Knicks wheeling and dealing
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Newsday is reporting that the Knicks have dealt Jamal Crawford to the Golden State Warriors for Al Harrington.
An NBA source told Newsday that the Knicks haven’t announced the deal yet because they might not be finished trading. Another rumor has the Knicks shipping Zack Randolph to the Clippers for Tim Thomas and Cutino Mobley.
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Holliday to the A’s
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SI.com is reporting that the A’s and the Rockies have a deal that will send OF Matt Holliday to the Bay Area.
Reliever Huston Street, lefty starter Greg Smith and outfielder Carlos Gonzalez are names that have come up in recent days, but it’s not known at this time what the final deal is.
Allen Iverson traded to the Pistons; Perry’s head explodes
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Allen Iverson has been traded to the Detroit Pistons for Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess (an ESPN News reports says that Cheikh Samb is also on his way to Denver).
Perry likes to root for the Sixers and Pistons. Perry hates Allen Iverson. Perry was excited when Iverson was traded. Perry [...]
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.
Raiders official gets pissy with journalist
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This is great.
Herrerra goes off
And from the Press-Democrat, here is exactly what happened. We copied and pasted their work:
This is getting better all the time. Better in the sense of more ridiculous - but these are the Raiders and anything goes.
I’m saying there was almost a fistfight in the Raiders press room after Lane [...]
Seahawks eat another sandwich from a gas station
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Adam Schefter of NFLN is reporting that the Seahawks have brought their 2001 first-round pick to the nest. Yes, Seattle has signed Koren Robinson to a one-year deal, officially scaring the crap out of every corner in the NFL.
Seahawks make deal for Keary Colbert
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Ouch. The Seahawks have traded a late-round pick to the Denver Broncos for WR Keary Colbert, according to Jay Glazer of Foxsports.com. It seems that the Seahawks are so desperate for wide receiver help that they would eat a sandwich from a gas station.
Just fyi, Colbert hasn’t scored a TD since 2005.
Paul Byrd headed to Boston
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The Cleveland Indians traded pitcher Paul Byrd to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later or cash; or a player named Cash?
Coincidentally, the Boston Red Sox have a 30-year old catcher named Kevin Cash on their roster.
PHOTO CAPTION: Paul Byrd heats his hands above the fire and stares at a blond [...]
Adam Dunn traded, but wait…
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…how can a player be traded after the trade deadline? Why do they have a trade deadline if there really isn’t a trade deadline? Well, there’s two deadlines.
The July 31st trade deadline is the non waiver deadline.
Between August 1 and August 31 trades can still be made. If a player is put on [...]
Favre is a Jet
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Jay Glazer says it’s a done deal, Brett Favre is a Jet. It’s in the main mag.
Favre traded to Tampa Bay?
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The website savebrett.net is reporting that a source close to Favre told them that he has been traded to the Buccaneers. Favre has been traded, not the source.
We’d like to hear it from a more reputable source, but who knows? No one thought we were capable of breaking the Asante Samuel signing.
Manny to the Dodgers
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CNNSi.com is reporting that the Dodger have acquired the services of Manny Ramirez.
Ok, so ignore our other report of someone else’s report, because the deal sends Jason Bay to the Red Sox and the Pirates get four minor leaguers.
The $20 million club options on Manny for 2009 and 2010 were dropped.
Jason Bay to the Rays
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A source told MLB.com that the Tampa Bay Rays have landed outfielder Jason Bay for a couple of Minor leaguers, including shortstop Reid Brignac and right-hander Jeff Niemann.
The Rays have not confirmed this as of this posting.
Griffey to the White Sox
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Thanks to the Sports Idiot for tipping us off that the Reds and White Sox have agreed to a deal that will send Ken Griffey, Jr. to Chicago. The Reds will receive Danny Richar and Nick Masset while paying the remaining $4 million on Griffey’s contract.
Ron Artest is still ghetto
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Two nights ago Ron Artest was sent to the Houston Rockets from SacTown for rookie Donte Greene, Bobby Jackson and a first-round pick in 2009.
