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NBA: Memphis Grizzlies' size too much as they knock off the previously undefeated New York Knicks

John Hollinger, ESPN.com

The New York Knicks lost their cool and lost their first game in Memphis to the powerful, red-hot Grizzlies, writes John Hollinger.

nydailynews.com

The Knicks have a slogan inscribed in their new uniforms: “Once a Knick, Always a Knick.” But Charles Oakley and Patrick Ewing, the stalwarts of the ’90s era, have found it a lot harder to crack James Dolan’s club.

nydailynews.com

For the Jets, it has come to this: they badly need to beat a mediocre Rams squad on Sunday to keep realistic playoff hopes alive. It would also help them avoid the dark depths of a four-game losing streak and the bile that their fans would release.

CNNSI.com

NEW YORK (AP) -- The busy Toronto Blue Jays struck again Friday with their latest big deal: All-Star game MVP Melky Cabrera is set to join them in his return from a drug suspension.

Mark Newman, MLB.com

Mets general manager Sandy Alderson and D-backs president Derrick Hall were among speakers representing Major League Baseball leadership at the seventh annual Ivy Sports Symposium on Friday at Columbia University.

CNNSI.com

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- Jim Harbaugh practically galloped through the locker room, lively as ever, offering a wave and a smile to long snapper Brian Jennings before putting his arm around right guard Alex Boone.

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Few teams beat the Spurs at home. Not only did the Knicks win in San Antonio 104-100, they did it with an impressive fourth-quarter rally that moved them to 6-0, says Ben Golliver.

Andrew Greif, dimemag.com

The man in the middle of the Nets’ first season in Brooklyn is Brook Lopez, who’s averaging 17.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and a career-high 2.3 blocks after signing a four-year contract worth more than $60 million. Just as the spotlight has greeted the Ne…

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LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) -- Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler will miss Monday's game at San Francisco because of a concussion.

Beckley Mason, nytimes.com

This 2012-13 Knicks recall the Mavericks team that won the N.B.A. title in 2011, and not just because Jason Kidd and Tyson Chandler are on the roster.

The New York Times, nytimes.com

George Vecsey does not think the Mets should trade R.A. Dickey.

Dom Cosentino, deadspin.com

And we know this because we got an email about it from a tipster at 11:17 this morning: More »

Beckley Mason, nytimes.com

The biggest difference right now between the Nets and the Celtics? Boston's leaders have seen their system work.

Spencer Lund, dimemag.com

Last night, the New York Knicks beat the Spurs in San Antonio, 104-100, to move to 6-0 on the season. It’s only the second time the Knicks have started a season 6-0 in their history, the other time being a 7-0 start to the 1993-94 season. Despite the wi…

Anthony DiComo, MLB.com

The Mets announced Friday that they have signed utility man Brian Bixler to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Spring Training.

kristianrdyer, thejetsblog.com

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – Now a Jet, former Rams first round pick Jason Smith won’t admit to any special emotions or feeling this Sunday in St. Louis. Instead, he’s having too much fun in green and white to admit to that. Smith endured an up and down ten…

Dom Cosentino, deadspin.com

Brian Bassett, thejetsblog.com

Kristian Dyer wrote up some reactions from players in Metro about the anonymous sources earlier this week. Players seem to be of the mind that some of the quotes were either totally fictitious, or at the least … upcycled.     One prominent Jets player…

Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com

This year's edition of the Jets' public meltdown began in earnest this week as the Daily News ran a series of anonymous quotes from the locker room blasting Tim Tebow's gimmickry and poor quarterbacking. (You could just have easily framed the same quote…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Are we sure Brian Schottenheimer was really a Jets coach for six years? Now the Rams offensive coordinator, Schottenheimer steadfastly refused to throw gas on the big, green dumpster fire his former team has become. “[A victory Sunday] wouldn’t count …

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

The Giants took the wrong week to take their bye. Not for them, they needed it, but for everyone else around here. When there is only one team playing in New York, local media outlets send more resources in that direction. That direction is Florham Park…

Toni Monkovic, nytimes.com

The Giants quarterback's interceptions and errors come from the same mentality that produces his daring successes, an analyst says.

ESPN.com

New York Giants The Giants' assistant coaches all talk to the media during the bye week, so you get to hear perspectives you don't hear throughout the season. For instance, defensive line coach Robert Nunn has a theory that the best way to help the Gian…

John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com

Nice and quiet around here for the first time in weeks. The President came and allayed some fears with his pledge to help New York rebuild.  Gas lines are back to normal. The Giants are off. The Jets are in the media for all the wrong reasons again….he…

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

The Knicks only had 3-of-12 shooting by Carmelo Anthony (nine points though he did get 12 boards) and were on the road in San Antonio and yet New York went into Texas and still won, 104-100 to stay undefeated against all odds. And by against all odds, w…

nydailynews.com

A few former NFL heavyweights weighed in on the state of the New York football teams Thursday, with Sterling Sharpe questioning what the Jets “are good at,” and Giants icon Phil Simms not backing down from his remarks that Eli Manning is not an elite …

Matt Loede, jetsgab.com

In an interview with Michael Silver of Yahoo Sports on Wednesday, Jets running back suggested that Tim Tebow should replace Mark Sanchez at quaraterback. Steve Wyche of NFL Network and NFL.com reports a source close to Jets running back Shonn Greene, wh…