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November 30, 2009

   

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Notre Dame fires Weis after 5 seasons (AP)

November 30, 2009

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP)—Notre Dame has fired coach Charlie Weis after a string
of disappointing seasons that was capped by an agonizing four-game losing
streak.
Athletic director Jack Swarbrick announced the decision Monday, saying in a
news release “We have great expectations for our football program, and we have
not been able to meet those expectations.”

Swarbick says he recommended to the university president Sunday night that
Weis be let go with six years left on his contract.
Assistant head coach Rob Ianello will step in for Weis until a new head
coach is hired.
Following a 6-2 start, the losing streak began and as it progressed Weis’
future was in doubt.
Weis finishes 35-27 in five seasons, worse than his two predecessors, Tyrone
Willingham and Bob Davie.

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish coach Charlie Weis fired

November 30, 2009

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Saying its expectations on the field have not been met, Notre Dame fired coach Charlie Weis on Monday after a string of disappointing seasons that was capped by an agonizing four-game losing streak.A brash offensive coordinator with the NFL champion New England Patriots when he was hired five years ago, Weis excited the Irish faithful with back-to-back appearances in BCS bowl games in his first two seasons.Since then, one of the nation’s most storied football programs has gone 16-21.Swarbick says he recommended to the university president Sunday night that Weis be let go with six years left on his contract.”We have great expectations for our football program, and we have not been able to meet those expectations,” Notre Dame athletics director Jack Swarbrick said in a statement announcing Weis “will not be retained.”"As an alumnus, Charlie understands those goals and expectations better than most, and he’s as disappointed as anyone that we have not achieved the desired results,” Swarbrick said.Following a 6-2 start, the losing streak began and as it progressed Weis’ future was in doubt.Weis finishes 35-27 in South Bend. His .565 winning percentage is worse than the .583 marks that got his two predecessors, Tyrone Willingham and Bob Davie, fired.Among the people considered possible candidates to replace Weis are Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly, TCU coach Gary Patterson and Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh. Stoops, though, said Monday he fully intends to be at Oklahoma “hopefully for a good while.”Weis has told people in South Bend that he’s already heard from roughly six NFL teams about becoming their offensive coordinator next season, sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.Notre Dame players have scheduled a mid-afternoon players meeting that will include a vote on whether they want to play in a bowl game after a 6-6 season. Swarbrick has said he will consider the players’ wishes in deciding on a bowl trip.Rob Ianello, Notre Dame’s assistant head coach/offense, wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator, will assume responsibility for football operations until a new coach is hired, Swarbrick said. Ianello has spent the past five seasons on Notre Dame’s staff.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

Source: Coach Bobby Bowden’s options with Florida State Seminoles include reduced role

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Bobby Bowden says he was given two options during a meeting with Florida State’s president and athletic director and that there would be an announcement on his future at the school Tuesday.The legendary 80-year-old Florida State coach met with FSU president T.K. Wetherell and AD Randy Spetman for an hour Monday.One option involved returning to the sideline in 2010 but with reduced responsibilities that would give offensive coordinator and coach-in-waiting Jimbo Fisher more authority over coaching staff hirings and changes, a source told ESPN.com.Bowden told a crowd of Florida State boosters at a luncheon Monday afternoon that he planned to meet with Wetherell again Tuesday, and after that meeting FSU would announce a decision. Bowden said the decision to return to Florida State in 2010 is ultimately his.”I make the decision,” Bowden told ESPN.com after the luncheon. “I make the decision.”He said the meeting was amicable.”We kind of talked about our options and decided what we would do,” Bowden said.When asked whether he would return to Florida State next season, Bowden said: “I won’t say. We’ll finalize it tomorrow.”Bowden’s 388 career wins are second only to Penn State’s Joe Paterno among major college coaches.The winningest coach in Atlantic Coast Conference history, Bowden teams put together the most dominant run in college football history between 1987 and 2000 with 14 consecutive finishes in the nation’s top five and a pair of national titles.But the Seminoles’ fortunes haven’t been nearly as good in recent years.Since winning their 12th ACC championship in 2005, the Seminoles have been 16-16 over the past four seasons.Mark Schlabach covers college sports for ESPN.com. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

The Clown’s Mouth: Your non-Tiger Woods news roundup

Hey, how was your Thanksgiving break? Better than some folks’, I’m guessing. Anyway, despite what the Evil Media would have you believe, there actually was golf news this weekend that didn’t involve clubs meeting windshields. And here we go …

