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The FanHouse - NFL (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Filed under: Raiders , AFC West So last week Javon Walker , Raiders wide receiver/champagne lover/assault victim, contemplated retirement , even though he signed a shiny new six-year, $55 million deal with Oakland this spring. Apparently, owner Al Davis talked some sense into Walker, who decided to tough it out (for now, anyway). I'm sure every player has questioned their career choice at some point...
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NFL Superbowl (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Oakland Raiders receiver Javon Walker told the team he wanted to retire and offered to return his $11 million signing bonus before being talked out of it by owner Al Davis. ESPN, citing an unidentified source, reported Saturday that Walker told the team on Thursday of his intentions to retire. Walker has been at practice the past two days and apparently has had a change of heart. "That's a done issue,"...
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Silver And Black Pride (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Here, it is...BAM, and ya say gawdamn, this is a dope jam!!! That is the message that the Raiders are delivering out of Napa. at least the way that I hear the message being passed on my reporters. - Not ONLY had Javon Walker become our #1 receiver, he has now become, as Javon Walker often has, a player that we are rooting for. Javon's natural ability is high enough that he can handle...ANYTHING...that...
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National Lampoon Splog! (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
OAKLAND RAIDERS (’07 Record: 4-12) Biggest Question: Is Al Davis now technically ‘undead’? Training Camp Battle: 2nd Wide Receiver. Javon Walker is on one side, but the other side is open for debate. The trouble is one of them is named Ronald (Curry), which is not an athlete’s name, and another is named Johnnie Lee Higgins, who [...]
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
The NFL desperately hoped its most dysfunctional franchise - no, not the Raiders - would settle this nasty, lingering retirement stalemate a long time ago. You think Javon Walker changing his mind about playing football is disruptive? That got handled in 24...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
The NFL desperately hoped its most dysfunctional franchise - no, not the Raiders - would settle this nasty, lingering retirement stalemate a long time ago. You think Javon Walker changing his mind about playing football is disruptive? That got handled in 24...
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Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Raiders head coach Lane Kiffin gave the team extended time in practice to gauge their conditioning with mixed results. To no one’s surprise, Nnamdi Asomugha continues to shine in camp. JaMarcus Russell has shaken off the effects of his recent injury, and was able to throw it deep. Derrick Burgess looks like he is going [...]
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Raiders receiver Javon Walker's troubled career took another enigmatic turn Thursday when he told team officials he wanted to retire, only to change his mind one day later. Walker declined to discuss the specifics and wondered out loud what all the fuss was...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Raiders receiver Javon Walker's troubled career took another enigmatic turn Thursday when he told team officials he wanted to retire, only to change his mind one day later. Walker declined to discuss the specifics and wondered out loud what all the fuss was...
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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Oakland Raiders receiver Javon Walker told the team he wanted to retire and offered to return his $11 million signing bonus before being talked out of it by owner Al Davis.
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Oakland Raiders receiver Javon Walker told the team he wanted to retire and offered to return his $11 million signing bonus before being talked out of it by owner Al Davis.
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Oakland Raiders receiver Javon Walker has downplayed a reported rift with his new team and a report that he threatened to retire. ...
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ESPN (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
NAPA, Calif. -- Oakland Raiders receiver Javon Walker told the team he wanted to retire and offered to return his $11 million signing bonus before being talked out ...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Raiders receiver Javon Walker's career took yet another turn for the enigmatic when team owner Al Davis had to talk him out of retiring this week, according to an ESPN report Saturday. Walker allegedly was frustrated with his training-camp performance and...
