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Its been confirmed that Mike Fratello will be the next Head Coach of the Memphis Grizzlies and that Eric Musselman will be his top assistant

I thought it was funny that when he won number 74, they announced him as a 74 day champion. After a while, they stopped announcing how many wins he had.

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So, someone really needs to teach Memphis how to play D, Jesus Christ my College team had more structure on D than those guys last night against the Kings, then again they weren't much better on D themselves, Bibby pulled it out in the final stretch, Stojakovic and Webber had big games but Ostertag coming of the bench made a huge contribution on D, with some big blocks

But tonight the T'Wolves take down the Warriors, Garnett has been on fire so far this season

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Athlete of The Year

1.Ben Wallace, Detroit Pistons

2.Curt Schilling, Boston Red Sox

3.Tom Brady, New England Patriots

Game of The Year

1.SuperBowl XXXVIII, New England vs. Carolina

2.Detroit Pistons vs. New Jersey Nets; Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 5

3.Duke vs. Connecticut; NCAA Baskbetball National Semifinal

Sport of The Year (based on the season, controversy, memorable moments, games, etc.)

1.Basketball

2.College Football

3.Baseaball

Team of the Year

1.Detroit Pistons

2.Boston Red Sox

3.University of Southern California Trojans Football

Play of the Year

1.Tayshaun Prince Blocks Reggie Miller; Eastern Conference Finals Game 2

Dissappointment of the Year

1.New York Yankees

2.Miami Dolphins

3.Ohio State Football

Controversy of the Year

1.Palace Brawl

2.Nipplegate

3.Maurice Clarett whistleblower

Coach of the Year

1.Larry Brown

2.Bill Belicheck

3.Pete Caroll

Most Anticipated Moment of the Year

Inspriation of the Year

1.Curt Schilling in the ALCS

2.Lance Armstrong AGAIN

3.The Detroit Pistons

Rookie of the the year

1.LeBron James

2.Adrian Peterson

3.Ben Roethlisberger

Best Comeback

1.Michigan vs MSU football; 10/30/4

2.Chauncey Billups half court 3; Detroit vs. New Jersey, Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 5

3.LA Lakers vs. Detroit Pistons; NBA Finals Game 2

Soccer Player of the year

Soccer Rookie of the year

Soccer Team of the year

NHL Player of the year

1.Martin St.Louis, Tampa Bay Lightning

2.Mikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames

3.Rick Nash, Columbus Blue Jackets

NHL Rookie of the year

NHL Team of the year

1.Tampa Bay Lightning

2.Calgary Flames

3.SAn Jose Sharks

NBA Player of the year

1.Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs

2.Ben Wallace, Detroit Pistons

3.Kevin Garnett, Minnesota Timberwolves

NBA Rookie of the year

1.Lebron James, Cleveland Cavaliers

2.Dwayne Wade, Miami Heat

3.Carmello Anthiny, Denver Nuggets

NBA Team of the year

1.Detroit PIstons

2.Miami Heat

3.Indiana Pacers

MLB Player of the year

1.Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants

2.Albert Puljos, St.Louis Cardinals

3.Johan Santana, Minnesota Twins

MLB Rookie of the year

1.Bobby Crosby

MLB Team of the year

1.Boston Red Sox

2.Atlanta Braves

3.St.Louis Cardinals

NFL Player of the year

1.Terrell Owens, Philadelphia Eagles

2.Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts

3.Tom Brady, New England Patriots

NFL Rookie of the year

1.Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers

2.Roy Williams, Detroit Lions

3.Michael Clayton, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

NFL Team of the year

1.New England Patriots

2.Pittsburgh Steelers

3.Philadelphia Eagles

NCAA Male Athlete of the year

1.Matt Leinart, University of Southern California

2.Emeka Okafor, University of Connecticut

3.Jason White, University of Oklahoma

NCAA Female Athlete of the year

Diana Taursi, University of Connecticut

NCAA Team of the year

1.University of Southern California Football

2.University of Oklahoma Football

3.University of Connecticut Basketball

Best Male athlete at the Olympics

1.Michael Phelps, United States of America

Best Female athlete at the Olympics

Best Male Tennis player

1.Roger Federer

2.Andy Roddick

3.Lleyton Hewitt

Best Female Tennis Player

Maria Sharapova

Best Male Golfer

1.Vijay Singh

2.Phil Mickelson

Best Female Golfer

Best Race Car Driver

1.Kurt Busch

2.Jeff Gordon

3.Jimmie Johnson

Next Big Thing

1.Adrian Peterson

2.Michael Hart

3.Chad Henne

Most Anticipated 2005 Event

1.Indiana Pacers return to the Palace of Auburn Hills

2.Lance Armstrong for 7th?

