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Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson is notorious for sticking his foot into his mouth. Now he has a real problem on his hands. While substituting as a guest host on the Sean Hannity television program on Fox, for some reason Carlson takes issue with President Barack Obama's congragulating the Eagles and Michael Vick on the quarterback's rehabilitation. Watch this... Carlson believes that Vick should have been executed for killing dogs in a dogfighting ring that put the quarterback behind bars for two years. Carlson's guest speakers on the "Great American Panel" seem shellshocked that Carlson brings up the Vick case; even one person tells him to get over it, since Vick has been working to cleanse his image. Last night Vick and the Eagles were busy lossing to the Minnesota Vikings 24-14 to cost the team the number two seed in the playoffs.

PACKERS 45 GIANTS 17 The New York Giants 2010 season is likely dead, after suffering a 45-17 loss to the Green Bay Packers that drops Big Blue to 9-6 , and a half game behind the Packers for the final playoff spot in the NFC. Even if the Giants win next week in Washington, it won't be enough, if the Packers take care of business against the Bears at Lambeau Field next weekend. For the Giants this season has seen some incredible highs and incredible lows. There was a lot of optimism when the G-men were 6-2 and in first place in the NFC East, but losses to the Cowboys and Eagles in back-to-back weeks started a slight panic in Giant land. A three-game winning streak gave the Giants hope, heading into an NFC East showdown against the Eagles. Big Blue held a 31-10 lead, then it all slipped away. Everyone knows that the Eagles stormed back to steal the game from the Giants 38-31. Then tonight, the Giants watched as Aaron Rodgers ripped apart the Giants defense for 404 yards and four to...

Rex Ryan should consider sending a late Christmas card to Redskins coach Mike Shananhan. The Redskins defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars 20-17, in overtime, Sunday to help propel the Jets through the back door into the postseason. What's a Jets season without entering the postseason without some help? In 2004, the Jets needed the Steelers to lose to Buffalo in order to get into the playoffs. Then last season, the Jets needed the Colts and Bengals to waive white flags, by taking their starters out of the contests in order to qualify. Just another typical Jets season if you ask me.

BEARS 38 JETS 34 It's never a good thing when a team gets into a shootout , especially on the road, and as a result it cost the Jets a very big game. All the Jets needed to do was win and they would clinch a spot in the postseason. Instead they will have to hope for either Jacksonville, or Indianapolis to lose on Sunday for them to get in this weekend. If that doesn't happen, the Jets will have to beat Buffalo next weekend to get into the playoffs. After falling behind 10-0, the Jets rallied to score 21 straight points, highlighted by a 20 yard interception return by Dwight Lowery to give the Jets a 21-10 lead in the second quarter. The Jets hurried Jay Cutler in the first half, and found ways to keep the ball away from Devin Hester on special teams. Even the offense looked crisp throughout the first half as the Jets piled on the yards and points. But, in the second half the Jets forgot how to play defense, as the Bears shredded the Jets in the third quarter. The tides started ...

Mark Sanchez may not play against the Bears, Sunday when the Jets visit Chicago with a playoff berth on the line. Sanchez who suffered some torn cartilage in his throwing shoulder after getting drilled into the ground on a scramble in Pittsburgh last week, is being termed by Rex Ryan as a game time decision. “This could be more of a game-time type decision than I thought it would be,’’ Ryan said. “I think I underestimated where he was with that injury (on Wednesday). He’s sore. He’s got a sore shoulder, no question about it. But I thought he would have been ready to go if we had to play (the game) yesterday. I talked to (head trainer) John Mellody and he said he wouldn’t be able to go. I misspoke.’’ Ryan was not optimistic that Sanchez will play, reducing his status from 99 percent likely to 80 percent likely to play. As a result, Mark Brunell will have to play in his stead. Brunell has not started a game since 2006, when he threw for 3,000 yards and 23 touchdowns in Washington. Since ...

New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello is at again, firing another Head Coach. Only this time he has a good reason to do it. The Devils are a horrible 9-22-2 this season, and have been hovering around last place with the New York Islanders all season. As a result the club fired coach Jon MacClean , who was in his first year coaching the Devils. The Devils had high expectations, since the team had qualified for the postseason every year since 1995-1996. The Devils will now turn to Jacques Lemaire to coach the team for the rest of the season.

