Raiders not generally known for media relations savvy (Watchdog)

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Here's the latest via Deadspin on that Bay Area journalist dude who had an amusing on-camera run-in with a Raiders official.

How come cool stuff like this never happened when I was on the Giants beat?

Well, there was that time in '95 when the recently retired L.T. tried to choke my fellow beat writer Ernie Palladino . . .

Posted by Neil Best on September 23, 2008 7:15 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Posted by J2B | September 23, 2008 19:54

"Well, there was that time in '95 when the recently retired L.T. tried to choke my fellow beat writer Ernie Palladino . . ."

And the reason why LT wanted to do this was?

Posted by Jim Clark | September 23, 2008 20:49

Why couldn't LT chose someone more deserving like Lupica or Russo?

Posted by Neil Best | September 23, 2008 21:20

Because Ernie cursed him out for not talking to the reporters who had waited for two hours to talk to him after practice.

Posted by J2B | September 24, 2008 10:18

Thanks Neil