Oakland News Now – The Jon Gruden-era of the Oakland Raiders officially started with the release of the first depth chart of the 2018 NFL Season, and that was done Monday, August 6th. On tonight’s livestream, we talk about it as well as other Oakland Raiders and NFL News head of the first games of … 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
Ok, here we go again: the City of Oakland and the County of Alameda take up the issue of the distribution of sports tickets. It was supposed to be the homeless issue that gets top billing, but the simple fact the City of Oakland spends more time (it seems) on the matter of which elected … Read more
Loren Piper is an Oakland Raiders Season Ticket Holder who’s time with the Silver and Black stretches all the way back to the beginning in 1960. Mr. Piper is, for practical purposes, walking Oakland Raiders History, who’s story has not been fully told. I have tried to tell it to some degree, as was the … 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
Happy 4th of July 2018, and I say another “Happy 4th of July 2018” to Oakland Raiders Owner Mark Davis, who’s father Al Davis would have turned 89 years old, today. Almost every time I do my Zennie62 on YouTuhe Livestream Show (Sunday – Thursday 9 PM PST), a viewers asks this question: “Would Al … Read more
Marshawn Lynch. Man, you too in Oakland with the electric scooters? Dang. (Wonder if he’s bringing them to the Oakland Raiders games?) Ok, what’s going on is Oakland’s under siege and takeover by these dogon electric scooters that look like someone slapped some handlebars on a skateboard. Well, that’s what it looks like. But what’s … 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
UPDATE: In 2019, after delays, the Oakland Raiders restart Coliseum JPA Lease Extension negotiations. The Oakland Raiders Coliseum Lease Extension to 2020 is almost finished. The Oakland Raiders are one big step to playing more NFL football games at the Oakland Coliseum beyond this 2018 NFL Season. This morning, a special meeting of the Oakland-Alameda … Read more
In the past months, and going back to April 2017, this blogger has asserted that the Clark County Stadium Tax Rate of .088 of 1 or 88 percent of one percent is not adequate to finance the bond issue of $645 million for the Oakland Raiders Las Vegas NFL / UNLV Stadium. The general consensus … Read more
UPDATE: Oakland Coliseum JPA to set special meeting date on Oakland Raiders lease. The planned meeting to review the Oakland Coliseum JPA / Oakland Raiders Proposed Lease Extention was cancelled due to a lack of a quorum. As I understand it from one Coliseum JPA board member who did not wish to be quoted, the … Read more
At the 2018 NFL Annual Meeting, I went to great the Oakland Raiders General Manager and recent NFL Executive of The Year Reggie McKenzie. I said “Remember, last year, when I said you should draft Cam Robinson? He became an all-pro with Jacksonville,” as McKenzie nodded in acknowledgement. “Now,”I continued,” I have another name for … 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
According to Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority Board Member Chris Dobbins, and on Zennie62 YouTube Live on Wednesday night, June 6th (the City of Oakland will not only file a lawsuit against the Oakland Raiders and the National Football League for not acting in good faith in the process leading to the league’s approval … Read more
Chris Dobbins, the Oakland-based lawyer who sits on the board of directors of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority, was the guest on Zennie62 YouTube Live, Monday, June 4th, at 8:30 PM PST. The talk, which lasted for just over an hour of the 1:22:55 livestream that you can watch above, was wide-ranging, but … Read more
(Update: Pat Bowlen’s brother Bill Bowlen comes to Beth Bowlen Wallace’s defense.) It started innocently enough with Jane Elizabeth “Beth” Bowlen Wallace, the 47-year-old daughter of the legendary Denver Broncos Owner Pat Bowlen going public with her desire to keep ownership of the NFL team in the family, and because Mr. Bowlen is ill with … Read more
If Oakland Raiders Head Coach Jon Gruden’s still looking for capable backups for his star quarterback, Derek Carr, and is giving former NY Jets and Penn State QB Christian Hackenberg a shot, then Gruden should give Brandon Doughty a look, too. Going into the 2016 NFL Draft, I had Brandon Doughty ranked way ahead of … Read more
The Oakland Raiders hosted their rookie mini-camp for the 2018 NFL Season, and then Raiders Head Coach Jon Gruden gave his statements to the press and to the team via this video. (The NFL has embarked on a campaign to have its teams use YouTube for the posting of their own videos. It’s a recognition … Read more