Rogers Done for Year

Browns will place NT Shaun Rogers (ankle) on injured reserve, ending his season. The team hasn't said if Rogers ruptured his Achilles or broke his ankle, but he will undergo surgery. An Achilles' tear could jeopardize Rogers' status for Week 1 in 2010. Turning 31 in March, Rogers is due a $6.9 million base salary next season.

Gooden Heckling

Heckling by Los Angeles Clippers fans may have led to the Mavericks' Drew Gooden saying some allegedly insensitive comments during the Mavericks' game at Staples Center on Saturday. Gooden did not play and was dressed in street clothes behind the bench. According to the Web site Outsports.com, Gooden yelled a homophobic slur at a pair of fans seated near the Mavericks bench. The Web site said Gooden yelled the slur at actor Chris Wylde, who is married and is not gay and was attending the game with a friend.

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Salty's Thoughts: Um, hey Drew, nice picture. And you're the one calling names?

'Bron to LA?

Well, at least I'm fairly sure now where LeBron James is going to be playing next season. Los Angeles, most likely with the Lakers. I've heard this scenario from some NBA people. I don't think James would have any problem submerging his ego for Bryant's for a while knowing full well his talent already is surpassing Bryant's. James has often talked about expanding his empire, and lately has been involved with books and movies. So where else but in L.A. would you want to be to be involved in the entertainment industry?

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Salty's Thoughts: It's not 1981. You don't have to live in LA or NY to be involved in the entertainment industry. He's in commercials, tv shows, movies etc now and resides in good old Ohio. Welcome back, LeBron. I said it first.

Browns need a GM

So the Cleveland Browns fired their General Manager yesterday. George Kokinis was escorted by security yesterday around noon out of the Browns facility. Seems a little overkill to me, but obviously Lerner wanted people to know he was done.

Speaking of Lerner, rumor has it he's interested in grooming Bernie Kosar to become the next tenured (or not so tenured) GM of the Cleveland Browns. Also hearing that he wants Ernie Accorsi to groom him. Sounds like Lerner is trying to kiss up to the Cleveland faithful here to me. Kosar is far from being a GM, but Lerner knows that he's a Cleveland Icon, and if Kosar seems to have Lerners back, so will the Dawgs. Or so they hope.

Eric Mangini's job is safe. I actually think that's a good thing. Remember, we are still paying Romeo Crennel, Phil Savage, and now Kokinis. Glad we didn't add Mangini to the list of guys on the payroll that are sitting home spending my money. And yes, I call it my money because I own four season tickets and spend my money on their merchandise, food and drinks. So yes, I feel that I'm paying guys to sit home and hit refresh on the bank account page and then laugh when the direct desposit hits. Imagine that visual. Romeo on a Friday morning in sweat pants and a Browns tshirt, hitting refresh (and about eleven other keys because his hands are so large), spilling powder from his donut on the keyboard, and then cackling when the $200,000 bi weekly deposit shows up. It's like telling Howie Mandell you'll take the deal.

Lerner is also meeting with two "long time season ticket holders". I won't even name their names here. He's actually meeting with two media hogs that do anything and everything they can to get on TV. Including but not limited to catching Chad Ocho Cinco Johnson when he jumped into the Dawg Pound. Could you imagine anyone diving into the Dawg Pound at the old stadium? Forget it. In my eyes, Lerner should take his precious time and meet with a few season ticket holders that save up all damn year to fork over their VERY hard earned cash to show up every Sunday on a budget and watch a very, very subpar product get their teeth kicked in every week.

It's like showing up to a Bruce Springsteen concert and finding out that The Boss isn't going to play today and instead you get to see Weird Al. Oh, and as for a refund, you must be joking, right?

Imagine sitting down in a movie theater to see the newest, biggest release out there, and they instead show you an infomercial. Refund? Sorry, I don't speak that language.

We pay to show up and see a PROFESSIONAL football team play 10 times a year. Yet, we haven't seen a PROFESSIONAL footbeall team in 10+ years.

So after 10+ years, millions of dollars spent, countless hours sitting frozen in our seats, paying for PSL's, all we get is to be represented by two "long time season ticket holders"? Who appointed them the Official Spokesman for the Pissed Off Fans Coalition of Cleveland? I don't remember casting my vote, do you?

ps: I'm sending my resume to Lerner for the open GM position. I recommend you do the same. You never know who he's going to hire next.