Daily Jolt: Monday, December 16: Rex Ryan on outs in NY?
Monday, December 16
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End nearing for Rex Ryan in New York?
Here it comes, the future, and it may not be pretty for Rex Ryan and Gang Green. The end is inevitable now, the end to a most improbable playoff dream for a team that turned into nothing more than a cruel tease. And the magic number now for [Ryan] is 2. His Rexpiration date has drawn perilously closer. A source described Jets owner Woody Johnson this way to The Post after Panthers 30, Jets 20: "Not happy." Not good for Rex. Two more losses now in the last two games after three straight years out of the playoff -- Ravens over Lions on Monday night would cinch it -- will leave Ryan dangling at the edge of the cliff on Woody Mountain, at the mercy of John Idzik, the rookie general manager forced to inherit him. Johnson loved Ryan enough to give him a mulligan this season. (New York Post)Comment
'Complicated' 3-way deal in works for Asik
A ticking clock in Houston isn't counting down to Christmas. With just five shopping days remaining, the contract of his unhappy, defensive-minded Turkish center is burning a hole in Rockets general manager Daryl Morey's pocket. The winter closeout sale, his own version of the trade deadline, begins Sunday. And general managers who might be interested in trading for Omer Asik, or being a part of a deal built around him, have been told Morey is ready to deal. ... Morey would not discuss his plans, but a person with knowledge of the Rockets' thinking said Morey set his Dec. 19 deadline in part because he knows he has an offer he is willing to take. Though things can change several times by Thursday, that individual said "it very likely will be a pretty complicated, three-way deal. There are a lot of moving parts." (Houston Chronicle)Comment
Yankees have 'no intention' of dealing Gardner
So much for New York possibly turning Brett Gardner into another asset. The Yankees have "absolutely no intention" of trading [Gardner] to clear room in center field for Jacoby Ellsbury or to fill a need elsewhere, according to team president Randy Levine. Appearing Sunday morning on ESPN Radio's "The Ian O'Connor Show," Levine declined to comment on reports the Yankees rejected a Gardner-for-Brandon Phillips trade offer from Cincinnati but did say he fully expected Gardner to be in the Opening Day lineup. "We think he's going to be on the roster," Levine said. "One of the reasons the baseball people signed Jacoby Ellsbury is the two of them together present a tremendous dynamic one-two or nine-one, whatever Joe Girardi decides to write in at the top of the lineup." (ESPN New York)Comment
Must-See Photo
Jamaal Charles offers a bit of foreshadowing, flashing five fingers with his left hand after leaving a pair of Oakland Raiders in the dust for his second of five touchdowns in the Kansas City Chiefs' 56-31 romp Sunday. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)
Must-See Video
Portland's Damian Lillard stuns the crowd in Detroit with a game-winning shot with 0.1 seconds left in overtime Sunday night.
Game To Watch
Baltimore Ravens at Detroit Lions, 8:40 p.m., ESPN
- Baltimore Ravens
- Detroit Lions
SI Vault: More O.J. Simpson
This Day in Sports
- 1972 -- The Miami Dolphins became the first NFL team to go unbeaten and untied in a 14-game regular season.
- 1973 -- O.J. Simpson became the first NFL player to gain 2,000 rushing yards in a single season.
- 1991 -- The Tampa Bay Lightning and Ottawa Senators were officially granted membership in the NHL.
- 2003 -- New Orleans Saints WR Joe Horn was fined $30,000 by the NFL for his cellphone touchdown celebration in the end zone during a win against the New York Giants.
- 2007 -- Green Bay Packers QB Brett Favre surpassed Hall of Famer Dan Marino for the NFL's all-time record for most career passing yards.
