Nov 6th 2008 5:45PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Panthers, Raiders, AFC West, NFC South
For those Bay Area Raiders fans looking forward to watching the DeAngelo Hall-Steve Smith Grudge Match II this weekend, I have some bad news: Hall’s been fired. Okay, that’s bad news unless you’re a Panthers fan, but for those of you just interested in watching the game on your teevees, well, that ain’t happening unless you’re planning to move out of Northern California in the next two days.

You see, the game has been blacked out. Usually this occurs when the home team fails to sell enough tickets — and that’s the company line here — but I’m convinced it’s just the local FOX affiliate taking mercy on a dejected, beat down fan base.Continue Reading