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Anthony sits out as Pacers knock off Knicks

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Paul George scored seven points in a 13-0 fourth-quarter run and finished with 24, leading the Indiana Pacers past the short-handed New York Knicks 81-76 on Thursday night.

nydailynews.com

This just in: James (Guitar Jimmy) Dolan is a lot fonder of Carmelo Anthony than he is of the suits running Comcast and Time Warner. The gap is even wider now. Dolan first professed true love for Melo when he ordered Donnie Walsh to trade half the team …

Nate Taylor, nytimes.com

The 28-year-old rookie Chris Copeland replaced Carmelo Anthony in the Knicks' starting lineup for Thursday's game against the Pacers while Anthony served a one-game suspension.

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

Blogger: Reasons Why Giants Should Keep Kenny Phillips

nydailynews.com

Tim Tebow’s next stop will not be Jacksonsville, if he even has a next stop. New Jacksonsville general manager David Caldwell put a decisive end to any thought that the lightning-rod quarterback could end up in his hometown, putting a serious question m…

Chris Brown, buffalobills.com

While Mike Pettine will certainly be an asset for Buffalo’s defense, his subtraction from the coaching staff of a division rival in the Jets, will make an opponent they have to play twice weaker. Just looking at what Pettine’s defense against the Bill…

Mike Mazzeo, ESPN.com

Brooklyn Nets backup center Andray Blatche says he's "not worried at all" about his involvement in an alleged sexual assault that occurred in his Philadelphia hotel suite early Tuesday morning.

Brian Bassett, thejetsblog.com

John Clayton writes on ESPN that as of right now the Jets are in some dire straits when it comes to their 2013 cap situation.  While the new cap allows for applying the unused previous year’s cap dollars to the 2013 season.  As it stands today, the J…

CNNSI.com

The Pats have lived and died on the pass, but it hasn't gotten them far lately. That might change with a dedication to the run unseen since their last Super Bowl, Ben Reiter says.

ESPN.com

New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow had, by far, the worst season of his three-year career in the NFL. He was a non-factor for the Jets and was passed over multiple times to be a starter, despite struggles by Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez. But Tebow spo…

Carl Lamarre, dimemag.com

From an ugly fallout with his former label Def Jam, to combating erroneous claims surrounding his relationships, Joe Budden has been on the opposing end of a disastrous battle against the world. He was virtually playing one on five. His candor served as…

Brian Bassett, thejetsblog.com

Going into last week, there were doubts about how realistic it would be for the Jets to hire a top GM candidate because of the contingency to keep Rex Ryan on board.  For a while over the weekend, it looked as if the Jets had some of the top consensus c…

Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com

In their search for a new general manager, the New York Jets have interviewed San Francisco 49ers director of player personnel Tom Gamble, New York Giants director of college scouting Marc Ross and current Jets assistant GM Scott Cohen. The Jets were in…

Brian Bassett, thejetsblog.com

On Tuesday during his press conference, Rex mentioned the loss of their star receiver Santonio Holmes and what effect it had on the offense.  With that in mind, Kristian Dyer looked into how the Jets performed with and without Santonio. In the first fou…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

When Tim Tebow was traded to the Jets from the Broncos before the 2012 season, Broncos exec John Elway said that Tebow was involved in the process that sent him to New York rather than Jacksonville. Unless Tebow hoped to be used as a symbol for larger J…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

As first, the size of the Jets’ G.M. search prompted some league insiders to say, essentially, “Jed Hughes must be getting paid by the hour.  Or maybe by the interview.” But Hughes, the veteran NFL headhunter hired by owner Woody Johnson to find a …

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

When the Bills hired defensive coordinator Mike Pettine after his four-year run with the Jets, it brought immediate credibility to Doug Marrone’s staff. It might also be enough to make their defense better than the Jets’ according to one former Jet. E…

Martin Alvin, giantsgab.com

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

It’s down to four teams in the NFC: Atlanta, San Francisco, Green Bay and Seattle. No NFC East team in the final four this year. The Giants have played three of the four finalists this season, They trounced Green Bay and San Francisco and were on the op…