This is the January 11, 2013 news archive. View today's New York Sports news and rumors.

New York Sports News and Rumors

Deng scores 33 as Bulls stay perfect vs. Knicks

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Luol Deng scored a season-high 33 points in the Chicago Bulls' third victory over New York this season, a 108-101 win Friday that sent the Knicks to their season-high third straight loss.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Joe Johnson scored 19 points and MarShon Brooks added 17 points off the bench Friday night, leading the Brooklyn Nets to its fifth straight victory, 99-79 over the struggling Phoenix Suns.

nydailynews.com

Maybe Carmelo Anthony would have been better off being suspended two games. Despite a token run in the final three minutes, the Knicks never really challenged the Chicago Bulls on Friday, falling, 108-101, to extend their losing streak a season-high thi…

Nate Taylor, nytimes.com

The Knicks found themselves short-handed again Friday night with Marcus Camby out two to four weeks with a foot injury.

Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com

Carmelo Anthony lobs the rock to Tyson Chandler as he drives through the lane and throws down the dunk in tonight’s matchup between the Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks.

nba.com

NEW YORK (AP) -- Brooklyn Nets forward Gerald Wallace left Friday night's game against Phoenix after landing hard on his right arm and shoulder about midway through the first quarter.

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

As the Jets prepare to hire a successor to Tony Sparano as offensive coordinator, the list of candidates stands at three. Per Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News, they are former Eagles offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg, Bengals assistant Hue J…

Joe Namath, yahoo.com

As he did last year, NFL Hall of Famer and New York Jets legend Joe Namath will join Yahoo! Sports and the Shutdown Corner Blog for commentary and analysis. Make sure you like the Official Joe Namath page on Facebook. And with playoff news always breaki…

Mike Mazzeo, ESPN.com

Brooklyn Nets small forward Gerald Wallace headed into the locker room after appearing to injure his right arm/shoulder in the first quarter of Friday night's game against the Phoenix Suns.

CNNSI.com

Andy Reid hired Doug Pederson and Bob Sutton as assistant coaches with Kansas City Chiefs.

Brian Bassett, thejetsblog.com

Last Friday, the Jets started their GM search with David Caldwell, now GM of the Jaguars.  With up to six new interviews the last few days, here’s a quick reminder of where we are in the GM search and some of the gathered intelligence on the different …

Spencer Lund, dimemag.com

The Indiana Pacers only scored 81 points last night, but they still managed to beat the Carmelo Anthony-less Knicks by five. The Pacers are ugly to watch, and their highest-paid player is a seven-footer that’s shooting less than 40 percent from the floo…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

The Jets have more candidates for general manager than they have unnamed sources. According to Albert Breer of the NFL Network, Seahawks vice president of football administration John Idzik will interview today for the job. Idzik had worked for the Card…

CNNSI.com

Former Jets coach Mike Westhoff said team's handling to Tim Tebow was a 'mess.'

Judy Battista, nytimes.com

Judy Battista, the N.F.L. reporter for The Times, answers questions from readers.

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

The Knicks might be slowly coming back to earth — they’re just 4-6 in their last 10 after dropping an ugly game against Indiana last night. But their fans are as passionate as ever, continuously pumping Carmelo Anthony as the MVP and J.R. Smith as the…

nydailynews.com

Two former Giants have made the cut to the Final 15 for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2013, while one former Giant continued to be snubbed.

nydailynews.com

The recent mass exodus of Jets coaches continued on Friday with the departure of one of Rex Ryan’s most valued staff members. But for a change, it appears as if the organization has actually found someone who wants to be a Jet. The Daily News has learne…

Tom Ley, deadspin.com

It's not clear who actually took this photo, but J.R. Smith just posted it to his Instagram account along with the hashtag, #ThatWhatTheHellYouDoingLook. He is of course referring to the look of consternation that head coach Mike Woodson is throwing Smi…

ESPN.com, ESPN.com

The most valuable, underrated, overrated among Bulls, Knicks, Lakers, Thunder

Brian Bassett, thejetsblog.com

Well, cross Jacksonville off the list of places that the Jets might be able to trade The Darling of Bristol. In his introduction yesterday, erstwhile Jets GM candidate and new Jacksonville GM David Caldwell said that he is not interested in Tim Tebow.  …

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

Former Giants DE Michael Strahan has been named a finalist for the Hall of Fame Legendary Giants DE Michael Strahan and former head coach Bill Parcells have been named finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2013. Strahan is one of four f…

Toni Monkovic, nytimes.com

Tim Tebow may be too popular to play football anymore -- unless he wants to quit playing as a quarterback.

Bryan Hoch, MLB.com

Hal Steinbrenner said the Yankees' desire to avoid a luxury tax penalty will not impact their commitment to fielding a championship-caliber team.

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

From Matthew Cohen / SNYGiants contributor: When one looks at the salary cap situation for the Giants as well as the starters that they have under contract, it quickly becomes apparent that Jerry Reese will have a very challenging offseason First, let’s…

nydailynews.com

A few days after Rex Ryan announced wholesale coaching changes on his staff, there may be another intriguing twist on the horizon. The Jets will have a new offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach, special teams coordinator, outs…

nydailynews.com

Tim Tebow is expected to be one-and-done with the Jets, and now that the potential landing spot in his hometown of Jacksonville is officially closed, the NFL may have seen the last of Tebow Mania. Just a little over one year ago, Tebow threw a short pas…