Author: Mark J. Miller
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:59 am EST
Pittsburgh Steelers QB Roethlisberger looking good for Sunday after near concussion
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger(notes) took a nasty blow to the helmet from an errant knee during overtime of Sunday's loss to the Kansas City Chiefs 27-24.Some say he had a concussion, but a team source is saying its tests are showing that it wasn't a concussion, just a good old-fashioned bell-ringing. Either way, it appears that Roethlisberger will be back next weekend for the Steelers game against the Baltimore Ravens, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Backup Charlie Batch(notes) is likely done for the season, though, after he supposedly broke his wrist on the one offensive series in which he replaced Roethlisberger.
It appears that the Steelers will sign Tyler Palko(notes), who quarterbacked for Pitt, to the practice squad and just go with two quarterbacks on the roster; third-stringer Dennis Dixon(notes) will move up to the backup role.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:44 am EST
Bill Cowher leaves door open for Buffalo Bills coaching job
Buffalo Bills owner Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr. is going against his own tradition, it seems. A guy who has always not paid a lot of dough for coaching appears to be going high-end this time around. Wilson is supposedly ready to fork over $10 million a season for the right coach, according to the Buffalo News.Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher was apparently contacted by the Bills to see if he had any interest in taking over the team.
He reportedly told the team that he's didn't want to interview for the gig "at this time."
Cowher is supposedly happy to wait till season's end to see what other jobs come available. It's not likely that the Bills will wait till the end of the season to hire a new coach. The team supposedly wants someone to be signed on before then. The team is supposedly meeting with former Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Shanahan sometime in the next seven days.
Source: Buffalo News
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:32 am EST
San Francisco 49ers dropping tampering charges against New York Jets over Michael Crabtree?
The word on the street is that the San Francisco 49ers will drop the tampering charges it filed against the New York Jets over rookie wide receiver Michael Crabtree(notes), according to the San Jose Mercury News.The 49ers were negotiating with first-round pick/contract holdout Crabtree in September and former player Deion Sanders disrupted the ship when he said publicly that the Jets (and another unnamed team) would pay Crabtree the sum he was desiring. The 49ers filed a complaint pretty quickly after that.
Jets coach Rex Ryan denied the charges at the time and the world will never know exactly what went down since the 49ers are apparently set to drop the charges. Guess they finally are feeling confident in the six-year deal the team signed with Crabtree, who has had 22 catches for 292 yards since early October.
Source: San Jose Mercury News
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:17 am EST
Buccaneers demoting defensive coordinator
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers got pretty hammered the other day by the New Orleans Saints 38-7. The next day, the Bucs apparently demoted defensive coordinator Jim Bates, according to the Tampa Tribune.
Head coach Raheem Morris will apparently start calling the defensive plays during the game. Earlier this year - just 10 days before the season got started -- Tampa Bay sent offensive coordinator Jeff Jagodzinski packing and named quarterbacks coach Greg Olson to call plays.
Both of these demoted or fired guys were just hired this past off-season by general manager Mark Dominik, who is in his first year on the job.
Source: Tampa Tribune
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:06 am EST
Glen Davis close to returning to Celtics
Glen Davis(notes) lost control of his senses the night before the season got underway and broke his right thumb in a fight with a friend. Now he's spent a month rehabbing the thing and it appears that he's close to coming back to full strength, according to the Boston Globe.Davis has been frustrated while watching his teammates play to a 10-4 record: "It's tough to watch the games, knowing that you can help, knowing that you could be the deciding factor of the game,'' he said.
Davis is supposed to get his cast off on Dec. 2 and he'll have to do a little more rehabbing before he can get back into a game and do something with that frustration.
Source: Boston Globe
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:33 am EST
Angels of Anaheim trying to get Halladay from Blue Jays again
Everybody wants Toronto Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay(notes) on their roster but the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim appears to be one of the few teams who is trying to do something about that, according to the Los Angeles Times.Anaheim tried to snag Halladay this summer and probably tied the Philadelphia Phillies for being the closest to getting a deal done. But former J.P. Ricciardi drove too hard a bargain for both of those teams and so they went without and did pretty well anyway.
The word is that Anaheim will need to give up a slew of prospects along with one of three pitchers -- Jered Weaver(notes), Ervin Santana(notes), or Joe Saunders(notes) - to get the Blue Jays to open that little window for the Angels to negotiate an extension with the 32-year-old Halladay and finish off the trade.
Halladay has supposedly informed the Blue Jays that he isn't going to re-sign after next season.
Source: Los Angeles Times
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:29 am EST
Texas Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz getting lots of trade interest
Texas Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz(notes) made "only" $418,000 this year while hitting .260 with 33 homers, 76 RBIs, stealing 20 bases, and scoring 75 runs. That low, low price and high production have apparently gotten the 29-year-old Cruz interest from "several teams" who would love to trade for him, according to FOXSports.But that low price and high production are also making the Rangers loathe to trade Cruz. So the fella who became an All-Star for the first time this year is very likely to be back in the Texas Rangers outfield next year.
Some teams that are believed to be interested include the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, and San Francisco Giants.
Source: FOXSports
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:26 am EST
Former Dodger Randy Wolf getting lots of attention
Everybody is talking about where Roy Halladay(notes) and John Lackey(notes) are going to end up, but former Los Angeles Dodgers hurler Randy Wolf(notes) is apparently getting a lot more attention from teams. ESPN is saying that teams are being "aggressive" in their hopes of getting him onto their rosters.The 33-year-old lefty is benefiting from there not being a whole lot of other strong pitching on the market right now. He had a 3.23 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, and 129 strikeouts in 214.1 innings this year. Lackey pitched fewer innings (176.1) and had a higher ERA (3.83).
More than half the teams in Major League Baseball are supposedly trying to get him.
Source: ESPN
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:22 am EST
Angels of Anaheim prefer Detroit's Granderson to Jackson
The Los Angels of Anaheim may be looking for some solid pitching this off-season but the word is that of the two big trade chips of the Detroit Tigers, the Angels would rather have big bopper Curtis Granderson(notes) than pitcher Edwin Jackson(notes), according to FOXSports.The word is that the Angels like Granderson more simply because his contract runs through 2012 and has a $13 million option for 2013 while Jackson's only goes till the end of 2011.
The Angels are supposedly good potential trading partners with Detroit because the three areas of depth - catcher, low-paying pitching, and shortstop - are what the Tigers need.
In 2009, center fielder Granderson hit 30 homers, had 71 RBIs, FOXSports, 91 runs scored, and 157 hits.
Source: FOXSports
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:16 am EST
ESPN analyst Evernham wants to be back on racetrack
ESPN racing analyst Ray Evernham used to be a crew chief and a car owner. Now he's working on TV and has a minority stake in Richard Petty Motorsports.That minority stake has got to burn sometimes since the team used to be known as Gillett Evernham Motorsports and simply as Evernham Motorsports before that, since he was the founder and majority owner.
The word is that he's trying to get out of that minority ownership (and its non-compete clause) so he can return to the racetrack as early as next year to work with another team, according to NASCAR.com. Evernham is spending the next few weeks trying to work out the legal issues while an offer from ESPN to work races next year sits on the table and waits. "I love working for ESPN," he said. "I have a blast with what I do there. We'll have to see. I'm not going to say that I'll never be back over here. I just don't know in what capacity."
For Richard Petty, Evernham hasn't done any consulting for the team or majority owner George Gillett since this past May.
Source: NASCAR.com
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