NBA front-office sources confirmed to ESPN.com “that the Kings also will receive approximately $1 million in cash considerations. But the deal can’t be completed and announced before Aug. 14 because Greene [...]
Astros trade for Randy Wolf
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Since Ed Wade became GM of the Houston team of MLB, they should have changed their names to the Asstros. Wade went out and traded for Padres lefty Randy Wolf, giving up minor league righty Chris Greineke, who isn’t going to pay a lot for this muffler.
“Randy is an experienced starter and a great [...]
Shockey to the Saints
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Jay Glazer of FoxSports.com says that the Giants have agreed to trade TE Jeremy Shockey to the Saints for second- and fifth- round picks. The deal is still pending league approval and Shockey still has to pass a physical.
This isn’t all that shocking considering Shockey’s boorish behavior as of late (well, as of always. [...]
Redskins land Taylor
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The Redskins have finalized a deal that will send Miami’s Jason Taylor to Washington. Washington has agreed to send a 2009 second-round pick and a 2010 sixth rounder to the Dolphins in exchange for a guy who is already eye-balling life after football.
“We acquired a perennial Pro Bowl player and one of the NFL’s [...]
Cubs get Harden
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The Chicago Cubs have made a trade and now have a big hard on Harden. The Oakland A’s sent pitchers Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin to the Cubbies in exchange for right-handed pitcher Sean Gallagher, catcher Josh Donaldson, infielder Eric Patterson and outfielder Matt Murton.
Harden, the main part of the deal, has posted All-Star [...]
C.C. Sabathia to the Brewers
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According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the Brewers have traded for Indians pitcher C.C. Sabathia. Last year’s AL Cy Young winner was dealt to the Brew Crew for prospects, including Double-A outfielder Matt LaPorta, who is hitting .288 with 20 homers and 66 RBIs in 84 games for Huntsville, and two other minor leaguers in [...]
Randy Wolf to the Yankees?
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We spoke with a league source who confirmed some internet rumors that San Diego Padres pitcher Randy Wolf is headed to the Yankees. The deal would send Wolf to NY for Jeff Marquez and a player to be named later.
We aren’t officially reporting this as a done deal, but merely stoking the flames of [...]
Jefferson to the Bucks?
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ESPN says NBA sources have told them that the Nets plan to trade Richard “roll the dice as to whether or not I’ll play well tonight” Jefferson to the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons. The sources say the deal has already been agreed upon and submitted to the league [...]
Jermaine O’Neal traded to Toronto for TJ Ford
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Adrian Wojnarowski from Yahoo! Sports is reporting “the Indiana Pacers have agreed in principle to send six-time All-Star Jermaine O’Neal to the Toronto Raptors for point guard T.J. Ford and the 17th pick in Thursday’s NBA draft, a league executive said Wednesday.”
Toronto also will send Rasho Nesterovic and another role player to match up with [...]
Flyers ship RJ Umberger to Columbus
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The Philadelphia Flyers, a hockey team in the National Hockey League, shipped the rights to playoff stud R.J. Umberger to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for the 19th overall pick and a third-round pick in last night’s draft.
It’s not that the Flyers were unhappy with his 11 goals and five assists in the playoffs, [...]
Horn wants out
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Falcons WR Joe Horn said on Monday that he would like to be traded. The 36-year old doesn’t want to be a situational player and he sure as hell ain’t starting.
“I want to win a Super Bowl and I want to win a Super Bowl here in Atlanta, but I don’t think I can [...]
Shockey to Saints could still happen?
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The Times-Picayune reports that league sources say that the deal that would send Giants TE Jeremy Shockey to the Saints isn’t dead yet.
Supposedly, Saints head coach Sean Payton thinks that Shockey would be perfect in his offense and desperately wants to add him. Shockey has already told the Giants about his unhappiness in New [...]
Boldin wants to stay put
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So now Anquan Boldin doesn’t want a trade? According to him, he never wanted one.
“I went to sleep one night and woke up the next morning and I was disgruntled, wanted out of Arizona and all this stuff,” Boldin said. “I hadn’t even talked to nobody. It’s funny to see the reports [...]
