Interim Raiders coach Tom Cable lashed out at assistant offensive line coach James Cregg on Monday for leaving with two games left in the season and joining former coach Lane Kiffin’s staff at Tennessee. Cregg told Cable of his decision to depart the Raiders on Sunday night, telling him he was taking a job with the Volunteers.

You can remove the question mark attached to nose tackle Vince Wilfork’s status for Sunday’s game against the…

The first NFL game broadcast to theaters live in 3-D fumbled, then recovered Thursday night. Two satellite glitches blacked out the broadcast to theaters in Boston, New York and Los Angeles in the first half of the game between the Oakland Raiders and the San Diego Chargers. And on a few occasions, a quick camera movement or a refocusing — and one ill-advised dissolve — had viewers pulling off…

Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell hurt his right ankle late in the second quarter of Thursday night’s game against the San Diego Chargers. His return was questionable. Russell was intercepted twice by linebacker Stephen Cooper and also lost a fumble, leading to 17 points for the Chargers. Russell didn’t get up right away after throwing his second interception and was later taken to the…

The San Diego Chargers normally are stoked to be facing the Oakland Raiders — a team they’ve beaten 10 straight times. LaDainian Tomlinson should be geeked to be facing his favorite punching bag. Instead, there’s a gloom around the Chargers — and with good reason. Once considered Super Bowl favorites, the Chargers (4-8) have lost three straight and five of six.

When interim coach Tom Cable watched the film from the Oakland Raiders’ latest loss, there was one play that was particularly hard to relive. It was the botched fake field goal that turned three points for Oakland into seven for Kansas City during a 20-13 loss on Sunday that assured the Raiders of their sixth straight losing season.

Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter has been fined $7,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct during Miami’s 48-28 loss to New England on Sunday. NFL spokesman Corry Rush said Friday that Porter was fined for verbally abusing the opponent after the play was over. Raiders defensive lineman Gerard Warren also was fined $5,000 for roughing the passer against Denver.

Johnnie Lee Higgins’ early-season struggles as a returner reached a peak last month when he fielded a kickoff and ran straight out of bounds at his own 2-yard line. The past two weeks have shown Higgins at his best. He has returned punts 93 and 89 yards for touchdowns — the two longest punt returns in the NFL this season — giving a big boost to an Oakland Raiders offense that has struggled to…

When the Oakland Raiders drafted Michael Bush in 2007 they felt as if they had stolen a player with first-round talent in the fourth round because of a broken leg that ruined his senior season. Now they are trying to turn that talented runner into a blocking fullback in a move that has not been embraced by Bush.

A disappointing and largely unproductive season may be over for Oakland Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker.