Oakland Raiders open the regular season

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The Oakland Raiders open the regular season schedule in prime time for the second consecutive season when The Team of the Decades hosts the San Diego Chargers on Monday night, September 11, on ESPN, the NFL announced today.

This year, the Raiders take on fellow American Football Conference Western Division member San Diego at McAfee Coliseum, part of the first regularly scheduled Monday Night Football games on ESPN. The game features the return of Head Coach Art Shell to the sidelines for the Silver and Black.

The Monday Night doubleheader on September 11 has the Raiders taking on the Chargers at 7:15 p.m. PT in Oakland, preceded by Minnesota facing Washington in the first game that begins at 4 p.m. PT. The Raiders hold a 54-36-2 all-time record versus the Chargers.

Season tickets for The Oakland Raiders in 2006 are currently on sale. For more information, call 1-800-RAIDERS or visit www.raidernation.com. Actual dates and times for the regular season games will be announced by the NFL in April.

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Kansas City Chiefs will host AFC West rival Denver Broncos on Thanksgiving Night at Arrowhead Stadium this year as announced by the NFL today at the league’s annual meeting in Orlando. The Denver at Kansas City game will be the nightcap in a Thanksgiving Day national TV tripleheader and will be broadcast on the league’s NFL Network. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. (CT) Thursday, November 23rd. Miami will play at Detroit at 11:30 a.m. (CT) to kickoff Thanksgiving Day while Tampa Bay travels to Dallas for a contest at 3:15 p.m. (CT).


The Chiefs have played on Thanksgiving Day eight times during the franchise’s 47-year history and team founder Lamar Hunt has been a long time proponent of offering cities other than Detroit and Dallas an opportunity to host Thanksgiving games.

Kansas City hosted a trio of Thanksgiving Day games at Municipal Stadium during the club’s final three seasons as a member of the American Football League. The Chiefs have participated in five Thanksgiving Day outings since the AFL-NFL merger. In the team’s most recent Thanksgiving Day contest at Detroit (11/28/96), Hall of Fame running back Marcus Allen became the NFL’s all-time leader in rushing touchdowns, registering his 111th ground score on a one-yard run to bypass Walter Payton’s previous record.

The announcement of the NFL’s kickoff weekend includes a Thursday night, September 7th game when Miami visits Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh. Other games feature Dallas at Jacksonville and Indianapolis at the N.Y. Giants on September 10th and two Monday Night games on September 11th: Minnesota at Washington and San Diego at Oakland.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- This was it for Art Shell. No more of having his name being brought up for every NFL head-coaching job that came open, only to fail in landing one.


Art Shell returns to Oakland after posting a 56-41 mark his first time around. (Getty Images)
Enough was enough.
"There comes a time when you have to shut it off, let it go, and say it's not going to happen," Shell said.
Thirteen years after he was fired by the Oakland Raiders, and after years spent hoping for another chance, it has happened for Shell. The Raiders brought him back in February as their head coach with the idea he would bring the Raiders Mystique back, something that is sorely needed.
As he sat surrounded by reporters at the AFC coaches breakfast at the NFL Winter Meetings, Shell said he is thrilled to be back coaching again. You can see it in his smile. He seems happy and content.
"We haven't started playing games yet," he said.
Getting him back is the right thing for the Raiders. Shell deserves another chance.
So why in the heck did it take so long? Was it because he was the first black coach of the modern era and people assumed he had failed? Was it because some considered him nothing more a puppet for Davis when he was the coach? What took so long?
"I don't know," Shell said. "I got to the point where I kept telling people they couldn't ask me that. Ask the people doing the hiring."
In the 13 years since he was let go, Shell worked as an assistant before landing a job with the league office. Coaching was still in his blood, but he was almost resigned to the fact it wouldn't happen again. He had a handful of interviews over the years, including with Davis in 1998, but he instead hired Jon Gruden.
"There's some frustration, but you can't get involved in that because it will drive you crazy," Shell said. "So you have to get involved in other things, which I did. I moved on as an assistant coach and I moved on to the NFL office. You can't let those things deter you, so you move on another mound of cheese to choose from. You can't get angry. What are you going to do? Fight somebody? Hit somebody? You just have to move on."
Even this job didn't look good. The Raiders courted Louisville coach Bob Petrino, Steelers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt and others, but none would bite. That's when Davis turned to Shell.
He was coming home, bringing with him the old Raiders ways, the commitment to excellence. Players will know the storied history of this team, Shell said.

Raiders-Eagles to open NFL preseason

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 · Last updated 8:12 a.m. PT
Raiders-Eagles to open NFL preseason
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The NFL preseason will open with the Oakland Raiders playing the Philadelphia Eagles in the Hall of Fame game Aug. 6 in Canton, Ohio.
The prime-time game will be the first televised by NBC under the new contract that gives it the rights to Sunday night telecasts. Analyst John Madden, the former coach of the Raiders, will be inducted into the hall that weekend. Former Eagles star Reggie White, who died in 2004, also will be inducted.

Other prime-time national telecasts will be Indianapolis-St. Louis Rams on Aug. 10; New England Patriots at Atlanta Falcons on Aug. 11; Washington Redskinsat Cincinnati Bengals on Aug. 13; Oakland Raiders at Minnesota Vikings on Aug. 14 in ESPN's debut as the Monday night outlet for games; Kansas City Chiefs at the New York Giants on Aug. 17; San Diego Chargers at Chicago Bears on Aug. 18; Arizona Cardinals at New England Patriots on Aug. 19; Seattle Seahawks at Indianapolis on Aug. 20; Dallas Cowboys vs. New Orleans Saints at Shreveport, La., on Aug. 21; Miami Dolphins at Carolina Panthers on Aug. 24; Pittsburgh Steelers at Philadelphia Eagles on Aug. 25; Tampa Bay at Jacksonville on Aug. 26; Houston at Denver Broncos on Aug. 27; and Green Bay Packers at Cincinnati on Aug. 28.
The Cardinals-Patriots and Texans-Broncos will be shown on NFL Network, which begins live coverage of regular-season games on Thanksgiving.
The first full weekend of preseason play will be Aug. 10-14, when Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh is at Arizona and NFC champion Seattle hosts Dallas.
Geographic rivalries are featured in Week 3 of the preseason (Aug. 24-28), including the Steelers at the Eagles, the Buccaneers at the Jaguars, the Rams at the Chiefs, and the Giants at the Jets.

The Saints, scheduled to play their first game back in New Orleans on Sept. 24 against Atlanta - the third week of the regular season - will play their home exhibitions against the Cowboys in Shreveport and against the Colts in Jackson, Miss., on Aug. 26.