OTR Salutes ‘barry,’ Fan Of The Year
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We can’t ignore the overwhelming support we are receiving from our biggest fan ‘barry.’ He is one of the main reasons that OTR is able to keep it going. His brilliant posting on comments and the respect he gives Micah and I is second to none. Furthermore, without hesitation we are giving [...]
Eagles wanted Albert
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According to the new Eagles blog on Philly.com, the Eagles tried to trade up to get Virginia’s Brandon Albert in the first round. The Eagles reportedly tried to get up to the Cardinals spot at #16, knowing that Albert wouldn’t last past the Chiefs. The Cardinals wanted Rodgers-Cromartie and said no thanks (probably because [...]
Eagles could royally blow it
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So, heard any good Lito rumors lately? We found one on the new Eagles blog on Philly.com (answer to GCobb.com without a doubt. Good luck). According to the blog, the Jacksonville Jaguars are interested in acquiring the services of the former All-Pro corner.
They wanted to grab Lito during the draft, but after [...]
Very little player movement
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Every NFL Draft will have a fair share of movement with picks and such, but there was a lot of hype in 2008 about current players being shuffled about. Well, it really hasn’t happened. Maybe we can take a look at each case and find out why:
-Jason Taylor, DE, Dolphins: Dolphins owner Wayne [...]
Ravens say no thanks
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ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio reports that the Ravens turned down the Rams demands of their first-round pick, second-round pick and a fourth-round pick. The Ravens firmly believe that the Falcons are going to take Matt Ryan and apparently, GM Ozzie Newsome called up the Rams and asked what it would take. Looks like the Ravens [...]
Rosenhaus says Bengals have been offered two first-rounders for Chad
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Drew Rosenhaus told ESPN that sources told him that there have been teams that offered two solid first-round picks for Chad Johnson. He doesn’t know whether a trade will go down, but we believe he’s telling the truth here. The Bengals are digging in.
Rams officials “emphatically” deny Lito rumors
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According to the St. Louis Dispatch, two Rams officials “emphatically” denied that the Rams were offering their second-round pick in exchange for Eagles corner Lito Sheppard.
Who wants to get drafted by Cincinnati?
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Ocho isn’t the only one that wants out of Cincy. Adam Schefter of NFL Network says that now tackle Levi Jones wants to be moved because of disagreements with the coaching staff.
That’s all well and good, but we’re looking at it from a Bengals PR perspective. How many criminals and malcontents [...]
Another wrinkle to Eagles draft plans?
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According to Bob Brookover of the Philadelphia Inquirer, a league source told him this morning that the Eagles are fielding a number of offers for CB Lito Sheppard and they all include a 2nd round pick. But, he notes that the offer from the Saints could also include 2006 All-Pro tackle Jammal Brown.
We heard [...]
Chad Johnson keeps it going
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Chad Johnson just continues to entertain. Will they really keep him in Cincy? Can they? Everyone seems to have their heels dug into the sand, but Draft Day tells the story.
“I will take the criticism,” Johnson said. “I will stick by my guns, and I will not be there. I [...]
Dolphins lasso two Cowboys
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Did you see what we did there? With the headline? Clever, huh? And relevant. Because cowboys have….Ok, moving on.
Bill Parcells likes his guys, doesn’t he? Parcells, ahem, Jeff Ireland traded his fourth-round pick to the Cowboys in exchange for LB Akin Ayodele and TE Anthony Fasano.
Ayodele became expendable when the [...]
Shockey likely to get moved
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Based on the reports we’ve seen, it seems likely that the Giants will move TE Jeremy Shockey today or tomorrow. Most likely today, in our view. Foxsports.com’s Jay Glazer is reporting that the deal is close.
What seems to be agreed upon is that the Giants will get the Saints second-round pick, #40 overall. [...]
Rosenhaus: Free Chad!!
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Drew Rosenhaus goes on his little Youtube.com thing to plead for Chad Johnson to be traded. Have fun:
Saints shopping Brown?
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A league source has told CBS Sportsline’s Pete Prisco that the Saints are shopping 2006 All-Pro left tackle Jammal Brown. The Saints, according to Prisco, want to move up way in the draft from #10 to grab LSU DT Glenn Dorsey, who some think is the best player in the draft.
