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  Dirk is out tonight against the Spurs. Sounds like the knee is a real problem or Mavs are playing it safe...

  During today's press conference for the 2011 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl everyone took notice to the big "elephant in the room". Reports started yesterday that SMU head coach June Jones was offered $3.5 million to leave the Mustangs and coach the University of Maryland Terps. Coach Jones signed an extension earlier in the year that gives him $2 million per year to revitalize the SMU football program.   When asked about the reports, Coach said, "Those things happen when you have success.  That wasn't the first time this year, and probably not going to be the last time when I'm at SMU. I'm committed to being here. I'm pleased and happy with where I am.  I made a commitment to my kids.  That's why I'm here."   Coach Jones was asked later about how many schools have contacted him he said, "One this year. I did talk...and again it was telephone and never with the officials, but with the search companies calling."   Wi...

Army head coach Rich Ellerson vs former teammate SMU head coach June Jones   If you drive through downtown Fort Worth you will definitely know that this is bowl season. Between the large amount of TCU signs you will notice the 8th Annual Bell Helicopter Armed Forces bowl is set to take place tomorrow, but not in Fort Worth as planned. Bowl official Brant Ringler opened saying, " ...the implosion of the stadium, we couldn't play there this year.  It's a great thing for us in the long run because Fort Worth is our home.  We plan to return.  Hopefully it will be next year.  Depends on how the renovations go."   With the game moving to SMU's Ford Field, one could assume that it will be a huge advantage for the Mustangs. Coach Ellerson doesn't think so stating, " It's gonna be their home stadium, but not their home crowd. We are not gonna feel like the visiting team, I know that SMU has a great following there and I know its gonna be a tough environment...

Jerry Jones talks with the media about plans for new season In summary he stated: He will interview minority candidates including current coach Ray Sherman. Has several potential candidates on file to talk with Jason Garrett's interim head coaching contract ends after the Philly game. Does not believe in hiring Super Bowl winning coaches because they normally don't win with other teams. There will be a lot of turnover with the current roster for next season. Romo will be the quarterback next season. He really feels that this will be a playoff team next season

Singletary fired by 49ers

  Coach Carlisle out for tonights road game against the Oklahoma City Thunder due to a minor knee surgery. He should return for tomorrow nights home game versus Toronto. Dewane Casey will coach tonight in his absence.

  It was an unanimous belief that if interim head coach Jason Garrett went 5-2 or better under his watch he would be the definite head coach next year. But after Sundays close loss the Arizona Cardinals, all bets are off. You could always say that missing an extra point field goal, Kitna getting hurt or throwing interceptions caused the loss and its not Garrett's fault; but these are the same players making the same plays that got another coach fired this season. Why should this be any different?   Jerry said Saturday after the loss, "Everything that would be entailed looking at the team [or] looking at the losses, [and] looking at him for the last 20-something years." Lets just look at Garrett's time here in Dallas on the coaching staff. He was the first hired coach after Bill Parcells quit. His offense has been one-of-the-best in the NFL in those years statistically. Even since becoming head coach the team has averaged over 30 points a game. Minus the penalties o...

 With only one game left in the season, the San Francisco 49ers decide to start next season by firing head coach Mike Singletary. Singletary has 2 years and $10 million left, but team president and CEO Jed York says this will not impact hiring a coach long term. After a disappointing start to a over-hyped season, yesterdays 25-17 loss to the St. Louis Rams shut the crack in the playoff door for good. Early rumors are putting Harbaugh from Stanford as a front runner. Singletary has been a fan favorite, a sentiment not shared by his players including verbal altercations with Vernon Davis, Alex Smith, and recently in Sunday's game Troy Smith. He said in closing, " I am thankful to the York family for having given me the opportunity to be a head coach in the NFL. I am indebted to them for that. I am also thankful for the Faithful fans, I am just sorry I couldn't give them more."

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 For the first time, we took a listener poll and added our own standings to calculate our NFL Power Rankings. Here is the top 5: Patriots Eagles Falcons Ravens Steelers Other teams that missed the top 5: Jets and Bears

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Brett Farve gets the nod tonight to re-start his consecutive start streak, now at 0. This will mark the first outdoor game in Minnesota in quite some time. I now understand why they had to build a dome, even if it was inflatable. Conditions: 19 degrees/-11 wind chill; estimated 6-7 inches of snow to fall during game.

  RF Sports Radio is proud to announce that we will be covering the 2011 Ticket City Bowl with Texas Tech vs Northwestern. The game is January 1, 2011 at the Cotton Bowl; 11am kickoff. "This will allow our listeners to hear audio from the players and coaches straight from the source", says RF.   For tix please click: http://www.ticketcitybowl.com/Purhcase_Tickets.html

  RF Sports Radio is proud to annouce that we will be covering the 2011 Armed Forces Bowl. The game will be held  Thursday, December 30, 2010 at Ford Stadium (SMU) 11:00am. SMU vs Army is going to be a great game!   If you need tix please go to http://www.armedforcesbowl.com/tickets-info/

RF Sports Radio introduces a new text message service for listeners of the show. You can now receive text message updates for FREE with up-to-the-second information on all sports. "This will allow our listeners to hear the latest sports news when we hear it", says RF, host of RF Sports Radio. TEXT: In the game TO: 214 732 6726 You will receive a welcome message back. Text "stop" to stop receiving messages.

  Before the Mavs vs Suns game, us media gathered around the excerising outspoken Mark Cuban hoping for more details on his proposed College Playoff system. He said, "I'm suprised about the reaction...more suprised by the emails I recieved. Emails from athletic directors, people that want to help with money,  hey can I get a job with it...or here is my plan I've been working on type stuff." When Jeff Caplan of ESPNDallas.com asked who would pick the teams he said, " I would pick the teams" in a somewhat joking manor. Could Mark really be able to pull this off?  

