Knicks lose division lead
By Micah Warren | 1 Comment
After jumping out to a scorching one-game lead in the Atlantic Division with just 81 games left, the New York Knicks collapsed on Friday night to the 76ers 116-87.
If these were the only two teams in the division, the entire division would be tied at 1-1.
Rays must overcome 4-1 deficit
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The Philadelphia Phillies took Game 5 on Wednesday night to take a seemingly insurmountable 4-1 lead in the World Series.
We look ahead to Game 6 where James Shields will take the mound for the Rays in Tampa.
“Teams have come back from 4-1 deficits before, we just have to take it one game at a time,” [...]
Perry Dollars: 2009 World Series odds
By Perry | 4 Comments
Would anyone like to wager on who is going to win the World Series next year? Courtesy of BetOnline.com, the odds are out. I will give $200 Perry Dollars for you to wager on who you think will take it down next year (just place your bet/bets in comments). Put it all on one team or spread [...]
Will Holt get cut after this season?
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Torry Holt recently said that he’s surprised by his reduced role in the St. Louis Rams’ offense.
“Yeah, absolutely, I’m surprised,” Holt said through a Hungarian interpreter. “But I guess they feel that Donnie obviously has been stepping up and making some huge plays, and they want to continue to get him the football.”
Does Holt [...]
2008 World Series ratings
By Perry | 2 Comments
What do you get when a small-market team plays the Philadelphia Phillies in October? You guessed it, the worst-rated, least-watched World Series of all-time.
In the past ten years, the five best-rated World Series’ were 1999 (16.0), 2004 (15.8), 2001 (15.7), 1998 (14.1), and 2003 (12.8). Other than 2004 which featured the Boston Red Sox and St Louis [...]
Kyle Korver, the Phillies, and the talkative Deron Williams
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Utah Jazz’ Deron Williams has been sidelined for the start of the NBA season with a sprained ankle. And he is annoying the bejesus out of his teammates. Yes, the bejesus.
During Wednesday’s game against Denver, apparently Deron spent most of the game chatting up a storm while sitting on the bench with his [...]
Ron Artest proud of himself
By Perry | 1 Comment
The Houston Rockets defeated the Dallas Mavericks last night 112-102 behind Yao Ming and Ron Artest’s combined 59 points.
Along with the win, Ron Ron was pleased with his behavior. He congratulated himself for his restraint from not fighting or cursing during an altercation between Yao Ming and Josh Howard.
“It happens,” Artest said. “No [...]
Isiah Thomas police report
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This story has been very bizarre and hopefully we will get all the answers shortly. To catch us up to speed like Josh Howard in a drag race, on October 24th Isiah Thomas was taken to the hospital after overdosing on sleeping pills. Apparently, all the sleeping pills he took while running the Knicks for [...]
What happened Wednesday night?
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Philadelphia was ready to celebrate their first championship in 25 years on Monday night. The table was set with their ace on the mound and a 3-1 series lead. Then the winds and rains came suspending not only the game, but a party and celebration only the Philadelphia faithful could host. The snow and sleet arrived on Tuesday giving the [...]
Why you don’t climb traffic lights
By Micah Warren | 1 Comment
Great idea Mr. sports fan. I don’t know if he’s a Rays fan or what. But just stupid to do in any city:
Harry the K calls the last out
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How great is Harry the K?
Celebrate! Philadelphia!
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John Daly likes to rock the party…
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…to the point of passing out on a Hooters table. Thanks to our friends at TMZ.com (they know who we are) for tipping us off on this one.
John Daly drank so much at a North Carolina Hooters that the cops had to be called and they put him in a 24-hour sober tank. [...]
Keep an eye on Randy
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Randy Moss was limited in practice this week with a foot injury. This is the first we’ve heard of this. He should be fine, but keep an eye on that for fantasy reasons.
Lions in contract talks with C-Pep
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ESPN’s John Clayton reports that Daunte Culpepper and the Detroit Lions are in contract negotiations. It’s not known exactly whey the 0-7 Lions are looking for a QB since they have Joe-Montana-in-the-making Dan Orlovsky.
Culpepper hasn’t made any contract demands as of yet, but it seems that he’ll be a Lion at some point.
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Anyone talk to Bill Walsh lately?
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Danyelle Sargent didn’t do a ton of research before interviewing Mike Singletary on the sideline. In fact, we would conclude that she did none. Singletary was a Bear. Ditka would probably be his mentor. And as for talking to Bill Walsh? He probably hasn’t spoken to Bill since July 2007….when [...]
