Radio Online - Amarillo, TX, USA - CBS sports analyst and former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason will team with WKXW-FM/Trenton, NJ, afternoon "Jersey Guys" co-host Craig Carton to replace Don Imus in mornings (6-10am) at Sports WFAN-AM/New York. The pair's debut broadcast is set for September 4.

"My post-football career has offered me many opportunities I never dreamed of, and this one being among the most extraordinary," said Esiason. "As a native New Yorker, a sports fan and an avid radio listener myself, I am thrilled about joining the WFAN family and its storied history. To be able to speak to the people of New York about an

USA Today - USA - Former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Boomer Esiason believes the team's current signal caller Carson Palmer is poised for an MVP-type year after throwing for 4,035 yards and 28 touchdowns in 2006, less than a year removed from career-threatening knee surgery.

"Carson Palmer came back from a catastrophic injury and had a great, great season," the CBS analyst says. "That ultimately is a true test of whether somebody wants to be great or not.

"He'll have a monster season. Carson will put up 28-30 points on anybody. He will have a 4,000-yard, 35-touchdown season, I bet you."

At the moment, that bet seems a risky

New York Times - United States - Bill Cowher’s summers as an adult have all been in N.F.L. training camps: as a linebacker, an assistant coach or, for the last 15 seasons, as the coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He resigned in January, was hired by CBS Sports as a studio analyst for “The NFL Today,” and in a network conference room yesterday displayed a calmness at odds with his excitable sideline demeanor.

Cowher said his current state of relaxation reaffirmed his decision to leave the sidelines and that he did not miss coaching or training camp. “I don’t see myself coaching anytime in the near future,” he

Sport Fishing - USA - The Boomer Esiason Foundation will partner with the Redbone for the sixth annual F.C.A. Montauk Slam, a national celebrity fishing event to raise funds and awareness for cystic fibrosis, at the Montauk Yacht Club Resort and Marina, Sept. 19 – 21.

A field of 80-plus anglers and celebrities are expected to use fly and light tackle for a "Nor' East Grand Slam" of striped bass, bluefish and false albacore. All fish caught are photographed, measured and immediately returned to the water. The teams are guided by 40 experienced and local captains.

Besides its extensive work with raising monies for cystic fibrosis research

AOL SPORTS - New York, NY, USA - The New York Post is reporting that former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason is the leading candidate to become the permanent replacement for Don Imus, the radio legend who was fired for calling the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos."

CBS has been on the hunt for a radio broadcaster ever since Don Imus was sacked over racist remarks in April. Now insiders are whispering that ex-N.Y. Jets quarterback Boomer Esiason will permanently replace Imus in the morning-show slot on CBS-owned WFAN. Boomer, who went into broadcasting after retiring from his football career in 1997, was the first tryout after Imus was

Earthtimes.org - USA - Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU) teamed up with the Boomer Esiason Foundation (BEF) to present Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) with a $50,000 donation to its Adult Cystic Fibrosis program at the Joey O'Donnell Cystic Fibrosis Center. Executives, business owners, entrepreneurs and golf enthusiasts from all over the region gathered at Wedgewood Pines Country Club in Stow, MA on June 19, 2007 to support the fight against cystic fibrosis, a fatal genetic disorder that affects over 30,000 Americans (70,000 worldwide). Cystic fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system. According to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, in

AHN - USA - Kentucky native and NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver Jeff Green isn't accustomed to hob-knobbing with the rich and famous.

But that's what he'll be doing this Monday in Manhattan when he attends the Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope gala dinner.

The sixth annual event will honor sports legends Dan Marino, Boomer Esiason, Joe Torre, Wayne Gretzky, Arnold Palmer, Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani for their philanthropic efforts with respective charities.

The event will feature a silent auction of sports memorabilia and other items to raise funds for each participating celebrities' charities and foundations.

"Live with Regis and Kelly" host Regis Philbin will