Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs has resigned as President/Head Coach of the Washington Redskins this morning. This was Gibbs second go-around as the Redskins head coach, this term lasting four seasons. Gibbs came back for the 2004 season when he signed a five-year contract to coach again. His teams made the playoffs in 2005 and 2007.

Gibbs, who won three Super Bowls with Washington the first time around, is also the owner of the NASCAR’s Joe Gibbs Racing. Gibbs is widely credited with keeping the team together this season after the murder of safety Sean Taylor.

Gibbs who had one year left on his contract had said recently he was open to talking about a contract extension but sometime in the last few days he changed his mind and resigned this morning.

While the Redskins will most likely search for a candidate they already have two in house in offensive coordinator Al Saunders and defensive coordinator Gregg Williams. Williams has a contract provision that calls for a buyout if he isn’t named Gibbs successor.

Gibbs is expected to remain as an adviser to Washington owner Dan Snyder.

none other than my mother, Sue, who has correctly picked 19 out of the 32 games to take home the prize for the second straight year. What did she win you ask? She has won the great opportunity of being a guest blogger for a post.

If you are wondering what she wrote about last year, you can check it out by clicking here.

Here is a look at the full standings:

Sue 19-13
BenA 18-14
Ladd 18-14
Steve 18-14
Sam 17-15
Chip 17-15
Keith 17-15
Al 17-15
Burney 16-16
Jason 16-16
Boomer 15-17
Ian 14-18
Bryan 13-19

A big thank you to everyone for participating and once again, congratulations to Sue for winning and putting the boys to shame once again.

Just one day after appearing on 60 Minutes and filing a defamation suit against his former trainer Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens held a press conference in Houston today.

Clemens lawyer, Rusty Hardin, opened up the press conference with some opening statements offering a timeline of the events that led up to the press conference today. You can see them in the video below.

After that a tape of an alleged conversation between Clemens and McNamee was played that you can listen to in the video below.

Clemens then answered questions until he got so pissed off, he walked out and left, which can be seen in this video.

Did the tape of the alleged conversation change anything? Personally, I don’t think the tape did anything to help either side. McNamee obviously didn’t know that he was being taped. It is legal to tape a conversation in the state of Texas if you have consent of one person. The person that consented was of course Clemens.

Clemens did say that he will testify in front of Congress next Wednesday. So it will be interesting to see what happens. As for me, I still haven’t decided either way. I said back in the beginning if your name is in the Mitchell Report, either come out and deny it or take legal recourse to clear your name. Obviously Clemens has done this, so I will reserve my judgment for now.

Seven-time Cy Young award winner Roger Clemens filed a defamation and libel lawsuit Sunday night against his former trainer Brian McNamee.  The suit claims that 15 statements made by McNamee in the Mitchell report are “absolutely false and defamatory”. 

Clemens also claims in the suit that McNamee was pressured and bullied, contrary to a statement by McNamee’s attorney, into a statement. It was after this, in  which McNamee was threatened with jail time, that on his second interogation he gave information on Clemens after intially saying Clemens was clean. 

For those of you who are anxious to see what Roger Clemens had to say during his interview with Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes, look no further. However if you want to watch the interview and do not want to know what happens, stop reading. If not, please continue on.

[Editors note: This post was published before the interview aired]

Here is the full transcript of the interview courtesy of CBS via the Boston Globe. And here is a link to the video.

STUDIO OPEN: WITH 354 WINS, ROGER CLEMENS IS ONE OF THE BEST PITCHERS IN THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. BUT THERE ARE QUESTIONS NOW ABOUT WHETHER ROGER CLEMENS CHEATED TO ENHANCE HIS RECORD AND PROLONG HIS CAREER. ONE OF HIS FORMER TRAINERS, BRIAN MCNAMEE SAYS THAT HE HIMSELF INJECTED CLEMENS WITH STEROIDS AND HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE. MCNAMEE’S ACCUSATIONS WERE THE BIGGEST REVELATIONS IN GEORGE MITCHELL’S REPORT ON STEROID ABUSE FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. BUT CLEMENS INSISTS THE CHARGES ARE PHONY–THAT HE NEVER USED STEROIDS OR ANY OTHER BANNED SUBSTANCE. CLEMENS AGREED TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS AT HIS HOME OUTSIDE HOUSTON WHERE WE FOUND HIM TO BE FRUSTRATED, EVEN FURIOUS, THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO QUICK TO BELIEVE HE CHEATED.

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