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The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in the city of Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Raiders began play in 1960 as the eighth charter member of the American Football League (AFL), where they won one championship and three division titles. The team joined the NFL in 1970 as part of the AFL-NFL Merger. Since joining the NFL, the Raiders have won twelve division titles and three Super Bowls, and have appeared in two other Super Bowls. The team has thirteen enshrinees in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

During their first three seasons, the Raiders struggled both on and off the field. In 1963, Al Davis was brought to the team as head coach and general manager. Davis immediately turned the Raiders into winners, and from 1963 until 2002 the team had only seven losing seasons. He also initiated the use of team slogans such as "Pride and Poise," "Commitment to Excellence," and "Just Win, Baby"—all of which are registered trademarks.[1][2][3] Except for a brief term as AFL Commissioner in 1966, Davis has been with the team continuously. Upon his return to Oakland in 1966, he became a managing partner of the franchise.

After a few years of legal battles, Davis moved the team from Oakland to Los Angeles, California in 1982. While in Los Angeles, the Raiders won their third Super Bowl, but made just two playoff appearances through the rest of the 1980s. In 1995, Davis moved the team back to Oakland. In 2000, head coach Jon Gruden led Oakland to their first division title since 1990. Under head coach Bill Callahan, Oakland faced Gruden's Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII, where they lost a lopsided 48-21. Since the loss, the Raiders have posted four consecutive losing seasons. In January 2007, the team named 31-year-old Lane Kiffin their fourth head coach since Gruden's departure in 2002.



Raiders News
07/29/2010 02:36 AM
Raiders sign first-round pick Rolando McClain (AP)
The Oakland Raiders signed first-round pick Rolando McClain to a contract late Wednesday night, hours before the start of their first training camp practice. McClain, the eighth overall pick in April's draft, is just the third first-round pick to sign a contract and the highest overall pick to do so.

07/28/2010 09:26 PM
On the Road: Raiders on Day 5 (Yahoo! Sports)
Spa treatments are keeping Oakland's players content. At some point, however, the Raiders need to test for actual talent.

07/28/2010 08:00 PM
Raiders Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Tom Cable has never been one to delegate authority, instead adding on to his own responsibilities rather than depend on someone else.

That changes at Raiders training camp this year, where Cable, as he has done throughout the offseason will step back and evaluate the whole picture rather than put himself right in the middle of everything.

When the regular season ended, Cable conceded in his wrap-up press conference he may have overextended himself. By the time the Raiders finished a 5-11 season, Cable was not only head coach, but the offensive coordinator, play-caller and de facto offensive line coach, spending time in the trenches attempting to coax more out of his former position group.

At the time, it wasn't clear whether Cable was talking to the press as the...

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