After four years in retirement, former New York Giants runningback Tiki Barber is looking to get back into the NFL. It won't be with the Giants though. Instead, it will be with a team that allows players to use walkers on the practice field. The Giants acknowledged on Tuesday that the 35-year-old Barber has asked to be taken off the reserve-retirement list and that they will release him once the league allows it. Teams cannot make roster moves during the current extension of the CBA talks.
Do you have half a million dollars to throw away? Well Bud Selig (MLB Commissioner) figured that Red Sox principal owner John Henry did and fined him $500,000 for slamming the leagues revenue sharing. Different owners referred to the current system as "welfare."
If you watched the NFL Scouting Combine you would have been shocked to see Cam Newton taking part in all the drills. Most top rated QB's will show up for the Combine but only do a drill or two that they know they will ace. If Cam Newton would have just ran the 40 yard dash and the broad jump he would have went out on a high.
Well all Dallas Cowboys Fans have been calling for Jerry Jones to do this for weeks, and it finally took being embarressed by the Green Bay Packer this week 45-7 before Jerry Jones pulled the plug on Phillips, and offensive coordinator Jason Garrett has been promoted to head coach on an interim basis.
Well it's only been 3 weeks since the 33 Chilean miners were trapped underground. On the day of their rescue, miner Yonni Barrios's took the headlines for having his wife and mistress waiting for him at the top of the mine. But todays headlines were stolen by Edison Pena, Pena made headlines himself for his love of Elvis and running 6 miles a day underground in his work boots.
Brett Favre's tears at the end of the 3rd quarter turned from sadness to tears of joy, this change did not come about because everyone has forgotten about his personal photos, but because Favre led the Vikings to a fourth quarter comeback over the Arizona Cardinals to improve to 3-5 this season.