Raiders tight end Michael Mayer continues to refine his game and has emerged as a solid blocker his rookie season thanks to a lot of hard work.
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The Las Vegas Raiders returned to practice following the bye week. Now, the final push toward the postseason begins starting Sunday against the Vikings.
Raiders interim coach Antonio Pierce delivered a message to his team as it begins preparations for Sunday’s game against the Vikings: More action, less talk.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell invoked Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen in discussing entertainment and the Super Bowl.
The Raiders may want to look at acquiring a proven executive when they look for their next front-office leader, instead of a first-time general manager.
The 2024 Super Bowl in Las Vegas is just 68 days away and it is shaping up to potentially be the biggest “Big Game” in NFL’s history.
Florida State was a controversial exclusion from this year’s College Football Playoff. Oddsmakers, based on the line on the Seminoles’ bowl game, agree with decision.
The Jaguars are consensus 10-point favorites over the Bengals, and the consensus total is 40 for the “Monday Night Football” game at Jacksonville, Florida.
The 49ers inexplicably stumbled to three straight losses in the middle of the season, but San Francisco is back to looking super. Ask the Eagles.
UNLV will make its fifth bowl appearance in program history and its first since the 2013 season. The Rebels lost in the Mountain West title game Saturday.
The Big Ten makes its return to the Las Vegas Bowl this year, facing the Pac-12 in the final year of the conference in its current configuration.
No. 1-seeded Michigan (13-0) will play No. 4 Alabama (12-1) in the Rose Bowl, and No. 2 Washington (13-0) faces No. 3 Texas (12-1) in the Sugar Bowl.
The Rebels hadn’t in any game — besides against No. 2 Michigan — finished with fewer than 394 yards or 24 points. Until Saturday against Boise State.
The Rebels looked very much the part of a team playing in its first Mountain West championship game, falling to Boise State on Saturday at Allegiant Stadium.
Allegiant Stadium hosted a raucous memorial service Friday for a once-proud Pac-12 after the “Conference of Champions” died of self-inflicted wounds.