Jets coach Rex Ryan tried to deflect questions regarding videos that feature a woman that looks like his wife showing off and rubbing her feet in a "foot fetish" video montage. The controversy is really coming from one video where a male voice, that sounds very similar to Rex Ryan's talks to the woman outside of their vehicle. "I understand that I am going to get asked this question frontways, sideways, backways, and all this, but it's a personal matter," Ryan told the media. Deadspin.com which broke the story, has posted additional videos some of which are quit disturbing and even somewhat graphic. Parents be warned, please! The NFL has called the situation a "personal matter" and did not delve into the idea of an investigation.

Rex Ryan loves football. We know that since we see it virtually every single day as he coaches the New York Jets, and is on the precipise of leading them back to the postseason for the second straight year. Well, apparently, Rex also loves feet , as in women's feet. A story that broke on Dead spin.com, and later in the New York Daily News, Ryan is heard talking to a woman that is obviously his wife, Michelle, as she is sticking her feet out of their car. Rex poses as a police officer, stopping Michelle for a violation when he asks if smell her feet, which she obliges, and we see Ryan meticulously touching her toes. The video later shows Michelle reading a book in the living room, while displaying her feet to Rex's camera. Finally we see Michelle poising seductively on the sofa with a beer in hand while posing with her bare feet. Really weird. Watch Video . Seems like every week there is something with this guy and the Jets. Whether it is Ines Sanchez incident, when players were...

ESPN was reporting Monday that former Steelers coach Bill Cowher is set on returning to the NFL, and like any good boy during this holiday season has created a wish list. According to the report, Cowher is interested in coaching either the Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans or New York Giants. These rumors come just a day after the Giants blew a 31-10 lead to the Eagles, only to watch Philly score 28 points in seven minutes. The lose has been so crippling that many are wondering if coach Tom Coughlin will be fired at the end of the season. However lets take a look at the record, Cowher is as good a coach as Coughlin. Both have won a Super Bowl title, and both coaches have reputations as disciplinarians. Cowher owns 149 career regular season wins, while Coughlin owns 132 regular season wins. Very similar. Upon hearing the Cowher talk, Giants owner John Mara called the rumors ridiculous. Houston would be an ideal location for the former Steeler. They have an established offense with quart...

JETS 22 STEELERS 17 It was the biggest game of their season. With their backs to the wall after two straight divisional losses that cost them any hope of winning the AFC East, as well as the now infamous Sal Alosi tripping scandal, as well as people questioning the compentency of Mark Sanchez, the play-calling of Brian Schottenheimer, and speculation that Rex Ryan will eventually lose his team, the Jets had to get a win in Pittsburgh, PA, a place they have never won before. And they got it done. The Jets showed ture Gritt in their 22-17 victory over the Steelers. It started 12 seconds into the game, when Brad Smith went 92 yards for the opening touchdown to give the Jets a stunning 7-0 lead. For much of the day the Jets defense found a way to frustrate Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, putting just enough pressure on him, and forcing incompletions, as Darrelle Revis and Antonio Cromartie did a decent job in coverage against Mike Wallace, and Heins Ward. In fact Wallace only had ...

EAGLES 38 GIANTS 31 It was the greatest comeback of the season, and the Giants were the victims in a game that will be remembered for years to come as the Eagles erased a 24-3 Giants lead to win the game on the final play of regulation 38-31 to stun the Giants. For three plus quarters the Giants had smacked around Michael Vick, sacking him three times, and picking him off once, and kept Deshawn Jackson quiet holding him to three catches for 52 yards for the entire day, but in spite of their best efforts, the Giants just couldn't close the door. Leading 31-10 after Eli Manning hit a wide open Kevin Boss in the end zone, the Eagles began their relentless comeback. Vick hit a wide open Brent Celek in stride at midfield, and the tight end rumbled into the end zone for a 65 yard touchdown to cut the deficit to 31-17. Then, Andy Reid took the biggest gamble of the day when he decided to try the onside kick with still plenty of time in the fourth quarter. Turned out it was the gift that...

