MIAMI — New Dolphins majority owner Stephen Ross won’t mess with success: He said Bill Parcells will remain in charge of the football operation.
Ross, a New York real estate billionaire, completed his purchase of 95 percent of the franchise for $1 billion Tuesday, with Wayne Huizenga retaining a 5 percent interest.
The sale triggered a clause in Parcells’ contract allowing him to leave and still receive the $9 million to $12 million remaining on the four-year contract he signed a year ago.
Scouting players practicing for the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., Parcells was asked if he planned to remain as the Dolphins’ vice president of football operations.
“What does it look like I’m doing?” he said. “What do your eyes tell you?”
When asked why he wouldn’t commit outright to staying, Parcells said experience taught him never to rule anything out. He said if something happened to change his mind, he’d “hate to be called a liar.”
• Dolphins rookie offensive tackle Jake Long is going to the Pro Bowl as a replacement for Buffalo’s Jason Peters, who had a late-season knee injury.
Footnotes.
Hines Ward needs extensive work to rehabilitate his sprained right knee for the Super Bowl, but Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said he still expects the receiver to play.
• Former Boston College coach Jeff Jagodzinski will talk with the 49ers about their offensive coordinator position.
• The Raiders plan to talk with Al Saunders, who was fired by the Rams, about their offensive coordinator vacancy.
• Voters of Industry, Calif., approved a bond measure that would provide $150 million for infrastructure improvements at a 600-acre site where a proposed football stadium would be built.
Denver Post wire services
