http://ballhype.com/nfl/oakland_raiders/ The Web's top Oakland Raiders news, videos, and blogs from BallHype - find more at http://ballhype.com/nfl/oakland_raiders/ en BallHype http://backend.userland.com/rss http://ballhype.com/media/img/ballhype/logo_120x60.png http://ballhype.com/nfl/oakland_raiders/ 120 60 http://ballhype.com/story/gene_upshaw_raiders_and_nfl_legend/ <p><a href="http://ballhype.com/story/gene_upshaw_raiders_and_nfl_legend/"><img src="http://images.ballhype.com/uploads/photos_story/2008/08/21/gene_upshaw_raiders_and_nfl_legend.jpg" width="100" height="100" align="right" alt=" Gene Upshaw: Raiders and NFL legend " style="border: 1px #ccc solid;margin: 2px 4px;"/></a>Like many of you, I awoke this morning to hear the news. I can’t describe the feeling that I have right now. I didn’t know the man personally, yet I feel like I’ve just heard the news about the passing of one of my favorite uncles. He was a legendary Raider that prevented would be tacklers from getting to the quarterback and consistently, with Art Shell, opened gaping holes for a...</p><p>RdrRob posted 13 hours ago from mvn.com </p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/nfl/">NFL</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/nfl/art_shell/">Art Shell</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/nfl/gene_upshaw/">Gene Upshaw</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/nfl/oakland_raiders/">Oakland Raiders</a></p> http://ballhype.com/story/gene_upshaw_raiders_and_nfl_legend/ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:00:16 +1900 NFL Art Shell Gene Upshaw Oakland Raiders http://ballhype.com/story/hall_of_famer_upshaw_loses_battle_with_pancreatic/ <p>Hall of Fame football player and longtime NFL Players Association executive director Gene Upshaw has died. Upshaw, 63, had been fighting pancreatic cancer.</p><p>The Zoner posted 16 hours ago from sports.espn.go.com </p><p>Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: <a href="http://ballhype.com/nfl/">NFL</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/general/hall_of_fame/">Hall of Fame</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/nfl/gene_upshaw/">Gene Upshaw</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/nfl/matt_stover/">Matt Stover</a>, <a href="http://ballhype.com/nfl/oakland_raiders/">Oakland Raiders</a></p> http://ballhype.com/story/hall_of_famer_upshaw_loses_battle_with_pancreatic/ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:03:01 +1900 NFL Hall of Fame Gene Upshaw Matt Stover Oakland Raiders