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Phil Simms spent his 14 NFL seasons all with the New York Giants. He was the most valuable player in Super Bowl XXI, a 39-20 Giants victory over the Denver Broncos. He retired after the 1993 season and went into broadcasting He worked for ESPN and NBC before joining CBS as its lead NFL analyst in 1998. His son Chris played quarterback at the University of Texas from 1999 to 2002. Simms spoke to Hot Air after the Cowboys cut wide receiver Terrell Owens and made it clear he would not want Owens on his team.

What's the most important thing Tony Romo needs to do next season?

You played for Bill Parcells for eight seasons. What was his take on quarterbacks as leaders?

And your thoughts about John Kitna, the Cowboys' new backup quarterback?

Did your son Chris, who signed with the Denver Broncos this week, ever come close to signing with the Cowboys?

What about Wade Phillips?

The media mavens at NBC like to periodically remind us that their network remains the home of the Olympics. So earlier this week, a little more than 11 months before the start of the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, NBC announced that Al Michaels will serve as its daytime host. He replaces Jim Lampley.

It's a smart move for NBC. To have Michaels on your payroll and limit him to Sunday Night Football would be silly. He's the best play-by-play man/analyst in the business.

Michaels, of course, made his network bones at ABC back in 1980 when he uttered his "Do you believe in miracles?" hockey call in Lake Placid as the Team USA upset the Soviets. He last worked an Olympics, calling hockey, at the 1988 Calgary Games.

Reported NBC Sports boss Dick Ebersol in making the announcement via conference call: "For the last three years, I've talked several times a year with Al about his interest in doing other events. Finally after the Pro Bowl last month, we were discussing it again, and for the first time he said, 'I really would love to host an Olympics,' something he'd never done before, and I immediately offered him this role."

Ebersol assured that Lampley, who has worked a record 14 Olympics, is part of his plans. NBC will probably make that announcement during another slow media week. I'm guessing July.

Now that the Cowboys have an opening at wide receiver and have also bid adieu to defensive backs Roy Williams and Anthony Henry, Michael Irvin's upcoming Spike TV show may have more relevance. After all, the show's mission is to come up with the 80th man – a receiver or defensive back for the Cowboys' training camp roster. Absurd to think the 80th man could make the final roster? Maybe, but ...

In real news: The show finally landed a name. It will be called 4th and Long. It will be taped at the Cotton Bowl, where the contestants will work and live. Bill Bates and Joe Avezzano have been added to the cast as coaches and talent evaluators.

It's usually entertaining to tune into the studio show when the Mavericks are playing on TNT to get Charles Barkley's negative take on Dallas team. He didn't disappoint Thursday night when they were dismantled in the second half by the New Orleans Hornets.

Barkley pre-game: "The Mavs are not a really good team. They might get in [the playoffs] because the Suns stink, also. It's like the ugly girl chasing the ugly girl, who cares? Who's got the worse dress on?" (Personal aside: Should we be concerned about a man, who has to do jail time for drunk driving, talking about dresses?)

Barkley at halftime with the score tied: "They're not very good. ... You look at it. They are the No. 8 seed right now. They are not tough enough. They don't get easy baskets. They are a jump shooting team. They don't play great defense. So Jason [Kidd] said when we make shots and we play defense we're pretty good. I said so is everybody else in the world. ... They don't have a big guy that can get easy shots. The bottom line is ... the Dallas Mavericks is not a very good team."

Barkley after the Mavericks 16-point loss to the Hornets: Nothing. He told you so.

ESPN takes a rare jab into major league boxing when it offers WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko defending against Juan Carlos Gomez on March 21 from Germany. Brian Kenny and Teddy Atlas will be at ringside. ... Those Frank TV commercials that were a staple of TBS postseason baseball coverage? They're out of here. Frank Caliendo's skit show has been cancelled. Caliendo, however, is good to go for another season on Fox's NFL pregame show. ... NFL Network drew a combined 5 million viewers for its NFL combine coverage last week. That about 1 million more than last year. ... CBS is almost at the $30 million mark in advertising revenue for its March Madness on Demand Internet streaming for the NCAA Tournament. That's up $7 million from last year. At least someone's business is improving in these harsh economic times.