Published on: 30th September, 2009
New York – One of the great stories in baseball this year is unfolding down in Hot ‘Lanta where the 69-year old Bobby Cox is managing in the next to last year of his Hall of Fame career and having the time of his life. His young Braves, with a pitching staff of rookie unknowns [...]
Published on: 30th September, 2009
New York – Knicks power forward David Lee has re-signed with the team for the coming season. Team sources said the deal was for one year, at a significant raise that could reach 8 million dollars for the 2009-10 season. The deal will make Lee an unrestricted free agent next summer, adding his name to the already [...]
Published on: 29th September, 2009
From the great Mike Lupica – New York Daily News After 99 other victories this season, after all the comebacks on this side of 161st St., the Yankees were putting some official winning into the new place, about five minutes after 5 Sunday afternoon. They were winning the American League East with style, with one [...]
Published on: 21st September, 2009
Irving, Texas – The whole state of Texas was rocking tonight as the Dallas Cowboys opened their $1.175 billion “Palace in Dallas” tonight when they hosted the division rival New York Giants. The party atmosphere here, which included an NFL record crowd of 105,121 screaming fans turned sad at the end when the Giants won the [...]
Published on: 20th September, 2009
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Rex Ryan sent a message to the fans. His New York Jets delivered one of their own. On the Mark Late After having limited opportunities in the first half, Jets rookie QB Mark Sanchez connected on nearly 65 percent of his second-half attempts, including the go-ahead, nine-yard TD to Dustin [...]
Published on: 20th September, 2009
New York Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan, 9.18 Opening Statement… Let’s knock out these injuries. It’s exactly as it was yesterday with the exception of Erik Ainge. He is fine now. I guess he was listed as out (did not practice) before because he missed practice, he was ill. But he is back to being [...]
Published on: 19th September, 2009
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Dallas is annually the scene of one of the Giants’ most challenging road games. The Cowboys almost always field a playoff-caliber team, their fans are loud, loyal and raucous and the intensity of the NFC East rivalry results in a raw and combative game. If you could multiply all that emotion [...]
Published on: 14th September, 2009
Derek Jeter is the MVP of the American League, hands-down. Joe Mauer? Uh uh. Batting .360 is an amazing feat for anyone, let alone a catcher like Mauer. It’s a great achievement but let’s keep things in perspective. Mauer is doing it when his teams’ games have no meaning and no pressure attached to them. [...]
Published on: 7th September, 2009
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – The Giants announced they have signed eight players, including six who were with them in training camp and were waived on Saturday, to their practice squad. The group includes two of their 2009 draft choices, quarterback Rhett Bomar (fifth round) and cornerback DeAndre Wright (sixth). Also on the squad are running [...]
Published on: 7th September, 2009
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said Monday that quarterback Sam Bradford has a Grade 2 or Grade 3 sprain of the AC joint in his right, throwing shoulder. Stoops said that Bradford’s recovery will continue to be monitored and it could be a “week or two” before there is a total understanding of a timetable [...]