Al Davis: July 4, 1929 - October 8, 2011

[Azrael]

http://www.raiders.com

 

[imjustagirl]

Holy crap, he WAS human!

 

[LongTimeListener]

Maybe the best example ever of a guy who stayed too long and tarnished his legacy. Up through about 1990, though, what a legacy it was.

 

[proudpittsburgher]

odd. can't find anything about this anywhere, other than their site.

 

[wicked]

odd. can't find anything about this anywhere, other than their site.

It was just posted.

 

[proudpittsburgher]

except for on wikipedia, of course. :)

 

[forever_town]

For what it's worth, I generally make an exception to the two-source rule if I see news posted on a person's or his or her organization's website.

As for Al Davis, the nicest thing I can say about him is that he resembled my former publisher in his later years and started acting like him, too. In light of Webby's policy against speaking ill of those who have just passed, I'll leave it at that.

 

[proudpittsburgher]

odd. can't find anything about this anywhere, other than their site.

It was just posted.

I know, but the original post was made about a half an hour ago. I would have expected something, maybe a shefter tweet. Ap alert.

 

[proudpittsburgher]

For what it's worth, I generally make an exception to the two-source rule if I see news posted on a person's or his or her organization's website.

As for Al Davis, the nicest thing I can say about him is that he resembled my former publisher in his later years and started acting like him, too. In light of Webby's policy against speaking ill of those who have just passed, I'll leave it at that.

Just did the math on how old he was and the first thing I thought was . . . he looked much older. Either way, RIP.

 

[MileHigh]

A pioneer and a great legacy up until about 15 years ago.

 

[imjustagirl]

odd. can't find anything about this anywhere, other than their site.

It was just posted.

I know, but the original post was made about a half an hour ago. I would have expected something, maybe a shefter tweet. Ap alert.

No it wasn't. It was made like 5 minutes ago. The timer on SJ has been getting slower and slower. Right now, it's 25 minutes behind the time on my laptop.

 

[proudpittsburgher]

odd. can't find anything about this anywhere, other than their site.

It was just posted.

I know, but the original post was made about a half an hour ago. I would have expected something, maybe a shefter tweet. Ap alert.

No it wasn't. It was made like 5 minutes ago. The timer on SJ has been getting slower and slower. Right now, it's 25 minutes behind the time on my laptop.

Well, that would essplain it then. And now that I see my comment was posted at 1017, and not 1041, I understand.

 

[wicked]

ESPN.com has a one-sentence blurb on it atop their waterfall/stack.

 

[MileHigh]

CBSSports.com has a breaking news banner on it, citing the website. Nowhere else.

 

[TigerVols]

Bad week for Bay Area visionaries.

 

[MileHigh]

It's on SportsCenter now, so it must have been confirmed.

 

[Liut]

RIP.

 

[NickMordo]

That JaMarcus Russell selection really did kill him...

 

[proudpittsburgher]

That JaMarcus Russell selection really did kill him...

before you ask . . . yes, too soon.

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

Can't say I'm shocked this thread title doesn't say "RIP" . . .

Former football genius, more recently a hateful prick who looked like he was kept alive only by the evil will of his dark demonic heart. OK, that's not true . . . he was always a hateful prick; witness how he gained ownership of the team.

But he was a giant of the game, at all times.

RIP.