Five storylines for the Raiders’ NFL preseason game against the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday at RingCentral Coliseum in Oakland, California.
Adam Hill
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After serving as sports editor of both the Silverado Star and UNLV Rebel Yell, the Detroit native remained in Las Vegas and embarked on his professional journalism career at the Review-Journal in 2002. He has covered mixed martial arts and prep sports while helping coordinate online and social media coverage for nearly every major sporting event to come through the valley.
The 35-year-old meets women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko in the main event of UFC Fight Night 156 on Saturday in Montevideo, Uruguay.
An undrafted free agent from the 2017 class, Barnes has spent parts of the past two offseasons with the Detroit Lions, but he has not appeared in an NFL game.
Tempers flared on the field Thursday as two skirmishes broke out on the second day of training camp practices between the teams.
The unit got a chance to gauge its progress against another team with the first of two joint practices against the Rams on Wednesday, though it’s still without star wide receiver Antonio Brown.
Here’s a closer look by the numbers at the first episode of HBO’s “Hard Knocks: Training camp with the Oakland Raiders.”
Here are five takeaways from Tuesday night’s episode of “Hard Knocks” from Raiders’ training camp.
“Raider,” a Dutch shepherd police dog for Metro sponsored by the organization, made the trip from Las Vegas to put on a demonstration of his talents.
The sixth-year pro announced the news on Twitter late Monday after he was informed he had tested positive for Ostarine.
Players played tribute to the three-time Super Bowl champion receiver at training camp a day after he died at the age of 71.
The star wide receiver, in his first season with the team, has missed six of seven practices since training camp opened and has yet to get in a full session.
The quarterback confirmed a comment from his brother on NFL Network this week that he is building a home next door to coach Jon Gruden for when the team moves to Las Vegas.
A.J. Cole’s strong training camp forcing team into decision on its starting punter.
The former women’s featherweight champion has often said she wants a rematch with Amanda Nunes, but UFC president Dana White says Justino is dodging the champion.
The 22-year-old was released by the Ravens on Wednesday after he fought a teammate in practice and celebrated a touchdown by throwing a football in a pond on Monday.
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