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Oakland Raiders

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    February 1, 2008

    A rugby fan with real balls - though not lately

    Super Bowl weekend ... no better time to acknowledge the ultimate, all-time, over-the-top act of devotion to one's team. Oakland Raider hardcore sociopaths with their frothing-at-the-mouth, kick-the-crap-out-of-the-visiting-fans rabidity? Not even close. Green Bay/Minnesota/any cold-weather-team s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2008

    Bistro 400 As Rich as Ever

    Bistro 400 in downtown SanTana has a unique advantage over Memphis and Jason's Downtown in trying to nab dinner eaters: it's actually open. Whereas Memphis is open for dinner Wednesday through Sunday while Jason's entertains Thursdays through Saturdays, Bistro 400 operates every day except the Lord' ... More >>

  • Features

    January 7, 1999

    The Year We Stopped Missing the Rams

    Bistro 400 in downtown SanTana has a unique advantage over Memphis and Jason's Downtown in trying to nab dinner eaters: it's actually open. Whereas Memphis is open for dinner Wednesday through Sunday while Jason's entertains Thursdays through Saturdays, Bistro 400 operates every day except the Lord' ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 18, 2001

    Bucky Ball

    Bistro 400 in downtown SanTana has a unique advantage over Memphis and Jason's Downtown in trying to nab dinner eaters: it's actually open. Whereas Memphis is open for dinner Wednesday through Sunday while Jason's entertains Thursdays through Saturdays, Bistro 400 operates every day except the Lord' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2008

    Ladies and gentlemen, your Orange County 49ers!

    A story from my past came flooding back as I read Cyd Zeigler's Jock Talk Blog post riffing on a Forbes report that raised the possibility of the 49ers leaving San Francisco for the OC. Bernie Mullin, who runs the Atlanta-based Aspire Group, an industry consultant, tells Forbes Frisco, Buffalo an ... More >>

  • Music

    May 13, 2004

    Barrio Love

    A story from my past came flooding back as I read Cyd Zeigler's Jock Talk Blog post riffing on a Forbes report that raised the possibility of the 49ers leaving San Francisco for the OC. Bernie Mullin, who runs the Atlanta-based Aspire Group, an industry consultant, tells Forbes Frisco, Buffalo an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    OC's Football Flameout Gets The Esquire Treatment

    Not Esquire.Gustavo blogged him up as "OC's Eternal Loser" in 2007, but Esquire magazine's May 2009 issue (the one that allows you to create your own horrifying Obama/Clooney/Timberlake/monster man cover) labels him as "The Man Who Never Was." We're talking about Todd Marinovich, the Newport Beach k ... More >>

  • News

    August 21, 2008

    Why Do People Have a Problem With OC-Raised USC QB Mark Sanchez Being Proud of His Mexican Heritage?

    Not Esquire.Gustavo blogged him up as "OC's Eternal Loser" in 2007, but Esquire magazine's May 2009 issue (the one that allows you to create your own horrifying Obama/Clooney/Timberlake/monster man cover) labels him as "The Man Who Never Was." We're talking about Todd Marinovich, the Newport Beach k ... More >>

  • Columns

    August 21, 2008

    [¡Ask a Mexican!®] 'Is It Bad to Think American Pan-Spanish Is Demeaning to the Lengua Itself?'

    Not Esquire.Gustavo blogged him up as "OC's Eternal Loser" in 2007, but Esquire magazine's May 2009 issue (the one that allows you to create your own horrifying Obama/Clooney/Timberlake/monster man cover) labels him as "The Man Who Never Was." We're talking about Todd Marinovich, the Newport Beach k ... More >>

  • Columns

    June 19, 2008

    [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Special Phanatico Edition

    Not Esquire.Gustavo blogged him up as "OC's Eternal Loser" in 2007, but Esquire magazine's May 2009 issue (the one that allows you to create your own horrifying Obama/Clooney/Timberlake/monster man cover) labels him as "The Man Who Never Was." We're talking about Todd Marinovich, the Newport Beach k ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 24, 2008

    ¡Ask a Mexican!®

    Three-question special

  • Features

    November 1, 2007

    Magnum Enforcer

    In an ongoing federal civil trial, it’s clear that one of Carona’s more violent deputies enjoys gunplay

  • Columns

    January 22, 2004
  • Columns

    February 6, 2003

    Naders Raiders

    Oh, those days of innocence

  • News

    November 23, 2006

    Must . . . Destroy . . . Ladainian . . . Tomlinson

    Oakland Raiders vs. San Diego Chargers

  • Columns

    October 12, 2006

    Diary of a Mad County

    Oct. 4 - Oct. 10

  • Culture

    September 14, 2006

    All Hands On Deck

    Sea Wolfs piratical wear is having the best year ever

  • Columns

    October 27, 2005

    !Ask a Mexican!

