All that talk about Mike Haynes and Lester Hayes talk got me thinking about this video. Man it makes me envious of Raiders fans. All my great passions here--football, poetry, and NFL Films.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and We Were Eight Years in Power.