3.Boston Red Sox title defense?

So is Robb Nen done?

Don Nelson is one weird cat. He let Avery Johnson (who is an assistant in Dallas and apparently Nelly's hand picked successor) coach the Mavs against San Antonio tonight

The fact that Bill Schroeder was in the NFL proves there is a lack of quality receivers in football

It was taped in the fall, yes

We have a rugby team?

Ken Jennings run as Jeopardy Champion ended after 74-days losing to some lady named Nancy. Jennings totaled over $2.5 million

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Coach Tyrone Willingham was fired by Notre Dame on Tuesday after three seasons in which he failed to return one of the nation's most storied football programs to prominence.

Fall From Grace

On any number of levels, the fact that Tyrone Willingham will not be returning illustrates how Notre Dame is not Notre Dame anymore. The university that has not let a coach go without him fulfilling his contract let Willingham go three years into a five-year deal. The 16-year gap since its last national championship now looks as if it will stretch beyond 20.

The unique quality of which Notre Dame has been so proud of for so many years -- that it doesn't do things the way the typical "football factory" does -- became a lot less visible around 1:15 ET Tuesday afternoon. Sending a coach on his way three years into a contract is what any school would do. Florida and Stanford come immediately to mind.

A member of Willingham's staff used the words "frustrated" and "unhappy" Tuesday morning to describe the head coach's state of mind and said that Willingham was in a meeting in which his future would be decided. What we await to hear is whether the University of Washington, whose rumored pursuit of Willingham has been swirling about the coaching fraternity for the last 24 hours, had any effect on Willingham's surprising departure.

-- Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com 

Willingham went 21-15, including 6-5 this season. The Fighting Irish lost 41-10 to No. 1 Southern California on Saturday.

"We simply have not made the progress on the field that we need to make," athletic director Kevin White said in a news conference. "Nor have we been able to create the positive momentum necessary in our efforts to return the Notre Dame program to the elite level of the college football world."

Players now are considering not playing in the Insight Bowl on Dec. 28, and White said he didn't know who would coach the game. Notre Dame accepted the invitation from bowl officials on Sunday.

The decision to sever ties with Willingham was made during an emergency meeting of the univeristy's board of trustees Monday night, ESPN.com's Ivan Maisel reports. At the time, seven assistants were on the road recruiting. Upon learning of the decision Tuesday afternoon, Willingham called his coaches and, according to one source, said to them "come on in, we're done."

Sophomore free safety Tommy Zbikowski told ESPN.com's Wayne Drehs the team had scheduled a meeting for late Tuesday afternoon to dicuss bowl preparations. Instead, the team attended an emotional meeting at 1 p.m. with Willingham and White, who said they "decided to go in different directions."

"I feel bad for the seniors," Zbikowski said. "First they have to go through the [bob] Davie firing, then [George] O'Leary and now this. Those guys have constantly helped the underclassmen and they've been so selfless, and now they have to go through this again. The other bad part is most of the coaches were out recruiting, so we didn't even get to talk to them.

"The best way to describe it is shock. You hear about this stuff on the message boards, but no one thinks it can happen, and then there's a meeting called out of nowhere and it happens."

Willingham's firing comes after a season in which the Irish pulled off upset victories over Michigan and Tennessee but also were beaten badly by USC and Purdue. Student groups were planning a protest on campus Tuesday evening to call for Willingham's firing; he faced criticism from fans much of the season.

White praised Willingham's handling of the team, especially the Irish's strong academic record.

"From Sunday through Friday our football program has exceeded all expectations, in every way," he said. "But on Saturday, we struggled. We've been up and down and sideways a little bit."