What do we think? [...]
Pacman Jones is a Cowboy
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Have fun with that Dallas. Pacman Jones is now officially a Cowboy. Dallas will give up a fourth-round pick for Jones, but receive a pick back in 2009 should Jones not be reinstated.
Vikings Land 2007 Sack Leader Jared Allen
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The Kansas City Star reported on Tuesday night that Jared Allen agreed to a six year $74 million contract with more than $31 million guaranteed. Jared Allen was not a free agent (he actually was franchised by Kansas City), so Minnesota sent them the 17th pick in this year’s draft and two third round [...]
Marvin Lewis now admits offer was made
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Bengals head coach now admits that the Redskins made an offer for Chad Johnson. So basically, he didn’t know there was a published report, so he just bs’ed.
“Once I actually read what was reported, I have to be truthful and say that the story is accurate,” Lewis said on Tuesday afternoon, according [...]
Bengals: What offer?
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Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis, speaking at a press conference today, says that there was no offer made by the Redskins.
Lewis said that Bengals president “Mike Brown has not received a phone call.”
This is the fun part about this time of year. Don’t believe anyone. Chris Mortensen wouldn’t just make something like this [...]
GCobb.com: Eagles went after Asomugha
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GCobb.com is reporting that the Eagles made a move for Oakland Raiders CB Nnamdi Asomugha before they went after Asante Samuel in free agency. They backed off once they found out that the Raiders would franchise him.
What this tells us is that the Eagles have wanted Lito gone for some time. Something happened, [...]
Redskins offered two first-round picks for Ocho?
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According to Chris Mortensen of ESPN.com, the Redskins offered the Bengals their first-round pick this year (#21) and a conditional third next year that could jump to a first-rounder if certain performance escalators are met. Which, with Jason Campbell is anybody’s guess.
Those of you who would like to moan about the cap [...]
Eagles offered Lito and a pick last week for Roy Williams?
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According to Profootballtalk.com, the Eagles offered Lito Sheppard and a pick last week to the Detroit Lions for WR Roy Williams. According to PFT, the Lions flatly refused.
The report also said that the Birds have gone after Chad Johnson as well, but to no avail. We actually said this months ago, but few [...]
Joe Banner: Eagles could keep Sheppard
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Zzzzzzzzz. Wow, this is boring. The amount of crap coming out of the Philadelphia Eagles right now is amazing. They’ve been talking about how they’ve had some great offers for Lito Sheppard and now they say despite “significant interest” they may keep him.
Joe Banner said on the team’s website that they have [...]
Chick Ludwig: Trade Chad Johnson now
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Chick Ludwig of the Dayton Daily News strongly believes that Chad Johnson will be dealt on or before Draft Weekend. Says Ludwig:
“I’m not sure how Johnson can come back and face his teammates in the locker room again after everything that’s been said the past three months.
“Sorry, folks, but as I sit here and [...]
Not so fast, Pacman
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A source has told Ed Werder of ESPN.com the Pacman Jones-to-Dallas trade is in danger of falling through.
“It’s pretty muddled,” a Dallas source said. “Any time you have disputes over both the picks and the money, you have a real problem.”
Pacman had this to say regarding his status when asked at a charity event [...]
No offers for McNabb
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Eagles head coach Andy Reid told SI’s Peter King that he has received no trade offers for Donovan McNabb. King’s column states:
“If you got a ridiculous offer for McNabb,” Eagles coach Andy Reid was asked at the NFC Coaches Breakfast at the league meetings this morning, “would you consider trading him?” “No,” Reid said, [...]
Eagles looking to trade up?
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I’ve spoken to a source that told me that the Eagles will look to use cornerback Lito Sheppard in a trade that would allow them to move up in the first round of the draft. Apparently, they really want an offensive tackle and don’t believe their guy will last until #19.
It’s well known that [...]
Lito Sheppard update
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Thanks to Bob Brookover of the Philadelphia Inquirer for this Lito Sheppard update. He says that a league source tells him that the Eagles have asked at least one team for a first-round pick for Sheppard. He also says that an Eagles source mentioned that a second-rounder and a fifth-rounder would be the very [...]
