What Are the Weirdest Fan Traditions in Sports?

Oakland Raiders: Raider Nation and the Black Hole

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Late Raiders owner Al Davis coined the term “Raider Nation” in 1968, and the team’s fans have run with it since, coming to games in terrifying costumes that fit with the squad’s marauding, silver-and-black motif. The most hardcore members of Raider Nation sit in sections 104 to 107 at Oakland-Alameda Coliseum, otherwise known as the Black Hole.

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