ON THE COVER of the Feb. 2, 1981 issue of Sports Illustrated, there is a picture of Oakland Raiders linebacker Rod Martin. He is beaming - and why wouldn't he be, seeing as how he was the star of Super Bowl XV after intercepting the Eagles' Ron Jaworski three times.
Inside the magazine is a story about Al LoCasale, who was the right hand of Raiders owner Al Davis for decades. The Raiders announced yesterday that LoCasale died over the weekend at the age of 82. He had been gone from the East Coast for long enough that few people likely remember that LoCasale was from Philadelphia.