Giants Ink Rolle to 5 Year Deal

In what figures to be a long off-season for the Giants, Big Blue made its first step to improving the franchise when it signed former Cardinals saftey Antrele Rolle to a five year contract. He will make $37 million over the course of the deal.

Rolle is a terrific safety, developing the reputation as a ball hawk and a hard hitter. The Giants need help in the secondary considering Kenny Phillips was lost for the year with injury. With Phillips and Rolle in the secondary the Giants defense should be that much better in 2010.

Look for Big Blue to improve its linebacking corps. next after the release of Antonio Peirce in January.

Jets Acquire Antonio Cromartie From Chargers

So if you can't beat 'em, join 'em as they always say.

A month and a half after the Jets beat the Chargers in the AFC Divisional playoffs 17-14, the two teams made one of the first big splashes of the free agency period, when the Chargers sent cornerback Antonio Cromartie to the Jets for a conditional third or second round pick in 2011.

There had been a lot of rumors of the past six weeks that the Jets would look to acquire Namde Asomugha from the Raiders. Asomugha is widely considered one of the best corners in the NFL, in spite of the fact that his statistics have dropped off over the last three seasons.

Instead the Jets swung the deal with San Diego to acquire Cromartie. Cromartie stands at 6'2" and has developed the reputation as a ball hawking corner. He had 10 interceptions in 2007, 2 interceptions in 2008 and 3 interceptions in 2009. Unlike Asomugha, Cromartie is still making plays.

The one knock on Cromartie is his attitude. Many people in San Diego believed that he was a lazy player who doesn't like to hit people. Cromartie is in his contract year, and if he wants to get paid in 2011, he is going to have to change his attitude and starting playing with reckless abandon.

Rex Ryan won't tolerate anyone taking plays off on defense, and they will need a guy with Cromartie's athleticism to make it hard for opposing quarterbacks to throw to intended receivers, because nobody will want to throw in the direction of Darrell Revis.

This is a good trade, and it will be interesting to see how it pays off.

Jets to Release Thomas Jones This Week

The Thomas Jones era is coming to an end in New York.

The Jets will release the 31-year-old running back, who was due $2.8 million in 2010, as well as a $3 million roster bonus. The Jets fearing that Jones' skills would eventually diminish decided not to risk paying him and get younger at the position.

During the playoffs Shonn Greene stepped up and became the teams new number one running back. He led all NFL running backs with 304 rushing yards in the playoffs, and proved to be a spark for the offense, while Jones disappeared during that crucial stretch.

Fans will miss Jones who ran for more than 1,300 yards in each of his last two seasons with the Jets, however getting younger is a great decision by the Jets. Better to get out of the contract a year early than a year too late.

This will allow the Jets the time to find out if Greene, who was a terrific running back at the University of Iowa, can be their number one back. Leon Washington who is coming off leg sugrery, will be a huge question mark this spring and summer as to whether he can return to the same productive player again.

Look for the Jets to trade up in the draft and select a running back with their first pick in the April draft.

New Meadowlands Stadium Favorite To Land 2014 Super Bowl

Arizona has dropped its bid to host its second Super Bowl at the Cardinals new University of Phoenix Stadium, opening the door for the Giants and Jets to host the Super Bowl in 2014.

New Meadowlands Stadium which will open this April for a college lacrosse tournament, before giving way to a Mexico vs. Ecuador soccer match in May, put in a bid to host Super Bowl XLVIII just before Super Bowl XLIV earlier this month.

Commissioner Roger Goodell was intrigued by the idea of having a world championship game in the elements. The Giants and Jets have no interest right now about putting a dome on the stadium because it would cost too much, so right now Super Bowl XLVIII looks like it could be the first super bowl in snow!!

The host city for Super Bowl XLVIII will be announced in May. Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, and Dolphin Stadium in Miami are the other bidders. Those two cities just hosted the Super Bowl in the last year.

New Meadowlands Stadium will have plenty of attractions for fans. There will be interactive game and events outside the stadium on game days, and Xanadu will feature Lego Land, 17 movie theaters, a bowling ally and a shopping mall. Not to mention that the stadium is eight miles from Manhattan.

