Yes. The Raiders moved from Oakland to Los Angeles in 1982. After 13 years, they returned to Oakland in 1995.
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No. They were the LA Raiders for a period between the time they were the Oakland Raiders.
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because of the riots and gangster rap plus the Raiders demanded a better stadium and the city would not build one. Also attendance at games for both the Raiders and Rams had declined.
Los Angeles Rams (1946-1994) now playing in St. Louis and the Los Angeles Raiders (1982-1994) now playing in Oakland. There was a team in the NFL in 1926 called the Los Angeles Buccaneers. They never played a home game in LA but played 10 games on the road that season. The team was really based in the Midwest but the roster was composed of players from colleges on the west coast, mainly California, except for one player from Pennsylvania.
Mike Piazza is now retired, but he played for the LA Dodgers, Florida Marlins, New York Mets, San Diego Padres, and the Oakland Athletics. (in that order)