CELTICS 118 KNICKS 116 They are not the same ole' Knicks...at least they are not the Knicks that we have grown used to seeing over the last 11 years. The Knicks were just a Amar'e Stoudemire three pointer with 0.4 of second remaining in regulation from beating the hated Boston Celtics, and making believers out of their cynical fan base. However, even in defeat the Knicks showed that they will be a team to reckon with. The Knicks had the Celtics right where they wanted them all night, holding a 90-83 lead heading into the fourth quarter, and even held a 113-111 lead with just two minutes to go in the game. Stoudemire had his ninth straight 30 point game, scoring 39 on 15-of-22 shooting with 10 boards. He was unstoppable on the nets, as the Celtics just never had an answer to cover him. Danilo Gallinari, 20 points, and Raymond Felton, 26 points, were right behind Stoudemire. Now in the final minutes, the Celtics took the lead on a three pointer by Ray Allen to give Boston a 116-...

Sal Alosi will spend the rest of his life wishing he had never stuck his knee out during a punt return, when he tripped Nolan Carrol of the Miami Dolphins injuring the player. The images which have become the rage on YouTube, and have angered hundreds of people and is now being called TRIPGATE , has taken a new twist. After the Jets suspended him for the season, without pay, the club now changed their stance and suspended him indefinitely after it was learned that Alosi told inactive players to form a wall on the sideline to keep players from crossing over the sideline during punt and kick returns. the Jets uncovered information that Alosi told the inactive players standing near him to form that wall. One player, Jeff Cumberland, told ESPN.com that Alosi has been telling inactive players to do that all season. "We've been doing that since the beginning of the year, standing right there. Sunday was not the first time that we'd b...

GIANTS 21 VIKINGS 3 The most interesting part of Monday's Giants/Vikings had more to do with the collapsing Metrodome roof, and Brett Favre's iron man streak of 297 straight starts coming to an end than the football game itself. The Giants won, mostly because the Vikings are atrocious. Eli Manning wasn't great for Big Blue throwing two first quarter interceptions, and really never got into a grove all night. It was up to the running game of Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw to lead the G-Men to victory. Jacobs led the team with 116 yards and a touchdown, including a 73 yard run in the second quarter to set up the Giants first touchdown. The Giants ate up the awful Tavaris Jackson, sacking him four times and allowing him to complete only 50 percent of his passes for 118 yards. The Giants get ready for a huge showdown next weekend against the Philadelphia Eagles (9-4) at New Meadowlands Stadium. The winner will win the NFC East.

Rumors coming out of ESPN are reporting that the Yankees are out of the running for free agent pitcher Cliff Lee, and a " mystery team " has taken their place. Word is the Philadelphia Phillies have signed Lee to a contract pending a physical. Lee pitched the Phillies to the World Series last year in 2009, and beat the Yankees in games one and four. Then last winter the Phillies traded Lee to the Seattle Mariners in a three way trade that brought Roy Halladay to Philadelphia. Now it appears the Phillies are ready to make up for lost time and bring Lee back to join Halladay, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels in a Phillies rotation that could be the greatest rotation ever! The Yankees offered Lee a seven year deal worth $160 million. Lee has yet to get back to the Yankees, with many speculating that he would stay in his home town of Arkansas and pitch for Texas. Yet, Lee is going home. As in going home to Philadelphia to a team and city he fell in love with a year ago.

Watch this video as a Jets assistant coach sticks his leg out to trip a Dolphins player named Nolan Carrol. The coach has to be reprimanded and fined immediately, after injuring the kid. WATCH .

DOLPHINS 10 JETS 6 As seen on Bleacher Report: Here we go again? Maybe. Once again the New York Jets are on the precipice of completing another second half collapse to cost the team any hope of making the playoffs. The Jets put together a heartless, punchless, and ineffective performance against the Miami Dolphins , losing to their division rival 10-6. It was the third straight season that the boys from South Beach came to New Jersey and delivered a huge blow to the Jets season. Two years ago the Dolphins and Chad Pennington were the ones who danced over Brett Favre and the Jets, as New York watched an 8-3 season fall to a 9-7 finish and missed the playoffs. Looks like Sunday's game will have similar repercussions. No matter how you slice it, the Jets will miss the playoffs in 2010...Read the rest at Bleacher Report.com .

