Listen to your favorite Raiders as they address the media for the first time. Hear from Tom Cable, Richard Seymour, Jason Campbell and Rolando McClain.

Barry Tompkins takes you back to a dinner he had almost four decades ago in Santa Rosa with a kid who was smart, shy, and tough as they come. His name was Jack Tatum.

A) Dick Williams
B) Billy Martin
C) Tony LaRussa
D) Art Howe
E) Bob Geren

The A's souvenir shop has a hot new item, but the man who inspired the T-Shirt is not giving it his seal of approval.

Get in-depth analysis of the A's -- Orioles series with Comcast SportsNet's Stat Pack!

If the current 10-game road swing through Baltimore, Detroit and Boston is, as the Chronicle’s brilliant Scott Ostler suggested, the "Are We For Real?" Tour, the answer --seven games and five victories into the trip -- has to be a resounding yes.

Comcast SportsNet's Kate Longworth caught up with embattled Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell as he left the team's facility on Tuesday. WATCH THE EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

Despite a skillset that makes him the AL's best catcher not named Joe Mauer, the A's Kurt Suzuki remains the game's most underrated player.

There seems to be some buzz that Warriors guard Stephen Curry is pressuring the Kings' Tyreke Evans for NBA Rookie of the Year. Not a chance.

Comcast SportsNet's Kate Longworth caught up with LB Thomas Howard at the matchup between Cal and Washington on Thursday. Hear his Cal hoops analysis and NFL status update.

Question 1: Who is the A’s most important player going into 2010?

I’ve gotten an avalanche of e-mails on the topic since my piece on Buck was published Monday, and some legitimate questions were raised. In closing the book on the subject -- at least until/unless it rears its head in Arizona -- I’ll answer three that "pull back the curtain," so to speak.

Hue Jackson is being interviewed for the position of offensive coordinator for the Oakland Raiders, a source close to Jackson confirmed with Comcast SportsNet's Kate Longworth. *VIDEO*

You could make an on-paper case for the A’s being the least-impressive team in the American League West right now.

But that doesn’t mean Billy Beane is about to do something silly, and silly is exactly what it would appear to be for Oakland to pay free-agent righty Ben Sheets what he's asking.

Just got off the phone with A's lefty Dallas Braden, whose breakout 2009 season ended with a bizarre series of medical mishaps; what started with a rash on his left foot turned into an infection, ultimately leading to some sort of "procedure" that left him with what might be permanent nerve damage.

Now that Jack Cust is back with the A's, where exactly does that leave Eric Chavez?

Look, if you're expecting Chavvy to be the everyday third baseman this season -- on the heels of a second major back surgery, with a surgically repaired throwing shoulder -- you're even more optimistic than I am. And as anyone who's followed my coverage of the A's over the past decade knows, I'm as glass-half-full as they come in the cynical world of sports journalism.

What are the A's working on? Well, finding a third baseman is certainly a priority right now, as evidenced by Oakland's very real pursuit of Beltre...

Join CSNBayArea.com Insider Mychael Urban who takes your questions, comments about the A's and more, Tuesday at 12pm!

If the Coco Crisp to Oakland deal goes down as expected Sunday, and you're confused by it, you should know better. Everything the A's have done for the past three years should have confused you. Acquiring Matt Holliday would be one extreme and the Coco Crisp deal would be an example on a lesser scale.

Comcast SportsNet, the home of "Authentic Bay Area Sports," continued the expansion of the network’s news team with the addition of Matt Steinmetz and Mychael Urban to CSNBayArea.com and CSNCalifornia.com, the region's most comprehensive and dedicated online local sports destination. John Crowley joins the network as the Senior Managing Editor for the websites. The announcement was made by Jen Franklin, Senior Director of Digital Media, CSNBayArea.com/CSNCalifornia.com.