NFL Note: Brady Quinn Traded to Denver

In a surprise move, the Cleveland Browns traded quarterback Brady Quinn to Denver for running back Peyton Mills, a sixth round draft choice in 2011 and a conditional pick in 2012: Brady Quinn, who was traded by the Browns Sunday to Denver, admitted in an exclusive phone interview with The Plain Dealer that he has no idea why the new regime [read more...]

NFL Note: Brady Quinn Traded to Denver

In a surprise move, the Cleveland Browns traded quarterback Brady Quinn to Denver for running back Peyton Mills, a sixth round draft choice in 2011 and a conditional pick in 2012: Brady Quinn, who was traded by the Browns Sunday to Denver, admitted in an exclusive phone interview with The Plain Dealer that he has no idea why the new regime [read more...]

Black Athlete Dong Watching: A National Socio-Sport-Politic Phenomenon

At Deadspin and the HuffPo, they loves them some... I was three teams from finishing my NBA All-Star break Power Rankings when I decided to save the draft of my work to that point. Poof! Everything I’d written this morning from 5:45-9:45 was gone. I’m stuck a few completed team overviews with one sentence of a Milwaukee Bucks synopsis, which should [read more...]

NFL Week 11: Patriots Revenge, the Oakland Fly Trap Eats Again, and More…

Jay Cutler contemplates the latest way he found to lose a game for the Chicago Bears. Oakland (3-7) 20, Cincinnati (7-3) 17. Sunday showed the Bengals immaturity. After jumping out to a quick 14-0 lead, too many Bengals players took the reset of the game off thinking the Raiders would pack it in; some appeared mot to show up at all [read more...]

NFL Short Notes: On the Josh Cribbs Hit; Dick Jauron Fired; Rex Breaks Down

Josh Cribbs winces in pain on a stretcher after being hit by Baltimore's Dwan Edwards. I have, over time, mentioned that the Baltimore Ravens is perhaps the dirtiest team in the NFL, particularly on the defensive side of the ball (feel free to search the site for prior mentions). Monday night was just another example of the collective maliciousness with which [read more...]

Eric Mangini and His Madcap Jig to Save His —- Job

Eric Mangini looks to be on the outs in Cleveland. Esteemed SOMM commenter Miranda pointed this story out to me in an email and not only did I fail to respond to it, after reading the initial reports I didn’t think it was that big a deal…. until I found this: It’s possible that [former New York Giants GM, Ernie] Accorsi would [read more...]

NFL Notes: Michael Crabtree Finally Signs with Niners, Jets Trade for Edwards

After watching the team that drafted him get off to an impressive 3-1 start, Michael Crabtree finally saw the light. The San Francisco 49ers are a decent team on the rise and if Crabtree is all he is built up to be, he will be the player who can make the Niners as dangerous on offense as they are on [read more...]

Donte Stallworth Suspended for Season: Excerpts from the Commissioner’s Letter

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has suspended Cleveland Browns wideout Donte Stallworth for the 2009 season:   The NFL has suspended Cleveland Browns receiver Donte’ Stallworth without pay for the 2009 season because of violations of the league’s substance-abuse and personal-conduct policies, the NFL announced this morning. Stallworth pled guilty to DUI manslaughter on June 16 after killing pedestrian Mario Reyes while driving drunk on March [read more...]

The Black Quarterback: Running from the Devil - Again

It seems like every so often this article must be dusted off and reposted. Today, this article is for Michael Vick, Vince Young, and Tavaris Jackson. The former Atlanta Falcons QB, the backup at Tennessee, and the starter - for now - at Minnesota are taking more than their fair share of hits from the Internet peanut gallery and the [read more...]

The Sporting News Top 50 Coaches: Beginning a Revised Top 50

I‘m going to take a little break from the craziness of Plax, Mike Vick, Daniel Hood, and more. On ESPN’s Mike and Mike in the Morning show Thursday morning, Mike Greenberg nd Mike Golic are discussing the coaches listed on the Sporting News Top 50 head coaches. I’ll give up the list and then begin dissecting the coaches, sports by [read more...]

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