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| Oakland RB Bush signs free agent tender |
NFL Football |
08/06/2011 |
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| Napa, CA (MySportsbook) - The Oakland Raiders re-signed running back Michael Bush, a restricted free agent, on Saturday. Last season, he appeared in 14 games -- three starts -- and ran for a career-high 655 yards and eight touchdowns. He also caught 18 passes for 194 yards. Bush was a fourth-round draft pick in 2007 out of Louisville, but missed the whole season with a broken leg he suffered in the first game of his 2006 season while in college. Over three seasons in the NFL, he has appeared in 45 games, al |
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| Restricted free agent Bush re-signs with Raiders |
NFL Football |
08/06/2011 |
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NAPA, Calif. (AP) - Restricted free agent running back Michael Bush has re-signed with the Oakland Raiders. The team announced Bush signed the deal and reported to training camp Saturday. Bush is the last restricted free agent to sign a deal this summer. The Raiders had placed a first-round tender on Bush that was worth about $2.6 million. He had hoped to be an unrestricted free agent but he did not get credit for the 2007 season he missed while recovering from a broken leg sustained in college. Bush |
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| Raiders sign free agent TE Kevin Boss |
NFL Football |
08/05/2011 |
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NAPA, Calif. (AP) - The Oakland Raiders have signed free agent tight end Kevin Boss. The team announced the signing Friday, three days after losing Pro Bowler Zach Miller to Seattle in free agency. The Raiders brought in Boss for a workout Wednesday and signed him after restructuring contracts to get under the salary cap. Boss had 35 catches for 531 yards and five touchdowns for the New York Giants last season. He has 119 catches for 1,600 yards and 18 TDs in four NFL seasons.Copyright © 2005 The |
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| San Diego re-signs WR Floyd |
NFL Football |
08/05/2011 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - The San Diego Chargers re-signed wide receiver Malcom Floyd to a two-year contract Friday. Floyd was signed as a rookie free agent by San Diego in 2004 and has spent his entire seven-year career with the Chargers. The 29-year-old caught 37 passes for 717 yards in 11 games last season. He also recorded career-highs on October 10 against the Oakland Raiders with eight catches for 213 yards. |
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| San Diego re-sign WR Floyd |
NFL Football |
08/05/2011 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - The San Diego Chargers re-signed wide receiver Malcom Floyd to a two-year contract Friday. Floyd was signed as a rookie free agent by San Diego in 2004 and has spent his entire seven-year career with the Chargers. The 29-year-old caught 37 passes for 717 yards in 11 games last season. He also recorded career-highs on October 10 against the Oakland Raiders with eight catches for 213 yards. |
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| Raiders sign TE Boss |
NFL Football |
08/05/2011 |
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| Napa, CA (MySportsbook) - The Oakland Raiders have found a replacement for Zach Miller, signing tight end Kevin Boss on Friday. The team did not disclose terms of the agreement, but ESPN reports it is a four-year deal worth $16 million. Boss, 27, had spent his entire four-year career with the New York Giants, who selected him in the fifth round of the 2007 Draft. He was consistently productive as a starter over his final three seasons with New York, totaling 110 catches for 1,482 yards and 16 touchdowns in |
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| Oakland RB McFadden fractures orbital bone |
NFL Football |
08/04/2011 |
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| Napa, CA (MySportsbook) - The Oakland Raiders will be without running back Darren McFadden for at least two weeks due to a fractured orbital bone, according to head coach Hue Jackson. McFadden had a breakout season in 2010, rushing for 1,157 yards and seven touchdowns in 13 games with Oakland. He also caught 47 passes for 507 yards and three scores. The Arkansas product was drafted by the Raiders with the fourth overall pick in the 2008 draft. The injury to McFadden, along with unsigned free agent Michael B |
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| Former NFL star, turned actor Bubba Smith passes |
NFL Football |
08/03/2011 |
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| irement from the NFL, was found dead at his home in Baldwin Hills. The cause of death is unknown. He was the top overall pick of the 1967 NFL draft by the Baltimore Colts and won a Super Bowl with that team in the 1970 season. He also played for the Oakland Raiders and Houston Oilers before retiring from the game after the 1976 season. The Beaumont, Texas native then went on to an acting career that saw him play in several television shows, including "Married... with Children". He was best known, though, as Of |
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| Raiders take look at TE Kevin Boss |
NFL Football |
08/03/2011 |
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NAPA, Calif. (AP) - The Oakland Raiders brought free agent tight end Kevin Boss in for a workout a day after losing Pro Bowler Zach Miller to Seattle in free agency. Boss caught passes from backup quarterback Jordan LaSecla for about 15 minutes after practice on Wednesday under the watchful eye of the Raiders coaching staff. Oakland has a big hole at tight end after Miller signed a deal with the Seahawks. Miller had led the Raiders in receiving the past three years and was a security blanket for quarter |
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| Former Spartan Bubba Smith passes |
Division I College Football |
08/03/2011 |
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| national championship teams -- 1965 and 1966 -- and had his jersey retired by the school in 2006. He was the top overall pick of the 1967 NFL draft by the Baltimore Colts and won a Super Bowl with that team in the 1970 season. He also played for the Oakland Raiders and Houston Oilers before retiring from the game after the 1976 season. The Beaumont, Texas native then went on to an acting career that saw him play in several television shows, including "Married... with Children". He was best known, though, as Of |
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