Came across a couple of stories this morning that I will post real quick on a busy morning.
First, TMZ broke the story (which I found at Deadspin) that Charles Barkely was arrested on suspicion of DUI last evening. According to the TMZ report, Barkley was arrested at a DUI checkpoint by the Gilbert County Police in Arizona and has his blood tested at the scene. He was reportedly released a short time later and took a taxi home.
No word yet on whether or Charles Barkley is claiming his was pulled over because of his race. And I realize that is probably an unnecessary cheap shot, but it does give me a chance to link you to our article from a week’s ago when Barkley accused Auburn of not hiring Turner Gill because he is black; an opinion with which I agreed. In fact, from the looks of the picture at TMZ, Barkley seemed pretty cooperative…and intoxicated.
The other story I found interesting was that not only has Bill Cowher turned down the New York Jets’ offer to become their head coach, he did so in large part because he did not want to coach Brett Favre.
According to a New York Post story that I found at SI.com’s FanNation, Bill Cowher did not want to coach Brett Favre and wanted assurances from the Jets that Favre would not be the quarterback in 2009. Cowher also reportedly wanted to bring in his own personnel people. Without assurances that these two things would happen, talks between Cowher and the Jets never moved past the preliminary stage.
That’s it for now. I’ll be back in a few hours with any updates on the Cleveland Browns coaching search. Randy Lerner is apparently set to interview both Scott Pioli and Eric Mangini. And once again I will reiterate to Randy Lerner: Say no to Mangini!
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