The Major League Baseball Winter Meetings came to a close today. Often, this is the time of year when baseball execs and team front offices hash out the game plan for the upcoming year and discuss general topics regarding the state of the sport. With the overall congregation of the leagues, it’s also a time to evaluate the game plan for each of the individual franchises. Which direction a particular team is going? What are the needs of each team? Which players are they willing to part with or looking to acquire? For most teams, the winter meetings are the ...
Teams in a playoff race all need to plan on winning the rest of their games. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen for these teams.Every one of these teams needs a win this week. Still, needing a win and getting one are two different things. This weekend's action will have these teams doing nothing more than looking for a lot of help for the season's final three games. Chicago BearsThis team has been hit too hard by the injury bug. The defense is still good, but their offense won't put the kind of points on the board to keep them in contention. Say ...
Just like he does in the movies, Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane is wheeling and dealing at Major League Baseball's winter meetings.Beane's top priority, it seems, is finding a taker for young lefty Gio Gonzalez, who is coming off a season in which he won 16 games and posted an impressive 3.12 ERA.There's just one problem: Takers are proving hard to come by. According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, clubs are hesitant to strike a deal for Gonzalez because of Beane's asking price:This "Haren deal haul" that Sherman spoke of refers to the package of prospects ...
Oakland Raiders cornerback Chris Johnson will be with his family for the next few days as he deals with the loss of his sister who was fatally shot and mother who also sustained gunshot wounds. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports 33-year-old Jennifer Johnson has died from gunshots wounds after an altercation with her estranged boyfriend Eugene Esters, Monday.Johnson's mother was also shot by Esters when she came to the La Plaza apartment complex on Woodhaven Boulevard to help jump her daughter's car. Della Johnson, 53, is expected to survive her injury. The shooting started shortly after 3 p.m. on Monday after Esters and ...
It’s pretty awesome to be a professional athlete. They can seemingly get away with anything. Their near-invincibility is demonstrated in the blissful opportunities that would never fall in the laps of us ordinary citizens. One day, you’re hanging with some friends when, alarmingly, you point a gun at one of their heads and fire a round away from but next to his ear. You’re arrested on several misdemeanor counts, including assault, menacing and reckless endangerment. Fortunately, a few days later, Rolando McClain's employer, the Oakland Raiders, forgivingly allowed him to play in their game against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. ...
The Oakland Raiders head to Lambeau Field to take on the undefeated Green Bay Packers on Sunday, fresh off the "Massacre in Miami."Oakland sits tied with the surging Denver Broncos for first place in the AFC West, and the team has huge injury problems. Meanwhile, the Packers are coming off a scare at the Meadowlands, which required Aaron Rodgers and their high-powered passing attack to pull out a late-game victory.On the surface, it would seem that the Raiders have as much chance of beating the Packers in Green Bay this week as a Pop Warner running back has of bowling ...
The Carson Palmer acquisition was very risky for the Oakland Raiders. They gave up a lot to get a veteran quarterback. One of the main reasons they got him was to help them get the Oakland Raiders into the playoffs. Right now, Oakland is on the outside looking in at the wild-card spot and is tied with Denver in the AFC West. Here is a look at why the Oakland Raiders will regret the Carson Palmer trade.Begin Slideshow
The Oakland Raiders suffered a crushing loss to the Miami Dolphins this past week. They had a hard time running the ball, stopping the run and finding any consistency through the air.The Raiders looked extremely flat and struggled to find any rhythm.Also, the Broncos had a big comeback win over the Minnesota Vikings and are now tied with the Raiders for first place in the AFC West. The Broncos hold the tiebreaker with the Raiders, and now Oakland is on the outside looking in.Here is a look at why the loss to Miami doesn't eliminate the Raiders as playoff contenders.Begin Slideshow
As the NFL season heads down the stretch run, anxious fans everywhere are familiar with their team's remaining schedule.Some games are chalked up as gimme-wins, while others are looked at as forget-about-it losses.A week ago, Raiders fans were crossing off the Week 14 visit to Green Bay as a sure loss. And that was okay. Oakland was 7-4, riding a three-game winning streak, a hot Michael Bush and a dangerous front seven.The schedule suggested a move to 8-4 was probable, with a visit to the 3-8 Dolphins looming. Miami had not beaten a .500 team all season, and the Raiders ...
The Oakland Athletics are currently waiting for a decision to be made by MLB commissioner Bud Selig about their stadium situation.The A's play at O.co Coliseum, an outdated multi-sport stadium that rarely sells out baseball games. The A's share it with the Oakland Raiders. The team has had so much trouble trying to draw fans that huge tarps with A's logos and retired numbers are put over the upper decks of the stadium, lowering the attendance numbers to 35,067.Athletics owner Lew Wolff would like to move the team to a more profitable venue and wants to make San Jose the ...