— The Raiders returned to relevancy this season, and coach Tom Cable finally won me over in the process. So I paid him my respects after Sunday’s season-ending 31-10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. http://www.contracostatimes.com/raiders/ci_16996000?nclick_check=1
http://www.contracostatimes.com/49ers/ci_16946908?nclick_check=1 ST. LOUIS — By the time the 49ers’ plane touched down back home Sunday, the Mike Singletary era was over. Team President Jed York fired the head coach hours after the team was eliminated from playoff contention.
The Texans play football like a boxer who doesn’t begin to fight until he receives a standing eight-count. In the end, they played hard. They never gave up. They kept fighting. That is all nice, but the most important thing they did was lose. Does it really matter how? Jerome Solomon comments. Read More:
Keith Fitzhugh just gave up his shot at the NFL to work on the railroad. 24-year-old Fitzhugh, who dreamed of an NFL career as a boy, had a chance to sign with the New York Jets as a free-agent safety. Instead he opted for the stability of his job as a train conductor on the […]
*Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young texted coach Jeff Fisher an apology Tuesday for his actions and words after a chain of events that culminated with him walking out on the team. Fisher confirmed for reporters Wednesday that he received the text but that he would have preferred a face-to-face discussion with Young. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=67312
Receiver Andre Johnson dressed slowly, the pained expression on his face unable to hide what he was feeling. When he finally addressed reporters crowded around his locker, he spoke so softly he was barely audible at first. “I don’t have the words to describe it – disbelief, I guess,” Johnson said after the Texans blew […]
The Texans have lost three in a row to fall to 4-5 and into the AFC South basement. The Jets are coming off back-to-back overtime victories on the road to increase their record to 7-2. They’re tied with New England for first place in the AFC East. Read More:
The Texans have lost so many other games that a lot of them have become a blur. But there has never been one like this, never one this incomprehensible, this gut-wrenching and bizarre. The Texans have lost five of seven and, at 4-5, are alone in last place in the AFC South. Read More:
*ESPN.com is reporting former NFL player David Meggett was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday after his conviction in a South Carolina court on charges of criminal sexual conduct and burglary. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=64517
*There is upheaval in Washington and it has nothing to do with the outcome of Tuesday’s elections. Washington Football Team fans are still buzzing about the sudden benching of quarterback Donovan McNabb in the final two minutes of Sunday’s 37-25 loss against the Detroit Lions – and now one of his former teammates is piling […]
Lawrence Taylor is expected to be present Thursday when prosecutors meet with attorneys for the former New York Giant as part of the process in the criminal case he faces. Taylor was charged with several counts, including statutory rape, after being arrested in a hotel in Suffern, N.Y., on May 6. It was not immediately […]
