Oakland Raiders linebackers Kirk Morrison (left) and Thomas Howard (right) will be on with Greg Papa tonight.

With the latest story on the Silver and Black Blog dealing with offseason workouts closing next week, the Raiders are making news elsewhere. Tonight on Chronicle Live, which is hosted by our radio play-by-play man Greg Papa, linebackers Kirk Morrison and Thomas Howard are scheduled to appear as guests on the one hour program. Visiting the show's official Web site here will give you the latest videos from show. If you actually keep clicking that arrow (you'll know what I'm talking about if you click there), you'll come across videos from every guest that has appeared on the show. So, tonight, tune in for Morrison and Howard. It should be good stuff. You can catch the show at 5:00 p.m. on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area and again at 11:00 p.m. on the same network on the replay.

                                                    
               New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton (left) congratulates his tight end Jeremy Shockey (right).

Here are some quick-hitting links:

• New Orleans Saints head football coach Sean Payton said that he expects more from tight end Jeremy Shockey this coming season.
• Hall of Fame wide receiver Michael Irvin is among those that believe quarterback Brett Favre should remain retired.
• Madden NFL 2010 has released ratings for teams in the NFC North. It looks like a new NBA Live move to me in terms of the low ratings. Quarterback Drew Stanton is rated as a 47!

                                                                
             Oakland Athletics left-handed pitcher Brett Anderson (above) could be headed down to the minors.

BAY AREA BOX SCORE®: June 14, 2009

MLB: Oakland Athletics 1, San Francisco Giants 7 (Final)
Oakland Athletics: 27-35; 4th in American League West, 8 GB
Jack Cust: 2-4, 2B, HR
Brett Anderson (L, 3-7): 4 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 1 BB, 6 K

MLB: Oakland Athletics 1, San Francisco Giants 7 (Final)
San Francisco Giants: 34-28; 2nd in National League West, 7 GB
Andres Torres: 3-4, 2B, 3B, 2 R
Matt Cain (W, 9-1): 9 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K

Additional notes:

• Congratulations, Giants. You swept the A's in your home park. I hated every second of it, really.
  
• One week ago today, the first edition of The Weekly Raider came out. We're looking forward to the second issue from KA1Z3R. Darren McFadden, by the looks of the poll results, will be the featured player.
• Here are some pictures from the softball game played by A's wives and Giants wives. At the end of the post is an extended gallery.
• Yes, I think the politics portion of the DLD is gone for good. I think we're just better off that way.