Well the roof of the Metrodome couldn't hold the snow much longer. Around 5 am eastern, the roof collapsed at the dome, as the mesh bubble ripped to shreds allowing snow to come onto the field. WATCH THE ROOF COLLAPSE . It is like something out of a disaster movie. The NFL has determined that the site of Monday's Vikings/Giants game, which was originally postponed Sunday because of the snow, will now be played in Detroit a 7:20 pm eastern. The game will be televised on Fox.

Snow! Snow! Snow! Sunday afternoon's 1 pm kick-off between the New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings was postponed to Monday Night because of 15 inches of snow that hit Minnesota on Saturday. The Giants tried to take off for Minneapolis earlier on Saturday morning, but had to be re-routed to Kansas City. The Metrodome also saw some damage from the heavy snow. The Minnesota Sports Facilities Commission had some serious concerns about employees digging snow off the bubble roof of the stadium. The move gives both teams an extra day to rest. Brett Favre could use it. The 41-year-old vet was TKO' ed last week against Buffalo and has not really practiced much this week because of a injuired shoulder. A few years ago, a game between the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs was postponed on a Sunday and moved a Friday night because of a pending hurricane that was to hit Miami; last season a game between the Ravens and Bears was bumped up three hours because of snow in Maryland, howev...

While the Yankees diddle daddle with their own free agents, i.e. Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter, the rival Boston Red Sox have been busy this week. First they landed a trade for San Diego's powerful first baseman Adrian Gonzalez , now they have a new lead-off hitter in left fielder Carl Crawford . Crawford agreed to a seven year $142 million deal with Boston, Wednesday to compete with the Yankees who are still waiting to hear back from Cliff Lee on a potential five to six year $140 million deal. If Lee doesn't come to the Yankees, it will be a huge blow to their off-season plans, and it will give the Red Sox a huge early edge, at least on paper.

PATRIOTS 45 JETS 3 What can you say about the Jets lackluster and gutless effort Monday night against the Patriots, losing 45-3, ending any hopes that the team will clinch a division title, and the AFC's number one seed. The Patriots put this game away in the first quarter, when Jets coach Rex Ryan stupidly decided to kick a 53 yard field goal into the wind with a unreliable kicker in Nick Folk. Folk missed the field goal, giving the Pats the ball at their own 43 yard line. After a 36 yard pass interference on Eric Smith, BenJarvis Green-Ellis scored to make it 10-0. Later in the quarter Tom Brady hit Dieon Branch on a 25 yard pass for a touchdown to make it 17-0. Brady was near perfect, completing 21-of-29 passes for 326 yards, four touchdowns and a 148.9 quarterback rating. He was sacked four times, but when the Jets got to him the game was well in hand. Everyone stunk it up for the Jets. From the defense which yielded 405 total yards of offense, to Mark Sanchez who was picked...

PATRIOTS 24 JETS 3 The Jets now trail the New England Patriots 24-3 at halftime. Coach Rex Ryan put his team in a huge hole with some risk y gambles on wasting a challenge when he didn't need to, and kicking an impossible 53 yard field goal into the wind, that gave the Patriots great field position. The Patriots took a quick 10-0 lead on those managerial miscues by Ryan. BenJarvis Green-Ellis added a one yard run to give New England a 17-0 lead before the first quarter ended. Tom Brady then completed a four yard touchdown to Ben Tate to give the Pats a 24-3 lead. That touchdown was questionable, but Ryan never challenged it, probably because he was afraid to get it wrong again.

PATRIOTS 17 JETS 0 As they say in New York: Fudgetaboutit! You can say all the cliche's you need to, such as SAME OLE' JETS! Rex Ryan overmanaged in the first quarter of Monday night's Jets vs. Patriots contest. With New York trailing 3-0, he decided to challenge a questionable quarterback sneak by Mark Sanchez on third and one, only to lose the challenge and cost his team a timeout. The Jets bailed him out when Sonn Greene converted the down on fourth and short, but the Jets had no reason to use that challenge at all. Then after the Jets drive stalled at the Patriots 40 yard line, Ryan elected to kick a 53 yard field goal with the most unreliable kicker in the NFL in Nick Folk. The Jets should have punted the ball and pinned the Pats back at their own 10 yard line, but no, Ryan thought it was an ingenious idea to try to tie the game. Of course Folk missed the field goal, and the Patriots, got great field position. After a 36 yard pass interference play on Eric Smith, the P...

