Listen to jazz connoisseur Al Davis' three playlist picks on this edition of Turntable on GBH's All Things Considered.

Former Vol defensive back Terry McDaniel lit the Al Davis Memorial Torch before the game. The torch is traditionally lit ...

How Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady pulled up to a Raiders and 49ers preseason matchup would make Al Davis proud.

Tom Brady is carrying on the Al Davis legacy nicely. Brady showed up to the Las Vegas Raiders’ preseason game against the San ...

McDaniel was drafted by the Raiders in the first round of the 1988 NFL Draft out of Tennessee. He played 10 seasons with the ...

First and foremost, though, I go back with Al Davis to 1954. We competed against Davis, but we admired him for the job he did. I was close with him, and we talked at least once per week.

Al Davis was serious about winning, so much so, Jon Gruden, the head coach back when the Raiders were last successful, and even the head coach from a few regimes ago, was scared for his life after ...

Al Davis’s wife, Carol, and son, Mark, are expected to inherit the Raiders, but the larger issue is what will happen with decision-making on the football side.

Al Davis is well known for being a difficult man to work for. He’s passionate about his Oakland Raiders and he expects them to win. When they don’t, he usually takes it out on his coach in a ...

Al Davis needs to be banned from his own press conferences. Someone needs to take away the keys; it's all becoming a warped remake from something out of the Wizard of Oz. There's Al Davis, the ...

Al Davis, the long-time, and controversial owner of the Oakland Raiders, has died at the age of 82. He leaves an indelible mark on the National Football League, and signals the end of an era.