While America was focused on a one-car accident, the rest of the world — well, at least Ireland, Italy and Sweden — focused on the Omega World Cup, the first event of its kind in the golf world. In the alternate-shot final event, brothers Francesco and Edoardo Molinari knocked off Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell and Sweden’s Henrik Stenson and Robert Karlsson. (The United States sent Nick Watney and John Merrick, and finished tenth.) Shame that … other events had to overshadow this one. [PGA.com]

Congrats also to Sakura Yokomine, who won the Ricoh Cup this past weekend in dramatic fashion, and thus claimed the Japanese LPGA’s money list title. [Mostly Harmless]

We already knew Padraig Harrington had an awful year on the golf course. It also appears that he had a terrible financial year as well, losing nearly $27 million on a technology firm’s failure. [Local Knowledge]

Mike Weir, who’s #10 on our best golfers of the 2000s list, went and got himself inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. (Yes, there is a Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. Stop giggling.) [AP via Yahoo! Sports]

Brad Faxon and Corey Pavin will be cashing in their one-year exemptions for being in the top 50 in career earnings to get a PGA Tour card for next year. Others may still use their exemptions, including Tom Lehman, Chris DiMarco, Stuart Appleby and Jesper Parnevik. [PGA.com]

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The Chargers had a season-high four takeaways Sunday which resulted in 28 points and they held Kansas City to 284 total yards in a 43-14 San Diego victory. (Credit: San Diego Chargers) NOTE: mandatory photo credit and link to www.chargers.com

Serena fined record $82,500 for tirade (AP)

WASHINGTON (AP)—Serena Williams was fined a record $82,500 for her U.S. Open
tirade and could be suspended from that tournament if she has another “major
offense” at any Grand Slam in the next two years, Grand Slam administrator Bill
Babcock told The Associated Press on Monday.
Babcock said Williams faces a “probationary period” at tennis’ four major
championships in 2010 and 2011. If she has another “major offense” at a Grand
Slam tournament in that time, the fine would increase to $175,000 and she would
be barred from the following U.S. Open.
“But if she does not have another offense in the next two years, the
suspension is lifted,” Babcock said in a telephone interview from London.

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He said the previous highest fine for a Grand Slam offense was about $48,000
to Jeff Tarango in the 1990s.
Williams lashed out at a lineswoman after a foot-fault call at the end of
her semifinal loss to eventual champion Kim Clijsters at the U.S. Open in
September.
Williams earned $350,000 by reaching the semifinals, part of her more than
$6.5 million in prize money in 2009, a single-season record for women’s tennis.
Her career prize money tops $28 million.
The American is an 11-time Grand Slam singles champion and ended the 2009
season at No. 1 in the WTA rankings.
Williams’ profanity-laced, finger-pointing outburst drew a $10,000 fine from
the U.S. Tennis Association in September—the maximum onsite penalty a tennis
player can face. But because it happened at a Grand Slam tournament, Babcock was
charged with investigating whether further punishment was merited.
He concluded that Williams violated the “major offense” rule for
“aggravated behavior.” The Grand Slam committee—with one representative from
each of the sport’s four major championships—approved his decision Saturday.
Babcock said Williams has been informed of the ruling. She has been in
Barbados for an exhibition tournament, and her agent did not immediately reply
to a request for comment Monday.
Babcock said a “major offense” under Grand Slam rules is “any conduct
that is determined to be the ‘major offense’ of ‘aggravated behavior’ or
‘conduct detrimental to the game.”’ There is no specific definition of what
sort of actions constitute a “major offense.”
He said the highest possible fine that Williams could face—$175,000, if
she violates her Grand Slam probation—was chosen because it is the difference
in winnings between reaching the quarterfinals and semifinals at the U.S. Open.
The $10,000 Williams already was docked by the USTA will be counted toward that
total; that’s why she is paying half of $165,000 now.
During the Sept. 12 match at Flushing Meadows, the foot fault—a call
rarely, if ever, made at that stage of such a significant match—resulted in a
double-fault for Williams, moving Clijsters one point from victory.
Williams paused, retrieved a ball to serve again and then stopped. She
stepped toward the official, screaming, cursing and shaking the ball at her.
Williams was penalized a point for that display; because it happened to come on
match point, it ended the semifinal with Clijsters ahead 6-4, 7-5.

Report: Florida police seek search warrant from hospital on Tiger Woods’ treatment

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D12: Bud Selig to retire in 2012? We’ll believe it when we see it

Welcome to ‘Duk’s Dozen, a streamlined selection of 12
morning-fresh links and items to start your baseball day. It welcomes
your email submissions and tips here or via Twitter.     

