Rockies' Walt Weiss out after team's best season since 2010
AP 12:51 p.m. EDT October 3, 2016FILE - In this June 25, 2016, file photo, Colorado Rockies manager Walt Weiss (22) looks down in the eighth inning of a baseball game in Denver. Weiss is out as manager of the Colorado Rockies after four seasons in charge. In a statement Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, the team said Weiss has decided to step down. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)(Photo: The Associated Press)DENVER (AP) — Walt Weiss made his way around Coors Field on Sunday to say so long t..>> view originalWhat we learned, and didn't learn, in Week 4 in NFL
An NFL coach once told me the first four weeks of the season are basically a continuation of the preseason -- that no one really knows who they are until around Week 5. So if you're confused by all of the twists and turns and shockers and surprises from the first four weeks of this NFL season, don't be. That ball is not round, and it bounces funny.Editor's PicksThe 3-1 Cowboys, led by a rookie quarterback, have found a winning formula. The 1-3 Panthers, meanwhile, are reeling after giving up 48 ..>> view originalCollege football roundup: Harbaugh wins; Stanford crushed
The man can coach. Jim Harbaugh, who turned around a moribund Stanford program and led the 49ers to within five yards of a Super Bowl title, is working his magic again in Ann Arbor. Harbaugh took over a Michigan program that had gone 35-40 the previous six years and is 15-3 to date, resurrecting the vise-like Michigan defense that was AWOL under predecessors Rich Rodriguez and Brady Hoke. Saturday, the No. 4 ranked Wolverines beat No. 8 Wisconsin 14-7 in a typical smash mouth Big Ten game that ..>> view originalTitans fire special teams coordinator Bobby April
The Tennessee Titans are making a major change on special teams. The team announced Monday that Bobby April, in his first season as the club's special teams coordinator, has been relieved of his duties. The move comes one day after the Titans were victimized by Will Fuller's electric 67-yard punt return score that put the Texans up for good in Houston's 27-20 win over Tennessee. April will be replaced by special teams assistant Steve Hoffman, who brings 26 years of experience as an NFL coach an..>> view originalBob Bradley makes American soccer history as Swansea City name him their new manager
Swansea City have fired manager Francesco Guidolin and hired Bob Bradley to take over the struggling Premier League club. The appointment makes Bradley the first American to ever manage in one of Europe's top leagues. Bradley got his start in American college soccer, before becoming one of the best managers in MLS and then leading the United States national team from 2007-2011. He won a Gold Cup, finished first in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup and then led the U.S. to first place in their..>> view originalCavs sign point guard Toney Douglas
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- The Cavs signed veteran point guard Toney Douglas to a non-guaranteed contract to compete for a job backing up Kyrie Irving. Douglas, 30, averaged 8.7 points and 2.6 assists in 61 games for the New Orleans Pelicans last season. He's played for six teams over seven NBA seasons, and was with the team Monday for practice. The Cavs had a need for a player like Douglas after Mo Williams decided to retire last week. Cleveland was also considering Mario Chalmers, Douglas' former..>> view originalBrandon Marshall plans to “go down with the boat”
Getty ImagesAnother day, another member of the Jets organization channels Micheal Ray Richardson. Last week, coach Todd Bowles conveyed the spirit of Richardson’s all-time great sound bite. This week, receiver Brandon Marshall tracked it more literally when asked about quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. “I’m staying in this ship with him,” Marshall told reporters. “Obviously right now, we’re all looking each other in the eyes, holding each other accountable, and pushing each other. At the end of th..>> view originalBills' offense confident after shutout win over Patriots
AP 2:25 a.m. EDT October 3, 2016New England Patriots fans watch with long faces as the clock winds down on their team's 16-0 loss to the Buffalo Bills in an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)(Photo: The Associated Press)FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady won't return to an undefeated team after all.But following the Buffalo Bills' surprise 16-0 shutout victory at New England Sunday, he will come back to an AFC East that is sudden..>> view originalFantasy Football Week 5: Flex Rankings, Waiver-Wire Targets and Projections
We're nearly a month into the 2016 NFL season, which means we've also gotten through nearly four weeks of fantasy football. There might not be many things we know for certain at this point, but we do know that the fantasy world is ripe with the unexpected. There were some fantasy disappointments in Week 4, to be sure. New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski seems closer to being fully healthy, but he only caught one pass for 11 yards. Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford failed to p..>> view originalAs to Dez Bryant, David Wells knows “where all the bodies are buried”
If there was any doubt regarding the significance of David Wells to the efforts of the Cowboys to keep problems relating to receiver Dez Bryant and others under wraps, there should be none whatsoever in the aftermath of a lengthy look at the renowned “fixer” from Kent Babb of the Washington Post. The recently-published profile contains a quote from Wells that meshes with the concerns raised by PFT when Bryant tried to drag Wells into litigation between Bryant and Texas State Senator Royce Wes..>> view original
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