The San Francisco 49ers have agreed on a 1-year contract with WR, Randy Moss. This gives the Niners and quarterback, Alex Smith, a deep threat they sorely missed in the NFC title game. Moss is known to be a problem in the locker room, but with no-nonsense Coach Jim Harbaugh, this relationship can prove to be the difference between NFC runner-ups and Super Bowl Champions.
According to the Denver Post, Peyton Manning has declined visits to the Kansas City Chiefs and Seattle Seahawks. This leaves Manning to choose between the Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos, and Arizona Cardinals as his new on-field home. A decision is expected to be made sooner rather than later and speculation suggests that the Broncos are currently the front runners.
*UPDATE* A source from the Seattle Seahawks refutes the report that Peyton Manning has ruled out a visit to Seattle.
Enigmatic wide receiver, Randy Moss, continues his quest to end is one-year retirement and will travel to San Francisco on Monday to work out for the NFC West Champs. If there is one team out there who can contain Moss’s sometimes cancerous behavior and use his inhumanly, freakish skill to their advantage, it’s the 49ers with the reigning Coach of the Year in Jim Harbaugh. Harbaugh runs a tight ship and everyone understands the team is his- just what Moss needs; a clear leader and someone to keep him in place.
The Atlanta Falcons have signed former Seahawks LB and 3-time Pro Bowler Lofa Tatupu to a deal. He did not play all of last season.
Ndamukong Suh has been suspended for two games for stomping on Green Bay’s Evan Dietrich-Smith on Thanksgiving Day that resulted in an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and an ejection from the game. The 1st game Suh will miss will be against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday night. He will be sorely missed. It’s time for Suh to clean up his act.
The landscape of the MLB playoffs is set to change forever. According to MLB commissioner, Bud Selig, owners approved 2 more wild-card teams for the postseason. The change will reportedly take place perhaps as soon as 2012.
Detroit Tigers pitcher, Justin Verlander, has unanimously won the American League Cy Young Award. This comes as no surprise whatsoever as Verlander absolutely dominated during the regular season. He recorded an impressive 24 wins with a 2.40 ERA and 250 strikeouts. The real test to how impressive of a season he had will be if he wins the AL MVP award, a feat accomplished by a pitcher only 11 times since 1922, last done by Dennis Eckersley in 1992.
NBA players have rejected the recent offer proposed by the owners. The NBA players’ next step is to begin the process of disbanding their union. NBA players are taking the same route the NFL players took during their negotiations, but it doesn’t seem as hopeful for the NBA that a deal will get done anytime soon, as it did for the NFL. Only time will tell. This story is much less impactful as long as the NFL season is still going on. If there’s no NBA season post-Super Bowl, then this may become a bigger issue to most sports fans.
According to ESPN’s Buster Olney, the Los Angeles Dodgers and OF Matt Kemp are close to completing an 8-year $160 million contract. That’s a serious contract offer from a team that is supposedly bankrupt.
World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals will name former catcher, Mike Matheny, their new manager. He will have some huge shoes to fill as Tony La Russa brought the Cardinals to the promise land twice and is one of the city’s most beloved figures.
