NEW YORK JETS: Jets Get Lito

Just what we needed — a solid CB to go opposite Darrelle Revis. The Jets completed a trade today for Philly CB Lito Sheppard: “Sources told ESPN.com Friday night that the Eagles are believed to be receiving a middle-round choice in the 2010 draft and conditional 2011 draft choice. The level of the 2011 choice [...]

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NEW YORK JETS: Re-sign Brandon Moore

Nope, not a typo. I’ll just let Daily News writer Rich Cimini tell it: “A shocker: The Jets, spurned by Steelers free-agent G Chris Kemoeatu earlier in the day, have re-signed RG Brandon Moore, the Daily News has learned. Moore agreed to a four-year, $16 million contract, including $10 million in guarantees. This is a [...]

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NEW YORK JETS: Roundup

Well, after releasing Brandon more, the Jets attempted to sign Steelers guard Chris Kemoeatu. Problem is: he resigned with the Steelers. Cornerback Cory Ivy visited Jets’ headquarters today in Jersey, possibly considering an offer from them. And in some interesting late breaking news, the Jets are apparently trying to work out a trade to bring [...]

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NEW YORK JETS: Free Agents and Cuts

NFL Free agency started this morning at midnight, and the Jets are obviously going to be heavy players. The following is the list of the “cap casualty” cuts the Jets have issued so far: David Bowens Brad Kassell Brandon Moore Chris Baker David Barrett The following are the free agents of note: Eric Barton Ahmad [...]

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NEW YORK JETS: Jets Sign LB Bart Scott

What a great pickup. To replace the departed (see upcoming post) David Bowens sand Brad Kassell, the Jets today signed former Ravens Linebacker Bart Scott to a 6-year, $48 million deal. According to the ESPN.com article: “Scott has played seven seasons with Baltimore amassing 433 tackles and 16 sacks in his career. His best season [...]

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TIGER WOODS: My Take

Tiger made the right decision. He was ready to play, he wanted to play, and he did. He was beat by an opponent who played the best golf of his life against the world’s #1 that was a little bit off. Tiger’s back, golf can take a mini-sigh of relief waiting for his probable next [...]

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MLB: Manny Being Manny

It looks like Manny Ramierez, who like that other player named A-Rod tends to make more news off the diamond then on, has rejected the Los Angeles Dodgers newest offer to him of a one year deal with deferred money and an option for 2010. I’m going to make a prediction right now and I [...]

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GOLF: Sobel Blasts PGA Tour

Many of you know how much I love the ESPN.com golf writers, and Jason Sobel is their chief one. Yesterday, during a chat, he absolutely BLASTED the PGA Tour with pure honesty. Take a look: “Silky Johnson (St. Augustine, FL): How does a place with greens so ridiculous that they have to keep them this [...]

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JAMES TAYLOR: “til our few atoms blow to dust or form…”

Someone searched that and got landed on this blog. Welcome. Those are the great lyrics of a song called “New Hymn,” which can be found on JT’s fantastic “LIVE” album from 1993. Lyrics: “Source of all we hope or dread Sheepdog, jackal, rattler, swan We hunt your face and long to trust That your hid [...]

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NEW YORK JETS: Baker, Nugent, and Coles All Leave

While I’ve been doing a lot of work and Tiger returned, my New York Jets made a lot of news. 1) Chris Baker, who I’ve previously called the most underrated tight end in football, was let go by the team. With the emergence of Dustin Keller and Bubba Franks as the second stringer, Baker’s role [...]

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