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11/05/2007 - Agreed to terms with Frank Yallop on a three-year contract through the 2010 season to become head coach.

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<< Jags G Naeole out for season
Jacksonville, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jacksonville Jaguars starting right guard Chris Naeole will miss the remainder of the season due to a ruptured quad tendon in his left leg. He suffered the injury while blocking on a pass play during the f

<< Texans' CB Robinson gone for season
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Houston Texans cornerback Dunta Robinson will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, head coach Gary Kubiak said Monday. Kubiak said Robinson would have surgery at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, and sai

<< Blues F Backes sidelined for four weeks
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - St. Louis forward David Backes will miss four weeks with an injured left medial collateral ligament, team president John Davidson announced on Monday. Backes, who was given an MRI on Monday by Dr

<< Johnson transferring from UConn
Storrs, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Junior forward Marcus Johnson is transferring from the University of Connecticut. Johnson asked head coach Jim Calhoun on Monday for permission to speak to other schools. He will complete this academic

<< Spartans lose Jefferson for season
East Lansing, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Michigan State junior forward Aisha Jefferson will miss the entire 2007-2008 season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee. The native of Dayton, Ohio suffered the inju

NFL Inactives (Monday, November 5, 2007) >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The following is a list of inactive players for this week's NFL games. BALTIMORE RAVENS AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS, 8:30 P.M. (ET) Ravens - 3rd QB Troy Smith, CB Chris McAlister, CB Samari Rolle, RB Cory Ros

Yallop leaves Galaxy to coach San Jose >>
San Jose, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Los Angles Galaxy coach Frank Yallop has left the team to take up the same position with San Jose. The Earthquakes came to terms with Yallop on a three-year contract through the 2010 season. "We are very ex

Maddux re-signs with Padres >>
San Diego, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Diego Padres have reportedly re- signed starting pitcher Greg Maddux to a one-year deal worth $10 million. Maddux, who signed with San Diego prior to last season, held a one-year player option f

NFL fines Washington's Landry and Eagles' Ramsey >>
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Washington safety LaRon Landry and Philadelphia defensive tackle LaJuan Ramsey were each fined one game check for unnecessary roughness penalties on Sunday. Both players were penalized for the imp

No. 3 Memphis cruises to victory over UT Martin in opener >>
Memphis, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 28 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead third-ranked Memphis over Tennessee-Martin, 102-71, at the FedExForum in the season opener for both clubs. Freshman Derrick Ro

FOOTBALL TRASH TALK

NFL Football Trash Talk

Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their supplements to worry about what their opponents are doing).

Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this wont be an intelligent discussion.

Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).

Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.

Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit. And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. The plug-necked yahoos on your team, you can say, will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.

The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesnt focus only on your opponents team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.

What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Wheres your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, I'll try to type slower for you next time. Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.

Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, dont just conclude by saying your opponent is a twerp who drafts like my grandmother. Say that your opponent is a sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars. By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.

But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You wont be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, Im sure, to reply.

In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.