    Special Dia de los Muertos Edition

  • Features

    September 22, 2005

    Fear of a Silver and Black Planet

    Academics descend into the black hole with Better to Reign in Hell: Inside the Raiders Fan Empire

  • Features

    September 22, 2005

    Silver and Black Like Me

    Rams? Lambs! Orange County is Raider Nation. Dont believe it? Ask a Raider fan

  • Columns

    September 1, 2005

    !Ask a Mexican!

    Rams? Lambs! Orange County is Raider Nation. Dont believe it? Ask a Raider fan

  • Web

    August 18, 2005

    A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

    Rams? Lambs! Orange County is Raider Nation. Dont believe it? Ask a Raider fan

  • Columns

    October 28, 2004

    My Head, She Explodes!

    Blonde vs. Brunette is the new Red vs. Blue

  • Culture

    March 25, 2004

    You Know! For Kids!

    Because were family-friendly like that!

  • News

    November 14, 2002

    The Doctor (Death) Is In

    A Weekly guide to 10 Dr. Deaths

  • Columns

    September 13, 2001

    Real Women Wear Black?

    Scabs and Raiders on Labor Day weekend

  • Columns

    February 8, 2001

    Super Weekend!

    If I looked like a fetus, could I be famous, too?

  • Columns

    September 21, 2000

    Shoot!

    This weeks featured NFL game: Denver Broncos vs. Oakland Raiders

  • Features

    January 7, 1999

    July-September

    This weeks featured NFL game: Denver Broncos vs. Oakland Raiders

  • News

    November 12, 1998

    Political Football

    Voting our conscience offers us a way to visionary leaders, a utopian society, and huge winnings in Vegas

  • Columns

    September 10, 1998

    Smile, You're on Candid Camera

    Voting our conscience offers us a way to visionary leaders, a utopian society, and huge winnings in Vegas

  • News

    July 30, 2009

    Cancer Wasn't Killing Jack Jessee Fast Enough, So Did His Wife and Stepson Hire a Hit Man?

    Voting our conscience offers us a way to visionary leaders, a utopian society, and huge winnings in Vegas

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Raiders Football, OC Boosters Kick Off Tonight vs. Cowboys

    Photo by John Gilhooley Larry "D-Fence" Garcia is ready for another season of Raiders football.Yes, dear, the NFL is back already. The Oakland Raiders kick off the 2009-2010 preseason versus the Dallas Cowboys tonight from Oakland Coliseum in a preview of this year's Thanksgiving Day game. L ... More >>

  • Food

    September 3, 2009

    [Hole in the Wall] Calzones Away at Buccaneer Pizza in Santa Ana

    Photo by John Gilhooley Larry "D-Fence" Garcia is ready for another season of Raiders football.Yes, dear, the NFL is back already. The Oakland Raiders kick off the 2009-2010 preseason versus the Dallas Cowboys tonight from Oakland Coliseum in a preview of this year's Thanksgiving Day game. L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Local Raider Nation Ministry is Heavenly Inspired

    Photo by John Gilhooley "Pastor Mondo" Armando Leon, who is shown in this 2005 photo above the cross-tattooed shoulder of Raiders Boosters of Orange County president Larry Garcia, founded Nation Ministry this season.​Should the Oakland Raiders bounce back from their close opening ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    10 Reasons God Hates California

    ​Considering Sunday's 7.2 earthquake just south of California's border with Mexico, the 4.1 shaker six miles southwest of Malibu and assorted aftershocks felt up and down the state as this is banged out with fingers crossed, it's obvious God is peeved at something. Before Pat Robertston, Wiley Dra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2010

    Laguna Beach Native Joins Oakland Raiders

    Still inferior to the Chargers​It's apparently a requirement that all new Oakland Raider quarterbacks must first get rejected by the Washington Redskins, which is sort of funny because the Redskins have sucked.Earlier this year, the Raiders traded for out-of-favor Redskin quarterback Jason Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Josh Booty Settles Suit Against County Over Tasering by Sheriff's Deputies

    ​Former NFL quarterback and sports broadcaster Josh Booty claimed that when he was in the Orange County Jail after a February 2008 DUI arrest, he was beaten, tasered and ridiculed with comments like "big pussy motherfucker" and "the price is wrong, bitch"--a reference to his ex-wife, a former The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Mater Dei Alum Matt Leinart On the Outs in Arizona and Running Out of Options

    ​Quarterback Matt Leinart, who starred at Mater Dei High School of Santa Ana and USC before the Arizona Cardinals drafted the former Costa Mesa resident with the 10th overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft, could soon be looking for work . . . . . . possibly in another league.

