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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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