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	<title>ProFootballTalk.com &#187; Oakland Raiders</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>RAIDERS IN HOT WATER WITH THE LEAGUE?</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/05/raiders-in-hot-water-with-the-league/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The NFL typically doesn&#8217;t investigate tampering allegations unless and until a team officially files tampering charges.  But that doesn&#8217;t give a team license to claim tampering without formally claiming tampering.
According to Adam Schefter of NFL Network, the league will be looking into whether owner Al Davis violated rules prohibiting criticism of other teams when Davis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KIFFIN&#8217;S GETTING PUSHED TO SUE DAVIS</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/05/kiffins-getting-pushed-to-sue-davis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We mentioned recently that a quote from agent Gary Uberstine suggested that former Raiders coach Lane Kiffin might be thinking about suing owner Al Davis for that attempt to verbally give Kiffin a second exit route for digested foodstuffs.
Jay Glazer of FOX reports that those close to Kiffin are urging him to file a defamation lawsuit. 
Kiffin&#8217;s grievance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MORE FINES FOR DEFENSIVE PLAYERS</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/04/more-fines-for-defensive-players/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In a week that saw Jets safety Eric Smith lose a game and $50,000 and Carolina defensive end Julius Peppers cough up $10,000 (which is like a parking ticket, given his cap number) for using their helmets as something other than protection for their own noggins, three more fines were meted out to defensive players.
Per [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BUCS SAY MONTE KIFFIN NEVER WANTED TO JOIN RAIDERS&#8217; STAFF</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/03/bucs-say-monte-kiffin-never-wanted-to-join-raiders-staff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/03/bucs-say-monte-kiffin-never-wanted-to-join-raiders-staff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael David Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In announcing the firing of head coach Lane Kiffin, Raiders owner Al Davis said that Lane&#8217;s father, Monte Kiffin, wanted to leave his job as defensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccanners so he could join the Raiders&#8217; staff.
The Bucs say that isn&#8217;t true.
&#8220;Monte kept me informed of everything, and Monte wasn&#8217;t going to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RUSSELL SURPRISED TO LEARN KIFFIN DIDN&#8217;T WANT HIM</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/03/russell-surprised-to-learn-kiffin-didnt-want-him/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/03/russell-surprised-to-learn-kiffin-didnt-want-him/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The uncertain status of former Raiders coach Lane Kiffin wasn&#8217;t good for the Raiders.  At a minimum, the fact that Kiffin has moved on will allow the team to move forward.
But there&#8217;s a catch.  As a result of Tuesday&#8217;s press conference, during which Raiders owner Al Davis gave chapter-and-verse detail regarding his case for firing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAPP SLAMS RAIDERS</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/03/sapp-slams-raiders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Former NFL defensive tackle Warren Sapp, who was never known to hold his tongue during the years that he played football, has added his characteristically loud mouth to that anti-Raiders din that currently is playing out in the media.
&#8220;Nobody tells you how bad it is,&#8221; Sapps said on Showtime&#8217;s Inside the NFL.  &#8220;[A]ny person that calls [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LAWSUIT COMING FROM KIFFIN?</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/02/lawsuit-coming-from-kiffin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Raiders coach Lane Kiffin has confirmed, via agent Gary Uberstine, that there will be no detailed public response to the allegations made against Kiffin on Tuesday by Raiders owner Al Davis.  But there&#8217;s something in Uberstine&#8217;s statement that makes us think that Kiffin might have something up his sleeve.
&#8220;When Lane initially thought it would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LAST WORD ON OUR AL DAVIS STANCE</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/02/last-word-on-our-al-davis-stance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/02/last-word-on-our-al-davis-stance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had a couple of days to reflect on our reaction to the Tuesday press conference given by Raiders owner Al Davis.  I&#8217;ve considered the input of readers to our show of support and respect for Davis, who has collected three Vince Lombardi trophies (three more than 15 of 32 NFL franchises combined), and I took to heart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JOHN MADDEN ON AL DAVIS</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/02/john-madden-on-al-davis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The fine folks at Sirius, who make our lives a lot easier by sending out transcribed portions of certain key interviews from the indispensable (except when they take calls from various assorted rambling yayhoos) NFL Radio channel, have provided us with a portion of John Madden&#8217;s comments regarding Raiders owner Al Davis and his Tuesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PETE CARROLL TEES OFF ON DAVIS</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/02/pete-carroll-tees-off-on-davis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/02/pete-carroll-tees-off-on-davis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If Pete Carroll ever returns to the NFL, it&#8217;s safe to assume that it won&#8217;t be as head coach of the Raiders.
