News about Al Davis

At least one of the 'Big Four' North American sports franchises has had a team in Oakland, California, since 1960. That streak will come to an end by 2027. When the California Golden Seals of the NHL departed for Cleveland in 1976 and then ceased to exist in a matter of years, the town's first Big Four heartbreak occurred.' Hockey will return to the Bay Area, but in San Jose's south. Just five years later, and following a lengthy court process, Raiders owner Al Davis accompanied his team down to Los Angeles. However, his team's transfer to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum sparked immediate damage, and by 1995, the team was back in Oakland.