With constant Alex Rodriguez drama, Yankees need to put spotlight on comeback of Derek JeterIf the Bombers were a prizefighter, they would most resemble Mike Tyson rolling around on the canvas after being hammered by Buster Douglas. Unlike Tyson, the Yankees have a savior to pick them up off the canvas: The organization has Derek Jeter to lead… |
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Martin Alvin, giantsgab.com Scrunched down in the recliner last night, in front of the TV, bored out of my skull, like a few million other football addicts, watching a make-believe football game called the NFL Pro Bowl; I had this epiphany! Yeah, honest! An epiphany! And it hit me… |
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Report: Osi says if Giants pass, Jets a 'good fit' |
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Beckley Mason, nytimes.com After struggling last season, the Knicks' front-line stars - Carmelo Anthony, Amar'e Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler - are now dominating together on offense. |
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Ian Begley, ESPN.com New York Knicks point guard Jason Kidd will sit out of Wednesday's game against the Orlando Magic with a sore lower back. |
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John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com Giants’ WR Victor Cruz appeared on the air with WFAN’s Boomer and Carton this morning to shoot the breeze. He ended up talking some football and some turkey as well. Cruz revealed his contract negotiations were still ongoing but had nothing new to rep… |
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Andrew Greif, dimemag.com By way of The New York Post (with a hat tip to Nets blog The Brooklyn Game, Brooklyn point guard Deron Williams has just bought a $15.8 million penthouse loft in Manhattan’s TriBeCa. As you might expect from a living space with that kind of price tag, t… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com When the Jets were casting around to find a replacement for tackle Wayne Hunter last summer, they reached out to former Dolphin Vernon Carey. Carey told them he was happy coaching high school and didn’t plan to play football anymore. The Jets moved on a… |
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Wallace Matthews and Andrew Marc, ESPN.com Alex Rodriguez of New York Yankees has no plans to retire |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Mets have signed right-hander LaTroy Hawkins to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training. |
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Samantha Farlow, nytimes.com Michael Marcus and David Ramos, longtime Knicks fans, are starting to fall in love with the Nets. |
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Brian Bassett, thejetsblog.com While Osi Umemyiora’s public criticisms of the Giants are widely known, the defender has expressed his desire stay with his original club if at all possible … but if that’s not about to happen, Osi’s not opposed to becoming a player for the crosst… |
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On Saturday morning, 46 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee will meet and pick the Class of 2013. And that class better include Michael Strahan. If it doesn't, two of his former teammates are going to be very upset. |
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Mike Mazzeo, ESPN.com Brooklyn Nets power forward Reggie Evans said Thursday he never downplayed the Miami Heat's championship from the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season, and his comments were blown out of proportion. |
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Sam Spiegelman, giantsfootballblog.com , New Orleans-based rappers, Freestyle Love Supreme, jammed to the tune of their beloved hometown hero, Eli Manning, on ESPN’s Sports Nation. Follow Sam on Twitter |
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Andrew Keh, nytimes.com Concerned about their bullpen, the Mets have signed LaTroy Hawkins to a minor league contract. |
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Frank Schwab, yahoo.com Amani Toomer had a very good career as a receiver for the New York Giants, and he has stayed in the media mostly on NBC SportsTalk through the years, so he has stayed relevant in the media landscape even though his last game was in 2008. And he made it … |
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The New York Giants do love their stay-the-course reputation. While they were disappointed that this season's 9-7 record wasn't good enough to get them into the playoffs after 2011's 9-7 record had been, the Giants' first instinct is to stick with their… |
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Jim Trotter, CNNSI.com NEW ORLEANS -- After receiving his first NFL scouting job with the Cleveland Browns in 1991, Lionel Vital was told he should take college coaches to lunch when visiting their schools. Scouts want as much background as possible on draft-eligible prospect… |
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Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com For a while last night, Brooklyn was giving it to the defending champs as often as they were getting it. Eventually, LeBron put a stop to all that, but not before Joe Johnson hit Chris Bosh with a nasty behind-the-back step-back that nearly had the big … |
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Anthony DiComo, MLB.com The Mets added another veteran reliever to their growing stable Thursday, inking LaTroy Hawkins to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Spring Training. The right-hander confirmed the deal on his Twitter account. |
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John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com Giants QB Eli Manning has two Super Bowl titles to his credit. He sat down with the NFL Network’s Rich Eisen to discuss the Super Bowl experience and gaining an elite status as a quarterback. He jokingly answered the below…. Eisen: Do you think he (Ba… |
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Alex Rodriguez put on that No. 13, and everybody from the owner to the general manager to the manager to Yankee fans everywhere were faint with excitement. Only now they all want to do anything and everything to make sure that he never puts the uniform … |
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Mike Woodson is in contention to coach the East All-Stars. The coaches of the teams with the best record in their respective conferences as of Monday morning will earn the spot. |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com So, when exactly is the latest “new” Lakers season starting? At the end of the third quarter last night in Phoenix’s unbelievable 92-86 win, all was right in L.A. The Lakers shot 65 percent in the third quarter, Kobe was dishing (17 points, nine ass… |
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Mike Mazzeo, ESPN.com Following his team's third embarrassing performance in its past four games, Brooklyn Nets small forward Gerald Wallace didn't mince words. |
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Brian Windhorst, ESPN.com LeBron James was not amused with Reggie Evans' comments that devalued the NBA title won by the Miami Heat last season. So James dominated the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night, and then directly ripped Evans after the game. |
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