For the past two seasons, everyone associated with the Las Vegas Raiders jumped at any chance to declare that the team had “the best offensive line in the league.” They won’t be claiming that this year, at least not to start the season.
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House has low expectations: Raiders are underdogs in 11 of 17 games, as of now
A game-by-game look at the Raiders’ upcoming season …
Five things to know about Las Vegas’ now-open-to-fans Allegiant Stadium
How to navigate parking, the tailgating scene, the food options and more as the Raiders kick off the 2021 regular season.
Raiders tight end Darren Waller has emerged from a dark place to become Las Vegas’ first NFL superstar
“I’ve never been around a guy that is that unselfish, that talented, that versatile and that complete,” coach Jon Gruden said.”
Half of U.S. offers legal sports betting as NFL season begins
More than half of the United States now offers legal sports betting, just three years after it was allowed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Pentagon chief: al-Qaida may seek comeback in Afghanistan
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday the al-Qaida extremist group that used Afghanistan as a staging base to attack United States 20 years ago may attempt to regenerate there following an American withdrawal that has left the Taliban in p…
From election to COVID, 9/11 conspiracies cast a long shadow
Korey Rowe served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and returned to the U.S. in 2004 traumatized and disillusioned. His experiences overseas and nagging questions about Sept. 11, 2001 convinced him America’s leaders were lying about what happened that day…
Biden, Dems push Civilian Climate Corps in echo of New Deal
Inspired by the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps, President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are pushing for a modern counterpart: a Civilian Climate Corps that would create hundreds of thousands of jobs building trails, restoring streams…
Gen. Lee statue comes down in former Confederate capital
A statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee that towered over Richmond for generations was taken down, cut into pieces and hauled away Wednesday, as the former capital of the Confederacy erased the last of the Civil War figures that once defined its most prominent…
Stevie Wonder to headline Global Citizen Live in Los Angeles
Stevie Wonder will headline Global Citizen Live’s star-studded 24-hour event in Los Angeles this month to help raise money and awareness around poverty, climate change and the need for more access to COVID-19 vaccine doses worldwide.