Dirk scores 19 as Mavs hold off Lin, RocketsAssociated Press, ESPN.com Dirk Nowitzki scored 19 points, O.J. Mayo hit two tiebreaking free throws and the Dallas Mavericks held off a Jeremy Lin-led surge to beat the Houston Rockets 105-100 on Wednesday night. |
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Iman Shumpert is expected to make his season debut against the Pistons on Thursday after being sidelined since last May following major knee surgery. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Jeff Teague had a career-high 28 points and 11 assists, Zaza Pachulia finished two assists shy of a triple-double and the short-handed Atlanta Hawks beat Brooklyn 109-95 on Wednesday night to stop the Nets' seven-game winning streak. |
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Depending on what you believe, Woody Johnson has either taken a smart and meticulous approach to finding a new general manager or the Jets simply can’t find a qualified person to steer the franchise into the future. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter says he's been cleared to start baseball activity in his recovery from a broken left ankle. |
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Eric Weeks, thejetsblog.com It appears as if we are inching closer and closer to a decision, folks. TheJetsBlog’s Jake Steinberg and Kristian Dyer are both reporting that in-house candidate Scott Cohen will not be the next general manager of the New York Jets. Report from @kristia… |
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Mike Mazzeo, ESPN.com Brooklyn Nets small forward Gerald Wallace returned Wednesday night against the Atlanta Hawks, but did not start. |
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Eli Manning missed the Pro Bowl a year ago because he was busy getting ready for Super Bowl XLVI. This year he and the Giants won’t be in the Super Bowl, so the Pro Bowl will have to do. |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Right-hander Phil Hughes and the New York Yankees have agreed to a $7.15 million, one-year contract, a raise of $3.75 million. |
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Bryan Hoch, MLB.com Phil Hughes was 16-13 with a 4.23 ERA in 32 starts with the Yankees last season and was arbitration-eligible for the third and final time. |
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Ian Begley, ESPN.com As the uncertainty surrounding Rasheed Wallace's left foot injury lingers, members of the New York Knicks organization fear Wallace will be out for an extended period of time, possibly for the entire season, two league sources told ESPNNewYork.com. |
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Thomas Jones fears pro football did irreparable damage to his brain, and he wants science to prove it. The former Jets running back told ESPN that he will donate his brain upon his death to the Sports Legacy Institute to look for evidence of chronic tra… |
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David Waldstein, nytimes.com If all goes well, Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez should be back in major league games in July, his surgeon said. |
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Sam Spiegelman, giantsfootballblog.com Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz is most known for his heroics on the grid iron. But one of the league’s premier wideouts has now opened his (closet) doors to GQ Magazine to show his more stylish side. Being in New York has put him in front of many cam… |
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Anthony DiComo, MLB.com That the Mets remain the only big league team yet to sign a Major League free agent does not bother second baseman Daniel Murphy. Murphy believes the solution centers upon and around him, in what he considers one of the better infields in baseball. |
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Melo grateful for Knicks owner eavesdropping on him |
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Eric Weeks, thejetsblog.com … |
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The Carmelo Anthony Transformation Tour began here of all places, just a few days after he was vilified for ushering Jeremy Lin out of New York and just before the world's greatest sixth man would help the United States win Olympic gold. |
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Don Banks, CNNSI.com I know the Philadelphia Eagles hired Chip Kelly to build a complete program and his task is to do more than fix an offense that has lost its way. But I still think nobody had a worse day Wednesday than Jim Haslett, Perry Fewell and Monte Kiffin, the thr… |
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A Change Is Gonna ComeJan 16
It's a division built on tradition. Until now. Chip Kelly may or may not bring his exact offense to the NFL, Don Banks writes, but the NFC East's world is still about to be altered. |
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Eric Weeks, thejetsblog.com As reported earlier in the day, Marc Ross removed his name from consideration for the Jets’ general manager position. Ross had drawn interest from the Jets and Panthers and was actually a candidate for another team back in 2010 however, the Jets seemed … |
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Jake Appleman, nytimes.com A couple of cross-country friends headed to Section 15. |
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Andrew Greif, dimemag.com So why was James Dolan listening to Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony in a game last week with microphones picking up everything he said? We still don’t know for sure. However, Anthony — in London now preparing for New York and Detroit’s one-off game a… |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Major League Baseball's spring training schedule opens when the Boston Red Sox host Northeastern University on Feb. 21 at Fort Myers, Fla., in what the commissioner's office says is the earliest start to exhibition games. |
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Carmelo Anthony wanted every microphone and camera inside O2 Arena on Wednesday to record and document what he was about to say about his boss. |
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Jim Mancari, giantsfootballblog.com We’ve been spoiled, Giants’ fans. Every weekend since Nov. 21, 2004, Eli Manning has suited up as the Giants’ quarterback. That’s a nine-year stretch and 135 consecutive regular season games, with an additional 11 playoff games. That streak is the… |
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Don Banks, CNNSI.com Sterling Moore doesn't know yet if he'll watch the game at home in Dallas, or meet up with a couple teammates and head for "a Buffalo Wild Wings or something like that.'' |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Atlanta Hawks suspended top scorer Josh Smith for Wednesday night's home game against the Brooklyn Nets for "conduct detrimental to the team" following an incident in practice the previous day. |
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Bryan Hoch, MLB.com The Yankees are making one additional spring stop before returning home to open the regular season, having agreed to play in a March 30 exhibition game at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. |
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Eric Weeks, thejetsblog.com As we anxiously await the announcement of Mike Tannenbaum’s successor, CBS Sports’ Jason La Confora is reporting that the Jets are expected to have their man in place by tomorrow. The New York Jets plan to name a new general manager by Thursday, accor… |
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Jim Trotter, CNNSI.com SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- For obvious reasons, we spent much of the season marveling at the freakish recuperative powers of Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, who made a serious run at the single-season rushing record despite being less than a year remo… |
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John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com Giants WR Ramses Barden, like many other Giants, will be testing the free agent market this spring. “I would love to resign with the Giants,” said Barden . “I’ve made [NYC] a home, made friends here and media connections for my life after football… |
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Chase Stuart, nytimes.com The 2013 season already seems to be a lost cause for the Jets, so it's time to build toward 2014. |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Even after Chris Paul’s right kneecap conspired to scratch Tuesday’s most intriguing point-guard matchup from the schedule — CP3 and the Clippers facing Jeremy Lin and the Rockets — the NBA still delivered a gem by giving us Ty Lawson versus Damia… |
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