When Davis began seeking worthy rivals beyond the playing field, however, the Raiders suffered. He immersed himself in legal battles with the NFL when he moved the team to Los Angeles, and again when he moved it back to Oakland 13 years later. He feuded with the city of Oakland.Before the playoffs there is a final game against the Dallas Cowboys at home on Sunday. Most of the sports columnists are begging the Eagles to give Michael Vick and some of the other starters a rest and a chance to heal. Knowing Andy Reid, he won't do that.

''We just returned from the (scouting) combine, and I remember the days of going there and studying and hoping that one of the quarterbacks could be our guy. We've been out in that desert before,'' Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome said.He got a scholarship offer from Wyoming, but was ruled ineligible because a science class he took at Rodriguez didn't meet the corecourse requirement. So Johnson wound up in Hayward, where he caught 105 passes