Bitter Falcons feel betrayed by Petrino
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Coward. Quitter. Hypocrite. And those were some of the nicer things the Atlanta Falcons had to say about their former coach on Wednesday. Bobby Petrino left behind a bitter team and a boss who felt betrayed, skipping town to return to the college ranks with not so much as a face-to-face meeting with his players.
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First, Michael Vick apologized to all the people he lied to. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank. Coach Bobby Petrino. His teammates.
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ST. LOUIS - If that was Roger Clemens&#39; last game, he should be proud to have been a part of it. And angry to have made himself the goat of it.
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FOXBOROUGH - They are a prideful group and felt as if the last two games were not reflective of their potential. They had watched their own offense carve up the opposition and, in turn, lost their own edge.
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Hometown fans are often more tolerant of an athlete whose alleged behavior on or off the field has drawn the ire of others.
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Let's see. Shaun Alexander was irate and felt like he got "stabbed in the back." Randy Moss was so furious he headed to the locker room while his team was still on the field with only a glimmer of hope. John Lynch was seething because it cost him $75,000 to nearly end a player's season with a cheap shot.
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On the day one of the worst defeats in Atlanta Falcons history, Jim Mora used jokes and compassion as medicine for his players' wounded psyches. Mora's assistant coaches were meeting with the players to review Sunday's 56-10 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs at the same time Mora met with reporters.
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AD Foley had no choice, they agree, but it&#39;s a sad day for Gator Nation. By Del Milligan. While two influential Gator football boosters in Polk County expressed sadness at the Monday morning firing of head
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Seattle -- - Not so long ago, the 49ers were inflicting on other teams the kind of pain and embarrassment they felt in their 34-0 loss to the Seahawks on Sunday.
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University of Louisville football coach Bobby Petrino, amid rumors of job offers coming his way, said after yesterday&#39;s regular-season finale at Tulane that his first move
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SEATTLE  There is no logic behind feeling cheated Saturday, but that pang is still there. Every time a stirring, pixie-dust run like this ends abruptly, an emotional response follows from the aggrieved player or fan, who believe teams with heavy hearts should have divine endings, who deeply feel ...
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Bobby Petrino was hired yesterday as the football coach at Arkansas, capping a whirlwind day in which he stunningly resigned from the Atlanta Falcons after just 13 games.
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He was a fan favorite before a bitter split from Philadelphia turned the diehards against him who cursed and jeered his every move in his first trip back as an opposing player. Sound familiar?
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It will hurt more next year if it happens because it will be a league game. But there was no disguising the frustration and anger in the Boston College locker room following yesterday's 17-14 loss to Wake Forest.
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When previous coach Giovanni Trapattoni left Alberto Gilardino out of Italy&#39;s squad for Euro 2004, the move provoked national outrage.
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ATLANTA - Jim Mora watched the Atlanta Falcons lose almost every statistical battle but the one that mattered most Sunday afternoon.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE: Reliever John Smoltz is tired of the bitterness over the Braves&#39; playoff shortcomings. BY RAY GLIER. HOUSTON -- It is almost as if Atlanta fans resent being dragged into another October disappointment.