The Oakland Raiders hit the practice field at their Napa Valley Training Complex Thursday morning. The defense certainly seemed to have the upper hand today, batting passes down, picking passes off and stuffing runs in the backfield.
Several notable personalities have passed through Raiders training camp so far, but perhaps none more inspiring than ESPN’s Shelley Smith. The longtime ESPN reporter told me that she is cancer free. She also shared some thoughts on her colleague Beth Mowins calling play-by-play for the Raiders preseason TV broadcasts.
“She is unbelievable. I would look at her schedule…she would have football, and then volleyball, and then softball and then football.