Phillies winning the series: Pro and Con
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Here are some thoughts as to why the Phillies will and won’t win the World Series.
No baseball tonight
By Micah Warren | 1 Comment
Bud Selig has announced that the continuation of Game 5 won’t be played until Wednesday night at 8:37pm.
With the rain scheduled to continue in Philly tonight, Selig surely doesn’t want to repeat the unmitigated debacle that occurred on Monday night.
The original game was allowed to go on far too long before being cancelled.
Sent from [...]
Please elect Obama
By Micah Warren | 7 Comments
And here is why: Al Sharpton is demanding that the NY Post apologize for Steve Serby’s wording in a recent column that said “Good for Tom Coughlin. Good for Coughlin for tightening the noose around Plaxico Burress.”
“To make such a blatant racist statement about an African-American football player with a neck injury is completely unacceptable,” [...]
Keisel read Manning’s lips
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Defensive lineman Brett Keisel says that he read Eli Manning’s lips in the huddle before the fourth down rushing attempt by Brandon Jacobs. Incidentally, Jacobs was stuffed at the goal line.
“I was watching Eli’s lips the whole time and I saw him say, ‘32,’ so I went over and tried to tell everyone, ‘It’s [...]
Oops Danyelle Sargent
By Micah Warren | 1 Comment
We never saw this before. In case you haven’t, here you go. Danyelle Sargent has an interesting comment towards the end. She clearly didn’t know she was on air:
Davis won’t be a 49er long
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Michael Silver of Yahoo! Sports has an interesting article on Mike Singletary and his tirade regarding players who are cancers.
Apparently, Singletary ripped his team a new one in the locker following their embarrassing 34-13 loss to the Seahawks.
“It was pretty heated in here,” one veteran said. “What he said was true, and it wasn’t [...]
Larry Johnson officially charged
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Chiefs RB Larry Johnson has been formally charged with simple assault after allegedly spitting his drink in a woman’s face in a local nightclub back in February.
This is the fourth time in five years that Johnson has been accused of assaulting a woman. He is facing discipline from the NFL for violating the Personal [...]
Mike Singletary could be entertaining
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Let’s hope he does this every week. If Mike Singletary is being completely truthful, and we believe that he is, shouldn’t Vernon Davis be about 15 minutes from being cut? The whole rant is pretty good:
Phillies lead 3-1!
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The Phillies have taken a 3-1 lead on the Tampa Bay Rays after lambasting them 10-2 on Sunday night in Philly.
Sonnenstine was not himself and Carlos Pena and Evan Longoria continue to struggle. But Phillies fans don’t care. They will take it anyway they can.
Cole Hamels takes the mound [...]
Burress sits again
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Plaxico Burress didn’t start today against the Steelers and didn’t make it into the game until 18 minutes in. What a moron.
He was benched for missing a treatment sessions for his neck this week. He could be fined and suspended again. Stay tuned.
Boxer files lawsuit
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Thanks to our friends at TMZ.com (they know who we are) for tipping us off on this one. Former boxer Floyd Cummings has filed a lawsuit against ESPN Classic for broadcasting his fight with Joe Frazier (Frazier’s last opponent).
In the suit, Cummings said that ESPN Classic sought to “annihilate and destroy the [...]
Tampa Bay Rays “fans”
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Thanks to Fooks for tipping us off on this one. This is an actual article in a Tampa Bay newspaper to help educate the local “fans” on baseball. For all you die-hard Phillies fans out there, this is the fan base you might lose to:
BATTING AVERAGE: The standard numerical measure of a player’s [...]
Santurdio to sit Sunday
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The recent citation of Pittsburgh WR Santonio Holmes has prompted us to bring back the name PFT gave him: Santurdio. He got the name because after he was drafted in 2006, he kept getting arrested.
And after being on the straight and narrow for a few years, he screwed up again by [...]
Daunte isn’t done?
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Daunte Culpepper could be returning to the NFL if anyone decides to sign him. He’s been saying for a while that he’s happy being retired. Maybe he was trying some reverse psychology? Anyway, it didn’t work and now he releases this statement to the media:
“A number of teams have contacted me since [...]
Larry Johnson is sort of sorry
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Larry Johnson doesn’t want to get suspended for very long, so the team released a statement that we’re absolutely sure he wrote himself. We get the feeling that he’s acknowledging the fact that he really did spit in that girl’s face and threaten to kill her boyfriend:
“I want to start off by saying I [...]
