Davis vs. Schefter

While gossip fiends are fascinated with the Donald Trump/Rosie O'Donnell feud. Football geeks have their own media feud thanks to Al Davis' annual act of senility.

Former Denver Post columnist Adam Schefter reported that a "high-ranking official" told him the Raiders will fire Head Coach Art Shell at the end of the regular season. After hearing his report on NFL Network, the Raiders released their own statement in response.

"Adam Schefter is a false rumor mongerer with respect to the Raiders and anti-Raider based upon his relationship with Denver and with (coach) Mike Shanahan. No decisions have been made relative to the 2007 Oakland Raiders nor will they be made for some time, Adam Schefter could not have gotten his information from a 'reliable source' because there's only one reliable source and he doesn't trust Adam."

While Schefter's relationship with the Broncos is undeniable. He covered the Broncos for the Denver Post and has written for books by Mike Shanahan, Terrell Davis, and Bill Romanowski, Davis' reaction and the fact that there is a well known snitch in the Raider organization, Personnel Director Mike Lombardi, gives teeth to this story.

Davis has gone off the deep end before, suing the Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers because their logos and color schemes were too much like Oaklands and accusing the Broncos and San Francisco 49ers of Salary Cap Fraud during the late 1990's (he was actually a little right on that one).