“ The best way to describe it is shock. You hear about this stuff on the message boards, but no one thinks it can happen and then there's a meeting called out of nowhere and it happens. ”

  — Sophomore Tommy Zbikowski to ESPN.com's Wayne Drehs

Notre Dame's loss to USC marked the fifth time the Irish lost by 31 points or more under Willingham -- including three against the rival Trojans. By comparison, the Irish under Davie had just one such loss; Lou Holtz and Dan Devine had none.

Notre Dame hired Willingham, the first black head coach in any sport for the Irish, from Stanford to replace O'Leary. The former Georgia Tech coach resigned five days after taking the job because he admitted lying about his academic and athletic achievements on his résumé.

With Tony Samuel fired by New Mexico State and Fitz Hill resigning as San Jose State coach last week, there are now only two black head coaches in Division I-A: Karl Dorrell at UCLA and Sylvester Croom at Mississippi State.

Floyd Keith, executive director of the Black Coaches Association, said he was disappointed with Notre Dame's decision.

"In three years, I think he has done everything, short of winning a national championship and I don't think he inherited national championship talent," he said.

Keith told ESPNews that the firing makes it seem that black coaches are held to a higher standard than their white counterparts. Davie, Willingham's predecessor, compiled a 21-16 record during his first three seasons, but was retained for the duration of his contract. He finished with a five-year record of 35-25.

Willingham had two years left on his contract.

"This sends an alarming message to African-Americans," Keith said.

In his first season, Willingham had many fans recalling Notre Dame's glory days, taking over a losing squad and turning things around immediately. The Irish won eight straight games to start the season before finishing 10-3 and going to the Gator Bowl.

But during his second year, the Irish fell to 5-7, with four of their losses coming by 26 points or more. It was Notre Dame's third losing record in five seasons, the team's worst stretch in 115 years of football.

One coach certain to be mentioned as a possible replacement for Willingham is Utah's Urban Meyer, an Irish assistant between 1996 and 2000. The Utes are 11-0 and ranked No. 5 in their second year under Meyer.

Meyer said he hadn't heard about Willingham's departure from Notre Dame until he was asked about it by The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Asked whether he has had any contact with Notre Dame or whether he would be interested in coaching the Fighting Irish, Meyer responded: "I won't comment on it."

Notre Dame has won eight AP college football national championships, more than any other school, with the last in the 1988 season under Holtz. Players from the school have won the Heisman Trophy seven times, also the most in college football.

But the Irish haven't won a bowl game since ending the 1993 season ranked No. 2 after beating Texas A&M 24-21 in the Cotton Bowl. Since then, the Irish have lost six straight postseason games.

But did yall know, that the fat crazy kid was Fulton Reed from the Mighty Ducks?

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Not the fat, crazy guy....his other friend.

Willam from Mallrats > Fulton anyway....

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Indiana Pacers players will be charged for fighting with fans during the Nov. 19 brawl at the end of a game against the Detroit Pistons, Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca told The Detroit News.

"Whoever was involved in fisticuffs will be charged, regardless if they were wearing a jersey. It's obvious there were several Pacer players and fans that dealt blows," Gorcyca said, the newspaper reported Tuesday.

The prosecutor declined to say which players would be charged or what the charges might be.

Auburn Hills police Lt. James Manning told the newspaper that he expects four members of the Pacers to face assault and battery charges.

Manning said at a news conference Monday that a lawyer for the Pacers told detectives that none of the players would agree to be interviewed by police. Prosecutors could get the police report by the beginning of next week, Manning said.

The fight between spectators and players broke out near the end of the game after an on-court dispute over a foul. A fan hurled a drink at Pacers forward Ron Artest, who charged into the stands, followed by teammates.

Artest was suspended without pay for the rest of the season by the NBA; Stephen Jackson was suspended for 30 games, Jermaine O'Neal for 25. The players' union appealed those punishments.

Police determined that a fourth member of the Pacers, reserve center David Harrison, was involved in the brawl, too, but the NBA didn't suspend him.

Terry Robiske was named Interim Head Coach

The "Debbie Downer" episode with Lindsay Lohan was great too, and all of the Brian Fellows sketches were hilarious

Noggin at night, when they switch to "The N."  With the exception of Daria, this has got to be the most mind numbing crap ever.  Not only that, I don't understand how they can get away with half the stuff they do on a "tween" station.  For instance, an episode of Degrassi the Next Generation featured a middle school student getting a penis pump.  Yes... a penis pump.  This is a show targeting 11 year old girls and they're showing the audience a penis pump.

