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      Jeter, Yankees still $80 million apart?

      November 26, 2010 /
      New York Yankees' Derek Jeter hits double against the Tampa Bay Rays during the fifth inning of their MLB American League Baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, September 20, 2010. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL)

      Whatever Derek Jeter and his agent are smoking, I want it. Because that stuff must be fantastic if they think they’re getting $150 million from the Yankees.

      Per Bill Madden of the New York Daily News, Jeter and the Yankees are at least “$80 million apart in negotiations.” Jeter’s initial contract request called for six years and $150 million, while the Yankees are “only” offering three years at $45 million.

      I’ve been a Jeter fan since he dazzled everyone in his rookie year but what is he thinking? Six years and $150 million? For hitting .270 last year and playing a very average shortstop? Unless he recently found the fountain of youth and drank it bone dry, then there’s no way the Yankees will/should come close to $150 million for this guy. I know he’s a legend and the Bombers have already put him on the Babe Ruth pedestal, but get real.

      Brian Cashman said it best when he told Jeter that he should test the open market if he feels as though the Yankees are shortchanging him. Because there’s no way in Hades that Jeter would receive a three-year deal worth $45 million from another team – not to mention a six-year contract worth $150 million. He’s a 36-year-old shortstop coming off a down year offensively and just doesn’t have it any more defensively. Don’t get it twisted – he’s still a nice player at the right price. But that’s the key: at the right price.

      As I wrote on Wednesday, he’s going to wind up back in pinstripes next season. But this storyline gets juicer by the day.

      External Sports, MLB

      Top teams make Friday the new day for college football

      November 26, 2010 /
      AUBURN, AL - NOVEMBER 6: Quarterback Cam Newton of the Auburn Tigers celebrates a touchdown against the Chattanooga Mocs November 6, 2010 at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama. (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)

      Cam Newton’s done a lot of smiling so far this season. He’s the Heisman Trophy front-runner on the undefeated No. 2 team in the country.

      A lot of people, including Vegas, don’t believe he’ll be smiling after today’s Iron Bowl, however.

      The Tigers come into today’s game (2:30 p.m. ET on CBS) as a 4-point underdog against their biggest rival, Alabama, despite coming into the game with the undefeated record, Newton and two wins against the teams that have given Alabama its two losses.

      It’s the game that is supposed to open the door for Boise State, or perhaps TCU to break into the national title game. It’s the game that’s supposed to save the NCAA from being embarrassed down the road if Newton is found to be ineligible after the Tigers have won a national title.

      But will it be? Continue reading »

      College Football, External Sports

      Terrell Owens can’t backup mouth as Bengals fall to Jets

      November 26, 2010 /

      New York Jets Darrelle Revis plays defense on Cincinnati Bengals Terrell Owens in the second quarter in week 12 of the NFL season at New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on November 25, 2010. The Jets defeated the Bengals 26-10. UPI /John Angelillo Photo via Newscom

      The next time Terrell Owens wants to call out a cornerback, he might want to check with Carson Palmer to see if his quarterback will even bother to look his way during a game.

      Earlier this week, Sir Big Mouth said that Jets’ defensive back Darrelle Revis was “just an average corner,” then went on to catch only three passes for 17 yards in the Bengals’ 26-10 loss to the Jets on Thursday night. T.O. may have had more catches had Palmer not stayed away from Revis the entire night.

      Then again, had Palmer looked T.O.’s way 30 times it may not have mattered. A hamstring injury limited Revis earlier in the year but now he’s playing near the elite level he was last year, which is amazing considering his performance in 2009 may have been the best ever by a cornerback. He’s finally starting to look 100% again and his domination of T.O. on Thursday may be the springboard he needs to shutdown receivers the rest of the way.

      While Revis was making T.O. invisible, Brad Smith was doing all the scoring for the Jets. Not even a minute had ticked off the clock in the third quarter when he took an end-around 53 yards for a score to give the Jets a 10-7 lead. Then, after the Bengals had kicked a field goal early in the fourth, Smith took the ensuing kickoff back 89 yards for a touchdown and ran the last 50 or so yards with only one shoe. It was the third touchdown he’s scored against Cincinnati in the last two years, as he also scored in the Jets’ Week 17 victory last year against the Bengals.

      Earlier in the day, the Patriots also won by crushing the Lions so they remain tied with the Jets at 9-2 in the AFC East. New York currently holds a tiebreaker between the two teams by virtue of their victory in Week 2, but New England could have its revenge next Monday night in Foxboro.

      External Sports, NFL

      Roy Williams fumbles away win for Cowboys

      November 26, 2010 /
      ARLINGTON, TX - NOVEMBER 25: Roy Williams of the Dallas Cowboys carries the ball after making a reception while being pursued by Malcolm Jenkins of the New Orleans Saints at Cowboys Stadium on November 25, 2010 in Arlington, Texas. Jenkins would strip the ball for a fumble recovery. Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

      Just when it appeared that Jason Garrett would be heading to 3-0 as interim coach of the Cowboys, Roy Williams had victory stripped from him by Saints’ safety Malcolm Jenkins.

      With the Cowboys up 27-23 late in the fourth quarter on Thanksgiving night, Williams caught a short pass from Jon Kitna and raced up field. But Jenkins, who had taken a bad angle initially in coverage, caught him from behind and ripped the ball away from the Dallas receiver at the 11-yard line. Naturally, Drew Brees marched the Saints up field and eventually threw the game-winning touchdown pass to Lance Moore in a blink of an eye.

      Just like that, you could add another win to the Saints’ season tally and another loss to the Cowboys’.

      “It’s late in the game,” Williams said. “That’s the nail in the coffin right there. The nail in the coffin. We had the momentum swung our way. We were there headed to a ‘W.’ That’s a ‘W’ if I just get tackled or just long jump my way into the end zone. Somehow, some way, we win the ballgame. Just fall down, we win.”

      It was an unfortunate play for Williams but a brilliant one by Jenkins. Nothing says the Saints couldn’t have come back and tied the game 30-30 had Dallas wound up with a field goal on that drive, but if the ‘Boys gain 11 more yards and put six on the board then the game is over.

      Instead, the Saints are now tied with the Falcons for eight wins in the NFC South. Atlanta plays Green Bay on Sunday and if the Falcons lose, then all of a sudden New Orleans is back on top in the division (although the Bucs are also 7-3 so if they beat Baltimore, they would have a share of the South lead). And with the way Brees and Co. looked on that final drive, no team in the NFC wants to breathe life back into a Saints team that is starting to fire on all cylinders again.

      External Sports, NFL

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