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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...
Pete Carroll hopes to repeat USC and Seahawks turnarounds with the Raiders
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The glory years for the Raiders ended more than two decades ago, and the tradition-rich franchise once known for its swagger as much as its championship pedigree has become a reclamation project. It's something Pete Carroll, who was introduced along with new...
NFL teams are conducting long, extensive searches for their next head coaches
Mike Vrabel is in New England. Mike McCarthy is out in Dallas. The NFL coaching carousel is spinning slowly. The Jets, Saints and Bears got a head start in their searches because they fired coaches during the season. The Jaguars and Raiders joined the...
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...
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...
