Grizzlies go up 30 in 2nd half to thump NetsAssociated Press, ESPN.com Marc Gasol had 20 points and nine rebounds and the Memphis Grizzlies built a 30-point lead in the second half en route to a 101-77 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night. |
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Raymond Felton is expected to be back in the starting lineup after missing 12 games with a broken right pinkie. Felton went through practice at Temple on Friday, and afterward Mike Woodson announced that the point guard, assuming he doesn’t have any set… |
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Amar’e Stoudemire’s days as a backup don’t appear to be ending anytime soon. Mike Woodson said on Friday that “it makes sense now” to keep Stoudemire on the bench with the Knicks winning and Carmelo Anthony flourishing at power forward. |
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Matt Loede, giantsgab.com John Mara spoke to reporters Thursday for the first time about the Giants’ failure to make the playoffs, and said he hasn’t “quite gotten over” his team’s failed title defense. He also touched on a few other subjects, including Osi Umenyiora‘s… |
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Rich Cimini, ESPN.com Outspoken cornerback Antonio Cromartie absolved Mark Sanchez for the New York Jets' offensive disaster, blaming the front office for failing to surround the quarterback with enough talent. |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com We mentioned this morning that Giants assistant Al Holcomb was the latest low-profile name to interview with the Panthers, who are filling in the blanks of their coaching staff without the promise of the same kind of job security other teams can offer. … |
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Andrew Marchand, ESPN.com New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said there is "a chance" that Alex Rodriguez's hip surgery could keep him out for the entire season. |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com Every season, there are several All-Star snubs that stick in the collective craw of NBA fans. This year is no different, with Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez standing out as the most glaring omission. (Steph Curry was the biggest snub in the West, but … |
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Minnesota Timberwolves guard Ricky Rubio said Friday he has apologized to acting coach Terry Porter for an outburst over the team's loss to the Brooklyn Nets. |
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Rich Cimini, ESPN.com It didn't take long for New York Jets general manager John Idzik to engage in damage control. |
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Matt Loede, jetsgab.com It’s been a stressful 24 hours for Jets star CB Darrelle Revis, but it sounds like general manager John Idzik has reached out to Revis to clear the air. Yesterday it was reported that Revis was on the trade block, and that left the CB “speechless” w… |
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Anthony DiComo, MLB.com This week's rumor centered around Michael Bourn, the game's top-ranked free-agent outfielder. The Mets have reportedly discussed petitioning Major League Baseball to allow them to keep their 11th overall Draft pick if they sign Bourn, who would normally… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com We’ve given you a tease of this afternoon’s interview with Jets General Manager John Idzik already, but you’ll have to tune into Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network to find out what else Idzik has to say. Idzik has spoken to cornerback Darrelle … |
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CINCINNATI (AP) -- The Bengals signed linebacker Aaron Maybin to a reserve/future contract on Friday. |
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Howard Beck, nytimes.com Howard Beck, the N.B.A. reporter for The Times, answers questions from readers. |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Having lost a salary cap guy to the Jets, the Seahawks found another one Friday, naming former Browns executive Matt Thomas as their new vice president of football administration. Thomas spent the previous three seasons with the Browns, after 12 years w… |
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Jack Dickey, deadspin.com You can only be so in touch with hip hop when you play for the Winnipeg Jets. They used to be the Atlanta Thrashers. Winnipeg has a few hip-hoppists fewer than Atlanta. (No, the Thrashers didn't have Atlanta's leading hip-hoppists—Outcast, Wocker Flocke… |
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Richard Justice, MLB.com Baseball's owners succeeded in getting some cost certainty in their First-Year Player Draft budgets. They were happy about this. Meanwhile, players got the number of free agents requiring Draft pick compensation reduced. They were happy about that. Now,… |
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John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com The Giants signed three more players to future/reserve contracts today: CB Buddy Jackson, TE Jamie Childers and K Jake Rogers. The signings are the 19th and 20th by the Giants this offseason. Previously signed: WR Kris Adams, CB Antonio Dennard, QB Curt… |
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Wallace Matthews, ESPN.com The New York Yankees came to terms with David Robertson on a one-year contract worth $3.1 million, according to a team source. |
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Dom Cosentino, deadspin.com That's according to Ken Rosenthal, whose MLB sources told him the injury would keep the right-hander out for six to eight weeks. Then again, it might be much longer. Consider: Pavano is 37, he hasn't pitched since June 1 because of shoulder trouble, and… |
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Sam Spiegelman, giantsfootballblog.com The New Orleans Saints Steve Spagnuolo after one season with the team. Spags, the former Giants defensive coordinator and head coach of the St. Louis Rams, directed the league’s worst total defense, which allowed the most yards ever (7,042) in a single … |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The Panthers have interviewed some guys you may have heard of, but that they’re mostly hiring their own speaks in part to what they’re offering. Joe Person of the Charlotte Observer reports that they’ve interviewed Giants defensive assistant Al Holc… |
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Sam Spiegelman, giantsfootballblog.com Looking to upgrade its linebacking corps, the New York Giants Sergio Kindle yesterday. Kindle, who left the Giants facility without a contract, was cut from the Baltimore Raven’s practice squad earlier this month. The former Texas pass-rusher was drafte… |
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John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com QB Eli Manning, G Chris Snee, WR Victor Cruz and DE Jason Pierre-Paul will represent the Giants in this Sunday’s Pro Bowl in Hawaii. Snee and JPP are starters. Photo: giants.com The Pro Bowl will be played this Sunday in Hawaii (7:00 PM ET, NBC). I know… |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Celtics vs. Knicks felt like not just a big game, but a priority. This was appointment viewing after the trash-talk episode that landed the last Celtics-Knicks game on the front page of every sports page in the country. It’s the kind of episode that we … |
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NY Knicks show that they are tough enough to go into hostile Boston enviornment and win a gameJan 25
This wasn’t just a night to see how Carmelo Anthony would react to Kevin Garnett and whatever trash Garnett was going to send Melo’s way, as much as it was billed as the main event at the TD Garden. For Mike Woodson, this was a night to see if his tea… |
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Carmelo Anthony won’t be the lone Knick All-Star this year. Teammate Tyson Chandler was among the Eastern Conference reserves named Thursday night for the Feb. 17 game in Houston, as voted by the league’s coaches. |
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The last time the Knicks played the Celtics, Carmelo Anthony went looking for Kevin Garnett at the Celtics’ bus after the game. This time, in Boston, Anthony just helped win the game for the Knicks. Went to his own bus with a “W,” went to his own bu… |
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Iam Thomsen, CNNSI.com The Celtics are one of the NBA's few underachieving teams without a built-in excuse. Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry, all 35 or older, have yet to miss a game. The same goes for everyone in their nine-man rotation but Rajon Rondo and Avery Br… |
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For the first time since 2006, the Celtics lost at home to the Knicks 89-86. With a five-game skid and a tough stretch ahead, Boston can't keep underachieving, says Ian Thomsen. |
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John Mara was as disappointed as anyone when his defending Super Bowl champions missed the playoffs, and he still hasn’t gotten over the back-to-back blowouts in Atlanta and Baltimore that ruined the Giants’ season. |
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The weather outside of City Hall was more to the liking of Gus the polar bear at the Central Park Zoo. But inside the Blue Room, where Mayor Michael Bloomberg and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell were holding a noon press conference on Thursday, it was wa… |
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Just four days after their red, white, and blue football team was squeezed out of the NFL playoffs, Boston's sports fans rose from the ashes and reass... |
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