Obama\Palin talk sports
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Obama doesn’t think anyone would notice that he supported both teams?
What’s even worse is Palin’s attempt to pander to the local teams. Here are her word-for-word comments on the Rays and Red Sox. She said the SAME EXACT THING to Phillies fans. Christ, at least Obama didn’t repeat himself verbatim. Notice in this clip that [...]
Miss Teen Louisiana
By Perry | 6 Comments
If you haven’t heard by now, Miss Teen Louisiana Lindsey Evans, 18, was arrested on charges of leaving a restaurant without paying and carrying marijuana.
Evans left her pocketbook behind when she ditched a $46.07 bill after eating at Posados Cafe restaurant Saturday evening. Inside her pocketbook the manager found 2 grams of marijuana.
PHOTO CAPTION: Lindsey Evans [...]
Phillies Phever!
By Micah Warren | 10 Comments
Ok, Phillies Phans! OTR just came up with another brainchild. Send us your photos of you and your Phriends getting all Phired up for the World Pheries (one too may?) and we’ll post them.
Here is Neetzi’s girlfriend Denise with her company that we don’t know the name of. Ok, we [...]
Winner of Nike Women’s Marathon loses
By Micah Warren | 4 Comments
Yep, you read that correctly. Thanks to Mark “Stinkman” Kostinko (his nickname, we didn’t do that) for tipping us off on this one. 24-year old fifth-grade teacher Arien O’Connell finished the race with the fastest time in Sunday’s Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco.
But, officials said that she didn’t win, because she didn’t [...]
Winslow was dangled before trade deadline
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Let’s keep it going with Kellen Winslow. Adam Schefter of NFLN reports that, according to multiple sources, the Browns were dangling the tight end, but couldn’t seem to get enough in return for him.
Phil Savage emailed Schefter Tuesday, saying “a number of calls are made ahead of the trade deadline regarding different players … [...]
Take Winslow out of your fantasy lineup
By Micah Warren | 1 Comment
Yep, he gone done and earned himself a good ol’ fashioned one-game suspension for criticizing the Browns’ handling of his recent hospitalization.
“The Cleveland Browns are committed to winning and taking care of our players,” GM Phil Savage said in the statement. “We are also committed to protecting the privacy of our players, particularly with regard [...]
ESPN circulated an internal memo to avoid Favre story
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ESPN avoided a Favre story? PFT received a forwarded email from someone at ESPN who asked not to be identified. It’s a copy of the internal memo that was circulated with the hot news for the day. And near the story from Foxsports.com that said that Favre spend 60-90 minutes helping the [...]
Vick to plead guilty to dogfighting
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It’s right here.
Harrison’s career could be over
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According to Adam Schefter of NFLN, Rodney Harrison’s injury last night was a season-ending torn quad muscle.
Harrison will be 36 this year and his contract is up at the end of the season. Even for the last few years he’s hardly been the player he used to be. Is it tough [...]
Matt Jones suspended
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Jacksonville Jaguars WR/TE/Whatever Matt Jones was suspended for three games for getting caught with blow.
This came a week after Jones entered a drug treatment program that could erase the felony blow charge that he’s facing.
But, the NFL don’t care if you struck no deal. The NFL don’t care ’bout none [...]
Mike Nolan fired
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Well that didn’t take long. According to Jay Glazer of Foxsports.com, Mike Nolan has been fired by the 49ers.
It is assumed that Mike Singletary will take over as head coach.
Maroney to IR
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In a stunning move, the Patriots have shelved RB Laurence Money for the year, sending him to IR. The move stuns everyone who already thought the injury-riddled bum was on IR.
Nolan getting fired?
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A source has told ESPN’s Michael Smith that 49ers head coach Mike Nolan will be fired after next week’s game against Seattle as the team heads into the bye week.
It’s about time.
Marcus continues to improve Vick name
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Marcus Vick is doing his best to clean up the Vick name once and for all. In his latest attempt, he’s been convicted on DUI charges stemming from a June 13th incident.
Vick got sentenced to a one-year, suspended prison sentence. Also, he got a fine of $250 for DUI, another $250 fine for [...]
Garcia tackled by…ref?
By Micah Warren | 1 Comment
Thanks to Pavlovic for tipping us off to a clip that was in a game that we actually watched on TV, yet didn’t see. As Cris Collinsworth would say, this is inexcusable.
