Report: Broncos fire Shanahan
The National Football Post is reporting that the Denver Broncos have fired head coach Mike Shanahan and his staff. As of now, we don't have any more information on this story. Stay tuned.
UPDATE: Adam Sche...
Falcons Matt Ryan named Offensive Rookie of the Year
The first Falcons rookie quarterback to start a season opener since Steve Bartkowski in 1975, Matt Ryan was named Offensive Rookie of the Year today after throwing for 3,440 yards, 16 TD's and 11 INT's. Edging...
NFL Pro Bowl done in Hawaii?
A source close to the situation told the Associated Press that the 2010 NFL Pro Bowl will be played in Miami one week before the Super Bowl, which will also be held at Dolphin Stadium.
It's not out of the re...
$0.25 seats at new Yankee Stadium
In an attempt to try to collect money to help pay for CC Sabathia's and Mark Teixeira's salaries, the New York Yankees are going to offer $0.25 bleacher seats on April 3rd and 4th against the Chicago Cubs. Gra...
Yankees add Teixeira
How much money can one baseball franchise spend in a single offseason? It seems the Yankees are trying to find out.
The Yankees have now signed first baseman Mark Teixeira to a reported eight-year $180 mill...
Plaxico in more legal trouble
It looks like plaxidents tend to follow Giants WR and soon-to-be-convicted-felon Plaxico Burress around. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that a 27-year old woman is suing Plaxico for an auto accident in...
Red Sox give up on Teixeira
In a disappointing upset added to an even more disappointingly upsetting winter of un-action, the Red Sox announced the team was not a contender in obtaining star slugger Mark Teixeira.
In an e-mail to Bosto...
Sammy Baugh dies
Redskins legendary QB Sammy Baugh, who was the last remaining member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's inaugural class, died today at the age of 94.
Mr. Baugh had battled Alzheimer's and dementia in his lat...
Bloom coming off Titans’ rose
Eh oh. If the goal of an NFL team is to be playing well at the end of the season then I'm not sure the Titans got that memo. Not only did they lose to the Houston Texans on Sunday, they have now found out tha...
Carl Peterson to step down from Chiefs
Long-time Chiefs president and general manager Carl Peterson will resign following the 2008 season. Peterson, who has been the club with 20 years after joining the team in 1989, probably picked a good time to ...
Trouble brewing in Big D?
Cowboys sources have told ESPN's Ed Werder that Terrell Owens has resentment towards QB Tony Romo (gasp!) and his relationship with TE Jason Witten.
Owens apparently feels that Romo and Witten have private m...
Hamels unloads on Mets
The Phillies/Mets rivalry just got better. As if the two teams didn't hate each other enough, Phillies' World Series MVP pitcher/God Cole Hamels went on WFAN NY radio on Wednesday and labeled the New York Mets ...
Sabathia to the Yankees
For those of you who thought that CC Sabathia would inevitably sign with the Kansas City Royals or Pittsburgh Pirates, I have bad news. While the lure of playing in Missouri or Western Pennsylvania certainly ma...
NFL to lay off 150 employees
More great news about the economy: the National Football League has announced that it plans to lay off 150 employees, which will equate to about 14 percent of the sports giant's total staff of 1,100.
"These ...
NFL Pro Bowl voting is a joke
Voting for the NFL Pro Bowl ends on Tuesday at noon. So, I wanted to go online and vote, not so much to get my voice heard, but because I wanted to get a glimpse of the process. What did I find? The voting is c...
Jets’ Ellis arrested for weed
The day after the NY Jets lost to the Denver Broncos 34-17, Jets DE Shaun Ellis decided it would be a good idea to get pulled over for speeding while possessing a green, leafy substance that tends to make peopl...
Plaxico done for the year
In a move that will surprise no one, the Giants have suspended Plaxico Burress for the final four games of the season for conduct detrimental to the team and have placed him on the non-football injury list.
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NFL suspends six players
Their appeals were heard and they lost. Six players were suspended by the NFL today for four games for violation of the league's policy on anabolic steroids and related substances.
The six players who have ...
Was Hixon with Burress during the shooting?
I just witnessed an awfully peculiar post-game interview with Giants WR Domenik Hixon. Hixon was asked whether or not he had spoken to Plaxico Burress recently and he said he had and that he went to a Knicks g...
Report: Burress had no permit
Plaxico Burress, Giants WR and everyone's favorite chowderhead, did not have a permit for the gun that he fired into his own leg Friday night at New York City's Latin Club, according to the New York Post.
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