Sean B. Fitzgerald It doesn’t go something like this, it goes exactly like this.

Sports in Three Words

I was going to do "Sports in Five Words" but I do not have that kind of time.

Released
As in, Terrell Owens has been released by the Dallas Cowboys. With the release, the Cowboys will take a $9 million salary cap hit. So, if you are keeping score at home, the Terrell Owens experiment has failed for three franchises. In San Francisco, he alienated his coaches and called his quarterback, Jeff Garcia, gay. In Philadelphia, he called out Donovan McNabb on more than one occasion. And finally, with the Cowboys, he bitched and moaned for roughly the entire time. It is without question that he is one of the greatest receivers to step on a football field. For all intents and purposes, he will have a bust in Canton five years after he retires (if he retires). But it seems as if the question has been answered. And the answer is, "No. Terrell Owens will not help your team." When you average nearly 13 touchdowns in your team with Dallas and Jerry Jones still releases you, I think it is time to evaluate yourself as a person. But now, for the next few weeks, or maybe months, ESPN will wonder and speculate where Owens will end up next. The story will lead off SportsCenter, Pardon the Interruption, Around the Horn, First Take, Outside the Lines, Jim Rome is Burning, NFL Live, Baseball Tonight, NBA Shootaround, and Lumber Liquidators presents the PBA Championship. Hopefully, Owens quits football so we don't have to listen to it.

Signed
As in, Manny Ramirez finally signs with the Dodgers. He was signed to a 2-year, $45 million deal. Roughly the same type of deal that was turned down by Boras and Manny a few times before this. Apparently it came down to deferred money and option years. So what does this mean. Really nothing. This deal was going to get done the day Ramirez carried the Dodgers into the NLCS against the Phillies. The Dodgers knew that they could not let him go. The fans loved him, his teammates loved him, and Torre loved him. And even though they were bidding against themselves, it ended up being a bargain for Los Angeles. They essentially signed him for one year, and Manny can exercise his option following this year to become a free agent. And from what we have seen from him and his agent, he will most certainly do that. It is funny, I have never walked into a fantasy baseball draft wanting to take a 37 year old player as my first pick. But can anyone argue against Ramirez having one of the greatest seasons ever? From what we saw the last two months of last season, why can't he do the same this season? Going from the AL East to the NL West, probably in the best shape he has been in for five years, in a contract year. With his first pick in the 2009 Fantasy Baseball draft, Sean B Fitzgerald selects...

War
This is actually about a month old, but still very funny. Last summer, famed sports talk duo Mike and the Mad Dog ended their eighteen year run and decided to go separate ways. Chris Russo (The Mad Dog) signed a very lucrative deal with Sirius Radio that was worth around $3 million a year, while Mike Francesca stayed on with 660 WFAN in New York. Since then, it has been well known that Sirius has been struggling big time. But last month, a war of words has broken out between the two ex-partners. About a month ago, Chris Russo went on with Howard Stern (Part 2), to discuss how things are going and the topic of WFAN came up. Although Stern went out his way to twist Russo's words, it seemed as if Russo was rooting for Francesca's competitor 1050 ESPN Radio to knock him off the air. I know what you are wondering. You are thinking, "Well Sean, what did Francesca have to say about all of this?" I am glad you asked. Here is his response: Part 1, Part 2. It is things like this that make me love sports more than I already do. Both these radio personalities have little to no talent. I have never taken anything they've said and thought, "Wow, that's an interesting perspective." When listening to them, you feel as if you are listening to two drunk barflies argue over who is the greatest right handed hitting left fielder in Yankee history. But I can still listen to them fight all day. I really hope they get back together and give the people what they want.