On a cold, wet Monday, Wisconsin native Tony Romo ventured out wearing shorts, sandals and a T-shirt. More importantly for the Dallas Cowboys, there was no bandage around his right hamstring and no hitch in his stride. Romo is just fine and so are the Cowboys, who are starting their bye week with the best record in the NFC.
Michael Bennett sat in a mostly empty locker room, answering questions about his debut with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the challenge of learning a new offense in the middle of season. “It’s like telling me to go out there and cook a gourmet dish,” Bennett said Monday. “I’m still putting the recipe together.
The Patriots are 7-0. They’ve won every game by at least 17 points. Tom Brady is headed for a record-breaking season. The only thing they’ve fallen short of is publicity. On Monday, even coach Bill Belichick recognized that New England is not the biggest show in town. “Let me start by congratulating the Red Sox on winning the American League and getting into the World Series,” he said.
Jeremy Mayfield will take over a new NASCAR Nextel Cup ride four races early, replacing Jeff Green in the No. 66 Haas CNC Racing entry for the rest of the season.
KANNAPOLIS, North Carolina (Ticker) — Haas CNC Racing announced Monday that Jeremy Mayfield will replace Jeff Green as the driver of the team’s No. 66 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series beginning this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
It’s easy to see why Tony Stewart is growing more and more frustrated as the races tick off NASCAR’s “Chase for the Nextel Cup.”
Flyers forward Jesse Boulerice was ruled ineligible to play in the American Hockey League until Dec. 16 after the NHL suspended him 25 games earlier this month. Boulerice was suspended 25 games by the NHL on Oct. 12 for striking Vancouver’s Ryan Kesler across the face with his stick, the longest single-season ban in league history.
Now that they know their opponent, the Rox are ready to take on the Sox. “We’re under the radar. It’s being billed as a David and Goliath situation. But that’s OK,” Colorado Rockies reliever Matt Herges said Monday. “We’re as confident as anybody, we’re as hot as anybody. We think we’re as good as anybody.” Colorado’s eight-day wait is almost over.
Tony La Russa tended to his many pets on the West Coast for a week or so, and made up his mind: He wanted to keep managing. Now, he’s hoping the St. Louis Cardinals can make an equally quick decision on hiring a general manager. La Russa agreed Monday to a two-year contract to stay in St. Louis, confident that the Cardinals can still be contenders.
Bobby Valentine likely won’t be asked to interview with the New York Yankees as they search for a new manager. The Yankees began the interview process Monday, with former Florida Marlins manager Joe Girardi spending about an hour at Legends Field. Yankees bench coach Don Mattingly was due in Tuesday and New York first base coach Tony Pena on Wednesday.
