Month: January 2008 (Page 6 of 25)

In a shocking development, ESPN.com has learned that Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis has asked head coach Lane Kiffin to resign.

Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis has been pushing for coach Lane Kiffin to resign and is considering Dennis Green as a potential replacement, sources close to Kiffin and the team said.

Davis has gone so far as to draft a letter of resignation for Kiffin to sign, a source said. Kiffin has refused to do so but has dared Davis to fire him instead. The letter, the source said, was sent to Kiffin two weeks ago.

In the letter sent to Kiffin’s legal representatives, Davis stated that only he would have control over his staff and full personnel decisions, sources said. According to a source close to Kiffin, Davis had promised Kiffin when he hired him that he would have more control over staff and personnel matters than recent Raiders coaches. Kiffin was allowed five offensive assistants and to name his own staff when he took the job after the 2006 season.

Davis has officially lost it. He went against conventional wisdom by hiring Kiffin last year and now after only one season he’s demanding for him to resign? And he possibly wants to hire Denny Green? Other one fabulous post-game rant, what did Green do in Arizona that would compel Davis to want to make him the Raiders next had coach?

Just lose your mind, baby.

Each year, NFL teams try to lure Pete Carroll away from USC by offering him a boatload of money and complete control of their team. In my latest column for Bullz-Eye.com, I write how those teams are nuts for putting their franchise’s future at risk just to get with the equivalent of the hot chick on the exercise bike at the gym.

The Internet is abuzz today with the news that New England Patriots’ golden boy Tom Brady has missed not one, but two practices the past two days.

For the second consecutive day, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady wasn’t in the locker room or at practice when reporters and cameramen were allowed inside Friday.

During the 45-minute period in the locker room, several cameramen lingered near his locker, but he didn’t show up. Nor was he there for the first 12 minutes of practice that the media were allowed to watch.

Asked if he could say whether Brady would practice Friday, New England coach Bill Belichick said, “Not now. We’ll see.”

What is the media to do without Brady giving them cookie-cutter answers to their repetitive questions? FOXSports.com is running a poll that asks, “Where is Tom Brady” and even lists “Gisele’s apartment” as one of the choices.

Relax Internet world – he’ll play.