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01/25/2012 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The National Football League announced Wednesday that its clubs have agreed to a new contract with Roger Goodell that extends his term as commissioner through the 2018 season.
"I speak on behalf of 32 NFL club owners in saying we are fortunate to have Roger Goodell as our commissioner," said Atlanta Falcons owner and chairman Arthur M. Blank, who serves as chairman of the NFL Compensation Committee. "Since becoming commissioner in 2006, the NFL -- already the leader in professional sports -- has gotten even stronger. As evidenced by this contract extension, we have great confidence in Roger's vision and leadership of the NFL. Our clubs, players and fans could not ask for a better CEO."
Last year, Goodell, 52, helped secure a landmark 10-year collective bargaining agreement with the NFLPA.
During his first six seasons as commissioner, he has addressed a wide range of issues to improve the league, such as player health and safety; the medical needs and pensions of retired players; personal conduct; and international development.
"It is a privilege for me to serve the NFL," said Goodell, whose new contract expires March 31, 2019. "It is the only place I have ever wanted to work. I am grateful for the contributions and counsel of NFL owners in managing our league, the talented staff that supports us, and the players and coaches that perform their magic on the field. It is truly a team effort. I am eagerly looking ahead to the challenge of building on our momentum and doing all we can to improve our game for the fans and everyone that is part of our league."
<< Stampeders sign QB Tate to contract extension
Calgary, AB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Calgary Stampeders signed quarterback Drew
Tate to a contract extension Wednesday.
"Drew Tate showed last season that he can be a winning starting quarterback in
this league," said Calgary head coach and
<< Affolter loaned to Werder Bremen
Bremen, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Defender Francois Affolter completed a loan
move to Werder Bremen from Swiss side Young Boys Bern on Wednesday.
Werder Bremen will have the services of Affolter at its disposal until Dec.
31, 2012 and i
<< Penguins' Neal replacing Ovechkin at All-Star Game
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pittsburgh Penguins sniper James Neal has been
added to the roster for this weekend's All-Star Game in Ottawa.
Neal is replacing Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin, who removed
himself from the
<< USA edges Mexico to top Group B
Vancouver, BC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Carli Lloyd netted her first career hat trick
to lead the United States to a 4-0 victory over Mexico at BC Place on Tuesday
as the U.S. wins Group B en route to the Olympic Qualifying semifinals.
Lloyd score
Ibisevic joins Stuttgart >>
Stuttgart, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Stuttgart bolstered its attacking
options Wednesday as it announced the signing of Bosnia international Vedad
Ibisevic from Bundesliga rival Hoffenheim.
Ibisevic has previously played in t
Princeton's Dibilio improving after stroke >>
Princeton, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Princeton football player Chuck Dibilio is
continuing to recover from the stroke he suffered last Thursday night, the Ivy
League university announced Wednesday.
"I continue to be encouraged by the progress Ch
Stars activate All-Star Benn from IR >>
Frisco, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Dallas Stars have activated forward Jamie
Benn from injured reserve.
The 22-year-old Benn missed Dallas' last five games while recovering from an
appendectomy.
Named to the NHL All-Star roster, Be
Everton agree to Bilyaletdinov fee >>
Liverpool, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Everton announced Wednesday that it has
agreed to an undisclosed fee for the sale of Diniyar Bilyaletdinov to Spartak
Moscow.
The Toffees have been in negotiations with Spartak for several days and h
My fellow Americans, as tempting as it may be to don the coat and HD-ready tie in order to deliver this State of the Game address before the cameras, I know better. As Brad Paisley sings on his latest album, "I'm so much cooler online."
The ideas for this annual essay to kick off the MySportsbook.com college football betting preview flowed like frat-house beer, which is to say they were cheap and spilled all over the floor. The 2007 season will be better than 2007, if only because there will be more of it. A year ago, the NCAA Football Rules Committee made two rule changes in the interest of speeding up the game. These changes went over like Kobe burgers at a vegan banquet.
To its credit, the rules committee rectified its mistakes. This season the clock once again will start when a kickoff is received, rather than when it is kicked, and the clock will not start so quickly on a change of possession.
However, kickoffs have been moved back five yards, to the 30, which will force more returns. (Thus forcing the clock to run. Clever, huh?) Special teams might decide a lot of games, because coaching strategy will come straight out of another new Paisley lyric (almost), I'd like to check you for kicks.
Paisley sings with a twang, which is why he's appropriate for this college football season. The sun coming up over the 2007 college football betting lines season rises from the south. It's a Southern football world. As the Southeastern Conference begins its 75th year, the power shift is noticeable.
