Last Thursday was a good day for Raiders fans.  For the first time since January 3rd, we got to see the Oakland Raiders play a football game.  Not only did the Raiders have their first game in several months, the Raiders had a great comeback victory in the final minutes of the game.  Although it was only pre-season, it was still exciting to see Raider football. But on Friday morning, I didn't see any headlines that said "Raiders Come From Behind To Beat 'Boys".  The headlines I saw were that a friend of JaMarcus Russell stepped forward and said that the "purple drank" didn't belong to Russell, it belonged to him.  A good night for the Raiders got very little media attention.  All the attention went to the JaMarcus Russell codeine case.  The Raiders made strides in their [...] Continue reading → | JaMarcus Russell, purple drank