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Veteran DB Charles Woodson returns to Raiders

Charles Woodson is coming back home to Oakland.Woodson signed a one-year contract with the Raiders on Tuesday to return to his original team after leaving seven years ago for Green Bay as a free agent.The move will be widely popular with Raiders fans, many of whom staked out the team's facility on Tuesday to greet Woodson on his visit and urge him to sign with the team.They got their wish a few hours after he arrived when the team announced his signing. Agent Carl Poston said Woodson's deal includes a $700,000 signing bonus and could be worth as much as $4.3 million in 2013.Woodson, the fourth overall pick in the 1998 draft by Oakland, returns to a vastly different franchise than the one he left following his eighth season with the team in 2005. Owner Al Davis died in October 2011 and the team is now run by Davis' son, Mark. Kicker Sebastian Janikowski is the only player left from Woodson's eight years in Oakland that included three straight AFC West titles and a trip to the Super Bowl...

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