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Tom Brady takes key role in Raiders' hirings of coach Pete Carroll, GM John Spytek
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Faced with hiring a general manager and head coach, most NFL owners would've been heavily involved in every facet of the process. Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis, however, leaned on Tom Brady. Davis ceded much control of those searches to...
Las Vegas Raiders agree to hire 73-year-old Pete Carroll as their head coach, AP source says
Pete Carroll has a youthful energy that many people half his age don't possess, and the Raiders hope that enthusiasm — and, more importantly, his proven track record — translates to Las Vegas. It's a gamble in a city that knows something about that subject on someone who will...
Las Vegas Raiders fire general manager Tom Telesco after just one year
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders continued their housecleaning Thursday, firing general manager Tom Telesco just two days after dismissing coach Antonio Pierce. The moves took place after the Raiders went 4-13 this season. “We appreciate his efforts in...
Raiders fire coach Antonio Pierce after he goes 4-13 in lone full season
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Antonio Pierce stood behind a lectern and took questions during an end-of-season news conference, even though his future as the Las Vegas Raiders' coach remained very much in question. The organization could have informed Pierce, as it did Tuesday, that his...
Antonio Pierce remains the Las Vegas Raiders' coach — for now
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Antonio Pierce remains the Las Vegas Raiders' coach. For now, anyway. “I haven’t been told anything different,” Pierce said Monday. The club has made no announcements, but Pierce's appearance at a news conference wrapping...
Justin Herbert and Chargers secure AFC's No. 5 seed with 34-20 win over Raiders
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert said he could tell from the noise his teammates made from neighboring meeting rooms on Saturday “that good things were happening.” Los Angeles needed the Steelers to lose to the Bengals that night to have a shot at the fifth...
Chargers and Raiders heading in different directions as teams meet in regular-season finale
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Chargers and Raiders each enter Sunday's meeting coming off back-to-back victories that affect each other's futures in remarkably different ways. For the Chargers, those wins helped their playoff positioning. For the Raiders, the victories hurt their draft...
Chargers are favored to beat the Raiders when they meet Sunday in Las Vegas
Los Angeles Chargers (10-6) at Las Vegas (4-12) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EST, CBS BetMGM NFL odds: Chargers by 4 1/2 Against the spread: Chargers 11-5; Raiders 7-9 Series record: Raiders lead 72-57-1 Last meeting: Chargers defeated...
Raiders TE Brock Bowers could be Offensive Rookie of the Year -- in a different season
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Poor timing might be the only thing standing between Raiders tight end Brock Bowers and the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year award. Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels likely will take the honor — and win it easily. But Bowers deserves more...
Raiders' Brock Bowers breaks 2 NFL records, including Mike Ditka's 1961 rookie tight end mark
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Raiders rookie tight end Brock Bowers didn't set any statistical goals for his rookie season, he said, because he had “no clue what to expect, coming from college to the NFL.” Then he proceeded to break a 63-year-old record in his first 16 games as a pro —...
