The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Oakland Raiders: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Oakland Raiders History (Good, the Bad, & the Ugly)
by Steven Travers
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| Product Description: Are you ready for the real story of the Oakland Raiders? As one of the NFL's greatest franchises, the Raiders have a long history of legends and goats, great comebacks and colossal failures, NFL championships and heartbreaking losses. The memories will come flooding back as fans read about the hard-hitting, hard-partying teams coached by John Madden; renegade owner Al Davis, who fought numerous legal battles, moved the franchise twice, and still managed to keep the team on top; the three Super Bowl championships--and the two blowout Super Bowl losses; and some of the most colorful personalities from NFL history--Stabler, Blanda, Biletnikoff, Tatum, Allen, Upshaw, Rice, and many more. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Oakland Raiders is a must for every fan who wants an unflinching look at the greatest--and worst--players, coaches, and moments in Raiders history. |
Oakland Raiders 2009 Wall Calendar
by Turner Licensing
Raiders Forever: Stars of the NFL's Most Colorful Team Recall Their Glory Days
by John Lombardo
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| Product Description: The Oakland Raiders of the late 1960s-1970s were a colorful team built by the myth of the antihero, a group defined by misfits, outlaws, and castoffs. But talent and hard work were also part of their success, and they became the only team in NFL history to have 16 consecutive winning seasons. This is a tribute to those Raiders and their inimitable style, when John Madden prowled the sidelines, Ken Stabler threw the touchdowns, and owner Al Davis helped fuel the team's mystique. |
Better to Reign in Hell: Inside the Raiders Fan Empire
by Jim Miller, Kelly Mayhew
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Product Description: A season with the infamous fans of the football team everyone loves to hate.
\"[B]eyond doubt the sleaziest and rudest and most sinister mob of thugs and whackos ever assembled in such numbers under a single \"roof,\" so to speak, anywhere in the English-speaking world.\"—Hunter S. Thompson on Raiders fans
The silver-and-black-clad Oakland Raiders fans are the most notorious in American professional sports, with a mythic reputation for cursing, drinking, brawling, and generally wreaking mayhem. The devotion of the team's multiracial, largely blue-collar supporters runs deep, creating a profound sense of community. As Jim Miller and Kelly Mayhew reveal in this hair-raising and entertaining new book, the self-described Raider Nation, smitten with its outlaw mystique, provides a gritty alternative to California's sunshine-and-granola image.
Over the course of the harrowing 2003 season, Miller and Mayhew explored the reality behind the myth and interviewed legions of rabid Raiders fans—from suburban families to bikers—while attending games in the \"Black Hole\" (the rowdiest section in Oakland's stadium), frequenting sports bars, and crashing tailgate parties. Featuring the extraordinary photography of Joseph A. Blum, Better to Reign in Hell is both a rollicking tale of obsessive | | |
