As the 2-6 New York Giants embark on their road trip to Las Vegas, one of their former players is preparing his new team for a not-so-friendly welcome.
I have been a fan of one team in all the major sports for my entire life and don't know how to cheer for any other team except mine. In baseball I am a die hard Atlanta Braves fan, in basketball it is the San Antonio Spurs and in college hoops Syracuse.
As a Oakland Raiders fan I am well aware of the public perception of my team and it's fans. People see the Raiders as a bunch of thugs and the fans as criminals and drug dealers. The history of the Raiders you see tons of penalties and "bad boys" and just look at "Boyz N The Hood" to see the stereotype of gangs as Raiders fans. Ice Cube is always wearing Raiders gear. So it war
Last week I had some pretty hot Buffalo Bills fans commenting on a story I put up here on WGNA.com predicting my Oakland Raiders would beat the Bills this past Sunday.
I have loved my Oakland Raiders for as long as I can remember (except for when I loved my LA Raiders). Sad thing about you you're favorite team playing the majority of their games a country away is it's tough to see them live. I had never been to a NFL game before. So this year when my friends who are rabid Bills fans invited me to the Raiders/Bills game I jumped all over the offer.
It's always hard when someone you care about leaves you, but it's even worse when you don't approve of who they are with now. Sometimes they end up in a terrible relationship that is no good for them and what little feelings you have left make you hurt for them. Even worse is when they leave you for a place to close to home, that will remind you about the good times OVER AND OVER AND OVER! This ju