Tiger Woods "I'm Sorry" Apoligizes to Nation

For the first time in the months after the fallout of his marriage and lewd behavior, Tiger Woods finally spoke on Friday. WATCH VIDEO!!!

Woods apologized to his wife Elin, his family and friends for his behavior that saw the golf superstar fool around with 16 different women, most of whom were prostitutes.

Woods looked pale and drawn out during his 14 minute speech, in which he declared that he has "disappointed all of you. I am embarrassed that I put you in this position. For all that I have done, I am so sorry," Woods said.

Woods then went on an the offensive attacking the media and blaming them for fabricating stories about him and his wife. He stated that the car accident on Thanksgiving was not a spousal dispute, and that Elin didn't beat him up as previously rumored. He even lashed out at paparazzi who photographed his two and a half year old daughter for following her to school. "Please leave my wife and kids alone. I recognize that I brought this on myself."

Woods admitted that he once thought he was invincible because of the fame and power that he gained over the last decade as he became golf royalty.

Woods stated that he would stay away from golf for the foreseeable future, but didn't rule out returning this season. In short forget about seeing Woods in Augusta in April for The Masters. The U.S. Open is not until mid June, and the British Open is in July. Will we see Tiger at one of those? Time will tell.

"I have a lot of work to do, and I am dedicated to doing it."

Champion Yankees Ready For Repeat

The World Champion New York Yankees have arrived at training camp, and are set, and ready to rock and roll on pursuing the franchises 28th championship.

Gone are Johnny Damon, Melkey Cabrera and Hideki Matsui. In are Curtis Granderson, Javier Vazquez and Nick Johnson. The Yankees off-season was addition by subtraction. Granderson give the Yankees a legit center fielder, who is young, 30, and can hit home runs and steal bases. Johnson, a former Yankee prospect, will take over the DH roll for the popular Matsui, who won the World Series by himself in Game Six.

There will be pressure to win it all again, there always is in Yankee land. Plus much has been made in recent weeks about the clubs reluctance to negotiate extensions for Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and manager Joe Girardi. However the club's M.O. is to not discuss contracts until the season is over, this one is just beginning.

Jeter, Rivera and Girardi will get paid in due time, they have earned it.

The Yankees only concerns in camp is to see who will be the fifth starter between Joba Chamberlain and Phil Hughes. The loser gets to set up for Rivera this season; not a bad cons elation prize if you ask me. They have to find out if Vazquez can pitch in New York. Last time he was a Yankee in 2004, Vazquez was a complete bust, highlighted by his dreadful performance in the 2004 ALCS. And they have to figure out whether to lead off with Granderson, or move him down in the order.

YAWN! Boring! But when you win a World Series, a boring Spring Training is actually a good thing.

Jerry Manuel Wants Jose Reyes to Bat Third

Mets manager Jerry Manuel proves that he is clueless.

The Mets skipper wants to move Jose Reyes, who is coming off a hamstring injury, into the third spot in the Mets batting order, while Carlos Beltran heals up from knee surgery. This means the top of the Mets order would look like this:

1-Luis Castillo - 2B
2-Daniel Murphy - 1B
3-Jose Reyes - SS
4-David Wright - 3B

This is terrible!!! Why would you bat two of your weakest hitters at the top of the lineup! Sure Castillo hit over .300 last year, but he is so inconsistent at the plate, and lacks the nessecary speed to steal bases at the top of the order. As for Murphy he is still learning how to be a major league hitter. Why put him in a position where he could fail and fall even further behind. Sure, Murphy has the potential to be a solid number two hitter, but the Mets should gradually graduate him there as the year wears on.

Plus, the number three hole is for a power bat. Reyes is not a power bat, he is a guy who is supposed to drive the ball into the gap and steal bases. The worst thing that could happen to Reyes is that he develops the bad habit of aiming for home runs, instead of trying to get on base and steal bases. This has disaster written all over it.