| Peter King: Hasselbeck has brotherly love to thank for his Titans' fortune and Players, owners arrive for crucial NBA meetings |
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Of all the weird, inflated passing numbers in the first three weeks of this bombs-away NFL season, don't lose sight of one of the strangest.Matt Hasselbeck's average yards passing per game is 310.7, and this with him playing his first season in Tennessee, without an offseason program, outside the cocoon of the West Coast offense that he mastered under Mike Holmgren in Green Bay and Seattle.Hasselbeck's average yards passing in the most productive season of his 13-year NFL career was 247.9, with Seattle in 2007.His Titans (2-1) travel to 2-1 Cleveland Sunday, and anyone who had these two teams with better records than Philadelphia, Chicago and Atlanta approaching the season's quarter pole, well, you've got a better football brain than I.One of the major factors in Hasselbeck's success is his brother, Tim, the longtime NFL backup passer now analyzing the game for ESPN. [Read the full article] The Red Sox and manager Terry Francona have decided to part ways after eight seasons and two World Series titles.The decision was apparently made last night. There were differences over how things were handled this season.The Red Sox were the favorites to get back to the Fall Classic this year but instead suffered through one of the biggest collapses in baseball history, going 7-20 in September and missing the playoffs for the second straight year.Boston decided not to pick up the option on Francona's contract. The decision for the two sides to part ways was also reported by the Boston Globe and the New York Daily News.The White Sox job is the only managerial opening so far and there might be one or two more coming. Francona managed in the White Sox minor league system in the 1990s, but people suspect they might go for a less-experienced manager. The Cubs could also have a managerial opening. [Read the full article] FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- Sitting out one game was enough for Nick Mangold. The New York Jets center hopes he's back on the field Sunday.Mangold will be a game-time decision to play against the Baltimore Ravens after taking part in some team drills at practice Friday for the first time since suffering a high right ankle sprain two weeks ago."It keeps getting better each day," Mangold said. "So, hopefully the next couple of days, it keeps getting better and I'll be able to go."He is listed as questionable on the team's injury report and coach Rex Ryan said the All-Pro center would not play if the game were on Friday."The fact it's a Sunday night game may help the process," Ryan said. "We'll see how it is. He truly is questionable. [Read the full article] 
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