Al Davis passes away

[Sigz]

Per ESPN. Link to follow.

82yrs old.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Congrats, Raider fans

[Trainwreck2100]

Congrats, Raider fans

Winners again in 3 years tbqh

[JamStone]

will they be playing "ding dong the witch is dead" at the next home game?

[Girasuck]

Death finally caught up to his looks.

[LakerHater]

Raiders owner Al Davis dead at 82


ESPN.com news services


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Raiders owner Al Davis, whose NFL legend began 60 years ago as an assistant with the Baltimore Colts and was puncuated with a 1992 Hall of Fame induction in Canton, has died at 82.
The team's website released the news Saturday morning, posting a simple tribute with his name in large silver letters above "July 4, 1929-October 8, 2011."
The Raiders said the team will issue a statement later Saturday. No cause of death was released.
Reports surfaced in April that Davis had been hospitalized, but the team dismisssed them as rumors, saying Davis was in good health and was preparing for the NFL draft.

[benefactor]

Congrats, Raider fans

[LakerHater]

Longtime Raiders owner Al Davis dies



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Longtime Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis has died.


The NFL has lost one of its most influential and colorful figures.
Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis has died at the age of 82. The news was announced Saturday morning on the team’s web site. No other details were immediately available.
Davis’ career in football dates back to 1950. He served as a coach, general manager and even commissioner (in the American Football League that merged with the NFL in 1970) before becoming the Raiders’ principal owner in 1972.
Under his ownership tenure, Oakland won three Super Bowl titles. Davis also holds the record for most Hall of Fame induction speeches given with nine for players and coaches who worked under him, including John Madden and the late Gene Upshaw.
Davis helped revolutionized offense in the early 1960s by implementing an aggressive passing he referred to as the “vertical game.” Davis’ other fabled mantra was “Just win, baby!” The Raiders did that for most of Davis’ tenure, posting 34 seasons of .500 or better in his 48 years with the franchise.
With his silver-and-black athletic suits, dark sunglasses and slicked-back hair, Davis didn’t usually dress like other NFL team owners. He was known as a maverick when moving his franchise from Oakland to Los Angeles and back. Davis wasn’t afraid to fight for what he believed in and famously butted heads with former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle about the league’s direction.
Davis built a franchise with a hardcore fan following that remains strong today despite an eight-year streak without a playoff appearance. He also remained closely involved with the franchise despite failing health. Raiders defensive end Jarvis Moss sent a Twitter message Tuesday night about a conversation he had with Davis that day.
“Just got a humbling phone call from Mr. Davis himself!” Moss wrote. “So much respect for what he represents to the game of football.”
Moss isn’t the only one who feels that way as will be evidenced by the forthcoming myriad of tributes in the wake of Davis’ passing.

[JamStone]

man that's tough to look at...

[Agloco]

Congrats, Raider fans

Heh.

[Agloco]

man that's tough to look at...

Yeah, he looks like death warmed over in that picture.

[pawe]

RIP.
He looks like he was beaten up by a raider fan in that pic.

[Veterinarian.]

What a disgusting picture, tbh..

Those teeth..

[DeadlyDynasty]

Congrats, Raider fans

[IronMexican]

Pretty sad right now.

He was the Raiders. Hard to believe, but I wonder where they go from here.

[redzero]

Somebody needs to put one in the brain just to be sure.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Hard to believe, but I wonder where they go from here.
Just like the Colts after losing the superbowl, they have nowhere to go but up

[ginobili's bald spot]

Hard to believe, but I wonder where they go from here.

Seriously? They finally have a chance to be good now.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Wasn't Al Davis already getting less and less involved with decision making the last 2 years (the years the Raiders have started to rebound) or so? It seems like it'll be a relatively easy transition and the people who were already taking over for Al Davis will complete the transition and have complete control. If they continue to have good draft classes and actually give Hue Jackson more than 2 years to turn them around they're not too far away from being a good team again. I didn't think so at the time but avoiding Nnamdi's huge ass salary going forward looks genius now.

[IronMexican]

I haven't heard much about Al being less in there.

They actually gave Routt about 2 or 3 less million than Nnamdi. I don't see the big deal in paying him 12 mil. He just didn't want ot be a part of the Raiders.

And Al was the Raiders. Him and Ralph Wilson are probably the only owners you first think about when you think about the teams history.

[The Franchise]

man that's tough to look at...

:lol

[dirk4mvp]

lol raiders