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Big Bang

By By David Fleming

Tuesday, November 26, 2002

The sky over Arrowhead Stadium was ashtray gray. A constant downpour in Kansas City had soaked the grass field and bloated it like a sponge. Three times before the opening kickoff, a blistering wind blew the ball off the tee. The conditions seemed perfect for a physical ground battle between division rivals like the Raiders and the Chiefs, the kind of brutal turf war the game's leathery old-timers claim to love. Then QB Rich Gannon and the top-ranked Raiders offense took the field and, seeming ...

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