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The Jets knew they were in for a tough game against the Patriots at Foxborough after they outplayed, outworked and outcoached their counterpart in the second week of the football season.
Now, it gets harder with Bill Belichick using the media's criticism of him as aámethod to get the Patriots toárally around him after his decision turned out to be failure ináthrowing the balláatáfourth down in Colts territory
Not only will it ...
When the Jets introduced Rex Ryan to everyone for the very first time, Ryan talked of his team hanging out with President Barack Obama. He meant the Jets would win a championship when he mentioned Obama's name.
Itáwas cute when he said it.áRyan played it smart when he talked about what he expects out of himself and his team as the new coach of the Jets.
Before training camp, he talkedáabout how ...
Reports circulated that Mets general manager Omar Minaya is hesitant to spend the money on the stars of the 2010 free agent class. His approach is to build around the team with lower-level free agents.
Typically, Minaya loves to target the big names and do whatever it takes to get their signature on the dotted line of the contract, and that approach worked out well for him, but with the ...
The man blamed for the New York Knicks roster mess, Isiah Thomas, returns tomorrow to the local area with feeling good about himself. Not because of his team's (Florida International) chances against Monmouth. He feels good because the team that ran him out are actually doing worse without him.
In an interview with NY Daily News college hoops writer Dick Weiss the other day, Thomas exonerated himself from his failures byá ...
Giants-Chargers: New York Knows Losing These Days
Posted: 8th November 2009 by Leslie Monteiro in NFL
When an opposing team leave the home team's turf as victors after almost losing the game with couple of minutes remaining, it's not a good thing.
That was the case with the Giants yesterday evening. They outplayed the Chargers for most of the game, but in the end, they lost when Philip Rivers engineered several drives to propel the Chargers a thrilling a 21-20 victory.
There's no way to sugarcoat this. This ...
LeBron James' baseball team celebrated their 27th championship this afternoon with a Canyon of Heroes parade around Manhattan. This was good timing for the Knicks.
The Yankees' parade coincided with James' only appearance at Madison Square Garden tonight, and that can only be a great thing for the NBA and one of the flagship franchises in basketball.
It's a unique recruiting tool to convince James to play in the Mecca of basketball ...
Everyone anointed the Giants as the team to beat in the NFC after they started 5-0 by beating up on many bad teams in the schedule.
The team earned the benefit of the doubt by appearing in the postseason for four straight years with a Super Bowl championship to show for it so it's hard to quibbble about their start especially with the way they outscored those teams.
New Yorkers expected their ...
Nothing Goes Right for the New York Giants These Days
Posted: 2nd November 2009 by Leslie Monteiro in NFL
Everyone anointed the Giants as the team to beat in the NFC after beating up on many bad teams in the schedule that put them at 5-0.
The team earned the benefit of the doubt by appearing in the postseason for the three straight years with a Super Bowl champion to show for it.
New Yorkers expected their NFC team to expose the Saints as frauds when their team came to ...
New York Jets: New Year, Same Ol’ Team that Disappears
Posted: 2nd November 2009 by Leslie Monteiro in NFL
No matter how many new players, general managers, and coaches work for the Jets, things remain the same with the team losing year after year.
This year is no different. They continue to torment their suffering fans by winning games to get them interested, yet infuriate them by losing winnable games, especially at Giants Stadium.
The AFC East frauds entered the bye week at 4-4 after a bad loss to the Dolphins ...
Wednesday nightáprovides this viewer some options to watch. He can either watch the first game of the World Series or take in couple of pro basketball games by couple of sorry basketball teams that play in New York and New Jersey.
Watching the Knicks and the Nets is a better option that watching an American League team buying its way to the World Series.
At least, both of those teams offer comic ...