Jets Set To Cut Scott, Pace And SmithMatt Loede, jetsgab.com The Jets have a mess with their salary cap but have a plan to get under the cap. Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News reports the Jets will clear $27.7 million of salary cap space as they plan to cut linebacker Bart Scott, outside linebacker Calvin P… |
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Mike Woodson’s team has established itself as a legitimate contender, but a recurring theme for the Knicks, other than injuries, is their struggles on the defense. |
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Adam Rubin, ESPN.com New York Mets right-hander Dillon Gee will have nitroglycerine cream nearby in the cold weather in New York just in case, but he believes his surgically addressed circulation issues are mostly behind him. |
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Ken Belson, nytimes.com The naming rights for the Mets' spring training stadium once again belong to a Florida real estate developer. |
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Mike Oz, yahoo.com While the University of Miami, home of Alex Rodriguez Park, finds itself under investigation in the fall out from the Biogenesis scandal, one of Rodriguez's teammates is lending a hand to his alma mater's baseball program. A hand full of money, actually… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com New Jets defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman has never held that job before, but he will have someone on his staff with experience as a coordinator. The Jets announced Thursday that former Falcons defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder will join the sta… |
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Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN.com One day after jettisoning defensive tackle Chris Canty, the New York Giants re-signed Shaun Rogers to help fill the interior of their defensive line. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora has expressed an interest in returning to the team in 2013, but he’ll have a chance to talk to any other team in the league before making any decisions about what uniform to wear. Jenny Vrentas of the Newark Star-Ledge… |
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Matt Loede, jetsgab.com It became apparent, as the season wore on, that the Jets simply were not going to trust Tim Tebow to throw the ball. In fact, it became apparent they didn’t trust him to do anything but simply run straight up the middle or protect the punter. That fact … |
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Jw, giantsgab.com The Giants spent the first part of the week trimming their roster. Now they’re adding to it. The Giants have announced that the team has reached an agreement with DT Shaun Rogers. Rogers, as you know, was on the team last season and was a supposed to ma… |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com The Washington Wizards took down the New York Knicks, 106-96, at the Verizon Center on Wednesday night, upsetting the East's No. 2 seed behind scorching shotmaking from the likes of Trevor Ariza and Martell Webster (a combined 10 for 16 from 3-point lan… |
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John Wall Blocks Carmelo, Jukes Out Jason Kidd, Reminds Us That He's Still Very Good At BasketballFeb 7
Tom Ley, deadspin.com Remember when you saw a John Wall highlight reel for the first time? My first experience with him came courtesy of this mixtape from his high school days, in which Wall fast-twitches all over various high school gyms and generally looks like a space ali… |
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Scott Powers, ESPN.com The University of Illinois at Chicago will name its new baseball stadium after Yankees center fielder and UIC alum Curtis Granderson, who provided what is expected to be the largest-ever contribution to the school's athletic department, UIC announced. |
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Mike Oz, yahoo.com Will the New York Mets sign Michael Bourn? When will we see Zack Wheeler with the big team? Will the Mets target big-name free agents in 2014? How about that casino idea? Oh, Mets fans have questions all right. Today, general manager Sandy Alderson did … |
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John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com From Greg Hanlon of capitalnewyork.com: In the Super Bowl seasons of 2007 and 2011, the Giants metamorphosized without warning from mediocrities into world-beaters. In seemingly every other season of the Coughlin era, they’ve done the exact opposite. Gi… |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com New York Knicks big man Rasheed Wallace was once a Washington Bullet. Not a Washington Wizard, but a Washington Bullet – drafted by the team in 1995 two years before the squad changed its name to the “Wizards.” Wallace’s tenure in Washington only … |
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Anthony DiComo, MLB.com Los Mets de Nueva York pactaron por un año con el relevista Brandon Lyon, según una fuente. El acuerdo depende de que el derecho apruebe un examen físico. |
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New York Giants general manager Jerry Reese has a reputation as a shrewd handler of the NFL draft. We are about to find out whether he deserves it. Reese himself would tell you that the Giants look at the draft in a very specific way. They do not view i… |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com How does a quarterback, helpless on the sidelines, deal with being on the brink of their first Super Bowl win? Tom Brady turned away, unable to watch. Eli Manning was giddy, probably planning to ride the Teacups over and over again. Joe Flacco? He was p… |
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Anthony DiComo, MLB.com The Mets officially completed their offseason bullpen makeover on Friday, finalizing right-hander Brandon Lyon's one-year contract. |
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John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com Giants are in the midst of a housecleaning right now and no one is safe. Over the past 48 hours, three starters (Michael Boley, Ahmad Bradshaw and Chris Canty) were released along with DT Martin Parker, who was on IR. Who’s next? Well, look at the below… |
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Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com The Houston Texans lost a significant piece to their defense in October when linebacker Brian Cushing tore his ACL in a game against the New York Jets. Though they still finished as the seventh-ranked defense in the league, the Texans lost some of their… |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com In last June’s Finals, James Harden and LeBron James spent long portions of the action guarding each other. It probably was a big part of why the Beard struggled so badly, and was definitey fuel for his haters to use against his status as a potential fr… |
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John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com From Matthew Cohen / SNYGiants contributor As we all know, Victor Cruz is a restricted free agent this offseason. If the Giants sign him to a first round restricted tender, they pay him $2.9 million if he doesn’t sign with another team (and they don’t… |
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