Though the chances of Carroll or any coach of similar ilk wanting the job falling somewhere between extremely slim and &#8220;none and void,&#8221; Carroll has burned that bridge by torching owner Al Davis for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DAVIS CALLED MORT A &#8220;PROFESSIONAL LIAR&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/01/davis-called-mort-a-professional-liar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/01/davis-called-mort-a-professional-liar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While watching Tuesday&#8217;s we&#8217;ll-never-forget-where-you-were-at-that-moment press conference from Raiders owner Al Davis, there was a point where it initially sounded as if Davis called ESPN&#8217;s Chris Mortensen a professional liar.
But then as we continued to listen to the words of Davis and assessed them in context, we assumed Davis was talking about Kiffin.
Over the past 24 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KIFFIN DECLINES TO &#8220;STOOP TO [AL&#8217;S] LEVEL&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/01/kiffin-declines-to-stoop-to-als-level/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/01/kiffin-declines-to-stoop-to-als-level/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Raiders coach Lane Kiffin gave another interview on Wednesday, this one to Sirius NFL Radio.  And he addressed in general terms his reaction to being fired, without addressing the specifics relating to the reasons for his termination, as spelled out in exhaustive detail by Raiders owner Al Davis on Tuesday.
&#8220;I’m very appreciative of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GANNON CALLS OAKLAND AN &#8220;IMPOSSIBLE PLACE TO WORK&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/01/gannon-calls-oakland-an-impossible-place-to-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/01/gannon-calls-oakland-an-impossible-place-to-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Rich Gannon, who won a league MVP award while playing quarterback for the Oakland Raiders, spoke about the situation in Oakland during a visit with Bruce Murray and Gil Brandt of Sirius NFL Radio.
Echoing recent criticisms of the team, Gannon elaborated on his perceptions of the environment there.
“From a guy that has been in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SHANAHAN: DAVIS LIKED KIFFIN MORE THAN HE LIKED ME</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/01/shanahan-davis-liked-kiffin-more-than-he-liked-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/01/shanahan-davis-liked-kiffin-more-than-he-liked-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael David Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[During his comments to reporters Wednesday following the announcement of the firing of head coach Lane Kiffin, Raiders owner Al Davis brought up another coach he fired after 20 games on the job, Mike Shanahan.
“When Shanahan left me, he went to Denver,&#8221; Davis said. &#8220;He was there for about four or five years as an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KIFFIN CANCELS PRESS CONFERENCE</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/01/kiffin-cancels-press-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While trying to figure out when former Raiders coach Lane Kiffin would be holding a promised press conference on Wednesday, we learned that the press conference has actually been canceled.
Apparently, Kiffin&#8217;s agent and lawyer decided it wouldn&#8217;t be wise to respond in detail to the allegations made on Tuesday by owner Al Davis.
And they&#8217;re right.  Eventually, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SPORTINGNEWS.COM:  DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS COULD DAMAGE AL DAVIS AND LANE KIFFIN</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/01/sportingnewscom-divorce-proceedings-could-damage-al-davis-and-lane-kiffin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/01/sportingnewscom-divorce-proceedings-could-damage-al-davis-and-lane-kiffin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For our Wednesday SportingNews.com item, we&#8217;ve taken a closer look at the legal mess that now will unfold between the Raiders and former head coach Lane Kiffin.
Tuesday&#8217;s press conference from owner Al Davis was the opening shot.  Eventually, the battle will culminate in a hearing at the league office in New York.
The stakes are high, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BELICHICK DENIES TAMPERING WITH MOSS</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/01/belichick-denies-tampering-with-moss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[During an eyebrow-raising post-press conference bull session with the media on Tuesday, Raiders owner Al Davis accused the Patriots of tampering with receiver Randy Moss in 2007.
