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      Mark Sanchez has torn cartilage in shoulder

      December 23, 2010 /

      According to the New York Daily News, the arm soreness that Mark Sanchez has been experiencing this week is actually a cartilage tear in his right throwing shoulder. It doesn’t appear that he’ll need surgery or miss any games, but it can’t be a good thing when quarterbacks play with tears in their shoulders.

      No wonder he couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn the pas couple of weeks – the dude’s shoulder had a tear in it. What? The injury happened in the first quarter of last week’s game? So his brutalness against the Patriots and Dolphins was actually all him?

      The NYDN speculates that the injury could hamper Sanchez for the remainder of the season, although he wasn’t much of a passer before the injury so maybe the tear will improve his game. After all, he played pretty well in the second half against the Steelers last Sunday so maybe the injury will be a good thing in some bizarre, that logically doesn’t make any sense kind of way.

      The injury comes at a bad time for the Jets’ offense, as receiver Santonio Holmes is also playing through turf toe. Both he and Sanchez have a rough matchup this Sunday against the Bears, who have a tendency to feast on offense that don’t hail from the Foxboro, Massachusetts area. We’ll see how the injury affects the duo this weekend.

      External Sports, NFL

      Broncos’ Elvis Dumervil cited for assault

      December 23, 2010 /

      And the season from hell continues for the Denver Broncos.

      According to KDVR in Denver, Elvis Dumervil (who was placed on injured reserve before the season with a torn pectoral muscle) was cited for assault following the Broncos’ loss to the Raiders in Week 7. He allegedly tussled with a parking attendant outside Invesco Field and was cited for both assault and disturbing the peace.

      As the report notes, Dumervil hasn’t gotten into any real trouble since being selected in the fourth round of the 2006 draft out of Louisville. He apparently has some speeding violations and was once busted for not having proof of insurance, but nothing that would warrant punishment from the league for this assault situation.

      Dumervil wasn’t the only Bronco to find himself on the wrong side of the law this year. Back in November, DJ Williams was arrested by Denver Police for DUI and less than two weeks ago, Perrish Cox was busted for charges of sexual assault. This past Monday, Kevin Alexander was arrested for assault and battery and was released by the team shortly thereafter.

      Is it just me or do players usually find themselves in bad headlines when their team is having a horrible year? This of course doesn’t apply to Cincinnati Bengal players, who find themselves in bad headlines no matter what kind of season they’re having. But it just seems like when it rains it pours for NFL teams. And it hasn’t stopped raining on the Broncos since they started 6-0 last year.

      External Sports, NFL

      Cam Newton named AP Player of the Year

      December 23, 2010 /

      Cam Newton can now add AP Player of the Year to his list of accomplishments in 2010.

      From ESPN.com:

      The Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback led the Tigers into the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game against No. 2 Oregon with a mix of flair and poise and enough highlight-reel plays to widely split the vote among a handful of coaches and teammates asked for their favorite.

      Newton received 51 votes from the 60-member AP football poll panel. Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore received three, Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck got two, and four ballots went unreturned.

      Scandal or no scandal, Cam Newton is one hell of a football player and turned in quite a performance this season. Football is the ultimate team game but if Auburn goes on to win the national championship, it’ll be because of Newton. He’s one of those rare players that can completely take over a game on his own. Watching him battle with Oregon in a couple of weeks will be incredibly fun to watch.

      Perhaps the most amazing thing about Newton is that he kind of came out of nowhere. Auburn fans knew he was special but he wasn’t really on anyone’s radar in preseason and he certainly wasn’t being considered as a Heisman candidate at the start of the year. Yet he won the prestigious honor running away and then scooped up the AP Player of the Year award in a landslide. Amazing.

      College Football, External Sports

      Ortiz, Nogueira to headline UFC Fight Night 24 in Seattle

      December 23, 2010 /

      Jeremy Botter of HeavyMMA.com writes that a light-heavyweight bout between Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Tito Ortiz will go down at UFC Fight Night 24 now instead of UFC 128 like it was originally scheduled.

      The event is expected to take place March 26 in Seattle. The news was first reported on Tuesday by MMA Junkie.

      Fight Night 24 will air on Spike TV. It will be the UFC’s first trip to Washington, and will likely take place at the KeyArena.

      Ortiz teased the possibility of the fight on Monday night via his official Twitter account. “Big news,” he said. “I’m not fighting in New Jersey. But I am still fighting ‘Lil Nog’ in March.”

      Ortiz is winless in his past five fights and has not scored a win in more than four years. Nogueira, meanwhile, is coming off a tough loss to Ryan Bader at UFC 119 in September.

      Read more MMA headlines.

      External Sports, UFC

      Did Coughlin kick Dodge out of locker room following loss to Eagles?

      December 22, 2010 /

      Giants’ punter Matt Dodge had himself a rough day last Sunday. First he had to watch his team blow a 21-point fourth-quarter lead to the Eagles and then he helped them lose the game when he punted the ball right at dangerous returner DeSean Jackson (who returned the gift for a game-winning touchdown).

      Following the game, Tom Coughlin saw Dodge crying and told him to get out of the locker room, or so says local Philadelphia sports radio loudmouth Howard Eskin via his Twitter page.

      After Eagles game learned that NY coach T. Coughlin saw his punter in tears. Told him get out of locker room. No longer on this team.

      If the report is true, hopefully Coughlin kicked his defense out of the locker room, too. After they left, hopefully he proceeded to kick out his punt return team, his offense and all of his assistant coaches as well.

      Then when he was the only one left standing in his locker room, here’s hoping Tom Coughlin booted himself out. Because it doesn’t take just one man to blow a 21-point lead in the fourth quarter with only eight minutes remaining in the game. Did Dodge screw up? No doubt. It was a bad mistake and he cost his team dearly. But with the way Coughlin and his coaching staff was handling the game at that point, there’s little doubt that the Eagles would have won in overtime anyway.

      Maybe the report isn’t true. After all, it did come from Howard Eskin, who isn’t above Tweeting something like that just to rub the Giants noses in a loss to the Eagles. But again, if it is, Coughlin owes Dodge an apology.

      External Sports, NFL

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