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2010

    Matt Leinart and Colt Brennan, Among Mater Dei's Best QBs, Cut by NFL Teams on Same Day

    Inside the athletic complex at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana is an exhibit that pays tribute to quarterbacks John Huarte, who went on to win the Heisman Trophy in 1964 for Notre Dame, Matt Leinart, who won the 2004 Heisman as a junior at USC, and Colt Brennan, a 2007 Heisman finalist for Hawaii ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Do You Suffer from "Matt Leinart Disease"?

    ​A coach is using the fall of Matt Leinart, the NFL quarterback by way of USC and Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, to teach his eager players a vital skill.But this coach's specialty is not offenses or defenses--at least not in the gridiron sense.And his players (think playahs) deal with totall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    The Orange County Interwebs Horror Show

    ​Today begins what will hopefully become a weekly Monday feature, although that may depend on if there is enough content to make that happen. Otherwise, it will go up when there are enough items to make it so. What am I yammering on and on about? The Orange County Interwebs Horror Show, a coll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    The Orange County Interwebs Horror Show II

    ​Welcome back to the next installment of our weekly feature that searches the darkest, scariest and orangiest corners of the Interwebs to find out what outsiders and insiders have to say about and from Orange County. Where Am I? So overblown by the talent of Disney Channel songstress Selena Go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Colt Brennan, Former Mater Dei QB, In Car Accident And In 'Serious Condition'

    The record-setting QB is in a Hawaii hospital in serious condition.Update, November 22, 11:03 a.m.: Terry Brennan indicated to reporters that his son, Colt, is "heavily sedated" and is "far from being alert." Colt is able to acknowledge that family and doctors are in the room, through hand signals, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    The Orange County Interwebs Horror Show Gets Sporty

    ​The Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles, the Santa Ana Drags, Huntington Beach surfers, Santa Cruz surfers and OC-bred quarterbacks Matt Leinart, Colt Brennan and Mark Sanchez wind up in this week's especially sporty compilation of things said about or from Orange County on the Interwebs.

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    TGIF: Ice Cube, Studio K Reunion, Fitz and the Tantrums and More!

    ​Ahhh, the weekend, finally. From local bands to a nostalgia trip at Knotts' Studio K and Ice Cube at the Grove--there's never enough time to do everything you want.

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2011

    Former College Football Star, NFL Dud and Car Accident Victim, Colt Brennan, Signs Contract to Play in the UFL

    Brennan is getting a second chance at pro football.​A little more than six months ago, Colt Brennan was lying in a hospital bed in Hawaii, listed in serious condition. Today it was announced that Brennan will be returning to football, having signed a contract with the Hartford Colonials of the Uni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    [UPDATED: City Approves Stadium Agreement] NFL (Likely) Returning to Los Angeles: Sorry Irvine, No Team/Stadium For You

    AEG/APThis stadium illustration may become a reality by as early as 2016.UPDATE, AUG. 9, 2:22 P.M.: The Los Angeles Chargers of San Diego are coming! (One can only hope.)​Earlier this afternoon the Los Angeles City Council voted 12-0 in favor of a tentative agreement with Anschutz Entertainment Gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Carson Palmer, QB Pride of Santa Margarita High, Reported Traded to Oakland Raiders

    ​Those unnamed sources who know everything about everything before you or I say Santa Margarita Catholic High School quarterback stud turned USC star turned Cincinnati Bengals first round pick turned Bengals tackling dummy Carson Palmer has been traded to the Oakland Raiders. If that's true, it's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Is Julio Perez, 69th Assembly District Candidate, the Most Dangerous Democrat in Orange County?

    Perez: Is he the Mexican brother of Dave "YUUUP!!!" Hester from Storage Wars?​Over the weekend, there was some sort of vote about endorsements or some shit involving Democrats in Orange County, a possible party endorsement, and the 69th Assembly District Democratic primary in June. All you need to ... More >>

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