The sudden firing of Rudy Crew as New York City schools chancellor last week may have been a shock, but no one should have been surprised.

To this day, the Yankees have never given an explanation for the sudden firing, and rumors abounded.

In epileptic seizures, brain cells have sudden, abnormal firings that can result in attention lapses, hallucinations or convulsions.

But nice as that had been, the sudden, massive firing crashing out to the east now was the most blessed sound he'd ever heard.

At this time, Marvel's finances and future were unstable, and sudden firings were quite common.

It was one of his final childish acts, the other being his sour reaction last October to the sudden firing of Harrick.

In 2008, after the sudden firing of their new manager Vagner Mancini, the club hired Celso Roth.

This led to his sudden firing from Panther Racing and was replaced by rookie J.R. Hildebrand; leaving Wheldon without a full-time ride for the 2011 season.

The sudden firing stunned city politicians and residents, despite weeks of escalating friction between the superintendent, Andre J. Hornsby, and Mayor John Spencer.

Walt Harris, the quarterback coach, was an assistant with the Jets last season until the sudden firing of Pete Carroll.