1. First things first: We didn’t interrupt our holiday merrymaking to blog about the report that commissioner Bud Selig plans to step aside in 2012 and that’s because … Chicago Tribune
2. … Pat Lackey points out that he’s made these types of plans before. Can we really believe that Bud is serious about moving along this time around? Fanhouse
3. It’s unpossible to unsee the racy photos of Grady Sizemore(notes) that were reportedly stolen from his personal computer. But can the cops catch the culprit? Deadspin
4. Will Leitch thinks the Yanks should pull out all stops to sign Matt Holliday(notes). NY Mag
5. The Angels and Dodgers claim to be sharing a pair of payroll handcuffs. LA Times
6. Roberto Alomar is in his first year of HOF eligibility and Jeff Blair will vote for him. Globe and Mail
7. A completely irrelevant fact that will take up space in your brain: If you double Matt Morris’(notes) career stats line, you get the career output of one Jack Morris. Viva El Birdos
8. Will Marco Scutaro(notes) destined be the next shortstop that Boston fans will fret over? Red Sox Monster
9. Erik Bedard(notes) to Kansas City? Royals fans weigh the possibility. Royals Review
10. The Tigers and Cubs still talking about Curtis Granderson(notes) and Edwin Jackson(notes). Sporting News
11. There’s a good chance Derek Jeter(notes) will be named SI’s Sportsman of the Year today. LoHud
12. Hard to believe, but the Yankees’ store sold more merch on Black Friday than the Mets’ shop. NYT

SL: George Karl questions Nuggets’ effort; Barbosa sprains ankle

Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your cookies.

Chris Tomasson, NBA FanHouse:
"George Karl said he wasn’t going to overreact to the loss. Then he
overreacted. But that’s quite understandable. Two weeks earlier, the
Denver Nuggets had walloped the Los Angeles Lakers at home, and point
guard Chauncey Billups(notes) was saying his Nuggets are definitely an elite
team. Sunday night, though, they looked more asleep than elite. The
Nuggets (12-5), who had won 17 straight regular-season games at the
Pepsi Center, were stunned 106-100 by Minnesota (2-15), which had lost
15 straight. It’s got to be one of the biggest regular-season upsets in
recent NBA history. Karl, Denver’s coach, started his postgame press
conference relatively calm, saying he wouldn’t ‘overreact to a loss.’
By the end, though, he got heated. ‘The play-hard thing is driving me
crazy,’ Karl said. ‘Tell me my play-hard team. Tell me the five guys I
put out there on the court to play hard every possession. Tell me it. I
had it last year. I had a play-hard team last year. I don’t have a
play-hard team this year. And it’s making me very angry.’ Karl stormed
out quickly after that. So, if anybody had any names for Karl’s
suggestion box, it was too late. The word seems to be getting around
that maybe the Nuggets don’t have a play-hard team." 

Paul Coro, Arizona Republic: "Suns guard Leandro Barbosa(notes) will sit out for at least the remainder of this road trip, which continues Tuesday in New York and Wednesday in Cleveland. Barbosa sprained his left ankle in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 113-94 victory at Toronto. Barbosa was fouled from the side by Toronto’s Marco Belinelli(notes) as he made a jump shot but his left foot landed on the foot of Toronto’s Andrea Bargnani(notes), who was in front of him. Barbosa stayed in to make his free throw, giving him 17 points in 15 minutes but then left the game and the ankle swelled largely. X-rays taken after the game were negative but he will miss at least two games and Barbosa said it could be as much as two weeks before he plays again. The time off will also help with his right wrist, which still has limited motion and a lump from a cyst inside the wrist. ‘It was sore, really sore,’ said Barbosa, who remained upbeat after the game. ‘It looked bad on the outside but it hurts on the inside of it.’"

Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune: "When it was all over and the Timberwolves’ near-record losing streak had ended at 15 games and 32 days Sunday night in Denver, rookie guard Jonny Flynn(notes) slammed the ball once on the court as the final buzzer sounded. Then he and his teammates smiled, shook hands and walked off the court in what was, given the circumstances, a most understated celebration. ‘You see, on the court, you’ve got to keep your cool,’ Flynn said afterward. ‘You’ve got to keep your cool until you come back in the locker room and then you scream and jump around. You should have seen us coming into the locker room. It was like we won the championship, everybody hugging each other.’ That was in private, with each other. On the court, you couldn’t tell if the Wolves were trying to play it cool or were completely stunned."

