Al Davis

"A source familiar with the case said," the Yahoo! report claims, at the very, very bottom of the page, "Oakland owner Al Davis is hoping to gather enough information to fire Cable with cause at the end of the season so that Davis doesn't have to pay Cable."

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Long-time sports writer Jerry Magee of the San Diego Union-Tribune wrote: "Al Davis taking over as commissioner was the strongest thing the AFL ever did. He thought the AFL-NFL merger was a detriment to the AFL."

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Joseph Cotchett, one of Davis' attorneys, said after an Alameda County Superior Court judge threw out much of the 2003 lawsuit: "This is a big victory for Al, and he was very happy.

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"Rob, he certainly loves Al Davis," Rex said. "I don't think there's any bad blood at all from our family heading to the Raiders. Al Davis was great to my brother."

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Speaking of Gillman and Al Davis, a Gillman assistant who went on to coach and own the Raiders, Mix said, "They obviously wanted the best talent.

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"None of these women understand football", he began saying. "If they did, they'd see that I coach the Raiders and a violent past is necessary to gain employment for Al Davis." Asked if he had a particular issue with women, he simply responded "I may look big and tough, but deep down I'm small and weak.

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Pear has quoted Davis as saying "I will not take responsibility for your neck injury."

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"The Raiders have been great to me and I just didn't want to bother them with that," Walker says. April 25: Raiders draft wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey with the No. 7 overall pick, taking the fastest player in the draft to make the honorable mention All-ACC team. "He'll be great," Davis says.

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"What could this little fella possibly know about football?" Noting that it's a rare day when all three Oakland teams are represented in one room, Davis said, "To think it was Bill King who brought us together.

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"When I look at it, I look as (if) we've got enough players and we've got enough schemes," the coach said.

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