Coach Carlisle knows how good the Suns team is despite the 12-12 record. He says, "You have to score against them. They are tough to play defensively with 3pt shooting, fastbreak, and driving; not just Nash". Four out of five starters for the Suns are averaging double digit points.   "Steve Nash is still Steve Nash, but its gonna be a tuff road to compete in the West...were just not big enough", commented Suns head coach Alvin Gentry in an exclusive interview with Royce.  The do get Robin Lopez back for this game to add some size.   The Mavs go for 14 wins of the last 15 games, yet still in second place behind the San Antonio Spurs. Dirk earns his 2nd Player-of-the-Week honors in 3 weeks, well on his way to NBA MVP favorite. If the defense can hold up rather zone or man to slow down the Suns penetration and 3pt shooting, Mavs should win.

Pastor Monica Wallace, Jennifer, & RF   RF Sports Radio was proud to work with Kingdom Encounter Ministries to provide a full Christmas dinner to Jennifer and her family for the holidays. Jennifer lives in Dallas, Texas and feel upon hard times. We are thankfull to be able to help out with the "Christmas Dinner with Family" program.   You can listen to Kingdom Encounter at www.blogtalkradio.com/kingdomencounter

Looks like Cliff Lee will going back to Philadelphia...

ESPN.com Article Get story from Chris Sheridan of ESPN.com Looks like Knick fans really want Melo!

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  Due to heavy snow in the Minnesota, the Giants-Vikings game may not be Monday. Officials for the stadium are saying that a partial collapse of the inflatable roof will not be ready by game time Monday night. NFL has not announced any rescheduled game times other than the statement yesterday to move it to Monday.   Brett Favre told ESPN's Ed Werder that he could not have played today if the game stayed on Sunday. He know gets another 32+ hours to heal and get ready to continue his start streak. Who knew Mother Nature was such a Farve fan!

Kelly Kline/Getty Images The Votes: Cam Newton 729 Andrew Luck 78 LaMichael James 22 Kellen Moore 40 Check out ESPN.com's article http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5909569

The Giants-Vikings game has been moved to Monday night. The NFL announced that the snow accumulation around the Metrodome is too bad for workers to remove. Since when does snow stop an indoor football game in December. Farve now gets another 36hrs to heal...Safe to say that he will start...streak intact.

The Mavs continue silencing the Jazz in this quarter. The Mavs new and improved is limiting everyone but Deron Williams. No one else is stepping up. The defense is keeping the Jazz under 40% shooting and 25% from the 3pt line. The Mavs offensively has been something to see. Their largest lead this half was 25, not easy against argueable a top 5 team in the Western Conference. Spreading the ball around has been the biggest proponent for the 11 game streak and is again a sign of the confidence in this team tonight. Dirk is 6-7 from the field with 15pts. Deron Williams leads all scorers with 19pts, but is getting no help from his teammates. Mavs lead 54-42.

The Mavs start off RED HOT shooting 100% the first half of the 1st Qtr. They were able to jump out 21-2 with 6:44 left. Dirk hit his first 3 attempts from the 3pt line, followed by threes from Caron and DeShawn. Once the Jazz woke-up, Deron Williams was able to score some easy buckets in transition and screens. Dirk remained hot for the qtr scoring 13 and not missing a shot. This is the first time this season the Jazz have been behind in the first quarter. Mavs lead big 34-19

Mavs start out 3-3 from the 3pt line. Dirk his 3-3 with 2 3pt'ers to put the Mavs up 13-2. Mavs shooting 100% with 9:24 left in the first....

  "The win streak is not significant at all...we got to be getting better", commented Coach Carlisle as the Mavs try to extend their league best win streak to 12-0. Tonight will not be as easy as Thursday against the New Jersey Nets. This will be the Mavs second game against the Jazz in 10 days; beating them on the road the first time. Carlisle expressed how hard it has been for his team to win back-to-back games against winning teams; i.e. Denver and New Orleans as teams they lost to the second time.   The longest tenured coach in the NBA Jerry Sloan is no dummy. When Royce asked him what will the Jazz have to do to win this game he simply said, "make shots". Even Coach Carlisle said that they have to be ready for Deron Williams and guard him without fouling. Deron, the pride of the Colony, comes back home averaging a double-double with 22pts and 10 assists. His style of play could really hurt the Mavs if he gets the bigs in foul trouble early.   Will the Jaz...

Devin Harris left the game with 6:33 left in the 1st qtr and Nets have been able to do nothing since then. The Mavs shot 64.9% in the first half with leads as big as 18pts. Shawn Marion has 14 and Caron Butler has 13 to lead all scorers. The Nets have no players in double figures in any statistical category. Devin did return late in the 2nd qtr, but with a heavily wrapped shoulder. Jason Kidd ends the second half with 3pt shot with .03 left.

  The Mavs play their 2nd of a 6 game home stand against their former coach Avery Johnson, the only Mavs coach that can say he took the franchise to the finals. "It wasn't just a nudge or push to get that team deep in the playoffs" said Coach Johnson referring to his first season as Mavs head coach. "Thankfully Nelly let me coach some games and practices to help get me ready."   The "Lil General" finds himself in a much different role with the 6-16 Nets, a team on the mend from finishing dead last. He knows that he has to have patience in developing this team with Devin Harris driving plus lottery pick Derrick Favors and the gritty Brook Lopez in the back seat.   The Mavs are on a tear in the NBA with a 10-game win streak. They have also played the role of "streak stopper" this season and now find themselves the hunted. Coach Carlisle realizes that Avery knows these players inside and out. This is ultimately a "trap" game with th...

Here is great article from Calvin Watkins of ESPN Dallas http://www.sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/news/story?id=5890812