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Saturday, January 29, 2011
Jeff Fisher, Titans Recently Discovered They Just Weren't on Same Page
Filed under: Titans, AFC South
Apparently, Jeff Fisher decided he had enough.And just as apparently, the Tennessee Titans decided they had, too.
Fisher, the Titans' coach since 1995, parted ways with the organization on Thursday, and Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean reported that there were events in recent weeks that frustrated both sides.
Fisher, who the Titans announced would be retained shortly after the season, lost several assistant coaches in recent weeks, with defensive line coach Jim Washburn leaving for Philadelphia, running backs coach Craig Johnson leaving for Minnesota and defensive coordinator Chuck Cecil being fired.
With Fisher entering a lame-duck season, finding replacements was "an uphill battle," Wyatt cited sources as saying.
Wyatt also reported that the Titans' front office had become frustrated with Fisher's pace hiring replacemements. ESPN reported that Fisher had tried to hire his son, Brandon, as a quality control coach, and that that had been the deciding factor in the decision for Fisher to leave.
Fisher told Wyatt the report was "garbage."
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Source: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2011/01/28/jeff-fisher-titans-recently-discovered-they-just-werent-on-sam/
Mountain West Tables Expansion, for Now
Filed under: Mountain West
The Mountain West Conference is content with its current membership.That was the gist of a release issued by the conference following two days worth of meetings by the Mountain West's board of directors in Las Vegas.
"The Board feels strongly the membership configuration already established going forward creates outstanding prospects for future success," the release stated.
For the past two days, rumors have been rampant that the Mountain West was looking at adding two members in order to create a conference championship game and perhaps gain a more lucrative television deal. While the teams the conference was considering -- Utah State and San Jose State -- might potentially have brought the television markets of San Jose/San Francisco and Salt Lake City, they added very little to the conference's quest of ultimately being a BCS automatic-qualifying conference.
"In addition, we are continuing with our strategic initiatives related to our television partnerships and the MWC's efforts to effect change in the BCS structure," the statement said. "The Board is excited about what is undoubtedly a bright future for the Conference."
Utah State hasn't had a winning season since 1996 and hasn't been to a bowl game since 1993. The Aggies have only had three winning campaigns since 1980. San Jose has had just five winning seasons during the past two decades and is 3-22 in the past two years.
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Source: http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2011/01/25/mountain-west-tables-expansion-for-now/
Marta Returns to WPS, Signs with Expansion Club in Western New York
Filed under: WPS
She is, without question, the best women's soccer player in the world -- a five-time FIFA award winner whose stunning skill would impress even Andy Gray and Richard Keys.Her talents have translated to Women's Professional Soccer, where she led her clubs to first place in each of the league's two seasons while scoring 29 goals.
But she's also been the kiss of death. Worth a reported $500,000 per year, the Brazilian's contract has weighed heavily on clubs struggling to survive in a sport that still hasn't turned the corner. Marta's first team, the Los Angeles Sol, folded one year ago after L.A. Galaxy owner Anschutz Entertainment Group pulled out and a prospective replacement failed to deliver. WPS's marquee franchise was history.
Phil Simms, Jim Nantz Respond to Charges of Patriots Bias
by Milton Kent
Few things draw the ire of network announcers more than allegations that they favor one team or player over another or that they pull punches. That, and cutting off their clothing and hair-care allowances.
So, it shouldn't have come as a surprise that Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, CBS' No.1 NFL announce team, were all too happy to refute allegations that they took a little off their respective fastballs recently and made too nice with the New England Patriots during last Sunday's telecast.
"That's always the case, especially with fans," said Simms Thursday during a conference call to promote CBS' coverage of Sunday's AFC championship game between Pittsburgh and the New York Jets. "I walk out of the booth almost every week (and hear), 'Aw, you don't say enough good things about us.' "
Simms added, in a sarcastic tone, "That's OK. You're right. I want to show favoritism and get fired."
The piece that triggered the response was written by veteran media critic Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News, who contended Monday that Simms had failed to take Patriots coach Bill Belichick to task for strategic gaffes he might have made during Sunday's divisional playoff loss to the Jets.
Filed under: Patriots, Sports Business and Media
Few things draw the ire of network announcers more than allegations that they favor one team or player over another or that they pull punches. That, and cutting off their clothing and hair-care allowances.So, it shouldn't have come as a surprise that Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, CBS' No.1 NFL announce team, were all too happy to refute allegations that they took a little off their respective fastballs recently and made too nice with the New England Patriots during last Sunday's telecast.
"That's always the case, especially with fans," said Simms Thursday during a conference call to promote CBS' coverage of Sunday's AFC championship game between Pittsburgh and the New York Jets. "I walk out of the booth almost every week (and hear), 'Aw, you don't say enough good things about us.' "
Simms added, in a sarcastic tone, "That's OK. You're right. I want to show favoritism and get fired."
The piece that triggered the response was written by veteran media critic Bob Raissman of the New York Daily News, who contended Monday that Simms had failed to take Patriots coach Bill Belichick to task for strategic gaffes he might have made during Sunday's divisional playoff loss to the Jets.
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Source: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2011/01/21/phil-simms-jim-nantz-respond-to-charges-of-patriots-bias/
Mike Holmgren Knows What It Means to Win in Green Bay
Filed under: Packers, Steelers
CLEVELAND -- There is no other city in the country with a team like the Green Bay Packers, and there is no other city with a relationship with its team like Green Bay.Mike Holmgren understood, but he really understood deeply when he worked as Packers coach from 1992-98.
"It hits you from the first step when you get off the airplane," Holmgren said this week from Cleveland, where he is now president of the Cleveland Browns. "You drive down Lombardi Avenue to the facility. You see the pictures of Bart Starr and Jerry Kramer and Paul Hornung.
"If you know football at all, and I like football ... I was kind of a historian ... you can't help it but feel it. You just can't help it."
Source: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2011/01/28/mike-holmgren-knows-what-it-means-to-win-in-green-bay/
Tracy Morgan Brings TNT Pregame Show to Halt With 'Salute' to Sarah Palin
Filed under: NBA Media Watch, NBA Videos
Someone said something shocking on a TNT NBA studio show Thursday night. No shock there, not with Charles Barkley as one of the analysts.Except, the stunning statement didn't happen in a studio, but rather on the floor of Madison Square Garden. And it wasn't said by Barkley, but by comedian Tracy Morgan, who made the startling declaration that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was attractive.
Really, really attractive.
Here's the set-up: Barkley, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson were conducting business at MSG in advance of the Miami Heat-New York Knicks game, which TNT televised. The trio were discussing the pending NBA All-Star Game and Thursday's announcement of the Eastern and Western Conference starters, when Morgan, who stars in the NBC sitcom "30 Rock" happened by their makeshift set.
Barkley and Smith asked Morgan whom he thought merited inclusion on the All-Star roster. Then Morgan was asked to choose between Palin and Tina Fey, who created "30 Rock," and has impersonated Palin on "SNL."
That's when Morgan said that Palin, the former Republican vice presidential nominee was "good masturbation material." It may have marked one of the few times that the normally loquacious Barkley has ever been speechless.
TNT, however, recovered quickly, issuing a statement from spokesman Jeff Pomeroy that read: "It's unfortunate Mr. Morgan showed a lack of judgment on our air with his inappropriate comments."
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Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2011/01/27/tracy-morgan-brings-tnt-pregame-show-to-halt-with-salute-to-sa/
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