How the Raiders performed (three A’s and a B) in Sunday’s 21-14 victory against visiting Denver.
Football
Texas A&M has fired coach Kevin Sumlin after six winning seasons. The first black head coach in program history was 51-26 and never had a losing season. But his first year at A&M was his best, and he never could come close to matching it.
Chip Kelly is headed to UCLA with plans to create another Pac-12 powerhouse. The coach who helped changed college football with his groundbreaking offense at Oregon agreed to a five-year, $23.3 million deal on Saturday to return to the sideline with the Bruins.
Clemson is the new No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll, taking a close vote with Oklahoma after the top two teams in the rankings lost in the same weekend for the first time since 2012.
Former Chicago Bears defensive end John Thierry died, the team announced Saturday.
The Jaguars’ defense is flirting with greatness after a dominant 10 games to start the season.
Jyden King scored on back-to-back possessions to open the second half, sparking Desert Pines to its second consecutive state title with a 54-24 victory over Mojave in the Class 3A football final at Bishop Gorman on Saturday.
UNLV’s seniors had hoped to beat their in-state rival and extend the season. But UNR spoiled those plans with a 23-16 victory Saturday in Reno.
The third year under coach Tony Sanchez is now in the books as a 5-7 record with no bowl game, no return of the Fremont Cannon and enough legitimate questions about his staff that demand to be answered.
Three takeaways from the UNLV football team’s 23-16 loss to UNR on Saturday at Reno’s Mackay Stadium.
Handicapper Doug Fitz (Systemplays.com) breaks down Week 12 of the NFL season.
Rain is not the only element anticipated at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, where the Raiders will play for the first time since Oct. 19. Some wind could be a factor, too.
Jarrett Stidham and No. Auburn dominated top-ranked Alabama 26-14 Saturday, earning a berth in next week’s Southeastern Conference title game. The Tigers quarterback passed for 237 y
The Raiders host the Broncos at 1:25 p.m. Sunday. Here’s a breakdown by position.
Raiders safety Shalom Luani has not played football in front of his parents since high school. On Sunday afternoon, his mother and father will be among the roughly 55,000 people at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
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