When the Grizzlies gave away Pau Gasol for Kwame Brown’s expiring contract, it proved just how valuable salary cap flexibility can be in the NBA. In my latest column, I identify several players with expiring contracts that could be moved before the trade deadline, perhaps for another Memphis player.
Month: February 2008 (Page 19 of 30)
SPORTSbyBROOKS.com has once again discovered a clip from the Chris Berman acting-like-a-douche video vault. This time, Berman has a nice message for Al Michaels (Warning: Language).
In all fairness, it’s pretty obvious that he’s joking. Still though, these behind the scene clips of CB are priceless.
Former relief pitcher John Rocker says he failed a drug test ordered by MLB in 2000 and that he, Alex Rodriguez and former Texas Rangers were lectured by management and union doctors on how to effectively use steroids.
“Bud Selig knew in the year 2000 John Rocker was taking the juice,” the former pitcher said yesterday of the baseball commissioner on Atlanta radio station 680. “Didn’t do anything about it.”
Rocker said that doctors from management and the players association, after a spring training talk with the Texas Rangers about steroids, pulled himself, Rodriguez, former Oriole Rafael Palmeiro and Ivan Rodriguez aside. Rocker was with the Rangers in 2002.
“If you do [steroids] responsibly, it’s not going to hurt you,” Rocker said the doctors told them.
This is incredibly juicy (pardon the pun) news, but here’s the thing – it’s coming from John “I love New York City” Rocker. Raise your hand if you think he might be stretching the truth just to keep his name relevant.
Still though, his story is rather detailed and if it’s true, this is another bombshell for baseball and it’s highly competent leader, Bud Selig.
Following in line with the all-Redskins, all-the-time sports week, The Washington Post is reporting that the ‘Skins are interested in disgruntled Bengals’ wide receiver Chad Johnson.
Numerous league sources, including some with direct knowledge of conversations between Snyder, Cerrato and recent head coaching candidates, have affirmed that the Redskins have interest in trading for Cincinnati wide receiver Chad Johnson, with two league sources saying Johnson is eager to land a hefty new contract from Washington.
Acquiring an elite receiver is Snyder’s top priority, league sources said. The Bengals have said they have no intention of trading Johnson, but his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, is working quietly to broker a deal, the sources said.
I’ve said before and I’ll say it again: Chad Johnson needs some new scenery. However, with the hire of a first-time head coach in Jim Zorn, is it wise for Snyder to bring in a dynamic personality like Chad Johnson? Just putting it out there.
SPORTSbyBROOKS.com notes (via CBSNews.com) that Jim Fassel is a bit ticked off that Redskins owner Daniel Synder went with a first-time head coach in Jim Zorn instead of a wily veteran like Fassel himself.
Fassel: “Someone said to me that Jim Zorn has three jobs he hasn’t done now. He’s a head coach, and he’s never done it. He’s an offensive coordinator, and he’s never done it. And he’s calling the plays, and he’s never done it.
Fassel on Snyder and the Redskins: “This is a shock to me. … There was something going on behind the scenes, there’s no question about it. I thought things were falling my way, then, suddenly, this happens. It’s strange. I was looking for the right fit, and I thought this was the right fit because I knew Dan (owner Dan Snyder). It’s a long, twisted story.
Considering former Ravens head coach Brian Billick (one of Fassel’s friend’s by the way) fired him in the middle of the 2006 season because his play calling was dreadful, Fassel probably shouldn’t be talking about anyone else’s play calling abilities. You didn’t get the job – suck it up. Act a man, damn it.
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