posted request: … Read more
Its July and after the bonds for the Oakland Raiders Las Vegas Stadium have been sold, it’s obvious now to anyone who would pay attention to the stadium hotel tax revenue numbers that there’s a problem. And no work by Sheldon Adelson’s media writers will cover that fact up, and just reveal that Mr. Adelson … Read more
Raiders Las Vegas PSLs $75K for top club seat? The Las Vegas Raiders version of the Oakland Raiders will have prices for personal seat licenses (PSLs) that, at up to $75,000, are equal to that for Levi’s Stadium, where the San Francisco 49ers play. That is unless the Silver and Black take note of the … Read more
Greg Papa Fired By Oakland Raiders? Brent Musberger hired by Raiders now new unconfirmed rumor update! Maybe this crazy tweet was right on after all… Greg Papa will no longer be announcing Raiders games… heard it here first lol — TLK510 (@TLK510) July 9, 2018 I received several out-of-the-blue texts from someone who’s in a … Read more
Contrary to reports of “uncertainty” regarding the future of the Oakland Raiders at the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Complex, the NFL team will be in the City they were born in until at least 2020. After that, the Raiders are expected to occupy Las Vegas Stadium through the foreceable future, barring any negative circumstances. This … Read more
The Oakland Raiders Las Vegas NFL Stadium’s estimated true completion date will be February 17th, 2022, if information released by the Raiders via The Las Vegas Review Journal is to be believed, and the date starting point for the stadium is the groundbreaking date of November 17th 2017. And even if one shaves off four … Read more
On Thursday of this week, Oakland Raiders Owner Mark Davis personally served barbeque to 700 Las Vegas Stadium construction workers. It was Mr. Davis’ way of thanking them for getting this far in building what (let’s be honest) will be a game-changing facility for the Las Vegas Valley. But, considering Mark Davis and the Raiders … Read more
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Quarterback Jameis Winston was suspended three games for violation of the National Football League’s Personal Conduct Policy. To show how it pays to be an NFL Owner rather than a player, the headline for Jameis Winston directly says he violated league policy, but for soon-to-be-former Carolina Panther’s Owner Jerry Richardson, the headline … Read more
Thanks NFL Names Jocelyn Moore First Black Female EVP For Communications, Public Relations. Jocelyn Moore is an NFL executive who’s making a career crossover jump of sorts. When she was introduced to this blogger at the NFL Annual Meeting of 2017, the woman with the winning personality and ready handshake was the league’s lobbyist. A … Read more
This blogger was personally informed today that The City of Oakland is still working with famed sports lawyer Jim Quinn on the paperwork associated with filing a lawsuit against the Oakland Raiders and the National Football League. A source too close to the matter to mention (and not with or part of any Oakland Raiders … Read more
Yes, Oakland has lots of stadium problems and some teams are leaving our town. And, yes, there’s lots of blame to go around between the Raiders, A’s, and Golden State Warriors as well as the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority, The Alameda County Board of Supervisors and the Oakland City Council. While the Oakland A’s work … Read more
An ESPN media reporter named Jeff Cameron of ESPN Tallahassee gets on radio and says that “people in Jameis Winston’s camp” are bracing for an NFL suspension of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers star quarterback (who should have went to Stanford or Cal and not Florida State). Think about that. So, what happens? Because it’s ESPN … Read more
UPDATE: Oakland Coliseum JPA Meeting on Raiders Lease cancelled until July. Raiders remain without an agreement beyond 2018. A cat-and-mouse game and odessey that started last year when the National Football League granted the Oakland Raiders the right to officially relocate to Las Vegas, and after what the organization worked on allegedly behind the collective … Read more
The XFL, the football league originally started by WWE’s Vince McMahon and the late NBC Sports President Dick Ebersol (and the focus of an online sports business game called The XFL Simworld), is planning a return to the San Francisco Bay Area, according to a well-positioned source who does not want to be quoted at … Read more
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders sent an email an hour ago, detailing the actions that lead to President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel the visit of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles to The White House. The email’s subject heading was “Statement from the Press Secretary on the Change of Format for Today’s Event”. Here’s … Read more
UPDATE: Jameis Winston Uber Investigation tainted by fake news. Fayette County, GA – This Oakland blogger had the honor of covering another NFL Spring League Meeting, this one held last week in Atlanta. While how the NFL’s latest news in the seemingly ongoing story of the National Anthem Protest policy was on the league’s agenda, … Read more
There have been 52 Super Bowl Games, the 53rd will be played in Atlanta in 2019, and then 2020 in Miami, 2021 In Tampa, 2022 in Los Angeles, and now 2023 in Glendale and by 2024 there will have been 58 Super Bowl Games. And do you know where the 58th Super Bowl will be … Read more
Since the The National Football League’s decision to move it’s popular NFL Draft from city to city, as many as 20 urban areas have submitted bids to or expressed interest in hosting the league’s player selection meeting. The conventional wisdom would seem to be that Oakland is out automatically of the running to host the … Read more
