Thanks to NY Jets owner Woody Johnson, backup quarterback Tim Tebow is media's MVP and Gang Green continues to make headlinesWoody Johnson showed up at practice and said he wasn’t happy with his 3-6 team. That said, he still has every reason to smile over the media’s obsession with Tim Tebow. |
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Jets Insider: Cormartie backs TebowNov 15, 2012
Count Antonio Cromartie in the camp defending Tim Tebow. Cromartie, speaking for the first time since the Daily News report containing teammates’ criticisms of Tebow, condemned the rips of the backup QB. |
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Nets top short-handed Celts for 4th straight winNov 15, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Joe Johnson made the tiebreaking basket with 3:03 left, Deron Williams and Brook Lopez each scored 24 points, and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Boston Celtics 102-97 on Thursday night for their fourth straight victory. |
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Now the Knicks and their fans are allowed to get excited, even if it's a week shy of Thanksgiving. The Knicks are still the only undefeated team in the NBA, pulling out a pulsating 104-100 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night. |
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NY Mets' decision to keep or trade knuckleballer and Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey isn't a no-brainerNov 15, 2012
Personal achievement aside, R.A. Dickey was thrilled to win the Cy Young Award as a way of erasing the stigma of knuckleballers as trick-pitch artists who can’t be trusted as part of an organizational blueprint for success. |
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No Schott's fired at Rex, Jets from former O.C.Nov 15, 2012
Rams offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer stood off to the side at the team’s practice field Thursday night, expressing excitement for his future and insisting that his January departure from the Jets after six years was a mutual decision. “I ha… |
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Girardi won't count Jeter out for Opening DayNov 15, 2012
Bryan Hoch, MLB.com The Yankees are not certain if they will have Derek Jeter at shortstop by Opening Day, manager Joe Girardi said on Thursday. |
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Jets owner 'didn't sign up for a 3-6 season'Nov 15, 2012
Rich Cimini, ESPN.com New York Jets owner Woody Johnson declined Thursday to give a vote of confidence to coach Rex Ryan and general manager Mike Tannenbaum, saying it's not his policy to give evaluations during the season, but he left no doubt that he's bitterly disappointe… |
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On crutches, D'Antoni coaches LakersNov 15, 2012
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -- Mike D'Antoni circled the court 2 feet at a time, moving smoothly on crutches while his Los Angeles Lakers went through drills orchestrated by his assistant coach and brother, Dan. |
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Maturing sixth man J.R. puts Knicks firstNov 15, 2012
J.R. Smith would rather be the NBA’s top sixth man than continue trying to be the Knicks’ unofficial man about town. “I’m not going to lie, the New York City nightlife last year pretty much got to me," Smith said Thursday before the Knicks tried t… |
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Rondo out against Nets due to sprained ankleNov 15, 2012
Mike Mazzeo, ESPN.com Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo missed Thursday night's game against the Brooklyn Nets due to a sprained ankle. Leandro Barbosa started in his place. |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Maybe at this point, we should just call the roll. First, Jets linebacker Bart Scott said he wasn’t the unnamed teammate who said Tim Tebow was “terrible,” refuting a suggestion by former teammate LaDainian Tomlinson. Now, the other suspect Tomlinso… |
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BGA Extra: Jets at SeahawksNov 15, 2012
Bent, thejetsblog.com This analysis is based on watching and re-watching TV footage. As such, it is not always possible to accurately determine everything that was going on. However, every effort has been made to ensure that the information below is as complete and correct a… |
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Niners' Harbaugh dealing with irregular heartbeatNov 15, 2012
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh has been sent to the hospital for a "minor procedure" after doctors discovered he had an irregular heartbeat. |
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Pettine: Defense supports TebowNov 15, 2012
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Before leaving the room at the end of his weekly news conference, Jets defensive coordinator Mike Pettine remained at the podium and, unprompted, weighed in on the Tim Tebow controversy. "As a defense, we fully support Tim,&qu… |
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Section 15: Crossing the VerrazanoNov 15, 2012
Jake Appleman, nytimes.com The Off the Dribble team was interested in learning about Nets fans now that the team is in Brooklyn. We found Matthew Kipp from Staten Island in Section 15. |
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John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com As reported, the Giants had former Colts’ RB Joseph Addai in for a workout. He left without a contract, as far as we know. According to Jenny Vrentas of the Star-Journal, the Giants worked out nine other players including journeyman RB Mewelde Moore and… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com As expected, Jets running back Shonn Greene took a step back from his “Something’s got to change,” remarks made to Yahoo’s Mike Silver when he addressed the rest of the assembled media Thursday. Via Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News, Greene … |
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Punter Malone Appreciates Tebow’s HelpNov 15, 2012
kristianrdyer, thejetsblog.com FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – On a day where Tim Tebow and anonymous quotes were all the talk at the Jets facility, punter Robert Malone somehow squeezed out a rare compliment from head coach Rex Ryan on Wednesday afternoon. The irony is that he has Tebow to tha… |
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Knicks Battle Perception That Hot Start Is a MirageNov 15, 2012
Nate Taylor, nytimes.com The Knicks' hot start has led many to question if they are for real. A game at San Antonio will begin to answer that. |
