Jerry Porter

First Week Was Full of Surprises

2005-09-12 15:58:00

Now that the first week of the 2005 NFL season is in the books, we finally have some clarity on several important issues: � The Dolphins and 49ers are the class of the league. Their fans might as well start making reservations for Super Bowl XL in...

Reeves Beats Vick

2002-12-10 00:00:00

Dan Reeves and Wade Phillips, who coach Michael Vick's team, the Atlanta Falcons, have always held that winning football is based on an effective running-play offense and an efficient running-play defense. Thus Reeves, the Atlanta coach, and his...

Raiders May Be Caught Short

2003-01-26 00:00:00

This is a game that figures to go Tampa Bay's way — on a relatively low-scoring day — because the Raiders haven't had time, during a short work week, to make the extensive changes they need to solve the Buccaneers' unconventional defense....

Del Rio Time

2004-09-28 13:27:00

Jack Del Rio, a 1981-84 USC linebacker who started for the Trojans all four years, will get the next chance to stop Peyton Manning, the Indianapolis quarterback who threw the ball on every snap in the first quarter of last Sunday's 43-31 win over Green...

Bears issue at hand

2007-11-14 15:13:00

The Raiders said , and Bears fans everywhere were giddy with delight. I believe I predicted two touchdowns. No, wait, I predicted three. But the grand total was zero, and the yardage total was 48 on eight combined kickoff and punt returns. That's six...

Former Miami Dolphins punter Reggie Roby dies at 43

2005-02-23 00:00:00

On the day before a game, when the site was a dome, as bystanders watched with amusement, Reggie Roby would swing his right leg into a football with such force it would rocket up ... up ... and bounce against the ceiling? Did it? Could it? Some...

The Bucs tops here

2003-01-26 21:49:00

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are so fast, they got ahead of themselves Sunday while dismantling the Oakland Raiders 48-21 in Super Bowl XXXVII. It took them less than three quarters to start celebrating after they built a 34-3 lead by intercepting NFL MVP...

Aging Raiders top fading division

2002-09-05 00:00:00

The AFC West is having trouble getting jump-started. The Oakland Raiders, who won it last year, staged a walkout during a preseason rules session with NFL officials in protest of the infamous "tuck rule" that knocked them from the playoffs in New...

Trumaine McBride knocks the pass away from Oakland's Jerry Porter in the 4th quarter during the Bears 17-6 victory.

2007-11-11 00:00:00

Jerry Porter The receiver had 76 receptions in 2005, one in 2006.

2007-07-27 00:00:00

Betty Porter, (from left) Roger Bass and Jerry Porter from the Arcadia band Tater Hill warm up before going on stage Saturday. They have been playing together for 20 years.

2005-01-10 00:00:00