Rumors at owners’ meetings: Packers interested in AJ and JP?
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Among the rumors making the rounds at the annual NFL owners meetings is that the Packers are interested in a possible backup to Aaron Rodgers. The names being floated are that of Eagles QB A.J. Feeley and Bills QB J.P. Losman. OTR had heard the Feeley rumors a few weeks ago, and it’s apparent [...]
Pacman’s agent says deal with Cowboys is done
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Manny Arora, Pacman Jones’ agent/enabler, says that a deal with the Cowboys is in place, but that the Titans are testing the market.
“The contract is in place,” Arora said Monday. “They are not unintelligent people. They know what they are doing.
“They (Titans) have already made it publicly known that he needs to find [...]
Browns and Raiders exchange emails on Washington
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According to the website for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Browns and Raiders have exchanged emails regarding cornerback Fabian Washington, although a deal doesn’t appear to be imminent.
The report says that the Raiders claim to have a deal on the table that would land them a second-round pick. The Browns don’t have any pick [...]
Pacman thinks he’s worth a first-round pick
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**Pauses for laughter** Pacman Jones said at a charity basketball game Saturday night that he thinks that he is worthy of a first-round pick in trade. Apparently, Jones hasn’t been read a newspaper lately (and judging by his grammar he can’t). When pressed on his trade value, he replied:
“I would say a [...]
Saints offered Giants 2nd and Roman Harper for Shockey
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According to Mike Garafolo of the Neward Star Ledger, the Saints offered the Giants former second-round pick Roman Harper and a second-rounder for Jeremy Shockey. It’s not known whether they will make another run at him.
But what this tells OTR, is that the Giants don’t agree with everyone else’s assessment that the Giants are [...]
Marvin Lewis just posturing?
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Or is Chad Johnson really staying put? Head Coach Marvin Lewis told NFL Network’s Total Access that Johnson ain’t goin’ nowhere no how. Ok, he didn’t say it like that.
“If he wants the chance to play professional football, he’s got to do it right here in Cincinnati,” Lewis said, comparing the situation to [...]
Perry’s Mailbag: Letters From Famous People
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An odd thing happened over the past couple weeks. Famous people affiliated with sports (players, coaches, and analysts), started emailing me with questions and comments. It seems our fan base has spread across this great nation. I know all of you are pretty anxious to see exactly who emailed me, so let’s [...]
Pacman Jones update
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If you’ve forgotten about Pacman Jones, it’s ok. It just means that you haven’t been to your local strip club lately. A source has told the Dallas Morning News’ Calvin Watkins that the Cowboys are in talks with the Tennessee Titans to acquire the services of the indefinitely suspended Jones.
The Titans will likely [...]
NFL Football: DeAngelo Hall FINALLY inked.
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DeAngelo Hall, former teammate of a dog killer, finally got paid today by the Oakland Raiders. The deal is worth $70 million over seven years with $24.5 million guaranteed. Hall was not a free agent, so before he signed with Oakland, Atlanta traded his ass for a 2nd round pick in 2008 and [...]
DeAngelo to the Raiders
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According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the deal for DeAngelo Hall is essentially done. Hall is expected to fly to Oakland tomorrow to sign the deal that will make him a Raider.
“There is just some tweaking of the language that needs to be done, some minor details,” Hall said of contract negotiations. “No deal breakers.”
The [...]
Marinelli: Roy ain’t goin’ no place at no time
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According to Detroit Lions head coach Rod Marinelli, WR Roy Williams is staying put. He wants to see Williams and second-year man Calvin Johnson do their thing on the football field in 2008.
“He’s here,” Marinelli said. “Roy is here. Look at my eyes – he’s staying here. I want to see what he and [...]
Keep an eye on Laveraneous
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As we’ve been saying for about a month now, keep an eye on the situation of Laveraneous Coles. He has openly whined that he thinks the Jets have been lying to him about taking care of his deal, which he wants ripped up and extended.
With all the changes the Jets are making (like si