&#8220;[W]hat&#8217;s his name knew he could run.  He&#8217;s a friend of Belichick&#8217;s, [former Raiders executive] Mike Lombardi.  Mike sold what&#8217;s his name, Belichick, on the idea that he could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DAVIS WAS REFERRING TO BRONCOS&#8217; CAP VIOLATIONS</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/01/davis-was-referring-to-broncos-cap-violations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Several readers have asked us to explain the basis for the contention of Raiders owner Al Davis that Broncos coach Mike Shanahan should have asterisks next to the Super Bowl victories that capped the 1997 and 1998 seasons &#8220;because they were caught cheating.&#8221;
Davis was talking about Denver&#8217;s proven salary cap violations.
In December 2001, the league [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DAVIS DROPS LOTS OF POST-PRESS CONFERENCE BOMBSHELLS</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/01/davis-drops-lots-of-post-press-conference-bombshells/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After Tuesday&#8217;s press conference in which Raiders owner Al Davis proved that he still has a 100-mph fastball &#8212; and that he&#8217;s willing to throw it at the head of anyone whom he thinks deserves it &#8212; Davis talked off-camera with the members of the media who attending the session.
He made several interesting disclosures, some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DAVIS ON CABLE: &#8220;I THINK HE&#8217;LL DO GREAT&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/davis-on-cable-i-think-hell-do-great/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/davis-on-cable-i-think-hell-do-great/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael David Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis introduced Tom Cable as his new head coach today, saying, &#8220;I think he&#8217;ll do great.&#8221;
Cable, a man who was until today virtually unknown among NFL fans, then took the podium and said, &#8220;The bottom line is it&#8217;s up to us to win football games. &#8230; This is a good football [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ROONEY RULE DOESN&#8217;T APPLY TO INTERIM HIRES</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/rooney-rule-doesnt-apply-to-interim-hires/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/rooney-rule-doesnt-apply-to-interim-hires/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Several readers have asked us how the Rams were able to hire coach Jim Haslett and the Raiders were able to hire coach Tom Cable without interviewing one or more minority candidates.
Per NFL spokesman Greg Aiello, the Rooney Rule doesn&#8217;t apply to interim hires.
Aiello said that the requirement to interview at least one minority candidate will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DAVIS ACCUSES KIFFIN OF PROPAGANDA, LYING</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/davis-accues-kiffin-of-propaganda-lying/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/davis-accues-kiffin-of-propaganda-lying/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[At the outset of a stunningly candid press conference regarding the team&#8217;s decision to fire coach Lane Kiffin, Raiders owner Al Davis explained that Kiffin was fired for &#8220;propaganda&#8221; and &#8220;lying&#8221; that had gone on for months.  Kiffin was &#8220;bringing disgrace to the organization,&#8221; Davis said, calling Kiffin on multiple times a &#8220;flat-out liar.&#8221;
One thing is clear to us:  The 79-year-old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KIFFIN WILL HAVE HIS OWN PRESS CONFERENCE ON WEDNESDAY</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/kiffin-will-have-his-own-press-conference-on-wednesday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/kiffin-will-have-his-own-press-conference-on-wednesday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Raiders coach Lane Kiffin told a reporter on Tuesday that he plans to hold a press conference of his own on Wednesday regarding the termination of his employment.
Kiffin promised to address whether he was given a reason for the decision and, if so, what it was.
In our view, Kiffin needs to tread lightly.  Anything [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CABLE BLOCKED FOR LINEHAN IN COLLEGE</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/cable-blocked-for-linehan-in-college/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/cable-blocked-for-linehan-in-college/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As if the events of the past day weren&#8217;t already inherently crazy, it turns out that the newest NFL head coach played college football with the first NFL head coach to be fired during the 2008 season, according to Adam Schefter of NFLN.
Scott Linehan, fired by the Rams on Monday, was a quarterback at Idaho from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CABLE WILL SUCCEED KIFFIN</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/cable-will-succeed-kiffin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/cable-will-succeed-kiffin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We suppose it&#8217;s fitting that Lane Kiffin, who was generally unknown when he was hired in early 2007 to coach the Raiders, will be replaced by another guy who is generally unknown.