The Denver Broncos have canned controversial head coach Josh McDaniels . McDaniels was caught in Spygate II last week, when revelations came out that he had his staff video tape the practice of the San Francisco 49ers back in October. That and the fact that the Broncos are a dreadful 3-9 in the mediocre AFC West was enough for owner Pat Bowlen to fire the former Patriots assistant. Under McDaniels the Broncos are 11-17, but 5-17 after a 6-0 start to the 2009 season. McDaniels is now the third head coach fired this season, behind Wade Phillips, Dallas, and Brad Childres, Minnesota.

GIANTS 31 REDSKINS 7 How nice is it to have the punchless Redskins on the schedule. With a tough stretch of games coming up for the New York Giants, the G-Men got a nessecary break by pounding the Washington Redskins 31-7 to improve to 8-4, and remain tied with the Philadelphia Eagles for first place in the NFC East. Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw were the stars of the afternoon rushing for 200 yards and four touchdowns between them. Jacobs got it started with an eight yard touchdown to give Big Blue a 7-0 lead. Later, in the quarter Bradshaw scored from four yards out to make it 14-0. Donavan McNabb was lousy once again. He threw for 296 yards, but was sacked four times, picked off twice, and fumbled the ball back to the Giants. More and more McNabb is looking like a quarterback who was a product of Andy Reid's offense in Philadelphia. If you doubt it, just look at Michael Vick. In the second half the Giants put this one away when Jacobs broke free of tacklers and rumbled into ...

For those paranoid Yankee fans that thought for a second that the Derek Jeter negotiations were the end of the world, can relax. The Yankees and Jeter came to terms on a three year $51 million deal, that would pay the shortstop $19 per season. The Yankee intially offered Jeter a three year $45 million deal, while the Jeter camp wanted $24 million per year. The two sides came to an agreement in the middle. Their is also an option for a fourth year worth $5 million, boosting the contract to $56 million.

The Yankees may not be willing to pay Derek Jeter top dollar, but they are willing to go all the way for free agents like Cliff Lee , who the Yankees are pursuing strongly with the possibility of either a five or six year deal, depending on what Lee's current team the Texas Rangers offer. Until then, it appears that Carl Crawford has grabbed the eye of Yankee nation. According to ESPN, A baseball source with knowledge of the team's intentions said Friday that the Yankees are "going to throw their money out there and whoever's the first to take it will take it" when baseball's winter meetings get under way Monday in Orlando. Crawford is the top outfield free agent on the market. He can play either left field or center field, and is know for a great outfield glove, as well as terrific speed on the base paths. Crawford is 29 years old, hit .307 with 19 homers, 90 RBI and 47 stolen bases. He has 409 stolen bases in his career. Adding Crawford would make him the ...

The Yankees are willing to improve their initial offer of three years $45 million to short stop Derek Jeter. The Jeter camp is looking for a contract in the area of $24 million per year, meaning that the two sides have been about $10 million apart. The Yankees told Jeter to explore other teams offers if he didn't feel the Yankees offer was good enough, and so far no other team has really jumped into the Jeter mix. The Associated Press reported Thursday that the team did submit an improved offer but could not say whether the money or years had been improved. "We certainly hope we get something done," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Friday morning. "Both sides are working hard to try and find common ground. You just have to go through the process." There have been several reports in recent days that the team was open to slightly increasing the number of dollars in its offer, though not necessarily guaranteeing more than three years. The Yankees insist ...

The Yankees have taken care of one of their aging veterans today, when they completed negotiations on a two-year extension for closer Mariano Rivera . The contract is worth upwards of $30 million over the two years. Rivera has defied father time pitching to a 1.88 ERA with 33 saves at age 41. He has proven to be one of the most valuable pieces to the Yankees dynasty over the past 15 years. Unlike his teammate Derek Jeter, the Rivera contract negotiations were consistently behind closed doors, and didn't contain the kind of bitterness that the Jeter contract has garnered. Jeter is still not re-signed to a contract.

