The first time Howie Long stepped into the Oakland Raiders ... But Long also learned from such veterans as Art Shell and Gene Upshaw. "The Raider way was 'the old bring up the young,"' Long ...

and it was Raiders' Hall-of-Famer Howie Long. Essentially, it was an argument that he doesn't belong in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, a charge that's existed since Long was elected to the Class ...