Dave D’Alessandro, The Star-Ledger: "… Rod Thorn says he has a fairly long list of candidates to replace Lawrence Frank, whom he fired Sunday morning because, as the Nets president put it, ’sometimes the same message from a different voice can change things.’ Yes, The Boss says he is including GM Kiki Vandeweghe (’Yeah, I will consider him. Possibly. Yeah.’) in this discussion, and every member of the coaching staff, including (Tom) Barrise. Thorn added that he took two calls Sunday from two unemployed men he is considering. When asked whether one is currently a team broadcaster, he replied, ‘No.’ But he added that he has no problem bringing in an outsider. Doubt it. There are some good men out there (Avery Johnson, Dwane Casey, Sam Mitchell, Reggie Theus, P.J. Carlesimo, Eric Musselman, Terry Porter, et al.) who want another crack at it. Most are getting paid for their last jobs, so they aren’t likely to jump back in just yet. And even the ones not getting paid would be wise to stay away."

Mike Monroe, S.A. Express-News:
"David Robinson watched video highlights of his career on the giant TV
screen above center court and listened as former teammate Sean Elliott
described the impact he had on the lives of teammates and in the San
Antonio community. Robinson couldn’t contain himself when he rose to
speak to the 17,000-plus fans who had remained in their seats Sunday
night for a special ceremony celebrating his induction into the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. ‘You make me feel like I
want to play again,’ he said, whereupon Spurs coach Gregg Popovich
jumped up from a seat a few feet away and shook his hand, as if to hold
him to the sentiment. The Spurs held the ceremony after playing the
76ers to give fans a chance to share in Robinson’s Hall of Fame
experience, and Robinson appreciated the gesture. ‘I consider this Hall
of Fame celebration as much about this city and about this team as it
was about me,’ he said. ‘So it’s nice to be able to do it here, with
the fans, and let them all enjoy.’" 

Gary Washburn, Boston Globe: "[Kevin] Garnett had 24 points on 11-for-12 shooting with eight rebounds. In his past three games he is 22 for 27 from the field and is showing the spring he lacked just two weeks ago. His surgically repaired knee is becoming less of an issue. ‘You know what’s crazy man? I have been in tune defensively,’ he said. ‘I haven’t really been thinking about the offense. The offense is just something that’s coming to me. It’s weird because I haven’t even thought about offense. It’s second nature.’"

Paul J. Weber, AP: "Allen Iverson is generating plenty of talk about a possible return to the Philadelphia 76ers, but coach Eddie Jordan said yesterday that’s all there is to it right now. ‘I have not been oversaturated with Allen Iverson(notes) in my mind or in conversations with our front office,’ Jordan said. ‘It’s like any other free agent out there. We’ve talked about a number of people.’ Speaking to reporters before yesterday’s game against the Spurs, Jordan acknowledged Iverson has been discussed — a change from comments made hours earlier, when Jordan said after shootaround that he ‘had not talked to anyone about Allen Iverson.’ Jordan earlier said the speculation was ‘probably more in the media than it actually is.’ He said before the game Iverson was the most intriguing available free agent, but re-emphasized that the Sixers have not decided to add any players."

Mike Bresnahan, L.A. Times: "It finally happened. Lakers fans have been clamoring for it since the day Pau Gasol(notes) was acquired, a steady stream of e-mails to writers only partly describing an inexplicable fascination with a front line of Andrew Bynum(notes), Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom(notes). Lakers Coach Phil Jackson had never used such a lineup since Gasol’s arrival in February 2008, but that changed in the final 1 minute 5 seconds of the second quarter Saturday against Golden State. Gasol, Bynum and Odom were finally on the court together. ‘I just wanted to see how that effect would be on the ballclub,’ Jackson said. It was unremarkable. The Lakers were outscored, 3-0, with Gasol getting called for a three-second violation on one possession and Derek Fisher(notes) missing a jump shot on another. Jackson said last month he was open to the idea of a frontcourt with two 7-footers and the 6-10 Odom, but it would be situational."

