ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) - Tony Sparano gathered the Oakland Raiders in a victorious locker room and praised them for sticking together through a 16-game losing streak. Left tackle Donald Penn then ...

Tony Sparano, an NFL coach for nearly two decades, has died at age 56. Tony Sparano’s coaching career included head positions with the Miami Dolphins and Oakland Raiders. (AP) He was discovered ...

OAKLAND -- Before starting his first practice as Oakland Raiders interim coach, Tony Sparano dug a hole and placed a football in it and had the entire team bury it with dirt as a symbol of putting the ...