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FOXSports.com has learned that Davis has resigned as head coach and head of football operations for the Browns today, just one week after the team announced he would not be fired this season. The Browns are adamant that they have not fired Davis but this is completely his decision.

The Browns (3-8) lost their fifth straight game on Sunday, 58-48 at Cincinnati, and are in fourth place in the AFC North. The team went 24-36 and made the playoffs just once in Davis' four seasons as head coach.

Nearly two months ago the team decided to at the very least strip the Browns' top dog of his general manager duties — the two have since hired a head hunter to help owner Randy Lehrner and President John Collins do preliminary leg work on potential GM replacements.

The decision that Davis would be out as head coach after the year came soon after and nearly came to a head last Sunday night. However, no change was ultimately made — until today.

Davis and team brass met late last night and came to the agreement it was time to move on to pursue a college job.

Lehrner will meet with players today and then with the coaches before deciding upon the interim head coach. Defensive coordinator Dave Campo and offensive coordinator Terry Robiskie are both considered since they have already served in such a capacity once before.

Davis' resignation marks the final piece for removing the last remnant of the previous regime, a regime that never brought the Browns back to the prominence they had prior to moving to Baltimore.

Lehrner and Collins now have a clear pallet from which to work from in reversing the Browns' fortunes. The duo will look to hire a GM and a strong personnel department, something they've lacked since the Browns returned to Cleveland. They also plan to let the GM hire the next head coach.

The Browns job may be the most enticing for a GM candidate in all of football. They have a young owner who is willing to spend and is the opposite of Dan Snyder, Al Davis and the like and never meddles in the football aspect of the business. They have a president in Collins whose expertise is business and marketing and also has no aspirations to be a "football" guy. Thus, whoever moves to Cleveland to run the football side of the business will have no interference from top brass.

In addition, the city itself is a very attractive selling point to any GM candidate and coach. It's a pure football city with extremely passionate fans. While some cities are more baseball or NCAA basketball cities, Cleveland is all about its NFL team.

Davis' relationship with his players and the fans have grown increasingly tense in recent weeks. Prior to last Sunday's loss, fans were seen outside the stadium sporting t-shirts asking for his firing. Players are also said to have lost trust in their head man. Considering the tradition of one of the great football towns in the country, his relationship with both facets were deemed unacceptable by management.

Davis, who helped restore the University of Miami's program before joining the Browns in 2001, could be a candidate for the job opening at Florida.

The McLaughlin Group or any of its spinoffs

I liked that movie alot and its a good example of why not to mess with the space/time continum kids. But after the first couple times with him changing everything, it got old. I liked it when it just ended up with him being crazy.

But did yall know, that the fat crazy kid was Fulton Reed from the Mighty Ducks?

Holcomb was in Indy, pre-Peyton. He wouldnt go there, their backups do nothing. Peyton his missed somethinglike under 100 snaps in his 7 years and has never been benched. Speaking of Indy, how bout Jim Sorgi. Jim Sorgi is from Fraser, MI.....about 15 minutes from and i know a ton of Fraser alumn and Sorgi (Along with Craig Krenzell) played in the very same Macomb Area Conference in which I did my high school footballing

Its not like you hear me bragging about that Week 1 win over the Bears. Beating equally sucky teams is something to not bragg about

Raider fan on the other hand, they can talk shit

USC aint going nowhere unless they lose to UCLA

Both Miami & SF need QBs. Theyll take Leinart & Aaron Rodgers, depending on what order it goes. Braylon Edwards will also be Top 5

i dont see why my Hawks dont make a run for Vinsanity, we arent gonna win anyway, atleast if we had him we could sell some tickets.

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Would anyone be surprised if Ron Artest kills someone?

WOW! What a game between Florida/Florida State. I am still in shock that Zook and his crew have been fired, I really wouldn't be suprised if UF changes their mind and at least offers Zook and the Offensive Coordinator to stick around. Especially given the fact that they were the first coaching staff to win against Florida State on the road in 18 years.

And the best news is FSU is now out of the ACC Title picture, next stop UVA and finally Miami. Hokies for the BCS!!

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