Eight-figure budgets, glamorous settings -- and that's just for the head coaches. The SEC has four coaches who have won national championships -- the greatest aggregation of coaching know-how since Eddie Robinson dined alone.
Steve Spurrier, Phil Fulmer, Nick Saban and Urban Meyer have given lie to the idea that a conference championship game is too daunting a hurdle on the road to No. 1. In six of the past 10 seasons, the national champions played and won a conference championship game -- three of the six (Tennessee, 1998; LSU, 2003; Florida, 2007) from the SEC.
There will be more of the same this season, if the preseason prognostications are correct. Six SEC teams are in the preseason coaches' poll, more than from any other conference. Only one conference has talent so deep that a team with 15 returning starters, including the best quarterback in the league, from an eight-win season is considered an afterthought. That may speak more to Kentucky's losing legacy than to the wisdom of the predictions, but there you have it. And seriously, keep an eye on Wildcats QB Andre' Woodson.
The reach of the South extends all the way to No. 1. Take a look at the team that is a consensus pick to win the national championship. The quarterback is from Shreveport. The best wide receiver is from Nashville. The top recruit is from New Orleans.
So what's the campus doing in Los Angeles? Hey, it is the University of Southern California.
USC lost two Pacific-10 Conference games a year ago, the first time that had happened in five seasons, and university officials withstood the urge to form blue-ribbon panels to unearth the cause of such a disaster. Instead, the Trojans gathered themselves and routed Michigan, 32-18, in the Rose Bowl.
USC's losses at Oregon State and at UCLA last year should have given pause to those who question the Pac-10's football prowess (such as, without naming names, L.M. from Baton Rouge). The league only got deeper this season; Dennis Erickson is taking over an Arizona State team that never quite got out of its own way under his predecessor, Dirk Koetter.
Erickson will resume his quest to become the first coach to win a national championship at two schools. Both he and Spurrier, now in his third season at South Carolina, returned to college football at schools with lower profiles than where they won their titles.
That isn't the case for the third coach looking for the national championship double. You may have missed this, but NASA reported the astronauts on the space shuttle last spring made contact with what can only be described as beings from another galaxy.
The leader of the aliens said, "We come in peace," followed by, "So how do you think Nick Saban will do at Alabama?"
The public is reacting to the new Crimson Tide coach as if he is the Barry Bonds of college football -- beloved at home for what his fans believe he is going to do, hated on the road for his intimidating attitude and for what his detractors believe he did (bend NCAA recruiting rules). I made this comparison from the dais at a charity dinner in Mobile, Ala., last month, and the chill that washed over me didn't come from the air conditioning.
Saban will attempt to prove that he can remake in Tuscaloosa what he built in Baton Rouge, much like another member of the national championship fraternity. Bobby Bowden is attempting to remake at Florida State what he built at, um, Florida State. Bowden rebuilt his offensive staff, bringing in four new coaches led by Saban's former offensive coordinator, Jimbo Fisher, to jump-start an offense that has been dead for a couple of years.
The Atlantic Coast Conference is expected to show new signs of life, too. That is said with no disrespect toward last season's champion, Wake Forest, which provided one of the best story lines of 2007. The Demon Deacons begin this season in their customary position, overshadowed by the Virginia Techs, Miamis and Florida States.
It's not that Wake will find it difficult to duplicate its success in 2007 as much as the feeling that success engendered. Surprising success is the narcotic of sport. It never feels quite so euphoric the next time. Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese has figured this out. He refers to 2007, when a league looked down upon by fans and foes alike took three undefeated teams into November, as "Cinderella."
The fairy tale may be over, but the Big East has four genuine Heisman Trophy candidates in Louisville quarterback Brian Brohm, West Virginia tailback Steve Slaton and quarterback Pat White, and Rutgers tailback Ray Rice. Rutgers, as did Wake Forest and, of course, Boise State, proved last season that the have-nots in college football occasionally have quite a lot.
The Broncos' rousing 43-42 overtime victory over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl has raised the profile of all schools in conferences that don't get automatic BCS bids. This season, TCU and Hawaii are the preseason favorites to burst through the BCS doors and earn an at-large bid. The Warriors return 14 starters from an 11-3 team, including quarterback Colt Brennan.
Brennan not only broke the single-season record with 58 touchdown passes in 2007, but he also led Division I-A in passing efficiency (186.0). The senior is expected to contend for the Heisman Trophy, and neither his success nor the rise of his team should come as any surprise in the 2007 season.
After all, Hawaii is the southernmost team in the country.
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