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Johnny Manziel's time with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats was short lived. The quarterback has been traded from the Tiger-Cats to the Montreal Alouettes, the teams announced Sunday. In addition to acquiring Manziel, the Alouettes also received offensive linemen Tony Washington and Landon Rice. In return, the Tiger-Cats got the Alouettes‘ first draft picks in 2020 and 2021, defensive lineman Jamaal Westerman and receiver Chris Williams. The move allows Manziel to reunite with Alouettes‘ head coach Mike Sherman, who recruited him to Texas A&M in 2012. Manziel, who signed with the Tiger-Cats in May, has not taken a regular season snap for...

Black Monday landed hard on the NFL coaching fraternity. Players barely had started cleaning out their lockers for the offseason before four more coaches were fired -- Dom Capers of Houston, Jim Haslett of New Orleans, Mike Sherman of Green Bay and Mike Martz of St. Louis. With Minnesota's Mike Tice fired within an hour of Sunday's season-ending game, Detroit's Steve Mariucci dumped over Thanksgiving weekend and Kansas City's Dick Vermeil retiring, seven teams are searching for new coaches. An eighth opening will occur when the Raiders get around to making Norv Turner's dismissal official, perhaps as early as today,...

TAMPA, Fla. -- The longstanding feud between former divisional rivals Tampa Bay and Green Bay ratcheted up from ugly to grotesque Sunday when Packers head coach Mike Sherman and Bucs defensive tackle Warren Sapp engaged in a heated and occasionally obscenity-laced argument a few seconds after the game ended. The object of Sherman's ire, which led him to confront Sapp on the Tampa Bay sideline after congratulating other Tampa Bay players: His displeasure with Sapp's hit on Chad Clifton during an interception return by cornerback Brian Kelly in the third quarter, and with the celebration by Sapp while the Green...

Communication theory Sherman eyes Glenn's trust By TOM SILVERSTEINof the Journal Sentinel staff Last Updated: March 21, 2002 Orlando, Fla. - There are no guarantees that troubled wide receiver Terry Glenn will find peace of mind hundreds of miles from home in a new and starkly different environment. Packers Photo/AP Wide receiver Terry Glenn, obtained in a trade with the Patriots last week, comes to the Green Bay Packers with plenty of baggage, but his former coaches in New England speak highly of his ability on the field. Related Coverage Notes: Price was right for Johnson Glenn at a Glance...