When quarterback Jeff Garcia signed a free-agent deal with the Raiders, eyebrows raised throughout the league.And the 39-year-old Garcia is doing…

Green Bay — If the Green Bay Packers had lost their season opener to the Oakland Raiders, it wouldn’t have been because of the three rookies who played in the secondary.

In Disney’s continuing effort to convince the world that they are the authority on anything sports related, ESPN is set to unveil its seventh annual list of the Ultimate Standings upon the July 13th release of ESPN the Magazine. The list ranks professional franchises in North America based on a very scientific set of parameters to ultimately decide what franchise gives fans “what they want”

Fantasy-wise? Running backs are at once tenuous and intriguing.

<a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1×1mvb2W23Q/SkzUNuriWtI/AAAAAAAABvA/Rt56ozWIxfs/s1600-h/green.jpg”><img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 254px;” src=”http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1×1mvb2W23Q/SkzUNuriWtI/AAAAAAAABvA/Rt56ozWIxfs/s400/green.jpg” alt=”" id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353887389370702546″ border=”0″ /></a><br />Sorry, one more post before I head out.

<p style=”text-align: center;”><a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/satorarepo/1134178319/”><img class=”photo” src=”http://cdn3.sbnation.com/imported_assets/195382/1134178319_3f7f73960d_medium.jpg” alt=”1134178319_3f7f73960d_medium” /></a><br /><i>Has nothing to do with this post, but it’s the first thing that comes up when you search “<a href=”http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&sa=1&q=out+of+curiosity&btnG=Search+images&aq=f&oq=” target=”new”>out of curiosity</a>,” and I like it.</i></p> <p>Last year about this time I was reading one of the preview magazines and it made a blanket statement to the effect of “Alabama will win more games this year since programs always show improvement in year two under a new head coach.” I’ll try avoid splitting hairs over what “show improvement” means under these conditions, since improvement doesn’t always equal wins, and the idea that a team is going to be better just because it has had a year to better absorb a new coach’s schemes and style ignores a lot of factors like player attrition/graduation, the difference in schedule between years, staff turnover, recruiting, and etc. But since this is just me amusing myself during the long dark that is the offseason, I decided to take a look at all of the current SEC coaches (save Mississippi State’s Dan Mullen, who has never been a head coach, and UT’s Lane Kiffin, who’s only head coaching experience was with the Oakland Raiders and therefor doesn’t count as head coaching experience) and see if their win totals improved from year one to year two at each of their coaching stops

San Diego Chargers cornerback Antonio Cromartie sat down for a chat with NFL.com recently , and while he’s not a man of many words, the words he does use usually express a high degree of cockiness. Here’s a sampling: When asked if his job would become easier if Brandon Marshall were to be traded: “My job is already easy, to tell you the truth

San Diego Chargers cornerback Antonio Cromartie sat down for a chat with NFL.com recently , and while he’s not a man of many words, the words he does use usually express a high degree of cockiness. Here’s a sampling: When asked if his job would become easier if Brandon Marshall were to be traded: “My job is already easy, to tell you the truth

San Diego Chargers cornerback Antonio Cromartie sat down for a chat with NFL.com recently , and while he’s not a man of many words, the words he does use usually express a high degree of cockiness. Here’s a sampling: When asked if his job would become easier if Brandon Marshall were to be traded: “My job is already easy, to tell you the truth. It’s really not hard to do, even if [Brandon Marshall] didn’t get traded” When asked about the Chiefs’ passing game this year: “They never had a passing game

San Diego Chargers cornerback Antonio Cromartie sat down for a chat with NFL.com recently , and while he’s not a man of many words, the words he does use usually express a high degree of cockiness. Here’s a sampling: When asked if his job would become easier if Brandon Marshall were to be traded: “My job is already easy, to tell you the truth