Author: Anthony Stalter (Page 957 of 1503)

      Did Santonio Holmes really get two feet down?

      February 4, 2009 /

      If you look at these pictures from SPORTSbyBROOKS.com (via Will Leitch’s personal blog), yeah, Holmes did:

      Santonio Holmes

      Santonio Holmes

      Santonio Holmes

      From the looks of that second picture, it appears to me that he stuck both feet into the ground and therefore it was a touchdown. The top picture (which some media publications are using to prove that Holmes didn’t get two feet in), was likely taken either before or after the second photo. In fact, if you look at the first and third photos, Holmes has a piece of the turf stuck in his shoe. In the second photo, the turf appears to be absent, which would indicate that the first and third photos were shot after the second photo and therefore Holmes got his right foot down.

      Later I’ll be reopening the JFK case by looking at evidence photos, so make sure to stop back.

      NFL, Super Bowl

      The dance continues – Manny, Dodgers still talking

      February 4, 2009 /

      Even though their one-year, $25 million offer to Manny Ramirez was recently rejected, the Dodgers will resume talks with Scott Boras in efforts to get a deal worked out to re-sign the free agent slugger.

      Manny RamirezWith Spring Training opening in less than 10 days, even with Ramirez’s rejection of the one-year offer Monday night it appears that the intensity of negotiations has increased. The offer was the Dodgers’ third attempt to retain Ramirez, who in November did not respond to a two-year, $45 million offer plus an option and three weeks later did not accept the club’s offer for salary arbitration.

      The market for the gifted slugger has been murky, although Boras insists it has heated up. The Dodgers are the only club known to have made an offer. The Giants are the only other club to have acknowledged interest, although like the Dodgers, it is short term only. Boras said he continues negotiating with several teams on Ramirez but again declined to name them.

      The Dodgers, with no designated hitter rule available to provide a transitional role as Ramirez ages, have insisted they will not provide the four- or five-year deal he is seeking.

      Is this ride making anyone else sick?

      The Giants might hold the key to ending this charade. If they and the Dodgers are the only clubs that are even interested in Manny, then they should make an official offer and then sit back and wait. I’m assuming that if they truly wanted Ramirez, they would make an offer that’s lucratively better than the one that the Dodgers have offered. If not, then what’s the point? To drive the price up for the Dodgers? There are no other teams interested so that seems like a fruitless idea.

      With an official offer from the Giants in place, Boras could wait to hear back from the Dodgers. If L.A. is still unwilling to budge, then Manny should shit or get off the pot. Either take the Dodgers’ one-year deal for $25 million and become a free agent next year, or take a two to three-year deal depending on what the Giants offer.

      MLB

      Larry Johnson officially asks out of Kansas City

      February 4, 2009 /

      In the same week that Tony Gonzalez expressed his desire to bolt Kansas City, Larry Johnson also is asking the Chiefs to either trade or release him.

      From Rotoworld.com:

      Larry JohnsonLarry Johnson told 610 Sports in Kansas City Wednesday morning that he wants a “clean break” from the Chiefs.

      L.J. believes the organization hasn’t backed him, and it’s ruined his public image. He must not realize there is a new GM in town and KC will have a new coach shortly. Johnson also thinks he was on the trade block at the October deadline, and that the Chiefs “have been trying to trade me ever since I got here.” It’s pretty clear that L.J. was told he was great too many times by too many people in the mid-2000s. He’s lost touch with reality.

      I agree with the writers at Rotoworld. Here’s a guy that caused a stink two years ago when he thought he wasn’t getting paid enough. So in August of 2007, the Chiefs signed him to a six-year, $45.05 million contract, which included $19 million in guarantees and a $12.5 million signing bonus. In October of last year, Johnson was suspended one game for allegedly pushing a woman at a nightclub, which also brought him simple-assault charges.

      And now he’s saying the organization hasn’t backed him? Get a grip. They paid him what he wanted to be paid, stood by him when he got into trouble off field and now he thinks he can pick and choose what teams he wants to play for. Ridiculous.

      NFL, Rumors & Gossip

      Kurt Warner likely to return to Arizona next season

      February 4, 2009 /

      Despite the recent talk that he could retire this offseason, it looks like Kurt Warner will return next year as the starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals.

      Kurt WarnerHe will be back. And he likely will sign a new, two-year contract extension – possibly in the neighborhood of $18-20 million – to try and lead this once-woebegone franchise right back into glorious history.

      Give it two weeks, three weeks tops.

      That was the word circulating through the Warner camp before and following the Cardinals’ 27-23 loss to the Steelers in Tampa. And unless management completely drops the ball and short-changes the quarterback at the negotiating table, it’s appears to be a done deal.

      Still, Warner would make no such public assumptions. He did say on Tuesday he wants to finish his career with the Cardinals.

      “That’s my mindset,” he said. “If I’m going to keep playing, I don’t want to change teams.”

      Outside of Anquan Boldin and Todd Haley’s possible departures, Arizona is the perfect place for Warner. He benefits playing in a dome eight times a year because his arm strength is fading fast, he knows the offense and he has a multitude of weapons at his disposal. At this point in his career, he can’t be the guy anymore but he can obviously be very effective in the right situation. And the Cardinals are definitely the right situation for him.

      Fantasy Football, NFL

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