Oakland Raiders Make Little Boy's Wish Come True

by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 18, 2010 2:57 PM PDT in Events Comment 7 comments

ESPN gets a lot of flack for this, that and the other thing, but they do have a great thing going on with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Over the course of some years, little boys and girls with life-threatening medical conditions get an experience they will never forget. Recently, 10-year-old boy Jailen Cooper was able to hang out with the Oakland Raiders.

To hear about Jailen's illness and his day with the team, check out the video. Jailen was able to hang out with Nnamdi Asomugha, Darren McFadden, Mike Mitchell, Bruce Gradkowski and get some advice from Ted Tollner and Rolando McClain.

This is a great story and ESPN does a great job with Make-A-Wish Foundation for helping out kids deal with their unfortunate illnesses for at least one day where they can forget about it. Kudos to everyone for putting this thing together and keep it up.

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Raider Fan Or Not

On this day, it wasn’t about winning or loosing !!!! It was about bringing some joy into a child’s life, that has had it rough, for someone so young !!!! All I can say is, GOOD DAMN JOB !!!!

by papabegood on Jul 18, 2010 3:39 PM PDT reply actions

I saw the story on ESPN.

Awesome thing for them to do for the kid.

Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].

I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.

by JoeCB1991 on Jul 18, 2010 4:22 PM PDT reply actions

Raiders forever

Damn…….I hope that kid continues to be healthy

This is my sig, what do I do with it?

by dubzfan on Jul 18, 2010 6:09 PM PDT reply actions

I think I see a future LB in the making.

Goddamn I hope he stays healthy

by Raider Zealot on Jul 18, 2010 6:13 PM PDT reply actions

Great Story

I saw it last night. Great story – sign the kid up!

It made me cringe when I saw him tackle DMC as it reminded me how easily he get tackled.

by Mallard Davis on Jul 19, 2010 7:16 AM PDT reply actions

Change of Pace

It was nice to see the Raiders being portrayed in a postive way. I have been a Raiders fan for many years and really get ticked at the medias portrayal of the Raiders. Way to go ESPN. Hope that kid does well. Hes really a good kid.

by DemocratsAreBest on Jul 19, 2010 9:57 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs

i agree

i am real happy for the kid the raiders always had been good with make-a wish they gave him his own locker that great i hope the kid has a healhy and happy life good luck this year hope u guys have a good year

okay i have cerebral palsy arthris and chronic fatigue as well i have a great life and loveing folks some days are better than other days i got a make-a-wish in 2001 and saw my favorite team the broncos it was the trip of a lifetime i wish everyone couild have gotten to enjoy that with me i know some of u hate the broncos and that okay but i bleed organ and bule for my mnr fans but i bleed orange and blue denver will rise again resident broncos fan for every blog resident broncos for stampede bule thanks shvd98z24 real name jeremy woodard nettleton high class of 02 yes i am a raider

by j-man on Jul 21, 2010 5:44 PM PDT reply actions