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The other day I unloaded on Sacramento Kings head coach Paul Westphal for his clueless coaching style and inane response to a little benign commentary from promising center Spencer Hawes.  In the above video,  Westphal hilariously low-fives Hawes and even gives him a chest bump.  Classic! Speaking of chest bumps, check out Herm Edwards admiring the protuberances on the chest of ESPN hottie Sage Steele    Shawn Kemp’s Kids Ladainian Tomlinson is no longer a member of the San Diego Chargers.  In his farewell press conference LT shed a few tears, but I have no doubt that he’ll be looking [...]

I’d love to report that presumed future bust Darrius Heyward-Bey shut up all the haters by having a huge first minicamp with the Raiders but…sorry: Wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, the seventh overall pick of the NFL draft, missed a second straight practice Sunday with cramping, soreness and fatigue in his hamstring, Raiders coach Tom Cable said at the conclusion of the five-practice, three-day minicamp in Alameda. So ended a splash-less debut for Heyward-Bey, who was shut down by Pro Bowl cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha on Day 1 and dropped three consecutive passes on Day 2 before coming up limp. Heyward-Bey got [...]

Tom Cable wants everyone to know he’s in charge of the Raiders.  That applies especially to JaMarcus Russell, the former #1 overall draft pick who has begun smelling decidedly bust-like here at the tail end of his second pro season.  Cable made a special point of demonstrating his in-chargeness, to the aforementioned Mr. Russell and everyone else, by chastising the QB for missing a meeting with NFL Network producers ahead of Thursday night’s Raiders-Chargers game (in case you missed it, and you almost certainly did, the Chargers won). “I think it’s a big deal and it does concern me,” Cable [...]