Offensive line coach Tom Cable will take over the reins, according to Adam Schefter of NFLN.
Cable, 43, previously served as offensive line coach in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IT&#8217;S OFFICIAL:  KIFFIN IS OUT</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/its-official-kiffin-is-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/its-official-kiffin-is-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of speculation, the Oakland Raiders finally have fired coach Lane Kiffin.
Here&#8217;s the text of the release:  &#8220;Lane Kiffin has been released as head coach of The Oakland Raiders for cause.  The Raiders will address the media at 2 p.m. this afternoon (Tuesday) at the team&#8217;s permanent facility in Alameda.&#8221;
The phrase &#8220;for cause&#8221; is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REPORT: DAVIS FIRES KIFFIN, TELLS HIM HE&#8217;S NOT GETTING PAID</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/report-davis-fires-kiffin-tells-him-hes-not-getting-paid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/report-davis-fires-kiffin-tells-him-hes-not-getting-paid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael David Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports that Raiders owner Al Davis called head coach Lane Kiffin this morning and told him that he&#8217;s fired.
Per Mortensen, Davis told Kiffin that he is terminating him without pay, and that Kiffin should not expect to receive the remaining money due him on his contract. It&#8217;s safe to assume Kiffin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WILL AL DAVIS CALL AN AUDIBLE?</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/will-al-davis-call-an-audible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/will-al-davis-call-an-audible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael David Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Al Davis has a press conference scheduled for this afternoon, and most people are expecting him to announce that he&#8217;s firing head coach Lane Kiffin.
But Adam Schefter of NFL Network throws out another possibility: Maybe Davis will use the press conference to criticize the media for &#8220;rumor mongering.&#8221;
Schefter reports that some Raiders employees believe that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PRESS CONFERENCE TENTATIVELY PLANNED FOR 5:00 P.M. EDT</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/press-conference-tentatively-planned-for-500-pm-edt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/30/press-conference-tentatively-planned-for-500-pm-edt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re told that Raiders Al Davis will meet with the media at 5:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday.  If, that is, Davis ultimately decides to meet with the media at all.
As we understand it a final decision (for now) on the fate of coach Lane Kiffin and his in-house replacement will be made on Tuesday morning local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DAVIS EXPECTED TO MEET WITH MEDIA ON TUESDAY</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/29/davis-expected-to-meet-with-media-on-tuesday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/29/davis-expected-to-meet-with-media-on-tuesday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Though things are extremely fluid and uncertain at this point, we&#8217;re told that Raiders owner Al Davis currently is expected to meet with the media on Tuesday to announce that Raiders coach Lane Kiffin is out, and that the new coach will be either Greg Knapp, Tom Cable, or Paul Hackett.
We&#8217;re also told that Davis is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AL DAVIS MEETING WITH RAIDERS&#8217; ASSISTANTS</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/29/al-davis-meeting-with-raiders-assistants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/29/al-davis-meeting-with-raiders-assistants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael David Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The firing of Lane Kiffin could finally, mercifully, be near.
John Clayton of ESPN reports that Raiders owner Al Davis is having individual meetings this evening with three Raiders assistant coaches: Offensive coordinator Greg Knapp, offensive line coach Tom Cable and special projects assistant Paul Hackett. The meetings are seen as a precursor to Kiffin&#8217;s dismissal.
Chris [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CHARGERS-RAIDERS ONE-LINERS</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/29/chargers-raiders-one-liners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/29/chargers-raiders-one-liners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael David Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After falling behind 15-0, San Diego scored 25 fourth-quarter points.
Said Chargers RB LaDainian Tomlinson, &#8220;We pride ourselves on now matter how we start, finishing the game strong. It didn&#8217;t matter that it was against the Raiders.&#8221;
Tomlinson scored a touchdown on a play called Slant Scissors.
The Chargers&#8217; defense led the way in the second half.
Said Darren [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IS LANE KIFFIN TRYING TO GET FIRED?</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/28/is-lane-kiffin-trying-to-get-fired/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/28/is-lane-kiffin-trying-to-get-fired/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With his job security thinner than Ally McBeal after a stint on Survivor, Raiders coach Lane Kiffin made a mind-boggling decision to end the first half of Sunday&#8217;s game against the Chargers.