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Tyler Kepner, nytimes.com Now that R.A. Dickey has knuckled his way to a Cy Young Award, could others be far behind? Phil Niekro would like to find out. |
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Matt Loede, jetsgab.com If a team ever needed a win to start getting back on track – it’s the New York Jets. Last week the season of disaster for the Jets continued, as they lost to the Seahawks, and seemed by the fourth quarter to be on the verge of giving up for the entire… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Jets owner Woody Johnson is not pleased with the talk that he cares more about how much money he can make from personal seating licenses than he cares about the team’s win-loss record. Johnson addressed the media today and said that he doesn’t appreci… |
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Jim Mancari, giantsfootballblog.com Hospital for Special Surgery, the official hospital of the New York Giants, has announced the launch of the “Get Fit Like the Giants!” video contest. Teaming up with former Giants Howard Cross and Charles, the hospital hopes this contest will encourag… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Giants gave their players the week off, but there was still activity at the team’s facility this week. Jenny Vrentas of the Newark Star-Ledger reports that the team had a slew of players in for a look while their current players enjoyed some rest an… |
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The Rundown: Helter SkelterNov 15, 2012
Brian Bassett, thejetsblog.com On Sunday, the Jets are supposed to play the Rams, but it’s now Thursday and Saint Louis is a forgotten team in Florham Park while the Jets are falling into petty infighting, anonymous slagging of fellow teammates, recanting public statements and circli… |
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Can the Giants make the Super Bowl?Nov 15, 2012
Asking whether the New York Giants can reach the Super Bowl is like asking whether your kid can clean up his room in time for company. You've seen him do it, and it doesn't seem like that long ago, but the way the room looks right now makes it hard to b… |
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PFT Live: Shaun King, Week 11 PicksNov 15, 2012
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Between the injuries suffered by four starting quarterbacks last weekend and the conflagration with the Jets over the last couple of days, there’s plenty going on with the league’s signal callers right now. It’s a good time to get the impressions of… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com In a week when much of the talk around the NFL has centered on the criticism that Tim Tebow took from an anonymous source in the Jets’ locker room, another one of the most polarizing players in the NFL has also taken some heat from an unnamed source. In… |
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Broadway comes calling for Bronx BombersNov 15, 2012
Evan Drellich, MLB.com Producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo announced Thursday that a theater project based on the Yankees has been commissioned. The show will be created in collaboration with both the Yanks and MLB. |
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Former Jets enjoy the peace of Rams locker roomNov 15, 2012
Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com From a thousand miles away, former Jets tackle Wayne Hunter knew exactly what was happening in his old locker room. He didn’t like it then, and he doesn’t like it now. Now with the Rams, Hunter said the culture that creates anonymous rip jobs like yes… |
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SNYGiants Week 11 NFL PicksNov 15, 2012
Jim Mancari, giantsfootballblog.com The Giants seemed like the logical pick last week but were instead embarrassed. The Chargers also looked bad against the Buccaneers, while the Seahawks and Rams both covered. Here are this week’s picks. The Giants will have their bye this week. I’ll b… |
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Is it time to bench David Diehl?Nov 15, 2012
Sam Spiegelman, giantsfootballblog.com There has been a recent plea in Giants Nation for the team to bench right tackle David Diehl. The veteran offensive lineman, Diehl was sidelined Week 2 with a knee injury and replaced with Sean Locklear through Week 9. With Locklear at right tackle, the… |
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Another Country Heard FromNov 15, 2012
Eric Weeks, thejetsblog.com Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, it did when Shonn Greene openly questioned the Jets decisions at the quarterback spot to Michael Silver of Yahoo! Sports yesterday. A day following most Jets anonymous rally round Mark Sanchez in the Dail… |
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Jets Are Given 8.9 Percent Chance to Make PlayoffsNov 15, 2012
Toni Monkovic, nytimes.com The Jets are a bad football team, but there are a lot of bad teams in the A.F.C., and Tim Tebow has overcome odds greater than this. |
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Cowboys, Eagles Have Schedule Advantage Over JintsNov 15, 2012
John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com The next six weeks will be interesting ones, as they always are, in the NFC East. The Giants lead the Cowboys by a game and a half and the Eagles by 2 1/2. That’s the good news. The bad news is the Giants have a hellish schedule. The other two teams h… |
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Breakfast links: RG3 and the EaglesNov 15, 2012
You know what dawned on me last night? With the Giants on bye, not one of the NFC East teams that's playing this weekend (a) has a winning record or (b) can possibly have one by this time next week either. Sheesh. Tough times. Links. New York Giants I a… |
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New York Giants News and Links for Nov 15Nov 15, 2012
John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com Enjoying the calm, yet? We are. Hopefully the team is as well. Here are some links for you to digest… |
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R.A. Dickey won the Cy Young Award on Wednesday night, won it going away, won it as a knuckleballer, won it at the age of 38, made baseball fans everywhere cheer, whether they are Mets fans or not. |
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About Last Night: Dickey Delivers Knuckle SandwichNov 15, 2012
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Wednesday. Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey capped off his improbable seas... |
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