Revisiting: Oakland Raiders, New York Jets Heidi Game
Charlie Smith was a homegrown Oakland Raider who will live in infamy for his role in the Silver and Black v. the New York Jets, Heidi Game
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Running back Charlie Smith was a homegrown Oakland Raider.
The 6-foot, 205-pound Smith was a football and track star at Castlemont High School in Oakland before going to the University of Utah.
The Raiders selected Smith in the fourth round (No. 110 overall) of the 1968 NFL Draft and he basically replaced dual-threat running back Clem Daniels, whose career was cut short by a knee injury sustained in 1967.
do. this is unnatural, what we do. but you know what s tough about that game, when it goes that long, it can hurt a little bit more than a normal game. i totally agree. and big series are all about swings of emotion. it s all about how you come back. back to one of our top stories now. will that south carolina school officer who was involved in the arrest of the student here, will he lose his job today? we could learn his fate as early as noon. the justice department and the fbi opens a civil rights investigation. we ll look at the legal fallout, next.
guy who like john kasich in this crazy, topsy-turvy year isn t getting traction? i think if you were to look at the field and who is best positioned to become the choice for vice president for any of these candidates, you ve got to look at john kasich. he comes from ohio, he s very learned on capitol hill, he was the budget committee chairman. he knows what he s doing. the problem with john kasich is he is running in a year where there are 15 other people are running. former governors, current governors, senators, and he can t seem to break through. he also got into the race so late into the game. and that is what s hurting kasich. tonight, though, i think what kasich has to do is that he has to show that he is going to start challenging some of his colleagues on that stage, so to speak. because he said he wasn t going to do it. but if he wants to instill some confidence in his campaign, he needs to do that tonight. mark, you and maeve are hearing the same thing we are from kasich
david wright, the throwing error allows escobar to get on base. then three bars later, eric casbra comes to the plate. he would hit a sacrifice fly, that would end this marathon as the royals take a wild game one 5-4. a quick turnaround for game two. it s tonight at eight eastern. the royals are going to counter with johnny cueto. i don t want to be a downer for the mets fans, but 17 out of the last 20 game one winners including the last five have gone on to win the world series. it s amazing they ll have to buck that trend. can we also talk about the commitment of east coast sports fans? that game went until 1:30 in the morning. that took stamina even just watching it. i don t know how y all do it. that s because we re old. to young people, 1:30 in the morning is not if you have to get up and go to work. but no one gets up when we
i don t know. andy kennedy? i don t know. but one thing s for sure, it hurts for mets fans. it took 5 hours, 9 minutes to complete and the game finally ended around 1:20 eastern this morning. the biggest story is royals pitcher edinson volquez, his father passed away earlier in the day in the dominican republic, and there are conflicting reports about whether or not he knew about that before taking the mound. the royals says volquez s wife requested that he not know about his father until the end of the game, but a source say that he found out on the way from the ballpark. allowed three runs in six innings before leaving the game to be whith his family. alex gordon deep to tie the game. the first run given up all season. and eric hosmer will end the inning, sac by fly.