More to Fields Than a Pregame HandshakeMark Viera, nytimes.com If it was easy to lose sight of Landry Fields's role in Jeremy Lin's rise, then Fields provided a reminder of his value in the Knicks' 99-82 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night. |
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LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Miami Heat tired of Linsanity talk around Jeremy Lin, NY KnicksFeb 22, 2012
LeBron James sighed and shook his head. Following practice on Wednesday, the first question posed to the Heat star was about — you guessed it — Jeremy Lin, and James acted as if he was tired of talking about the new kid on the NBA block. |
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Knicks make quick work of injury-ridden HawksFeb 22, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) Not much heat from the Hawks for Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks . |
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Lin Harmony: 'O' flows as Knicks rout HawksFeb 22, 2012
While Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni attempted to maintain rhythm while re-inserting All-Star swingman Carmelo Anthony into the lineup, he lamented the lack of practice time afforded his team in a stretch of three games in four nights. |
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Howard makes impression as Magic crush NetsFeb 22, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Dwight Howard had 20 points and 17 rebounds and the Orlando Magic rolled to a 108-91 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night. |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com For a spell, while he was wondering if the New York Knicks were going to be the third NBA team to cut him in a nine-week span, Jeremy Lin was famously dividing time between teammate Landry Fields' apartment and his brother's couch. Last week we found ou… |
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Nets' Williams has surgery on fractured left footFeb 22, 2012
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Nets forward Shawne Williams had surgery to repair an old fracture and remove two small bone fragments in his left foot Wednesday. He will miss the rest of the season. |
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Utah's Evans to replace Shumpert in dunk contestFeb 22, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York Knicks rookie Iman Shumpert has pulled out of the slam dunk contest with an injury and will be replaced by Utah's Jeremy Evans. |
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NASCAR veteran turns to Giants for inspirationFeb 22, 2012
Jeff Gordon stood on Lucas Oil Stadium's sidelines for Super Bowl XLVI with the upcoming Daytona 500 rooted in the back of his mind. |
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Jeremy Lin scores his second straight Sports Illustrated cover, joining some lofty companyFeb 22, 2012
Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com You can point to New York's cupcake schedule in the days following Jeremy Lin's ascension into the Knicks rotation on Feb. 4. You can point to the minutes he plays in New York's frantic pace, as Jason Terry did on Sunday, and all the possessions he gets… |
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Ex-Giants great Carson won't run for CongressFeb 22, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Harry Carson has ruled out running for Congress as a Democrat in New Jersey. |
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Gregg Rosenthal, profootballtalk.com Following the 12 men on the field penalty called on the Giants late in the Super Bowl, Florio started banging the drum for the league to consider changes to the rule. The Giants didn’t pull the move intentionally, but there is nothing stopping a team fr… |
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Prospect Watch: WR TY HiltonFeb 22, 2012
Weeks, thejetsblog.com As the Jets journey towards the draft in April, I will examine prospects that could potentially be on the Jets’ draft board. Please feel free to leave your thoughts or suggest a prospect in the comments. College: Florida International Measurables: 5’… |
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Nike reportedly goes all-Lin for JeremyFeb 22, 2012
Nike has a case of Linsanity. The sportswear giant extended its contract with the Knicks' point guard, less than three weeks after his meteoric rise to fame, Beijing Business Today reported, in an effort to guard him from being stolen by rival companies… |
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Free Agent Focus: WR Reggie WayneFeb 22, 2012
Bassett, thejetsblog.com Recently Pro Football Focus released their list of the top 50 free agents in this year’s class. In honor of that as we head to free agency next month, we’re going to focus on some of the players that the Jets might … Continue reading → |
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Brandon Jacobs expects to return to the GiantsFeb 22, 2012
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Giants running back Brandon Jacobs has won a pair of Super Bowl titles in seven seasons with the team. And he intends to try to make it three out of eight. “Well, I have spoken to my agent and I do expect to be fully back with the New York Giants next… |
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Which Giant Player(s) Should Get Docked?Feb 22, 2012
John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com Put yourself in Giants’ GM Jerry Reese’s shoes. Your team just won the Super Bowl, but the immediate future is in jeopardy. Nearly half your roster is eligible for free agency, while others under contract look for pay increases. You … |
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Breakfast links: Dallas leadership nonsenseFeb 22, 2012
Up and at 'em on a combine week Wednesday. Not sure which of our division's coaches and GMs will be holding news conferences during the big event in Indy, but I believe ESPNNewYork.com and ESPNDallas.com are both staffing it, which means I'd expect to h… |
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The Knicks’ newest star has Lin-troduced the game of basketball to whole new crop of fans. Expats of China and Taiwan — many of whom had never seen a game before Linsanity swept up New York — are quickly turning into die-hard Knicks fans because of … |
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New York Giants News and LInks for Feb 22Feb 22, 2012
John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com The 2012 offseason begins today with the NFL Combine is Indianapolis. Here are some other tidbits for you this morning…. OT Giants’ #1 offseason priority? Carson backs out of congress race New York Giants team report Grading the 2011 New … |
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