Washington Nationals Officially Fire Rob Dibble

The Washington Nationals announced today that Rob Dibble was no longer part of the club’s announcing team. The Nationals offered no further comment and did not name a permanent replacement.

(Dibble’s (l) Nationals career survived by former partner Bob Carpenter)
Dibble originally departed Nationals broadcasts on August 25 after questioning Nationals Pitcher Stephen Strasburg’s willingness to […]

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Jerry Jones: Labor Deal Allows For 22-game Sched

Tuesday Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones guested on KRLD radio in Dallas on the Jagger and Barsky show -via sportsradiointerviews.com - to talk all things Cowboys and NFL.

(KRLD audio of Jones on 22-game schedule below)
During the visit, the inevitable question of the league adopting an 18-game regular season came up, with Jones volunteering that […]

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Duke: Season Soldout Thanx To Bama Home Game

Probably the strangest game on the college football season schedule is Alabama playing at Duke on Sept. 18. When the game was originally scheduled, Alabama had hoped to convince Duke officials to move the game to Charlotte or another neutral site.

But when Alabama alum, former Ole Miss coach and Tennessee assistant coach David Cutcliffe took […]

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Dooley On How To Be Fired As Quickly As Possible

KNOXVILLE NEWS-SENTINEL Editor-in-Chief Jack McElroy reports that Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley recently decided to invite only his favorite reporters to watch a scrimmage that was otherwise closed to the media.

(Dooley blockading reporters a slippery slope or no biggie?)
McElroy reports that Dooley granted access to those reporters, “as a reward for their work thus far […]

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Video: Iowa Football Player On Moped Hit By Truck

Monday morning Univ. of Iowa offensive lineman Josh Koeppel was hit head-on by a truck while riding a moped through an Iowa City intersection. Video of the collision was captured by a police cruiser’s dashboard camera.

Incredibly, Koeppel not only survived the crash, but walked away relatively unscathed.
Tuesday night, the QUAD CITY TIMES updated Koeppel’s condition:

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