Kidd has Owners Support

The Brooklyn Nets' slide has reached five straight losses, but rookie coach Jason Kidd continues to have the support of the team's Russian ownership, according to league sources. Playing without the injured Deron Williams, Brook Lopez, Andrei Kirilenko and Jason Terry, Brooklyn faded in the second half Sunday night and came away with a 109-97 home loss to the Detroit Pistons

to fall to a stunning 3-10. Kidd continues to have the backing of his bosses with Brooklyn dealing with several injuries and other mitigating factors which have contributed to the poor start. The Nets are in 14th place in the East through Sunday, despite the NBA-record payroll sanctioned by Russian billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov, who is on course to spend around $190 million this season on salaries and luxury taxes. Among the Nets' initial concerns early in the season, sources confirmed, were some "philosophical differences" between Kidd and lead assistant Lawrence Frank. How do you think their season will end up? Will they be able to turn things around or will they remain the way they are?

Rose Out Again

Derrick Rose, who sat out all last season came back this year just to sit out yet again. Last time it was his ACL in his left knee, now it is his MCL in his right knee. Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose will have surgery to repair a medial meniscus tear in his right knee on Monday in Chicago, according to Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau.The surgery will be performed by Dr. Brian Cole, the same man who performed the ACL surgery on Rose in May of 2012.

There are two options as to the direction Rose and his doctors will decide to fix the knee. They could either remove the meniscus, or a portion of it, and Rose could be back on the floor in a matter of weeks. What seems more likely, is that Rose and the Bulls will decide to have the meniscus re-attached, which would put him out for upwards of four to six months.While the first procedure would put him back on the court sooner, many players who have had that procedure, including Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade, say that it causes more problems later in a player's career. Given Rose's age (25) and the fact the Bulls have millions of dollars still wrapped up in his future, the likely scenario is that Rose and the organization will choose to take the longer approach with the hope that he can return to being the same player before his first knee injury.

Rondo for Shumpert

The new buzz going on in the NBA trade headlines is that the New York Knicks guard Iman Shumpert may be getting traded to the Boston Celtics for injured point guard Rajon Rondo. Their have been multiple reports of this trade. News also broke again that Shumpert underwent a previously unrevealed left knee surgery last summer. He had an operation on the same knee in the spring of 2012 which made him miss the beginning of the 2012-13 season. Shumpert is averaging this season, 8.3 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 30.7 minutes in the first nine games.

Rondo's career averages are 11.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 8.3 assists per game. In this trade the Knicks are also offering power forward Amar'e Stoudemire and point guard Raymond Felton. Besides trying to deal with the Celtics, the Knicks have had discussions with the Denver Nuggets and Sacramento Kings for Shumpert. In my eyes Shumpert is a good role player that is very athletic and some nights may put up big numbers, but for now he is an average player that a teams offense doesn't necessarily revolve around.

Ref Insulted Player?

According to Washington Redskins offensive lineman, Trent Williams, an official at this past Sunday's game on November 17th, 2013 insulted him. The Redskins ended up losing to the Philadelphia Eagles 24-16 in a thrilling comeback. If Williams' claims are true, at least one of the officials will be getting repremanded. Williams claimed an NFL official called him "fat a** garbage" during the game. Following the game the offensive lineman was heated in the locker room due to frustration. He told reporters "refs were getting in their heads..They were unprofessional. Garbage a** disrespectful mother f***... I'm at a lost for words". Apparently Williams said you can read the refs lips on the game tape and that some of the interior linemen were wearing microphones so the team can get sound of the refs if they did. This in my mind is completely wrong if this referee did indeed call Williams with use of inappropriate language.

Enough is Enough

The whole scandal of Incognito has started to become repetitive and is overtaking the sports world and on ESPN. We all get the point of what's going on, but it's becoming redundant. New information is getting spread each day as they further investigate. I'd agree with one of Incognito's comments, when he said "lies spread faster than the truth can come out and pull up his pants". He was trying to make light of the situation and add humor as he expressed, but the comment is true. Rumors and lies do get spread before people can intervene and let the truth be known. I forsee in the next few weeks more information to come and Incognito will not be the only player getting fined or suspended.

Getting Close

In the most recent AP poll ratings, Alabama remains at #1 in the nation and Florida State comes in at #2. This is starting to become one of the most anticipated championship games if both teams can remain undefeated. The match-up would include two of the top possible NFL Draft Quarterbacks in A.J. McCarron and Jameis Winston. "Famous Jameis" Florida State University's freshman quarterback has put on a show this year and both Winston and McCarron are still in the top for Heisman candidates as well. The numbers both guys have put up this year have been outstanding. What is your predictions for Heisman hopefuls and the BCS Championship game?

Foles Gold

Nick Foles on Sunday November 3rd, 2013 tied an NFL single-game record. He threw for the record tying seven touchdown passes against the Oakland Raiders. Overall in the game he threw for 406 yards and completed 22 pass attempts out of 28. He only missed his target six times then and threw no interceptions. This may be a surprise to some NFL fans as Nick Foles of the Philadelphia Eagles was the back-up quarterback at the start of the season, behind Michael Vick. Vick has been sidelined the last few games due to an injury which he's recovering from. With the potent offense Nick Foles is giving the Eagles it will be tough to say if Vick will come back as the starting quarterback or not at this moment. Currently Foles has to have an edge with his most recent games he has been putting together. They've been putting together nice wins the past couple of weeks and if this keeps up they will be looking at a playoff spot.

New Apps Set for Gamers

OverDog is a new app for users to connect with athletes and other video gamers. Essentially this app is used to challenge or start a match-up against someone in the newest sporting games. The most popular on the app are; Madden 25, FIFA 14, 2k14, NHL 13, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. This is a new way for sports fans to be able to connect with their favorite athletes. Basically if you want to challenge anyone in a certain video game, you create a challenge video. This consists of making a video of yourself while stating the game you are playing and calling out anybody to beat you. You also leave your gamer tag or identification name in the video for people to connect to your console. This is one of the newest forms of connecting with athletes and just goes to show the shift of technology.