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Part 6: Al Davis, the awkward genius

By Pat Toomay
Special to Page 2

Monday, October 7, 2002

Editor's Note: In last week's episode, Pat Toomay experienced first-hand the blood feud between the Silver and Black and the hated Pittsburgh Steelers, and tried to come to grips with the near-fatal accident of his friend and former roommate, Duane Benson. Duane's accident never became a topic of conversation around the locker room. I know I wasn't comfortable enough with my own anxiety to talk about it with anyone. Nor was Al Davis, evidently, because the people he might have mentioned it to ...

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