Al Davis was a larger-than-life figure, seemingly from the day he took over as head coach of the then-Oakland Raiders in 1963. While he often found himself in legal battles with the NFL or alienating ...

The Raiders are in Massachusetts this weekend to face the Patriots in their season opener on Sunday. But before that can happen, Mark Davis and some of the Raiders brass and greats took a side trip to ...

The city of Brockton honored former NFL owner and coach Al Davis with a commemorative plaque at VFW Parkway on Saturday, Sept. 6. Davis was born in Brockton and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. The ...

Before leading the New Orleans Saints to Super Bowl glory, Sean Payton was on the verge of a very different path. The now-Broncos coach revealed he was nearly hired by Al Davis to take over the ...

In the closing pages of his recently published biography of Al Davis, author Murray Olderman writes that the late legendary owner of the Raiders "had a little boy quality to him, as if he was still ...

While Al Davis became a fixture in California sports during his time as owner of the then-Los Angeles and Oakland Raiders, his family has their roots in the city of Brockton, Mass. Now, just a day ...

BROCKTON, Mass. – Al Davis may have only lived in this sports-crazed Plymouth County city for the first five years of his life, but the late Raiders owner's influence is still felt here. And, after ...