http://www.sportswirenews.net Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:28:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.sportswirenews.net/top-10-nfl-plays-week-6/ Mike Singletary has been a trainer, a teacher, a motivational speaker and three-time author since retiring from the Chicago Bears in 1992. On Tuesday, he added "NFL head coach" to his résumé, a title he's wanted for years but one he admitted was harder to attain than he thought it would ... http://www.sportswirenews.net/singletary-gets-his-shot/ Nothing about the Seahawks' slip-slidin' away season has gone as expected. But this week, the Seahawks are stepping into another team's misery as they prepare to face the 49ers in San Francisco. The 49ers' abrupt firing of coach Mike Nolan on Monday is a situation the Seahawks helped create, and one ... http://www.sportswirenews.net/holmgren-vague-on-future/ All about Al. Understated Al. Entrenched Al. Either description would nicely fit Al Thornton. As expected, the Clippers on Tuesday exercised their third-year contract option on Thornton, who is in his second season with the team. Understated? "It tells me I've been doing some good things, right things," he said before Tuesday night's ... http://www.sportswirenews.net/clips-exercise-thorntons-option/ Neither the Giants or Indians reached the playoffs this season, but it's not because of Tim Lincecum and Cliff Lee. They are Sporting News' Pitchers of the Year, voted by a panel of 314 major league players. In just his second season in the majors, the 24-year-old Lincecum was dominant. He ... http://www.sportswirenews.net/lee-linecum-sns-pitchers-of-year/ The World Series has come to the land of cowbells and catwalks, where cownose rays swim in a 10,000-gallon tank above the fence in right-center field. Tropicana Field is home sweet dome to the Tampa Bay Rays, the surprise story of this baseball season. "If I would have told you in ... http://www.sportswirenews.net/phillies-ready-for-rays/ Pro Bowl tight end Kellen Winslow drew a one-game suspension for his angry comments concerning his treatment by Browns General Manager Phil Savage following Sunday's 14-11 loss to the Washington Redskins. Starting today, Winslow will not be able to practice or attend meetings. After missing Sunday's game at the Jacksonville Jaguars, ... http://www.sportswirenews.net/browns-suspend-winslow/ It did not look good Monday night when Patriots safety Rodney Harrison dropped to the ground, and it is not. Harrison suffered a season-ending, and potentially career-ending, torn quad muscle. Harrison, who turns 36 in December and whose contract with the Patriots is up after this season, could well have played his ... http://www.sportswirenews.net/rodney-harrison-out-for-year/ You hear it all the time: “Player X needs to put on 10-15 pounds of MUSCLE in order to hold up at the NFL level.” “He’s too small to withstand the punishment.” “He’s going to need to add muscle to absorb punishment or his career will be over the very ... http://www.sportswirenews.net/the-myth-of-weight-gain-and-injury-prevention/ Brett Favre isn't immune to some punishment at practice. The New York Jets quarterback fumbled a snap from Nick Mangold on Sunday morning and knew what was coming next: his first penalty lap. "He's one of the guys," coach Eric Mangini said. "You put the ball on the ground, you have to ... http://www.sportswirenews.net/favre-starts-out-with-jets/