LAS VEGAS -- Richard Carew was raised an Oakland Raiders fan. His father had season tickets on the 50-yard line for the Raiders before the team moved to Los Angeles in 1982 and he still has season tickets for the Athletics. Now Richard is buying his own season tickets for the Raiders, who will begin play in Las Vegas in 2020.
On Saturday, Carew looked pained, though, with a twinge of excitement as he walked through what amounted to a Raiders museum in the middle of a shopping village south of the Las Vegas Strip.
There, to greet you at the entrance, was Al Davis' white windbreaker, under glass, and the late iconoclast owner's disembodied voice.