Yanks going after Halladay??

If you're the World Series champ, might as well try to get better, right? The New York Yankees have apparently told the Toronto Blue Jays that it is interested in trading for ace Roy Halladay, according to Sports Illustrated. Halladay only has one year left on his contract but the Blue Jays let it be known the other day that whatever team is interested in Halladay and makes the best offer will get a time window to try and get Halladay signed to an extension. And the Yankees are, of course, one of a small bunch of teams that can offer Halladay massive bucks over a long term. It is believed that the Blue Jays would like a package of players from the Yankees that would include Phil Hughes or Joba Chamberlain. Toronto's last GM, J.P. Ricciardi tried to get the Yanks to trade him both of these guys for Halladay and that went nowhere.

Is Iverson still the "Answer"??

Allen Iverson(notes) becomes a free agent this evening and after New York Knicks president told reporters the other day that it was a long shot for the aging guard to join the Knickerbockers, it is now apparently a 50-50 chance, according to the New York Times. Someone associated with the team apparently told the paper, "It's a given. They're going to make the biggest play for him." Who else would at this point? Iverson was a big distraction instead of a savior for his last two teams, the Detroit Pistons and Memphis Grizzlies, so not too many other teams are clamoring for his services, except apparently the Miami Heat. One of Iverson's pals told the New York Daily News that the team is "hot" after Iverson. The struggling Knicks have no other way of injecting any talent into their team chemistry so might as well give it a shot and see what happens. What can it hurt? They can always do what the Grizzlies did and put him on waivers.

Bradshaw calls it how he sees it!!

Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw fired away at Dallas Cowboys' wide receiver Roy Williams for his performance in Sunday's loss. ``Dallas lost that game when Roy Williams dropped that pass and then fumbled, too,'' said Bradshaw, a co host of FOX's NFL Sunday show. ``He may have finished with 100 yards receiving, but he's certainly not worth two first-round picks and all that money Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is paying him. He's not proving anything.''

Buffalo reaching out to Shanahan??

The Buffalo Bills intend to do a comprehensive search for a new head coach and will consider all options -- even mega-coaches such as Mike Shanahan and Bill Cowher -- according to team and league sources. According to a report on ESPN, the Bills made contact with Shanahan and intend to set up a meeting with the former Denver coach. A coach outside the "A-list" who could fit the Bills' profile is Jim Haslett, the former Bills linebacker and former Saints head coach. With all the possible openings after the season would any of the "A-listers" consider Buffalo?

Jamarcus to the bench??

Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell has thrown two touchdowns and nine interceptions so far this season but team owner Al Davis apparently loves the guy. Raiders coach Tom Cable reportedly is losing his faith in the quarterback and wants to go a different route. But coaches that cross Davis are putting their own jobs in jeopardy. And Cable doesn't seem to care. He must still just be feeling happy about the fact that the league isn't going to take any action against him for clocking one of his assistants this summer so hard that it reportedly broke the guy's jaw and the supposed whole back history of violence against an ex-wife and an ex-girlfriend. Still, Davis is calling Russell a "great" quarterback so Cable might not want to bench this guy just yet. Aren't you glad you're not a Raiders fan?

Is it too late??

The Charlie Weis era appears to be fading into the sunset in South Bend. The Irish's new athletic director, Jack Swarbrick, told reporters over the weekend that the six years remaining on Weis's gigantic contract would not influence his job status. There have been multiple and varied reports of just how much a buyout of Weis's contract would be. (The Sporting News reported $18 million on Sunday.) The top candidate to replace Weis would probably be Cincinnati Coach Brian Kelly. Is Kelly the right choice? Is there anything Weis can do at this point?

What was he thinking??!!

This was as bad as anything the Red Sox ever did. Had it been a playoff game, it would be right up there with Bucky Dent, Bill Buckner, Aaron Boone, and History Derailed in Glendale, Ariz. And Bill Belichick played the part of Grady Little. And Belichick gets the blame. Too smart for his own good this time. The sin of hubris. In the postgame confusion, Belichick twice made a reference to the Patriots trying to gain 1 yard. "I thought we could get that yard," he said. Asked if he knew the team needed 2 yards, Belichick said that he did. But then he said, "I don't know how we could not get a yard on that."