As Rex Ryan is out promoting a new book, he’s been making the media rounds, including a recent booking on the FOX News show Hannity.

(Never Seen a Punt With a 7-Minute Hang Time? Here You Go!)

Since most of what we know about the New York Jets coach is his perspective on football and topics relating to the sport, which is already reported around the clock by sports media every day of the year, it figured to be a unique treat to see another side of Ryan on a show where the only topic is politics.

So what did I learn last night during Ryan’s seven minute interview with host Sean Hannity? Political football is a lot like NFL punt team coverage: hang time is everything.

Meanwhile, this is what happens when you outkick  your coverage.

Friday Braylon Edwards threw a birthday party for himself at the MGM Grand.

Make that the MGM Grand Detroit.

Not seen in the party photos: Discovery shooting the premiere episode of Cake Boss Intervention.

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Before the Steelers-Jets game last Sunday, at least one nameless Pittsburgh tailgater* got the bright idea to hang a dummy of Mark Sanchez off a billboard.

And then burn it.
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Manish Mehta of the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS reported today that Braylon Edwards apparently didn’t think his arrest for DWI Tuesday morning, “would project the Jets in a negative light.”

Today Edwards said of his arrest:

“I don’t understand the black eye that this would put on the organization. Because this isn’t a representation of what this organization is about. .. I don’t see how this could be a black eye for them. More so be a black eye for myself if anything. I’m human. I’m not the first person to make a mistake. It was sad for me (being) in that situation. I don’t know if I would describe it (as) embarrassed.”

Jets Coach Rex Ryan said Wednesday in reaction to Edwards’ arrest, “It’s kind of an embarrassing moment for the organization. We are a disciplined football team. I think our football team has learned our lessons. I think Braylon is a good man.”

Jets beat reporter Mehta also noted that Edwards, “appeared flippant during his session with the media and admitted that he wouldn’t contest it if the team decided to deactivate him for the game.”

Edwards will not start for the Jets on Sunday against Miami but will suit up for the game. Of Edwards being benched but not deactivated for the game, Ryan said,  “That’s a bigger punishment than you think. That’s it for now.”

Mehta noted via Twitter that Jets defensive back Darrelle Revis said of Edwards not starting, but still having a chance to play on Sunday, “It really doesn’t make sense.” Read more…

Last night after Braylon Edwards attended an event in Manhattan to benefit the charity of teammate Jerricho Cotchery, the New York Jet wide receiver was arrested and charged with DWI after recording a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit in the state of New York.

Here’s a montage of photos of Edwards from the event, which reportedly concluded at 9:30pm.

Edwards, who was originally pulled over in his Range Rover by New York police for a window tint violation at 5:15am, was joined by several of his Jets teammates at the event. Read more…

Here’s the booking photo of Braylon Edwards after his arrest on suspicion of DWI at 5:15 in Manhattan this morning.

(Glassy)

After being pulled over by police for a window tint violation, he reportedly recorded a 0.16 breathalyzer reading - twice New York’s legal limit.

Edwards has officially been charged with two misdemeanor counts of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and one misdemeanor count of operating a vehicle while impaired. He was released from a Manhattan court this afternoon and is due back in court November 9.

Click the montage above for additional photos of (a thirsty?) Edwards as he attended a charity event for a Jets teammate last night - hours before his arrest.

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Christine Brennan of USA TODAY reports Sunday on the alleged behavior by the New York Jets in their treatment of TV Azteca reporter Ines Sainz.

(Sainz posted the above photo today in response to her alleged harassment)

Brennan has a complete roundup of the situation, which includes a Sunday morning NEW YORK POST report that Jets Coach Rex Ryan on Saturday during a team practice directed assistant coach Dennis Thurman to deliberately conduct a passing drill near Sainz. Sainz was also allegedly harassed in the Jets locker room by team members.

Sainz, who was at the practice to interview Mark Sanchez, wrote of the incident on her Twitter account in Spanish Saturday morning:

“I die of embarrassment! I am in the locker room of the Jets waiting for Mark Sanchez while trying not to look to anywhere!”

The Jets have since released a statement reporting that an investigation is underway into the behavior of Jets coaches and players around Sainz.

Sainz is well-known in sports media circles for dressing in what some might consider a provocative fashion while covering major sporting events like the Super Bowl and World Cup. She took to her Twitter account Sunday to defend herself in that regard. Read more…

Last night on HBO’s Hard Knocks, Antonio Cromartie was asked to name his children.

Pull up a chair.
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WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh reports that Santonio Holmes “had to be escorted off a plane Thursday night at Pittsburgh International Airport, investigators said.”

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Investigators told Channel 11 News reporter Renee Kaminski that the incident happened shortly after 9 p.m. They said Holmes wasn’t arrested but was escorted off the plane for what investigators call being a “disruptive passenger.”

The plane was docked at Gate D77 when a “disturbance” involving an iPod and refusal to comply with flight crew demands was reported.

Based on a Tweet from the official Twitter.com account of Holmes last night from the plane, perhaps that wasn’t the only issue involved in the incident. Read more…

UPDATE (6:38p ET): Here’s an eyewitness account of Ryan’s obscene gesture.
Jorge Sedano of 790 The Ticket in Miami and the MIAMI HERALD sent me this photo today of Rex Ryan flipping off fans last night at the MMA Strikeforce event in Miami:

Background on the shot from Sedano:

I received an email from a listener/reader who was at the event. This is how it read.

Here’s a pic of the Jets’ coach as he smiles and flicks off two of my friends at a recent MMA show in South Florida. They identified themselves as Dolphin fans and thus this is his reaction. You tend to expect some sort of a class from a head coach, or at least you used to…

Why do I have a feeling that the photographer’s friends did a little more than “identify themselves as Dolphin fans” to cause Ryan’s gesticulative reaction?

Ryan also did an interview on Showtime during the event which was aired over the public address system.

You probably won’t be surprised to find out that the coach said something that didn’t make Dolphins fans happy.

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