GIANTS 24 JAGUARS 20 If it wasn't for Kevin Boss' efforts, the Giants could be looking at a three game losing streak. Late in the fourth quarter with the Jaguars holding a 20-17 lead, the Giants needed a huge drive to hold off a Jaguars team that had spent the entire afternoon running up and down the Giants defense with Maurice Jones-Drew and his 113 yards rushing. For three quarters the Giants offense had done very little. They managed only three field goals, and Eli Manning struggled, while the ground game was virtually powerless. Then it all changed. Manning hit Mario Manningham for an 18 yard gain to midfield; then Brandon Jacobs gashed the Jags for 18 more yards to move it the Jaguars 32. After two straight Manning incompletions, it came down to one play. Manning hit Boss wide open between the numbers, and the athletic tight end rumbled down field for a 32 yard touchdown to give Big Blue the lead. The Giants defense suddenly woke up, forcing Jaguars quarterback David Garr...

JETS 26 BENGALS 10 When the New England Patriots erased a 24-17 deficit to the Detroit Lions for a impressive 45-24 victory Thanksgiving Day, the pressure was squarely on the shoulders of the Jets to get a win to keep pace with the Pats. A win over the Bengals and the Jets would still hold first place in the AFC East, and the AFC; a lose and everything could be lost. The first half of the Jets Thanksgiving Night game against Cincinnati didn't look very good. They trailed 7-3 at the half, played a full half of mistake football with terrible penalties, bad decisions by quarterback Mark Sanchez, and another missed field goal by Nick Folk. The Jets needed to show a spark. They needed momentum badly before they took a week and a half off to ready for the Pats. Then, just 30 seconds into the third quarter, the Jets got their spark from Brad Smith. On a reverse to Smith, the speedy utility man, broke free of tacklers for a 53 yard touchdown run to give New York a quick 10-7 lead. Later ...

The Mets made it official Tuesday, announcing that Terry Collins would take over as Mets manager this season with a two year contract. "I'm not as evil or a devil as some of you might think. I learned to mellow a little bit," Collins said with a laugh. Nobody laughed with him by the way. "We want to be the last team standing in October," Collins concluded. OOOH AHHHH! Echos of Rex Ryan. I'm shaking in my boots already hearing this from Collins who came across as timid and tense in his opening press conference. The Mets signed Collins for only a two year deal, probably because they are afraid he will wear out his welcome with his players the way he did in Anaheim when the players on the Angels petitioned to have him fired. I can't stress enough what a terrible move this is for New York. They will be looking for another manager by this time next year, if not by July -- I promise you.

Already hurting with loses on the offensive line to David Diehl and Sean O'Hara, as well as losses at wide receiver without the services of Steve Smith, the Giants got even worse news when lead receiver Hakeem Nicks was diagnosed with Compartment Syndrome in his lower right leg; consequently, he will miss the next three games against the Jaguars, Redskins and, oh yeah, the Eagles. This is a huge loss for the Giants. Big Blue had one of the more dynamic passing attacks this season, led by Nicks who had 800 yards receiving and nine touchdowns. Without him, the Giants will have to scrape to find someone on the team who can replace not only Nicks but Smith as well. If the Giants didn't look destined for another second half swoon after a 27-17 loss to the Eagles, Sunday, they sure look dead right now.

EAGLES 27 GIANTS 17 It was a brutal night in Philadelphia as the Giants and Eagles spent much of the night head hunting each other in the Eagles 27-17 victory to move into first place in the NFC East. The story of the day for the Giants -- fumbles. The Giants turned it over five times, including three picks by Eli Manning, and four team fumbles, two by Ahmad Bradshaw and two by Manning. Yet, in spite of all the problems, the Giants had their chance against the Eagles. Trailing 16-3, Manning hit back-up tight end Travis Beckum from two yards out for the score to cut the lead to 16-10. Then, at the start of the fourth quarter, Manning hit Derek Hagan from five yards out to give Big Blue the lead. But the Eagles soon cashed in on the Giants turnovers. After a Bradshaw fumble, LeSean McCoy went 50 yards to the house to give Philadelphia a 22-16 lead. Michael Vick then converted a two point conversion with a pass to Jason Avant to give Philly a 24-16 lead. On the next Giants possession, Ma...

