NY Knicks and Brooklyn Nets do little at trade deadline along with rest of NBASome trading deadline. It made the NBA slam dunk contest look exciting, with the Knicks and Nets doing little or nothing, and no big star moving to a new team. |
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Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera, World Series MVP Pablo Sandoval and Cy Young knuckleballer R.A. Dickey are among 45 major league all-stars on the rosters for the World Baseball Classic. |
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Giants guard Chris Snee had surgery on his hip earlier this week, according to sources. Snee battled hip issues for much of the 2012 season, gutting out a torn labrum and bone chips. |
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MSG Network’s cameras lingered on Mike Woodson standing courtside Wednesday night in Indiana, exposing facial expressions normally not associated with a fearless leader. This was the face of a coach with intense media scrutiny in his future. |
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The Jets offered what amounted to an organizational mea culpa on Thursday for their missteps a month ago that fueled further speculation that Darrelle Revis may be traded. |
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Daniel Marcus, thejetsblog.com With March just around the corner, we turn our attention to free agency and the draft. For the first time since 2008, the Jets own a top-ten pick that they did not have to trade up for, which in and of itself should indicate how relatively successful th… |
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John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com The Loud Mouths discuss which Giants wide receiver is more important to sign first, and whether Dustin Keller will return to the Jets. Sorry, this video could not be loaded… |
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Eric Weeks, thejetsblog.com As he recovers from the apparent shock of his dismissal from the Indianapolis Colts, Dwight Freeney made some interesting comments regarding his future yesterday during a Sirius XM interview. While it’s still early and money, in the end, talks, Freeney … |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com The Oklahoma City Thunder made a move to shore up their bench by acquiring Ronnie Brewer from the New York Knicks for a 2014 second-round pick and cash considerations, Knicks general manager Glen Grunwald confirmed Thursday. |
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When New York Jets general manager John Idzik met the media a month ago during his introductory news conference, he would neither confirm nor deny reports that star cornerback Darrelle Revis would be on the trading block this offseason. But after four w… |
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Rich Cimini, ESPN.com One month after upsetting Darrelle Revis by refusing to kill trade rumors for the star cornerback, New York Jets officials shifted into make-up mode Thursday at the NFL combine, saying they expect him to remain with the team for 2013. |
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Adam Berry, MLB.com While the Yankees prepare to begin their Grapefruit League schedule this weekend, third baseman Alex Rodriguez is working on his rehabilitation from hip surgery in New York, hoping to get back on the field this season. |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com New Bears head coach Marc Trestman is filling out his coaching staff by hiring away a receivers coach from Alabama. Mike Groh has left his job as Alabama’s wide receivers coach to take the same job in Chicago, BamaOnline.com first reported. Groh, the so… |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com Last month, as the Knicks were in Philadelphia to play the Sixers, J.R. Smith was up to his old tricks. J.R.'s got something of a history with Twitter, and women, (and asses), so it's not like the young lady who chatted him up via direct message couldn'… |
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Yankees outfielders Curtis Granderson and Brett Gardner could be switching positions. |
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John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com The tentative round-by-round order for the 2013 NFL Draft was released today. The order does not include compensatory selections, which will be awarded at the bottom of Rounds 3-7 and announced next month. The Giants have all seven selections: Round 1 —… |
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Ian Browne, MLB.com Daniel Bard striking out the side against college kids? Two years ago, that wouldn't even be worth a mention. In fact, Bard striking out the side against the Yankees in the middle of a pennant race wouldn't have been that far out of the ordinary. But in… |
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Section 15: School’s OutFeb 21
Eric Bishop, nytimes.com When school's out, the N.B.A. makes for a nice father and son getaway. And for the Massaads, Barclays Center was on the agenda this year. |
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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) -- Baseball union head Michael Weiner says reporters should refrain from jumping to conclusions about media reports linking players to a Florida anti-aging clinic accused of distributing banned performance-enhancing drugs. |
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Right-hander Hiroki Kuroda threw live batting practice Thursday to a group of Yankees outfielders that included fellow Japanese star Ichiro Suzuki. |