Eddie Sefko, The Dallas Monring News: "The Mavericks may not have played the toughest schedule so far, but they have played one of the busiest. As of Sunday, only Portland had played more games than the Mavericks. Starting today, and throughout December, things get a little more normal. After six back-to-back sets in the first 17 games, the Mavericks only have two such situations from now until the new year. [...] Optimism abounds for many reasons. After all, the holiday season is supposed to be joyous and the Mavericks have nine of their next 15 games at home before Jan. 1. They also expect to have some manpower rejoining them soon. Erick Dampier(notes) is expected to return later this week and Josh Howard(notes) probably will be back at some point in December. Their return should help alleviate some of the significant minutes-played load on Dirk Nowitzki(notes), Jason Kidd(notes) and Jason Terry(notes). [...] ‘We haven’t really scratched the surface yet with all the guys out. Josh tried it and he’s out again. Damp’s going to be out for another couple games. It’s kind of hard to see where we’re really at. The record’s decent, but we won’t get carried away. It’s nothing phenomenal. We’re sitting at 12-5, which is nice, but it’s not like we’ve really done anything.’"

Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle: "Luis Scola, who never has missed a game in his three NBA seasons, does not plan to now. He left Sunday’s game when he was hit in the right eye by Etan Thomas(notes) 22 seconds into the game, opening a gash that needed seven stitches. Scola said he will go for tests today but believed he would play Wednesday in Los Angeles against the Clippers. ‘We’re going to see a doctor tomorrow,’ Scola said. ‘I wanted to come back (Sunday) but Keith (Jones the athletic trainer) wouldn’t let me.’ But the Rockets thought Scola would return. ‘We kept waiting for Luis to come around the corner running,’ Shane Battier(notes) said. ‘I had his back. People were like, ‘Where’s Luis?’ I said, ‘Oh, he’s Argentinean. He’s going to rub some dirt on it, run back out, like Willis Reed.’ I kept looking. It was like the movie Shane. Shane doesn’t come back. It was like, ‘Come back, Luis. Come back. Come back.’"

Mark Schlueb/David Damron, Orlando Sentinel: "Pete Madison already pays $210 for a prime seat every time the Orlando Magic take the floor at the Amway Arena. But the longtime season ticket-holder may not follow his team to a new state-of-the-art arena next season. A seat comparable to what he has - at center court, three rows back from the floor - will cost $275 in the new arena, a 31 percent increase. ‘They might be losing me,’ said Madison, a Belle Isle real-estate and race-track entrepreneur. ‘I’d really have to think about that.’ Last week, the Magic began sending its season ticket-holders a ‘relocation handbook’ explaining the process — and the cost — of shifting out of seats some have held for years and into new ones in a building that opens in 11 months. Many, particularly those used to sitting farthest from the action in the upper bowl, will pay about the same or even a bit less for a similar seat. The team is dropping the price of its $10 tickets to $5, for instance. But those in the lower bowl will see the cost of a similar seat jump by 28 to 51 percent."

Ronald Tillery, MCA: "The Grizzlies experienced an abrupt change in the point guard rotation when veteran Jamaal Tinsley(notes) started the second half in place of Mike Conley(notes). That’s because Conley suffered a sprained left shoulder just before the intermission. The third-year guard got tangled up with Los Angeles Clippers guard Baron Davis(notes), and was injured when Davis jerked his arm from Conley. Conley said he lost feeling in the shoulder during halftime. He sat on the bench with the shoulder heavily wrapped in ice as the third quarter began. ‘(Davis) kind of yanked my shoulder a little bit, and I felt a little pop,’ Conley said. ‘I had to sit down and get the feeling back in my arm. Once I got the feeling back, I was able to play.’ Conley re-entered the game with 1:39 left in the third. He connected on a 21-foot jump shot a short while later. Conley, though, grabbed the shoulder and grimaced in pain after the shot. [...] ‘I’ve just got to watch it the next couple of days and make sure it gets stronger,’ Conley said. ‘It’s not serious. It was stiff for a while but I’m sure I’ll be OK.’"

Janis Carr, OCRegister.com: "With shots falling around him, Ron Artest(notes) lined up at the free throw line and took aim at the basket. He made three consecutive free throws before jogging off the court for a pregame team meeting. Artest didn’t get many free throw attempts during Sunday’s warm-ups, but for him a little is better than none. He can use the practice. Artest is averaging a dismal 52.2 percent (24 of 46) from the free throw line, the lowest percentage among the starters and Lamar Odom, who is making 56.3 percent of his foul shots. Artest told Phil Jackson that his poor free throw shooting stem from a hitch in his motion, which is a lingering result of a little-known shoulder injury. Jackson said the player still experiences tightness on occasion. ‘But not on his jump shot,’ Jackson said of Artest’s ‘nasty hitch.’"

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