Launching new NFC East site soon
By Micah Warren | 4 Comments
Just fyi, kids. G. Cobb and I will be launching a new website soon that will cover all of the NFC East. It’s basically GCobb.com for the whole division. You can get a rough idea of how it will be set up and what the content will be like at NFCEast360.com.
It’s not [...]
Micah on the radio
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For anyone that cares (and we doubt anyone does), I’ll be on SportsRadio 610 WIP in Philly tonight around 7:25 PM with G. Cobb talking Eagles, Phillies and football in general. If you aren’t in the area, you can log onto www.610wip.com and click on “Listen Live.”
I’ll also be popping briefly into Sean Landeta’s [...]
Bengals can’t catch a break
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Unless that break is to the bone of an important player. Rookie LB Keith Rivers was one of the lone bright spots on a dreadful team. He was one of the few people in Cincinnati that’s part of the solution, not the problem.
Well, he has a broken jaw and could miss the rest [...]
More problems for Dallas
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Who could have seen this coming? The Dallas Cowboys were widely considered to be the most talented team in football at the start of the season (certainly after Brady went down). Not only did they get shellacked 34-14 in St. Louis Sunday, they lost yet another player.
SS Roy Williams broke his forearm again [...]
Reggie Bush has torn meniscus
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Curt Menafee of FOX reports that Saints RB Reggie Bush tore the meniscus in his left knee during Sunday’s loss against the Panthers.
Bush won’t make the trip to London and most likely will return in three weeks. Unless the surgery goes terribly wrong and they are forced to amputate below the knee. In which [...]
Broncos suspend Josh Shaw
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The Broncos have suspended defensive tackle Josh Shaw for popping teammate Kenny Peterson. According to Jay Glazer of Foxsports.com, the coaches were riding Shaw for stinking at football, when he finally replied with “I’m trying.”
Well, that was enough for his teammates to keep repeating it in a mocking way. Apparently, Shaw told them [...]
Bernard Hopkins beats The Ghost
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Last night in Atlantic City, NJ, 43-year old Bernard Hopkins won a 12-round decision over undefeated middleweight champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik. It was a stunning one-sided decision that was scored 119-106, 118-108 and 117-109.
I didn’t watch this fight and there was no way I was going to watch this fight. Watching Bernard Hopkins fight [...]
Brad Johnson to start for Cowboys
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As per a report from NFL Network’s Adam Schefter, Brad Johnson will be the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys when they play the St Louis Rams today. However, Tony Romo will be active as the number three quarterback behind Johnson and Brooks Bollinger.
Brad Johnson is the only active player in the NFL who has [...]
Joba Chamberlain wins the triple crown
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In his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska, fat-faced New York Yankee pitcher Joba Chamberlain completed the clean sweep of the Cornhusker triple crown. At around 1am on Saturday, he was pulled over for speeding, driving under the influence, and having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle.
Chamberlain will most likely be benched for the rest [...]
Carson Palmer done for the year?
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Chick Ludwig of the Dayton Daily News believes that the Bengals will shelve Carson Palmer for the year soon due to problems with his throwing elbow. Meaning, the elbow on the arm that Palmer uses to throw the ball. He doesn’t actually throw the ball with his elbow, that would be stupid.
Matt McCoy gets arrested for DUI
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Former Eagles second-round pick Matt McCoy was arrested at 4:11 AM this morning for DUI. In related news, he was drunk.
He was driving westbound on Gandy Blvd. while driving in eastbound lanes (some police officers refer to this as a clue). He swayed while standing, had glazed eyes and wreaked of booze. [...]
Seahawks waive McMullen
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Those of you that took Billy McMullen in the first round of your fantasy draft won’t be happy. Why? Because the Seahawks just cut him.
McMullen suffered a compound fracture of his right pinkie finger and, in addition, stinks at football.
We’d be shocked if the former third-round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles [...]
Cutler bashes Rivers
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We aren’t huge fans of Philip Rivers here at OTR, but the guy is turning into a hell of a QB. He’s definitely got talent, and if tunes down the petulant-child act, we’ll like him more.
As for Jay Cutler, I don’t know what Perry thinks, but this guy bugs me. He [...]
Michael Huff is a bust?
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Speaking of busts, it would seem that the Raiders first-round pick from 2006 is a bust. Michael Huff, previously the Raiders starting free safety and #7-overall pick in 2006, has been sent to the bench in favor of Hiram Eugene.
