The Cleveland Indians have fired Eric Wedge as manager.

The Cleveland Indians removed manager Eric Wedge today with style (katchop)

The Indians are in the early stages of what general manager Mark Shapiro referred to as a “reloading” period, and the reload will extend to the managerial position and the coaching staff.

A 1:30 p.m. ET press conference was scheduled Wednesday at Progressive Field to announce that Wedge and his coaches have all been relieved of their duties. Wedge and his staff will stay aboard for the season’s final six games, including the four-game set in Boston this weekend.

The Tennessee Titans plan on keeping Kerry Collins in the lineup and Vince Young on the bench.

Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher stays relaxed by throwing BBQ parties on the sideline (katchop)

Kerry has been fine. He has been fine,” Fisher said. “It is a tough defense to attack and he made some great throws. I thought he did a great job, as best he could, redirecting protections.

“Kerry is not the reason. He is certainly not the reason for the situation we’re in.”

Collins was sharp in the early going against the Jets, but his last 13 passes of the game were incompletions. He finished 15-of-37 for 170 yards with a touchdown, two interceptions and a quarterback rating of 41.5.

The Seattle Seahawks new alternate jersey worn against the Chicago Bears on Sunday is being mentioned as one of the worst NFL uniforms of all time.

Once he realized that the Kryptonite uniforms were useless against the Bears, Seahawks head coach Lex Luthor tried intimidation of the officials (katchop)

At first, I thought it might be a commercial for one of those just-as-yucky lime beers. Then, I realized that those poor players actually had to run around in those things for three hours in front of millions of people. Oh, for the days of black-and-white television!

The Seahawks “throw-up” jerseys got us thinking…what’s the worst uniform in sports history?

The Toronto Maple Fists Leafs have added lots of muscle.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are now the Maple Fists (katchop)

The team’s general manager took a look at the non-playoff roster he was handed when he took the job early last season, and quickly surmised he needed to make it Anaheim East as fast as possible. In other words, even if the Leafs don’t win every game, they’ll certainly leave a mark.

Burke rode the hard-nosed approach all the way to a Stanley Cup in Anaheim in 2007, thus proving a team in the Pacific Time Zone could put all the travel challenges aside and run the table. It didn’t hurt that the Ducks took the mighty out of their name, put it on the ice and ran everyone else out of the building.

The New York Yankees have won the AL East title .

Mariano Rivera gets ready to do his fire breather trick (katchop)

Andy Pettitte and the New York Yankees wrapped up the AL East title and home-field advantage throughout the postseason with a neat bow, beating the Boston Red Sox 4-2 Sunday for their 100th win of the year. Hideki Matsui’s go-ahead single in the sixth inning energized the damp fans and put them on notice that a party was coming. The first real celebration at the new Yankee Stadium began with a most familiar scene – on the mound, closing out another clinching victory.

“This one is special. We haven’t been there,” Rivera said, pausing to smile in a champagne-soaked clubhouse, “since last year.”

If you are playing fantasy football, you really should visit our friends at Footballguys.com.

NASA has discovered Footballguys.com, and so should you (katchop)

The honeymoon might already be over for Eric Mangini and the Cleveland Browns.

The Mangenius is now Mangolean (katchop / Footballguys.com)

In New York, they’re calling rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez “San-chise” because he’s their franchise player now. Sanchez is 2-0 with a 91.3 passer rating after knocking off Houston and New England in his first two NFL games.

In Cleveland, Eric Mangini‘s Browns haven’t scored a meaningful touchdown in two games with Brady Quinn as his starting quarterback.

Mangini not only bypassed taking Sanchez with the fifth overall pick in the April draft. He hand-delivered him to the Jets, his former team, in a trade.

The New York Jets gave a game ball to Ed Anzalone, also known as Fireman Ed.

To simulate home field conditions, the New York Jets often bring in Fireman Ed to shout obscenities and racial epithets at players like Mark Sanchez during practices (katchop)

The Jets’ most famous fan received a game ball from coach Rex Ryan during the team meeting Friday for helping lead a raucous Meadowlands crowd during New York’s 16-9 win over New England last Sunday.

Ed Anzalone, a New York City firefighter, has been coming to every Jets home game for years, wearing a fire helmet and leading the “J-E-T-S! Jets! Jets! Jets!” cheer.

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