Rich Cimini of the Daily News is reporting that the Jets have signed their fifth-round draft pick, QB Eric Ainge to a four-year deal accompanied by a $165,000 signing bonus. Earlier today, the Jets signed their fourth-round pick CB Dwight Lowery and according to Cimini first-round selections DE/OLB Vernon Gholston and TE Dustin Keller should [...]
Boston Celtics President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge who turned a moribund franchise into the team with the best record in the Association’s regular season was named the Sporting News NBA Executive of the Year on Wednesday. Ainge was given the award before game five of the Eastern Conference Semi-Final series between the Celtics and the [...]
Two more former Vols were selected on the second day of the 2008 NFL Draft on Sunday raising the final tally to three. Tight end Brad Cottam was taken by the Kansas City Chiefs in the third round with the 76th overall selection and quarterback Erik Ainge was drafted by the New York Jets in the fifth round with the 162nd overall pick.
Erik Ainge had surgery to repair something or rather in his knee (personally, I don’t think there’s actually that much going on down there, it’s just a bunch of hooey for doctors to make money, but hey, we all gots to make a living somehow), and apparently a “best case scenario” type, um, scenario has surfaced.
Because I know nothing about the physiology of the knee, I shall use instead, words that I am more familiar with. They were going to try to repair a tear to the Marshmallow Peep portion of the knee, but were afraid that they would have to remove completely the Marshmallow Peeps as well as the Twizzlers, leaving what doctors call “licorice-less knee syndrome.” It is a terrible affliction as we all know that Twizzlers are what hold our bodies together, and without the delicious red strips holding the knee together, it was feared that during a game Erik’s lower leg would simply fall off.
As it turns out, the damage to the Peeps wasn
News: Erik Ainge, the definite starter at QB for the Tennessee Vols in 2007, injured his knee during workouts and will need to undergo surgery. At this point, it is unclear whether the injury is serious enough to jeopardize his playing time in 2007.When asked about his nephew's injury, Boston Celtics GM Danny Ainge could only wonder why reporters were more interested in a 20-year-old's bum knee than his ailing 17-43 basketball franchise.Fantasy College Impact: Wow. Ainge was going to be one of the best Fantasy QBs in the game for 2007 and now things are on shaky ground. Jonathan Crompton (401 PaYd, 4 PaTD, 2 PaINT) has shown some potential, but the known quantities stops there with no-name Nick Stephens (No Stats) behind him and Bo Hardegree leaving the team to play ball on the hardcourts. Thus, you better grab Crompton if Ainge was your bet and take a look at Stephens for insurance. If you are really gambling, watch what BJ Coleman does when he reaches Knoxville in the Fall.Where's
