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      Dolphins bring back Jason Taylor

      May 13, 2009 /

      Free agent defensive end Jason Taylor signed a one-year, $1.1 million contact to re-join the Dolphins. The deal also includes a $400,000 signing bonus.

      The deal is a good one for Miami, as Taylor will earn just $1.1 million in base salary, with incentives that could bring him another $400,000. He had been contracted to earn more than $8 million with Washington this season.

      Rumors have linked Taylor to Miami since he was let go by Washington earlier this year, but the Dolphins seemed to be unwilling to go that route as they attempted to build their roster through the draft and younger free agents.

      But coach Tony Sparano told Joe Rose on 560-AM on Tuesday that, with the draft complete and still lingering needs on defense, the front office would be taking another look at the Taylor situation this week.

      “My heart has always been in Miami,” Taylor said in a statement. “I’m truly motivated to call myself a Dolphin again.

      This is just another example of Bill Parcells getting the best of a situation. Taylor pissed Parcells off last year when he skipped the Dolphins’ voluntary off-season workouts and stated how he wanted out of Miami. So Parcells found a dope in Daniel Snyder and shipped Taylor to Washington for a second round pick in 2009 and a sixth round pick in 2010. And look how everything turned out – Taylor is back in Miami at a drastically discounted price, the Dolphins drafted Pat White with that second round pick, they still have the sixth rounder in their back pocket for next year and the Redskins are left with nothing.

      Parcells wins again.

      NFL

      Celtics’ gamble on Marbury pays off…finally

      May 13, 2009 /

      I missed the start of the fourth quarter of Game 5 of the Celtics/Magic series, but apparently there was a Stephon Marbury sighting. Check out this series from the play-by-play log:

      11:22 Stephon Marbury enters the game for Ray Allen
      11:04 Stephon Marbury makes 19-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
      10:26 Stephon Marbury makes 21-foot jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
      8:30 Stephon Marbury makes 24-foot three pointer (Brian Scalabrine assists)
      7:56 Stephon Marbury makes 21-foot two point shot
      7:16 Glen Davis makes 6-foot hook shot (Stephon Marbury assists)
      5:54 Stephon Marbury makes 6-foot two point shot
      5:54 Stephon Marbury makes free throw 1 of 1
      5:26 Stephon Marbury misses layup
      4:54 Rajon Rondo enters the game for Stephon Marbury

      That’s 12 points on 5 of 6 shooting, with an assist to Davis. The Celtics didn’t make up any ground during Marbury’s six-and-a-half minute stint — when he entered and exited the game, the C’s were down by the same margin, 10 — but his hot shooting helped Boston avoid disaster. The Magic built a 14-point lead with 8:48 to play, but Marbury’s play helped whittle it down to eight with just under six minutes remaining.

      Keep in mind that prior to this hot streak, Marbury had played a total of 138 playoff minutes in 11-and-a-half games, shooting 14 of 55 (25%) from the field and scoring just 36 points. So, yes, his 12-point stint in the fourth quarter was shocking, and the Celtics probably wouldn’t have been able to pull out Game 5 without it.

      NBA

      Urban Meyer is a crybaby

      May 13, 2009 /

      “Waaaaaaaaaaaaa! Waaaaaaaaa!”

      During a recent Gator Club appearance, Urban Meyer slammed former Florida quarterback Shane Matthews (although he didn’t have the guts to call him out by name) for the way he criticized Meyer’s game plan on a radio show following UF’s loss to Ole’ Miss last season.

      “If you want to be critical of a player on our team or a coach on our team you can buy a ticket for seat 37F, you’re not welcome back in the football office,” Meyer said, according to the report. “You’re either a Gator or you’re not a Gator.”

      The rift apparently started when Matthews criticized the offense following the 31-30 loss to Mississippi — the game that produced Tim Tebow’s now-famous postgame speech.

      “When I watched the Ole Miss game and Ole Miss played our wide receivers about 90 percent man-to-man, it was a slap in the face to our wide receivers and passing game. I can’t understand why we didn’t take advantage of that,” Matthews said at the time, according to the report.

      You’re either a Gator or you’re not a Gator? How profound, especially coming from a Midwest guy who didn’t become a Gator himself until after stints at Ohio State, Illinois State, Colorado State, Notre Dame, Bowling Green and Utah. Matthews was a Gator long before Meyer was ever crying about the way Florida is treated.

      Former Miami defensive lineman Dan Sileo said it best in the article when he noted:

      “Urban Meyer’s not a Gator. He’s a caretaker of the Gator program,” Sileo said. “Most times these coaches think they’re the programs, but really, the program is the players. That’s the problem I have with coaches whose egos get too big for their britches. If Urban doesn’t like it, that’s too bad.”

      Meyer is always crying about something and it’s ridiculous for him to say that a former Florida player can’t be critical of the program when they lose a game. Most college coaches have egos the size of Michigan Stadium and they all think that everyone should bow down to “their” program.

      What a joke. Matthews is in the media – he’s doing his job. He would be criticized if he didn’t bash the Gators when they deserve it and fans would quickly point out how much of a homer he is.

      College Football

      T.O. to have his own reality show

      May 13, 2009 /

      Terrell Owens is going to have his own VH1 reality show where cameras will follow him around as he goes through his first minicamp with the Bills.

      VH-1 confirmed Tuesday that filming of the Buffalo portion of T.O.’s television reality show will begin Sunday, a day before the Bills open minicamp. The footage is being gathered for a series that follows the day-to-day life of the high-profile star receiver. It is scheduled to premier on the cable network in late July.

      Owens reached the deal with VH-1 in January while still a member of the Dallas Cowboys. Producers had to scramble to change plans after Owens was released by the Cowboys on March 5, and then signed with the Bills two days later.

      Filming of the series coincidentally began the week Owens was released by the Cowboys, and is scheduled to run through June.

      I’ve fought admitting this over the past couple weeks following the draft, but we’ve officially reached the dead time in the NFL – or as I like to call it: “Hell.” When you’re down to writing about T.O.’s reality show, it’s time to crawl into a hole for a couple months until training camp starts.

      God I miss football…I miss its laugh, its warm embrace, and I miss the way it made me feel in the morning.

      NFL

      Why can’t the Magic finish games?

      May 13, 2009 /

      In Game 4, Orlando was down six going into the fourth quarter and rallied, only to lose on Glen Davis’ game-winning jumper. In Game 5, they were up by 14 with 8:48 to play and were outscored 29-11 over the next nine minutes en route to a four-point loss.

      Why can’t Orlando finish?

      After Game 4, John Carroll wrote that the cause is four-fold. (ESPN Insider subscription required.)

      1. The Magic don’t fully commit at the defensive end.
      2. They refuse to pound the ball inside.
      3. They fall in love with the three-point shot.
      4. They don’t trust their coach the way the Celtics do.

      No arguments with #1. In Game 4, the Magic allowed the Celtics to shoot almost 53% from the field. In the fourth quarter of Game 5, the C’s shot 11 of 19 (58%) during their tremendous comeback. That is not championship-caliber defense.

      Likewise, #3 makes sense as well. For a team that takes a ton of threes — almost 31% of the Magic’s field goal attempts come from long range in the last two games — they have been terribly inaccurate (11 of 51, or 22%).

      I can’t get in the minds of the Orlando players, so I don’t know how much trust they have in Stan Van Gundy.

      But I can speak to #2…

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