Steven Wine, Ap Sports Writer Updated 11:10 am PST, Sunday, January 13, 2019 MIAMI (AP) — Former Miami Dolphins guard Bob Kuechenberg, a six-time Pro Bowl selection and member of the only NFL team to achieve a perfect season, died at age 71. His death Saturday was confirmed by the Dolphins, who had no further details. Kuechenberg joined the Dolphins as a free agent in 1970, coach Don Shula's first season, and played for them until 1983. He started every game for the team that went 17-0 in 1972, and started 16 games for the team that repeated as Super Bowl champions in 1973. Kuechenberg was a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and a member of the Dolphins' Honor Roll. "I was sorry to learn of the passing of Bob Kuechenberg, who was not only one of the best players I ever coached but one of the toughest as well," Shula said in a statement. "He was one of the key performers on our championship teams." Shula said Kuechenberg played with a broken arm in the … [Read more...] about Former Dolphins guard Bob Kuechenberg dies at age 71
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Disney CEO Bob Iger got an 80 percent pay raise in 2018
By Megan Henney Published January 12, 2019 Business Leaders FOXBusiness Facebook Twitter Comments Print video Disney, AT&T stocks are undervalued: Paul Dietrich Fairfax Global Markets CEO Paul Dietrich discusses the state of the U.S. stock market. Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger got a huge pay raise in 2018. Continue Reading Below The chairman and chief executive of the California-based studio earned $65.6 million in 2018, about an 81 percent raise from 2017, when he took home $36.3 million, according to documents that Disney filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Ticker Security Last Change %Chg DIS WALT DISNEY COMPANY 112.65 -0.15 -0.13% Iger’s compensation bump came in the same year that Disney bought a large part of 21st Century Fox for $71 billion. It acquired Fox’s film and TV studios, majority ownership in video-streaming service Hulu, a stake in U.K pay-TV company Sky and cable networks FX and … [Read more...] about Disney CEO Bob Iger got an 80 percent pay raise in 2018
Detroit Lions better or worse under Bob Quinn? A deep dive
Dave Birkett Detroit Free Press Published 1:15 PM EST Jan 10, 2019 The Detroit Lions hired Bob Quinn as general manager three years ago this week, after a 7-9 season that, much like the one that just finished, started with some embarrassing losses in the first half of the season. The Lions went 6-10 in 2018, not exactly where the organization hoped to be three years into Quinn’s tenure. They’ve missed the playoffs the last two seasons and this season finished in last place in the NFC North. Quinn was asked last week where he thought the organization was better than when he arrived. He pointed to both lines and an improved running game, and mentioned some of the defensive stalwarts he’s added to the roster. More from Seidel: It's now-or-never for Quinn to turn around Lions “I think we’re a more physical team,” he said. “I think we have a much better sound, fundamentally, defense, especially run defense. I think we play a physical … [Read more...] about Detroit Lions better or worse under Bob Quinn? A deep dive
Detroit Lions GM Bob Quinn desperately needs a rebound, not a rebuild
Bob Wojnowski The Detroit News Published 11:17 PM EST Jan 9, 2019 Allen Park — Based on the unrelenting noise, from rational to irrational, it’s all about Matthew Stafford. And when the Lions play their next game in eight months, it will be all about Stafford, for the 11th consecutive year trying to prove he can win anything. But take a breath, just for a second. Because right now, it’s all about GM Bob Quinn, the man who repeatedly deflects pressure from his quarterback, and in the process plants it firmly on himself. Quinn emerged from the shadows last week and vowed to fix his 6-10 team, swearing he knows how to do it. I say this without hysteria or inside info, but with logic: This might be Quinn’s last best shot, entering his fourth season, to show he can do it, and he needs to treat it that way. I understand logic has never been a founding principle of the Lions’ organization, but in today’s NFL, evidence mounts and excuses … [Read more...] about Detroit Lions GM Bob Quinn desperately needs a rebound, not a rebuild
Bob Fletcher’s new Ramsey County leadership team — including one former political foe — gets to work
A dozen years ago, they were political rivals in a contentious race to become sheriff. But on Tuesday, incoming Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher put his arm around the man he asked to be an undersheriff — Bill Finney — as he introduced his leadership team to the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners. Finney ran against Fletcher in 2006. Fletcher narrowly prevailed then, but was voted out in 2010 after serving as the county’s sheriff for 16 years. Last year, voters selected Fletcher to be sheriff again and he was sworn into office Monday, with his 13-year-old son pinning the badge on him. Fletcher’s management team includes people he has worked with for decades, a homicide commander he met in more recent years, and a man whose promotion makes him the highest-ranked Hmong-American officer in Minnesota. Finney, who was Minnesota’s first African-American police chief and led the St. Paul police department for 12 years, will be undersheriff of community … [Read more...] about Bob Fletcher’s new Ramsey County leadership team — including one former political foe — gets to work