jillian reynolds

So, assuming only Peyton Manning's already off the board, whom would you take for your quarterback in your fantasy draft?

The Lions' Roy Williams had that choice in the CBSSports.com players' league and, with his second pick, the 12th player taken in the draft, took Cincinnati's Carson Palmer.

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You know, Carson Palmer, the reason Jon Kitna is now with the Lions instead of the Bengals. At least Williams took Kitna with his eighth-round pick, to back up Palmer again.

Williams and teammate Tatum Bell are among 10 NFL players taking part in the league for charity.

Bell also drafted a QB before Kitna: Jay Cutler, his teammate last season in Denver. Do these guys not want to see the ball this season?

(To be fair, Williams has Kitna active for today's opener at Oakland. He's sitting Palmer, who's facing that tough Baltimore defense.)

? The first Lion taken went in the third round, when Williams drafted himself. Besides Kitna, he drafted one other teammate, Jason Hanson in the 13th round. Williams' first-round pick was Pittsburgh running back Willie Parker, ninth overall.

? Bell took three Lions: Calvin Johnson in the fifth round, himself in the seventh and Mike Furrey in the 14th. His top pick was Seattle running back Shaun Alexander, fourth overall.

? Only one Lion was drafted by a non-teammate: Ravens receiver Mark Clayton took Kevin Jones in the 15th round with the 147th pick overall, the fourth-to-last pick in the draft. Nobody took the Lions' defense-special teams.

Bell, by the way, got a big night Thursday from Reggie Wayne, who had 115 receiving yards and two touchdowns in Indianapolis' 41-10 win over New Orleans.

CBSsports.com will track the league all season, and the winner gets $20,000 for his favorite charity.

Three Lions make the list

Three Lions are on the Sporting News' list of the NFL's top 101 players: Roy Williams at 72, Cory Redding at 73 and Shaun Rogers at 94.

Rogers dropped 50 spots from his ranking last year. Williams and Redding weren't on the '06 list.

The list was compiled from votes by 10 NFL personnel men.

Quick hits

? Pat Walsh, goal.com, on the L.A. Galaxy pursuing retired French soccer star Zinedine Zidane to complement David Beckham: He "would bring people out to MLS games. But he would do so the same way a lot of people watch NASCAR races: for the wrecks." Bend it like Beckham, butt it like Zidane?

? Jillian Barberie is back on "Fox NFL Sunday" with a new married name, Jillian Reynolds.

? Lyle Richardson, foxsports.com, cranking up the NHL trade rumor mill: "If Igor Grigorenko performs to expectations, Dan Cleary might become expendable." Not likely, no matter how good Grigorenko is.

? A confidence-boosting headline on foxsports.com: "Harrington might not fail with Falcons."

Reynolds is a graduate of Mohawk College (Hamilton) with a degree from their two-year program in broadcast journalism. After completing her degree, she worked for a variety of television stations, including The Weather Network, WSVN in Miami and KTTV in Los Angeles, both Fox affiliates. Her screen presence has also earned her roles on several television dramas including Clueless (TV Series), V.I.P., and Melrose Place. She also hosted the TV show EX-treme Dating.

In 2000, she was hired to present the national weather segment of Fox Sports FOX NFL Sunday pregame show. Working opposite James Brown, Howie Long and Terry Bradshaw. Reynolds became a national figure and earned significant fan interest.

In addition to her work on Good Day L.A., she worked on the national version of the show Good Day Live. However, she was ultimately fired from that show, ending her tenure there on June 4, 2004. Reynolds claims that she does not know why she was let go from the national program.

In 2005, she was Regis Philbin's co-host for his New Year's Eve special on Fox.

In 2006, Reynolds participated as a contestant on the Fox reality show Skating with Celebrities, partnered with professional skater John Zimmerman and lost. She was an ice skater in her childhood.

As of November 2006, she is the co-host of KTTV's That's So Hollywood with fellow KTTV/KCOP personality, Mark Thompson.

[edit] Personal life
Reynolds was once married (1996 - 2002) to former Major League Baseball player Bret Barberie, whose surname she kept till her marriage to Grant Reynolds. She works tirelessly for the prevention of cruelty to animals, and has nine pets of her own - all of whom she has adopted from shelters. She has often said that she believes her "adoptive" nature is due to the fact that she was put up for adoption herself

On October 14, 2003 broadcast of The Howard Stern Show, Barberie came out of the closet as bisexual [1]. Jillian married Grant Reynolds in a private ceremony on July 8, 2006.[2] Barberie stated at the time she was legally changing her name to Jillian Reynolds, but keeping Barberie as her professional surname.[3]

In December 2006, People Magazine announced that she was pregnant with her first child due July 7 almost one year to the date she married Reynolds. It was officially announced by her on the morning of December 18, 2006, during the broadcast of Good Day L.A. [4] She will be taking a three month hiatus from the show beginning June 22, 2007 as she awaits the birth. On July 9, it was announced "Good Day L.A." that Jillian had had her baby girl, Ruby Raven Reynolds, at 5pm on Friday, July 6, 2007. She weighed 6 lbs. and 7 oz.[5]

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