Daily Roundup- Friday, January 30th

More fall out from the tell all Torre book. Now the Yankees are possibly looking to add confidentiality agreements in every contract.

Sure sounds like the Yankees are rattled by the whole Torre book. No matter what, certain players who were depicted wrong in this book, are not going to find anything good about this book. The funniest line in that entire story is Carl Pavano NOW figuring out why his Christmas cards went. He probably didn’t send it to you because you were NEVER ON THE TEAM you jerk!


As much as I hate the Phillies and their fans, this story from Rick Reilly is actually pretty cool.

Everyone knows a guy like this guy. Someone smooth enough to get past security. The kind of guy who can talk out of every situation. The guy who goes to the front of a long line at clubs and then you see him wave at you after about 10 minutes and next thing you know, you are skipping the entire line and him and the guy at the front of line are laughing it up like they knew each other forever. There are few guys who have that specific DNA code and you should feel special knowing guys like that.


The New York Times Howard Beck writes about how hard it is to put fans in seats at the World’s most Famous Arena.

It doesn’t help that your team has stunk very badly over the better part of the decade and you won 23 games the year before. But one thing you can’t help but recognize is that this version of the Knicks are very fun to watch. They play hard, they beat good teams and they are a very tough out every single time.
But this coupon thing is interesting and more a result of the economy and the fact that the Knicks have stunk. Good times are coming Knick fans. I do have a problem that the Knicks didn't get a single player on the All Star Team. Where was the love for David Lee?

Ever wondered about what Steve DeBerg is doing right now? Well Jason Whitlock answers that pressing question.

Steve DeBerg is part of the long line of semi-average quarterbacks who go on to very successful careers as coaches. Maybe its because they understand what they did wrong that they take more time out to study it and teach others. Its like community service they are doing in a way. Meanwhile, great QB’s stay at home and live off the royalties. Like I’ve said before, I can only see Peyton Manning out of the crop of good QB’s coming back to coach after he retires.


Randy Galloway defends Jason Witten, this year’s winner of the Home Depot NFL Neighborhood MVP.

While I enjoy the Cowboys current state of affairs, its kind of tough to see a good player being caught up in this. Jason Witten is one of those guys who plays hurt, shuts up and says anything that shows up being repeated on four hundred different football shows. He’s called the “rat” because him and Romo have this weird relationship, but that’s the casualty of having such a torn clubhouse that stuff like this makes news. I mean, Romo did ask Witten to come with him and Jessica Simpson to come on vacation with him last year to Cabo. I mean, that's a little weird, right?


It was only a matter of time before Congress got involved when the Mets didn’t drop Citigroup after their financial mess.

Frankly I still like my idea of reaching out to Steve Jobs and asking him to fund this naming rights and just name the stadium “the Big Apple.” Come on now, that would be a great name. Although now that I think about it, I don’t know how I would feel about an Apple logo coming out every time the Mets hit a home run.

Pittsburgh Post Gazette gives you an inside look at both head coaches.

Both coaches are second year men and both went after the same job and obviously only one got it but its going to be a bit of a home coming for Ken Whisenhut as well. The Steelers are a classy organization while the Cardinals are the face of futility. Think the Cubs of football (funny considering they played in Chicago.)



Its not only Jon Gruden’s former players who have a sour taste in their mouth that they need to get out once their coach is fired. It appears Mike Shanahan had his enemies too. Some familiar ones at that.

Once we get Jake Plummer back into the news, he just won’t leave. This is just a case of a guy getting sour grapes after the franchise drafted a young gun slinger to replace the aging veteran. Get over it already Jake, isn’t there a hand ball game you have to get to? Yes I’m still mad that he is going to TIVO the game.