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Warren Shaw, dimemag.com Many are already calling last weekend’s Slam Dunk Contest one of the most overhyped in years. Can we place any of the blame with Kenneth Faried? Probably not. He was quietly solid, and had a couple of dunks (speaking of the Statue of Liberty, off-the-gl… |
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Wallace Matthews, ESPN.com Manager Joe Girardi has been talking about flipping center fielder Curtis Granderson and left fielder Brett Gardner all spring, and now the Yankees will try it. |
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Andrew Greif, dimemag.com The Oklahoma City Thunder are content to have Reggie Jackson be their backup point guard going forward, if today’s moves before the NBA trade deadline are an indication. The Thunder traded Eric Maynor to Portland. In return for Maynor, the Blazers sent … |
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Sam Spiegelman, giantsfootballblog.com Giants owner John Mara from earlier this month suggesting wide receiver Hakeem Nicks is higher on the team’s list of off-season priorities than his teammate, Victor Cruz. “They’re both priorities for us…We hope they’re both Giants for a long tim… |
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Anthony DiComo, MLB.com John Buck has earned the reputation as one of the premier game-callers in professional baseball. That could keep him with the Mets even after uber-prospect Travis d'Arnaud arrives to take his job. |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com The torn ACL suffered by Texans linebacker Brian Cushing when he was hit in the knee from behind by Jets guard Matt Slauson may have been the tipping point for a change in NFL rules to emphasize protecting the legs of defensive players. Cushing supports… |
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Mike Mazzeo, ESPN.com Brooklyn Nets coach P.J. Carlesimo admits Deron Williams won't be 100 percent this season. |
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Andrew Keh, nytimes.com After briefing the players, Michael Weiner addressed a number of subjects with the news media, including David Wright's signing and the Mets' payroll. |
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One season after winning the Super Bowl, the Giants missed the playoffs. What can New York do to fill its holes? Chris Burke takes a closer look at the Giants' offseason to-do list. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow has backed out of an appearance at a Baptist mega-church in Dallas with a pastor who has created controversy with his remarks about other faiths. |
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One-year wonder? Hardly. The Bengals continued building a winner the old-fashioned way in 2012, but there's more work to be done. Andrew Perloff outlines their best path. |
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Spencer Lund, dimemag.com With the regular season in its last few months, the cream of the league has risen to the top, and that means it’s time for prognosticators to start talking playoff seeds and possible matchups. One team once believed to be in the pretender category - t |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com Though the Houston Rockets clearly won Wednesday’s Thomas Robinson/Patrick Patterson deal — acquiring a young forward whose work on a rookie contract will last longer than Patterson’s will, gaining more cap space along the way — it’s easy to for… |
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Brian Bassett, thejetsblog.com Later today, the head coach and general manager of the Jets will be available to the assembled press in Indianapolis. While the league-wide availability runs all day, here’s when the Jets folks will be available: 4:00 PM Rex Ryan, New York Jets Head … |
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Sam Spiegelman, giantsfootballblog.com Defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul was the lone member of the New York Giants to crack NFL.com writer . The team, which was comprised of the top 25 players under 25 years of age, included 11 players on offense and defense in addition to a punter, kicker an… |
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Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Morning News continues its countdown of the best draft classes under Jerry Jones with a look at No. 2 -- the 1991 class. Todd Archer says the Cowboys will be in the market for a running back to work behind DeMarco Murray. New Y… |
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Mark Townsend, yahoo.com That discomfort Phil Hughes felt in his back while covering first base during fielding drills on Monday? Turns out it was a symptom of something fairly significant. According to MRI results revealed on Wednesday, the Yankees right-hander is dealing with… |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com When Houston traded for James Harden, they were hoping, maybe even believing that they were getting a star. But we’re not sure anyone thought they were getting this. In Houston’s wild 122-119 comeback win over the Thunder, Harden not only had a defini… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Deron Williams scored 23 points and Nets escaped with a 97-94 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night after Monta Ellis missed on a chance to tie the game with three foul shots in the final seconds. |
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And so the hype continues to build for Zack Wheeler. On the day he faced big-league hitters for the first time, throwing live batting practice on a spring training back field, Justin Turner invoked no less a name than Stephen Strasburg. |
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