New Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll helped hire the team’s new general manager, John Schneider, so it’s no surprise the two see eye-to-eye in their general approaches to life. But as two Seattle reporters see it, their connection may run deeper. Jerry Brewer of the Seattle Times, in his article “Fantastic collaboration? No, the Seahawks created a budding bromance.” Brewer clearly spotted a spark between Carroll and the team’s new general manager.

The NFL has regulations in place designed to give minority head coaching candidates a fair shot – but do the Washington Redskins’ and Seattle Seahawks’ recent coaching searches prove those rules’ ineffectiveness?

Twitter has really arrived now – not only did Cincinnati head football coach Brian Kelly use it to confirm an upcoming interview with Notre Dame about potentially becoming their next coach, but most news outlets didn’t even really think it was that big of a deal that he broke the news that way.

Who: Byron Pitts (“60 Minutes”) What: The New York Press Club’s book event for “Step Out on Nothing” Where: McGraw Hill Building When: November 10, 2009 Thumbs: Down