JETS 30 TEXANS 27 It wasn't supposed to be this suspenseful. With the New York Jets holding a 23-7 lead on the Houston Texans at home, it appeared that Gang Green would be on its way to a much needed "rocking chair" victory. Not so. The Texans put up 20 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to stun the Jets and their fans at the Meadowlands grabbing a 27-23 lead with 59 seconds to go in the game. Typically, fans began to file out of the stadium, leaving only a third of the 78,000 who came to the ballpark. The fans sat on their hands, waiting for 59 seconds to tick away to a heartbreaking lose. Maybe the Texans will intercept another Mark Sanchez pass? Maybe Sanchez would heave up three straight Hail Marys only to have them knocked down? What it was going to be, it wouldn't be good; right? Never say never again, Jets fans. Sanchez completed two passes to LaDainian Tomlinson for a total of 24 yards to move the ball to midfield. Then Sanchez put up the Hail Mary. He ha...

The New York Mets are never short of making fools of themselves, they are experts in that department for a reason. The Mets continue to make dumbfounding moves, the latest being the naming of Terry Collins manager of the major league club. In case you're wondering Collins has a horrible history as a major league manager. He managed the Astros for three years from 1993-1996 and led them to three straight second place finishes, including a late season collapse in 1996. After getting fired by Houston, he went to the Anaheim Angles to manage that team into the ground. By 1999, he was fired again after his players petitioned to have him fired. He went 444-434 in his six years as a manager. He is like Tom Coughlin only minus the notable victories. Not exactly a great move for the Mets, who have a clubhouse of malcontents. Can Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran and Collins survive a season without trying to strangle one another? We shall see.

The Mets managerial search is now down to four people: Terry Collins, Bob Melvin, Wally Backman and Chip Hale. Sandy Alderson hopes to complete the second round of interviews by next Thursday. Clint Hurdle took himself out of the running, when he took the Pirates job on Monday, leaving the Mets with a bunch of inside candidates for the job. Collins and Melvin remain the favorites. Collins managed the Astros and Angles to minor success in the 1990's, and was known as a guy who was hated by his players. Melvin is a very mellow personality, cut in the same cloth as Jerry Manuel; however he has won two division titles, one in Seattle and one in Arizona. Backman is the people's choice, if for no other reason than he played on the 1986 World Series championship team. Yet, Backman's background of personal issues will likely eliminate him.

COWBOYS 33 GIANTS 20 The lights went out literally and figuratively at New Meadowlands Stadium as the Dallas Cowboys pounded the New York Giants, Sunday afternoon 33-20, exposing Big Blue as a Big Fraud. Early in the third quarter, the lights in the Stadium went out , leaving 80,000 fans and the teams in total darkness for a few minutes. Once play was resumed the Cowboys turned out th e lights on the Giants for good. Cowboys quarterback Jon Kitna threw for 327 yards and three touchdowns on the day, highlighted by a 13 yard score to Dez Bryant. Bryant is turning into a heck of a player, he hauled in three balls for 104 yards on the day. He is a threat to score whenever he touches the ball, and is turning heads the way a young Randy Moss did 12 years ago in Minnesota. The big play of the day came in the second, when Bryan McCann picked off an Eli Manning pass in the endzone and went coast to coast for a 101 yard touchdown to give Dallas a 19-3 lead . So now the G-Men get ready for a cla...

JETS 26 BROWNS 20 It will go down as a classic game that will be talked about for years to come. With 23 seconds left in overtime, the Jets pulled out a amazing victory when Santonio Holmes hauled in a Mark Sanchez pass and sprinted down the sideline for a 37 yard game winning score. The win puts the Jets at 7-2 on the season, and has since risen debate about how good these New York Jets really are. Are they lucky? The Jets had their chances to win the game in regulation. After completing a 10 minute drive in the third quarter, Nick Folk missed a cheap shot field goal that would have given New York a ten point lead, but it didn't happen. Late in the fourth quarter, the Browns marched down the field to tie, when rookie Colt McCoy hit Mohammad Masoquai for a 7 yard touchdown to tie it. The Browns had a shot to win it in the OT, but former Jet Chansi Stuckey fumbled the ball down the sideline as he made his move for the Jets 35 yard line. The Jets recovered, and drove down the field ...

