NEW YORK JETS: Rex Ryan Apologizes for Middle Finger at Dolphin Fans

Last night at an MMA event in Miami Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan gave a cursing signal to Dolphin fans that has appeared all over the web today. Well today, he apologized: [Rex] Ryan: “It was stupid and inappropriate. I wouldn’t accept that type of behavior from one of the coaches or players and it’s [...]

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VARIOUS: Free Bird on Conan

Free Bird with Will Ferrell to end the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. A righteous end to a sad conclusion of a show not given enough time to shine.

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PGA TOUR: The PGA Tour Reacts to Groove Issue

Here’s a primer about what has happened in the last 2 days regarding Phil Mickelson and the new iron and wedge groove regulations for 2010: “It’s cheating, and I’m appalled Phil has put it in play,” Scott McCarron said in Friday’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle. Mickelson is among at least four players at [...]

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TV SPORTS: President Obama Becomes an Analyst During Duke-Georgetown on CBS

Today, President Barack Obama joined the CBS broadcast booth in the 2nd half of the Duke-Georgetown game and did some commentary with Verne Lundquist and Clark Kellogg:

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PGA TOUR: 2010 CBS Sports Golf Announcers

This post is going to look really familiar to one I did last year, but after today’s news, it will look slightly different: For most weeks: 18th Tower — Jim Nantz and Nick Faldo 17th Tower — Ian Baker-Finch 16th Tower — Gary McCord On Course Reporters — David Feherty and Peter Kostis On some [...]

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PGA TOUR: Where Is Peter Oosterhuis on CBS Sports’ PGA Tour Coverage?

When I tuned into 3rd round coverage of the Farmers Insurance Open today on CBS Sports, I expected to see Peter Oosterhuis manning the tower at 17 like he has for almost 20 years. But he wasn’t there. And here’s why: This week is the first week of network television as CBS is on the [...]

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GOLF: John Daly: “I’m Done” With Golf

In an absolutely unbelieveable interview that aired today on Golf Channel, John Daly, winner of the 1991 PGA Championship and 1995 British Open says he is done with professional golf. From the interview: Q: What’s next? A: I’m done. Q:What do you mean you’re done? A: I’m done. Q: Done with what? A: Golf. Q: [...]

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NEW YORK JETS: Mark Sanchez Knee Roundup

Here’s a good overall review of the Mark Sanchez knee situation from NJ.com’s Manish Mehta: Mark Sanchez, who visited noted orthopedist James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala., this week, may require some sort of surgery on one of his knees. Tannenbaum was cryptic on which knee would go under the knife. The rookie quarterback suffered a [...]

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NEW YORK JETS: Updates On Those Who May Leave

The Daily News’ Rich Cimini writes today about the Jets who have contract issues heading into this offseason. With apologies to those who may get offended by big block quotes, here we go: Here’s a quick analysis of Tannenbaum’s state-of-the-union address yesterday, breaking it down by individual player: * Thomas Jones: The two sides are [...]

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FANS: When Did You Know That The 2007-2009 Run Would Be Special?

Sometime last last year or early this year I crossed/will cross the 5 year mark of being a member on the Backstreets.com message boards. And I’ve learned a bunch of things about Springsteen fans in that time. One of them is that is that there is something about Bruce live that hits you and grabs [...]

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