- Jeff Fisher out as Titans Head Coach after 17 years... not a huge shock given the turmoil in Tennessee this year with him and Vince Young, but 17 years is a long, long time to be coaching a professional franchise... It seems like Tennessee has to go in-house because it is so late in the game already... interesting to see who's coaching (and playing QB) for them in 2011 if there's football....
- OJ Mayo suspended 10 games for steroid use... this has somehow flown under the radar because it's 1) not baseball, and 2) not in a major market... but I can't fathom how this isn't a huge story... Mayo is a top 50-75 guy in the league (off the top of my head) and has been a big story in the past for USC sanctions, etc... If this was baseball, this would lead every news outlet for days...
- The NBA all-star starters were announced last night... Rose/Wade/LBJ/Amare/Dwight for the East, and Paul/Kobe/Durant/Melo/Yao for the West.... obviously Yao is out for the West and David Stern gets to pick the replacement (hmm), but Melo getting the nod in the West (although not a surprise) is the only issue I have... check out my post from yesterday for my squads...
- Tiger Woods is 5 back at Torrey Pines... bogey-free round of 69 yesterday, but he couldn't make any headway on the Par 5's... looked good though.... I stand by my 7 win/2 major prediction...
- There's a report that Maurkice Pouncey has a broken ankle for the Steelers... that would end his season..... it's been widely reported that he'll "try" to play in the Super Bowl, but the all-pro center isn't playing if it's broken...
- NBA Check - New York knocks off the Heat 93-88 at MSG... they held Lebron to 7 of 24 shooting, and despite Dwyane Wade's 34/16 performance (wow), Amare and company get the win with much ado to Landry Fields (19/13/6)... Boston knocks off the Blazers at the Rose Garden by 10... typical grinding Boston/Portland game that saw 5 guys in double-figures for the C's.... Nic Batum exited early with an injury and that set back Portland a bit IMO... and finally, Dallas hangs on to beat Houston.... SEVEN guys in double-digits for Dallas led by Tyson Chandler's 21 and 15... and they 30 points combined from Pavlovic and Barea... that's like stealing... one note on Houston... Luis Scola is a man...
- College Hoops Look-in - Michigan hadn't beaten Michigan State in football or basketball in 1,181 days until last night... and then Zack Novak went crazy... 6 threes for the Junior to lead the victors... Gonzaga on the bubble? or even worse?... that's the story in Washington... they dropped (another) home game... this time to St. Mary's by 2... it's not the same type of talent base that they are use to having and preseason all-american Elias Harris has been a letdown... Indiana upsets Illinois at home... 52-49 is pretty ugly, but give credit to the Hoosiers for holding McCamey to 2 of 11 shooting...
What to watch for on Friday...
- Knicks @ Hawks - 7:30 SportSouth - I'll be in the building and it's apparently (gasp) close to a sell-out... that means 40% Knick fans... should be an entertaining game....
- Celtics @ Suns - 10:30 ESPN - Road back-to-back for Boston... but Phoenix is really scuffling right now and sit at a paltry 20-24...
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