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Raiders ready to make move up

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Sunday, August 23, 2009

NAPA, Calif. -- It's probably fitting that the Oakland Raiders have a restaurant in their training camp hotel called "Characters." Raiders history has been filled with characters, from Lyle Alzado to John Matuszak to Otis Sistrunk to Lester Hayes. The list goes on and on. And so do the controversies, the most recent being reports of head coach Tom Cable's alleged assault of defensive assistant Randy Hanson. The NFL is investigating, but the players have moved on. "We knock each other out on ...

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