Kiffin called for kicker Sebastian Janikowski to try a Gus-style 76-yard field goal.
Seventy.  Six.  Yards.
Antonio Cromartie of the Chargers, who returned a missed field [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RAIDERS ON A ROLL</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/28/raiders-on-a-roll/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On a Sunday in which the AFC West already has been turned upside down with the 0-3 Chiefs dropping the 3-0 Broncos, the division&#8217;s other two teams are engaged in a game that has been, so far, surprising.
The Raiders lead the Chargers, 12-0, in Oakland.
The other surprise is that the Raiders are wearing, possibly for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AL DAVIS TO SPEAK WITH THE MEDIA</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/28/al-davis-to-speak-with-the-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/28/al-davis-to-speak-with-the-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Buried in a story regarding yet another bizarre behind-the-scenes development in Oakland is a statement that caught the eagle eye of one of our readers.
Raiders owner Al Davis is expected to meet with the media soon, per Steve Corkran of the Contra Costa Times.
The reason for the meeting isn&#8217;t known, but we can imagine that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HISTORIC DAY FOR FIRINGS MONDAY?</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/28/historic-day-for-firings-monday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/28/historic-day-for-firings-monday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael David Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that Raiders coach Lane Kiffin and Rams coach Scott Linehan are on the hot seat. But could Monday be an extraordinary day for firings, with both men losing their jobs?
Adam Schefter noted on NFL Network&#8217;s NFL GameDay Morning that with the Raiders and Rams both heading into their bye weeks after todays&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COULD MILLEN LAND IN OAKLAND?</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/27/could-millen-land-in-oakland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/27/could-millen-land-in-oakland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael David Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It sounds like a joke, the idea that Matt Millen could finally stop running the Detroit Lions into the ground and then move on to another dysfunctional franchise.
But it might make sense that an owner who gets to work at 4:30 in the afternoon would think that Millen is a good fit.
Our friend Todd Wright [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FINES FOR HOPE, WILSON, TRUEBLOOD, TILLMAN</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/26/fines-for-hope-wilson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/26/fines-for-hope-wilson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports that the league has slapped Titans safety Chris Hope with a $7,500 fine and Raiders safety Gibril Wilson with a $5,000 fine for their actions in Week Three.
The NFL also has fined Bucs offensive lineman Jeremy Trueblood and Bears cornerback Charles Tillman $5,000 each for unnecessary roughness.
Both fines were for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JOSH MORGAN HAD A STAPH INFECTION</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/26/josh-morgan-had-a-staph-infection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/26/josh-morgan-had-a-staph-infection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cleveland Browns&#8217; DiMaggian streak of consecutive bacterial illnesses officially has ended.  Though the 49ers did their best to keep the truth under wraps, it has been reported that receiver Josh Morgan has been suffering from a staph infection.
Morgan admitted his condition to Matt Maiocco of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat; the team previously had not disclosed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>L.T., MCFADDEN PRACTICE</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/25/lt-mcfadden-practice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After missing practice on Wednesday, the two key running backs for Sunday&#8217;s game between the Chargers and the Raiders were back on the field on Thursday.
Both LaDainian Tomlinson of the Chargers and Darren McFadden of the Raiders have toe injuries.  L.T. was a full participant in practice on Thursday, and McFadden practiced on a limited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NFL APPARENTLY HAS JURISDICTION OVER HERRERA-KAWAKAMI I</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/24/nfl-apparently-has-jurisdiction-over-herrera-kawakami-i/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/24/nfl-apparently-has-jurisdiction-over-herrera-kawakami-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier in the day, we posted an item from Nancy Gay of the San Francisco Chronicle regarding the league&#8217;s position that it won&#8217;t get involved in the ugly dispute that unfolded on Monday between John Herrera of the Raiders and Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told Gay that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LOTS OF INJURED RAIDERS AND CHARGERS</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/24/lots-of-injured-raiders-and-chargers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/24/lots-of-injured-raiders-and-chargers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The official Wednesday injury report didn&#8217;t include information for the Raiders and Chargers, because practice was not complete for either team (damn that Pacific time zone) when the report was released.
