Oakland Raiders News

Bengals cornerback Deltha O'Neal was inactive for Cincinnati's game against Oakland on Sunday, a day after his arrest on a drunken driving charge. O'Neal missed the last three games with a shoulder injury, but wasn't listed on the team's injury report Friday and was expected to start. The two-time Pro Bowl cornerback was the eighth Bengals player arrested this year. Coach Marvin Lewis has made receiver Chris Henry inactive for two games following off-field incidents. Henry has been arrested ...

Oakland Raiders coach Art Shell was fined US$12,500 for criticizing the officials following last weekend's 17-13 loss to the Denver Broncos. Shell said Monday the Raiders got ``screwed'' when the officials called a personal foul on Chris Carr for running out of bounds on a punt late in the third quarter. ``After I said it, I knew it,'' Shell said Thursday. ``It dawned on me what was happening. But hey, ...

Raiders coach Art Shell has been hesitant to criticize officials this season because his experience in the NFL office gave him a deeper understanding why certain calls are made. On a few occasions, Shell has even taken the officials' side after one of his Oakland players criticized a call. It's a big change from the days when the Raiders seemed to think every close call that didn't go their way ...

Warren Sapp walked by Randy Moss' locker recently and saw a framed picture commemorating the receiver's 100th career touchdown catch. ``You catch 100 TD passes, you think that would bring a little happiness to your life,'' Sapp commented. On this Oakland Raiders' team there's little to be happy about. Moss goes on the radio weekly and criticizes the team. Last year's leading receiver, Jerry Porter, hasn't played a game all ...

The NFL Players Association appealed Oakland receiver Jerry Porter's four-game suspension by the team for insubordination Monday, calling the punishment ``excessive.'' Porter, who has been inactive all season, was suspended by the Raiders on Saturday, a day after being kicked out of practice by coach Art Shell. ``We believe that a four-game suspension is far too excessive at this point,'' NFLPA spokesman Carl Francis said. The appeal would be heard ...

The Denver Broncos apparently don't know much about math or history. They only know their defence is very, very good. The Broncos once again kept an opponent out of the end zone in a 13-3 win over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday night, when they found barely enough offence to go with their suffocating defence. The Broncos (4-1) are the first team since the 1934 Lions to start off a ...

Although it's hardly an honour, the San Francisco 49ers are the best team by the Bay. Arnaz Battle caught two touchdown passes from Alex Smith, and the 49ers overcame Randy Moss' 100th career TD reception with a strong second half in a 34-20 victory over the winless Oakland Raiders on Sunday. Frank Gore rushed for a career-high 134 yards and third-string running back Maurice Hicks scored on a 33-yard screen pass for the rebuilding 49ers (2-3), who scored ...

The Oakland Raiders have much bigger concerns to worry about than Randy Moss spouting off again. With an 0-3 record and a team that's struggling in all phases of the game, a disgruntled wide receiver is the least of their problems. In his latest ramblings, Moss told Fox Sports Radio this week that he wasn't concerned about the team's poor start because ``it doesn't seem like nobody else is concerned.'' ...

The crowd can be nasty and the stadium is dingy. Yet to Charlie Frye, the Oakland Coliseum must feel like home. Frye threw three touchdown passes and Cleveland used three long returns to rally from an early 18-point deficit and beat the Raiders 24-21 Sunday. Frye, making his ninth start, used a second-half rally to win in Oakland for the second time in his young career despite another late interception ...

For Jake Grove's first two seasons in the NFL, big Ted Washington always seemed to be in his way. At almost every practice, Grove had to block the 365-pound (or more) nose tackle, an important step in the growing process for the young Oakland Raiders centre. ``Every day. I went against him every day,'' Grove said. ``I think he's one of the better nose tackles in the league; he's certainly ...