Month: January 2008 (Page 13 of 25)

      Bud the Slug gets $14 mil, three-year extension

      January 17, 2008 /

      According to Jon Heyman of SI.com, Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is going to be sticking around for a while.

      Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig received a three-year extension through 2012 at the owner’s meetings in Scottsdale, Ariz., today. Selig, 73, appeared before Congress this week to testify about the Mitchell Report, which he authorized to examine the history of steroids in baseball.

      Details of the contract have not been announced. In 2007, Selig was reported to have earned $14 million.

      This isn’t too surprising. The only thing baseball owners care about is making money and clearly, they’ve made money while Selig has been in office. It’s not fair to trash everything Selig has done, however. As the article points out, he did introduce revenue sharing, a wild card playoff round, and the sport is popular again after the ’94 strike ruined the game for a lot of folks. Too bad it took his players using roids to bring fans back to the ballparks, though.

      MLB

      Garrett staying put, what’s next for Ravens, Falcons?

      January 17, 2008 /

      ESPN.com is reporting that Cowboys’ offensive coordinator Jason Garrett has decided to stay in Dallas and not accept the head-coaching job in Baltimore or Atlanta.

      “This is huge because changing systems right now would have been really tough on Tony [Romo],” a source told ESPN’s Ed Werder.

      Jones, who hired Garrett last year before hiring coach Wade Phillips, apparently convinced him his future was just as bright with the Cowboys, who are coming off a 13-3 regular season with eight of his offensive players going to the Pro Bowl.

      Jones probably had to promise more than money to Garrett in order to keep him. I bet Phillips has one, maybe two more years (tops) in Dallas before Garrett becomes head coach. Jones found Garrett in Miami and you knew he wasn’t going to allow his creation to escape out the back door.

      So what do the Ravens and Falcons do next? Apparently Baltimore is after Eagles’ secondary coach John Harbaugh, but it’s a little strange that they haven’t made more of a pitch to keep defensive guru Rex Ryan. My prediction is Atlanta will wind up hiring Ryan now that Garrett and Colts’ assistant head coach Jim Caldwell are unavailable. Ryan was close to landing the Chargers gig last year before they hired Norv Turner.

      NFL

      Jessica Simpson’s plan to destroy the Cowboys

      January 17, 2008 /

      The Onion is at it again.

      Here’s an excerpt.

      Speaking to reporters she had invited into her impenetrable subterranean Texas lair on Monday, Jessica Simpson gloated over the victory she recently achieved after nearly two years of using her personal charms, her unique brand of cunning, and every resource at her disposal to meticulously plot the downfall of the Cowboys’ 2007 season.

      “Ever since I was a little girl growing up in football-obsessed Texas, it’s been a dream of mine to completely bring the evil, arrogant Cowboys organization and its boorish and cocky fans to their knees. But the suave and sophisticated players on that team are nigh-unapproachable for a nice country girl like me,” Simpson declared from her Throne of Thorns, situated in the surveillance room of her headquarters. “And then I saw Tony. Instantly I knew that he was the weak link, the keystone, the only one for me to exploit.”

      Miss Evil

      Read the rest after the jump.

      Fantasy Football, NFL, Rumors & Gossip

      Wear this Packer jersey, son, or I’ll tape it to you

      January 16, 2008 /

      Growing up, we all learned not to piss dad off, especially when it came to honoring his favorite football team. This is a bit much, though.

      Upset that his 7-year-old son wouldn’t wear a Green Bay Packers jersey during the team’s playoff victory Saturday, a man restrained the boy for an hour with tape and taped the jersey onto him.

      Mathew Kowald was cited for disorderly conduct in connection with the incident with his son at their home in Pardeeville, Lt. Wayne Smith of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Department said.

      The 36-year-old Kowald was arrested Monday after his wife told authorities about the incident. Kowald was taken to the county jail and held until Wednesday, when he pleaded no contest, paid a fine of $186 and was released.

      Boy, Packer fans sure take this time of year seriously.

      NFL

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