January 2nd, 2009 | Jon Scott |

  One of the things I've heard as I've been tracking the Scott Pioli sightings is that the Cleveland Browns job offer just isn't sitting right with Patriots VP of Player Personnel Scott Pioli. Actually, it never started off right, but that’s a different story. After conflicting reports of the Browns setting a deadline on Thursday emerged, the probability that Pioli would – or even could – get a deal done with......

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January 4th, 2009

Stephon Marbury is being bantered about as a candidate for employment as a back-up point guard for the Boston Celtics (see ESPN.com). Today, Marc Stein of ESPN looked at all the angles from the Celtics, Knicks and Marbury’s viewpoints in the Marbury FAQ in the Daily Dime. CSL Blog’s own Jon Duke also went into the dichotomy of the situation in We Want Steph Not Staph. It is really hard to sit on the fence on this one, as you like to have principles as a basketball fan, and you want to like sportsmanship in your players. In your heart you know that you......

January 5th, 2009

How Doc Rivers' postgame press conference would have gone last night, had I been in attendance: SOME REPORTER: So, Doc, can you touch on the decision to only play Rajon Rondo 26 minutes in tonight's game? RIVERS: There will be nights when Rondo is not making shots or not making plays. On those nights you are hoping somebody else can pick you up. When he struggles like that, and the way Kevin struggled, that's taking two of your five......

January 5th, 2009

Kids are back at school and everyone is back to work. Great to see the BIg O back on the air at the Rockin' 850...the station that plays the sports hits. As always, O waltzed in with a smile on his face and a lot of cash in his wallet. Hey, the the guy has earned it. Will Glenn end up on television? Who knows? But, you can see him the next four Monday nights at......