'You knew when the Raiders were in town': The Raiders Training Camp legacy began at a Santa Rosa hotel they shaped into their own
The story behind the Raiders' first Training Camp location under Al Davis – the El Rancho Tropicana hotel.
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The story behind the Raiders' first Training Camp location under Al Davis – the El Rancho Tropicana hotel.
Love for the Raiders is a Generation Gift In over 60 years as a reporter covering the Oakland, Los Angeles, and now Las Vegas Raiders, Tom LaMarre's love for the Silver and Black has been generational Author: Feb 11, 2021 (Tom LaMarre is a native of Oakland who covered the Silver and Black for the Oakland Tribune during the 1970s, and has written about the Raiders for more than 60 years, including now with Sports Illustrated's Raider Maven.) My father took me to my first Oakland Raiders game on Nov. 13, 1960, their first season of existence and also that of the American Football League, again...