Jan 5th 2009 8:25PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Raiders, AFC West, NFL Fans, NFL Media Watch

ESPN’s Chris Mortensen seems mild-mannered enough. But apparently, there are only so many times you can accuse a guy of bearing false witness before he snaps. Or maybe that just applies to Al Davis, who appears to take great joy in refuting Raiders-related rumors, no matter how obvious or innocuous they may be.

Yesterday, Gretz pointed out that the Raiders disputed Mortensen’s report that Davis was attempting to sell off a portion of the team. Seems harmless enough, right? WRONG.

Raiders executive John Herrera said that “once again, for reasons known only to him, Mortensen has fabricated a story which has no basis in fact.” And then he punched an unsuspecting media member in the face to bring home his point. Okay, that didn’t really happen, but it might’ve tempered Mortensen response if it had.

In an e-mail to the AP, Mort offered this:Continue Reading