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D-Will, Johnson help Nets rally past Pacers

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Deron Williams had 22 points and nine assists, Joe Johnson scored 20 points and the Brooklyn Nets rallied from 12 points down in the third quarter to beat the Indiana Pacers 97-86 Sunday night.

Nate Taylor, nytimes.com

Amar'e Stoudemire decided to become a vegan this past fall, and Carmelo Anthony is coming off a 15-day fast.

nydailynews.com

Mike Woodson confirmed that before Sunday’s 100-87 win over New Orleans by noting Stoudemire has been cleared for a minutes increase to 25-to-30 per game after he’d averaged 20.5 minutes in his first six appearances since returning from knee surgery.…

CNNSI.com

When Rob Gronkowski and Danny Woodhead were hurt in the first quarter, the Patriots turned to their reserves and ripped the Texans 41-28. It is the Patriot Way, says Don Banks.

Don Banks, CNNSI.com

FOXBORO, Mass. -- By now, you have to wonder if the New England Patriots could even remember what full strength feels like, if they ever again are lucky enough to experience it. Here they are, making yet another deep playoff run, and they're faced with …

Isaac Rauch, deadspin.com

Two seasons ago, when Carmelo Anthony was still playing for Denver, Ball Don't Lie's Kelly Dwyer pulled some averages from a 12-game stretch of the Nuggets' season: More »

Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com

Jason Kidd leads the fast break and hooks up a bounce pass to Chris Copeland for a dunk in today’s matchup between the New York Knicks and New Orleans Hornets.

Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com

Amar’e Stoudemire makes a quick move on Jason Smith as he hustles to the baseline, goes underneath the basket and lays in the bucket in today’s matchup between the New York Knicks and New Orleans Hornets.

Gary Cotton, MLB.com

Former Giants closer Brian Wilson worked out privately for the Mets, who may be looking to add some bullpen depth behind Frank Francisco for the 2013 season, according to multiple reports.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Carmelo Anthony scored 18 of his 27 points in the second quarter, and the Knicks ended their three-game skid with a 100-87 win over the Hornets on Sunday.

nydailynews.com

The Jets' search for a new general manager is in the home stretch after a thorough two-week interview process. The Jets have had follow-up conversations with former Bears GM Jerry Angelo, according to sources. In-house candidate Scott Cohen, who was rec…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

When the Falcons stumbled to a 24-2 loss against the Giants in the playoffs last season, they failed to convert a pair of fourth downs that helped swing the game to the Giants. This is a new year, though, and fourth down has worked out a lot better. The…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Andy Reid could be bringing to the Chiefs a long-time offensive line coach who failed in his only stint as a coordinator.  And the coach’s name isn’t Juan Castillo. According to Chris Mortensen of ESPN, former Jets offensive coordinator Tony Sparano …

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

With FOX’s Jay Glazer declaring earlier today that the Jets “can’t give . . . away” their General Manager job, it’ll be interesting to see how the team reacts. Will they simply offer the job to someone with no further discussion?  Or will they …

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Maybe the Jets eventually will just bring back Mike Tannenbaum. Something has to happen at some point, because Jets owner Woody Johnson is having a hard time finding a new General Manager.  Per Jay Glazer of FOX, the team “can’t give the position awa…

ESPN.com

New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow took the high road last year after he was traded by the Denver Broncos. Tebow said he understands Peyton Manning is a legend, and it made sense for the Broncos to acquire the future Hall of Fame quarterback at his exp…

Bent, thejetsblog.com

Every year, teams have to let some players go. Even though the Jets brought back Sione Po’uha, Bryan Thomas and Nick Folk, they chose not to bring everyone back. During preseason, I kept track of the progress on the guys who left so we could at least st…

Brian Bassett, thejetsblog.com

Woody’s private plane is on the move again, according to FlightAware this time to Fort Lauderdale Florida scheduled for an 11:16AM landing just about 10 miles from the Dolphins practice facility at Nova Southeastern University. It could just be a coinci…