There are many headlines to follow for this weeks Jets vs. Browns match-up on Sunday. It is Browns' coach Eric Mangini's chance to inflict revenge on the team that fired him two years ago, and it is also a homecoming for Braylon Edwards who was traded from Cleveland to New York a year ago. But the biggest story (pun intended) is the match-up of Jets coach Rex Ryan and Browns Defensive Coordinator Rob Ryan. The two are twins, and will square off against each other for the third time in their NFL careers, but this is the most high profile of the match-ups because of Rex's head coaching position. During a press conference, Wednesday, Rex came out dressed up as Rob Ryan with a Brown shirt, wig, and a Browns hat. As Rob Ryan, Rex cracked jokes that he had put a$5 bounty on his brother's head, and that he thinks Rex is a very "handsome" guy. Watch Press conference. Meanwhile, the real Rob Ryan spoke to the media in Cleveland. Listen . He sounds exactly like his brot...

I broke this story on Bleacher Report , after hearing about it on WFAN. Wade Phillips is done as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Phillips was fired this afternoon by Jerry Jones. Jerry Jones threatened that there would be major changes after a gutless 45-7 loss to the Green Bay Packers that dropped the team to 1-7 on the season. For weeks Jones has been asked about Phillips' job status, either refusing to comment, or even dancing around the question that Phillips was safe. Not so. Jason Garrett will take over as the Cowboys head coach. The former Dallas backup quarterback was once looked upon as a potential head coach in the NFL, but with Dallas' struggles the last three years, his stock has gone down. Garrett has eight games to show Jones that he can become the full-time head coach. The Cowboys have had a terrible season, headlined by a broken collarbone for quarterback Tony Romo, which will sideline him for most of the season. The Cowboys showed little fight in ...

GIANTS 41 SEAHAWKS 7 The Giants look like world beaters right now, after their dominating 41-7 performance in Seattle, Sunday. The Giants rolled up 30 first downs, 487 yards of offense, and held the ball for 42 minutes. The Giants left little doubt that they would walk away from Seattle with the easy victory, as they posted 21 points in the first quarter, and held a 35-0 halftime lead. Eli Manning was solid, completing 21 of 32 passes for 290 yards and three touchdowns. His first TD came on 46 yard touchdown catch by Hakeem Nicks. Nicks, who is definately deserving of a pro bowl nod, hauled in six passes for 128 yards and the touchdown. He left the game with an ankle injury, but the Giants report that he is fine and will be available next week. Ahmad Bradshaw didn't have a chunk of yards against Seattle; he only ran for 57 yards, but did have two touchdowns in the first quarter. The Giants benifited once again from facing a team without its starting quarterback. Matt Hasselbeck m...

JETS 23 LIONS 20 If the Jets are going to make the playoffs, they have a lot to clean up. From penalties, lack of discipline, bad play calling, and bad player judgment, the Jets did everything in their power to lose their game against the Detroit Lions, in Detroit, Sunday. Trailing 20-10 in the fourth quarter , the Jets had been flagged 11 times, some of which were of the unsportsmanlike conduct variety, they ran the ball only 22 times, the same numb er of times they ran the ball in a 9-0 loss to Green Bay a week ago. Mark Sanchez had been awful, and the Jets defense did nothing to stop Matthew Stafford. After a five yard penalty on the Jets offense with 4:26 to go, suddenly the Jets fortunes changed. Sanchez shrugged off the bad karma, and delivered an 18 yard strike to Jerricho Cotchery, then hit Dustin Keller and LaDainian Tomlinson for six yard each. Sanchez finally hit Keller again on a 25 yard completion down the middle to spot the ball at the Detroit six yard line. Two plays lat...

The Mets officially announced the hiring of former Toronto Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi , to the position of assistant GM. This means that Jon Ricco is out of the picture for the most part in the Mets front office (thank God, one less Omar Minaya stooge). Ricciardi and Alderson go back to their days in Oakland, when the worked together in that team's front office, before Ricciardi moved to Toronto to lead that club. Even though Ricciardi didn't make the playoffs during his eight year tenure in Toronto, he always fielded a competitive team that was a thorn in the side of the Yankees and Red Sox.