“Hiram’s starting because I haven’t produced the way I should have these first four or [...]
Is Cherilus a bust?
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It may be too early to tell, but it’s looking like Lions first-round pick Gosder Cherilus could be a bust. Offensive coordinator Jim Coletto thinks that Cherilus took a step back in his development last week and will now be benched in favor of first-ballot Hall of Famer George Foster (that superlative is probably [...]
My pledge to Philadelphia fans and media
By Perry | 2 Comments
The Mets will win the division. The Phillies never spend any money. The Phillies starting pitching is weak. The Phillies can’t play small ball. The Phillies only score by hitting homeruns. The Phillies have a horrible bottom of the lineup. There’s no way the Phillies can beat Manny and the Dodgers. The Phillies should have [...]
Blackhawks fire head coach
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After winning just one of their first four games, the Chicago Blackhawks have fired head coach Denis Savard. Joel Quenneville, previously of the Blues and Avalanche, will replace him.
OTR guesses that if Quenneville can’t win more than one of his first four games as head coach, that he’ll be fired too. [...]
Need pitching? Call San Diego!
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We aren’t sure why, but the Padres have made pitcher Jake Peavy available via trade. What? The team lost 99 games, but not because of Peavy. And he just signed a four-year, $52 million deal about 10 months ago.
“This was a different year than last year,” general manager Kevin Towers said of [...]
LJ is out for Sunday
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Chiefs head coach Herm Edwards confirmed earlier reports that Larry Johnson will be suspended for this week’s game due to violation of unspecified team rules. It was, however, made clear that this was not in relation to the assault charges that came out this week.
He would have likely done jack squat against [...]
Pacman police report under investigation
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And now the police report is under investigation.
The Phillies win the NL!
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Anyone notice that the Phillies just finished mopping up the Dodgers in five games to advance to their first World Series in 15 years? Yeah, well they did.
The Phillies jumped out to an early one-run lead when Jimmy Rollins popped a solo shot to start the game. After that, it was pretty much [...]
Pacman checks into rehab
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Hopefully this will help, but we doubt it. According to Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News, Pacman Jones has checked into a Dallas-area rehab facility for alcohol dependency.
This doesn’t necessarily surprise anyone, does it? Pacman should be concerned though that the admission of using alcohol could violate his probation in [...]
Williams gets $45 million extension
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The Cowboys extended Roy Williams contract (no, not you Roy. The wide receiver) by giving him a five-year $45 million deal with $20 million guaranteed.
We’re sure T.O. is thrilled! It’s for the same amount per year that he gets, but with more guaranteed and over a longer period of time! [...]
Redskins sign Shaun Alexander
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The Washington Redskins have made a trade-deadline move without making a trade. They have signed former MVP running back Shaun Alexander to a deal that will keep him in maroon and gold long term. That is, until the end of the season.
Roy Williams to the Cowboys
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The Detroit Lions have traded WR Roy Williams to the Dallas Cowboys. Finally, they got him out of there.
The Cowboys give the Lions a first-round pick, a third and sixth.
This is a great move for a Lions team that stinks and needs to rebuild through the draft.
Pacman suspended…again
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The NFL has suspended Adam “Pacman” Jones indefinitely for his role in a scuffle in a Dallas hotel bathroom. Jones got into it with a team-ordered security guard and hotel employees had to call the police.
Though no charges were filed (surprise), the NFL ruled that this alcohol-related incident violated the terms of his reinstatement as [...]
Good Guy of the Week: Larry Johnson
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Chiefs RB Larry Johnson has other hobbies besides playing football. We don’t know what all of them are, but maybe he likes to hunt, fish, play cards and/or hit women. The last part we’re pretty sure of.
In 2003, he had assault charges dropped when he agreed to enter a program for [...]
Kitna to IR
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Dave Birkett of the Oakland Press reports that the Lions are going to shelve Jon Kitna for the season on injured reserve. He expects the announcement to come later today.
This means that Dan Orlovsky will get a chance to continue the Lions losing ways.
From GCobb.com: My Thoughts Eagles/49ers
By Micah Warren | 1 Comment
Believe me when I say the Eagles were close to blowing the entire season when they let the 49ers turn a 17-6 deficit into a 26-17 lead. But, not only did the Eagles find a way to get the win, the Redskins lost, the Cowboys lost, and the latter should be without their starting QB [...]
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