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                                                                                                       SPORTS Tuesday 28 March 2017

















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            Oakland Raiders owner Mark
            Davis  speaks  during  a  news
            conference  after  NFL  football
            owners  approved  the  move
            of  the  Raiders  to  Las  Vegas
            in a 31-1 vote during the NFL
            meetings Monday, March 27,
            2017, in Phoenix.
                         Associated Press

                  NFL owners
              approve Raiders’

                   move from
                  Oakland to
                   Las Vegas

            BARRY WILNER
            AP Pro Football Writer
            PHOENIX  (AP)  —  Invoking
            his  father  Al’s  name,  and
            copying  what  the  Hall  of
            Fame  owner  did  with  the
            Raiders, Mark Davis is mov-
            ing  the  franchise  out  of
            Oakland.
            NFL  owners  approved  the
            Raiders’  move  to  Las  Ve-
            gas  31-1  at  the  league
            meetings  Monday.  Miami
            was the lone dissenter.
            “My father used to say the
            greatness of the Raiders is       Dustin Johnson completes WGC Slam
            in  the  future,”  Davis  said.
            “This gives us the ability to
            achieve that.”
            The  vote  was  a  foregone
            conclusion after the league
            and Raiders were not satis-
            fied  with  Oakland’s  pro-
            posals  for  a  new  stadium,
            and Las Vegas stepped up
            with  $750  million  in  public
            money.  Bank  of  America
            also  is  giving  Davis  a  $650                                                                  Dustin Johnson watches his tee shot on the sec-
            million loan, further helping                                                                     ond hole during semifinal play at the Dell Tech-
            to  persuade  owners  to  al-                                                                     nologies Match Play golf tournament at Austin
            low the third team reloca-                                                                        County Club, Sunday, March 26, 2017, in Austin,
                                                                                                              Texas.
            tion in just over a year.                                                                         Associated Press
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