We&#8217;ve received the report for both teams from the Chargers&#8217; media relations staff, and there are plenty of injured Chargers and Raiders listed on it.
For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KIFFIN MIGHT BE PUSHING HIS LUCK</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/24/kiffin-might-be-pushing-his-luck/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/24/kiffin-might-be-pushing-his-luck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As we&#8217;ve recently said, in various formats, we think the Raiders need to make a decision about coach Lane Kiffin&#8217;s status, implement it, and move on.
But we also think that Kiffin needs to quit talking about his status.  Otherwise, he might eventually say something that really will give owner Al Davis cause to fire Kiffin &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DAVIS GETS TO WORK AT 4:30?</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/24/davis-gets-to-work-at-430/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/24/davis-gets-to-work-at-430/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not a shock to hear that an NFL type arrives at the office at half-past-four.  But, usually, the clock reads &#8220;a.m.&#8221; in such cases.
In an interview with Deadspin regarding Monday&#8217;s bizarre encounter with Raiders exec John Herrera, Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News asserts that Raiders owner Al Davis doesn&#8217;t arrive at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RAIDERS PLAYERS SUPPORT KIFFIN</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/24/raiders-players-support-kiffin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/24/raiders-players-support-kiffin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A league source tells us that there&#8217;s a strong feeling within the Raiders locker room of support for coach Lane Kiffin.
It&#8217;s not much of a surprise, but it&#8217;s not as if it&#8217;s going to matter.  Every member of the roster could publicly kiss Kiffin on his bare ass, and it wouldn&#8217;t mean a damn thing to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LEAGUE WON&#8217;T INTERVENE IN HERRERA-KAWAKAMI I</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/24/league-wont-intervene-in-herrera-kawakami-i/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/24/league-wont-intervene-in-herrera-kawakami-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NFL spokesman Greg Aiello tells Nancy Gay of the San Francisco Chronicle that the league won&#8217;t be intervening in the bizarre incident that occurred on Monday between Raiders exec John Herrera and Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News.
&#8220;The NFL has no plans to look into it,&#8221; Aiello told Gay.
The decision apparently was driven [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AIKMAN DOESN&#8217;T OWN ANY PORTION OF THE RAIDERS</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/23/aikman-doesnt-own-any-portion-of-the-raiders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/23/aikman-doesnt-own-any-portion-of-the-raiders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to a published report from earlier this month suggesting that Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman owns a minority stake in the Raiders, we&#8217;ve learned that Aikman had no interest, directly or indirectly, in the team.
Last year, a 20-percent stake in the team was sold to a group of investors.  Aikman wasn&#8217;t one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LANE LASTS ANOTHER DAY, AND PROBABLY WEEK</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/23/lane-lasts-another-day-and-probably-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/23/lane-lasts-another-day-and-probably-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael David Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The most talked-about firing in recent NFL history still hasn&#8217;t happened.
Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports that Raiders coach Lane Kiffin is safe for another day.
“Nothing has happened here,” Schefter quotes a Raiders official saying this evening. “Nothing else is going on.”
And since nothing has happened yet, that in all likelihood means nothing is going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AIKMAN A PART OWNER OF THE RAIDERS?</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/23/aikman-a-part-owner-of-the-raiders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/23/aikman-a-part-owner-of-the-raiders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Several readers have pointed out to us a fairly recent item in the East Bay Express, in which Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman is outed (not in that way . . . not that there&#8217;s anything wrong with it) as a part owner of the Oakland Raiders.
Here&#8217;s the money quote from the September 3 article:   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KIFFIN APOLOGIZES TO KAWAKAMI</title>
		<link>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/23/kiffin-apologizes-to-kawakami/</link>
		<comments>http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/09/23/kiffin-apologizes-to-kawakami/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Florio</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In a move that&#8217;s unlikely to curry favor with owner Al Davis, Raiders coach Lane Kiffin has called Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News to apologize for the conduct on Monday of John &#8220;Get Your F&#8211;king Hand Off Me&#8221; Herrera, who among other things told Kawakami to get his f&#8211;king hand off Herrera [...]]]></description>
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