November 2009

Jeter First Yankee To Win Sports Illustrated Sportsman Of The Year Award

Published on: 30th November, 2009

NEW YORK — Derek Jeter has been selected Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year, becoming the first member of the New York Yankees to win the award.

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Jeter was back at Yankee Stadium a couple of weeks after winning his fifth World Series title, capping a stellar season with a photo shoot for his latest [...]

Knicks Lose To Magic, Record Falls to 3-14

Published on: 30th November, 2009

New York – It’s the same old, same old for the Knicks every night.  Almost like clockwork, they play just well enough (or poorly enough) to lose games, well, to lose 14 of their first 17, anyway. Tonight’s game against the Orlando Magic fell right into lockstep with the Knicks’ other losses as the Magic [...]

Free Agency In Baseball Grounds To A Halt

Published on: 29th November, 2009

The 2009-10 market of free agents is overwhelmingly rated as bearish. Certainly, some clubs will dive into the deep end of the pool, where Matt Holliday, Jason Bay and John Lackey splash. But the crowd is at the shallow end, where the pickings for serious upgrades are slim.

Of the 171 players who declared for free [...]

Giants Are On The Brink, Season Is Just About Over

Published on: 27th November, 2009

New York — It’s over, Giants fans. The schedule says there are still five games left to the 2009 season, almost a full third of the season but believe me, it’s kiss the playoffs goodbye time.
This Giants team realized sometime during the third quarter of tonight’s embarrassing 26-6 loss in Denver  that they were simply [...]

Inside Look At Tom Coughlin Press Conference Today

Published on: 18th November, 2009

An insiders look at today’s TOM COUGHLIN PRESS CONFERENCE
Ahmad Bradshaw is listed as the only player that will not practice today. We will have a good rotation.
Q: We talked with Eli and Justin on Monday about how they came back with their heads cleared a little bit and felt a little refreshed. Is that the [...]

Knicks Set Franchise Mark For Worst Start In History

Published on: 14th November, 2009

New York – It’s going from very bad to much worse for the Knicks, these days.
They had a terrific opportunity to get back on the winning track tonight. All of the winds were blowing in the right direction. They were at home, in front of a sold-out Madison Square Garden, with a struggling, defensively-challenged Golden [...]

Knicks Fall to 1-8 Against Hawks

Published on: 12th November, 2009

New York — When Jamal Crawford, the former Knick guard who once scored 52 points in a game here at Madison Square Garden arrived tonight at this arena as an Atlanta Hawk, it was out of sheer habit from his five years of service that he initially turned toward his old locker room to get [...]

Knicks Lose Again But Discover A Sparkplug in Rookie Douglas

Published on: 10th November, 2009

Yes, the Knicks lost another game tonight. They did so by continuing to repeat the same season-long pattern of poor play in the first halves of games followed by frenetic, catch-up aggression in the second half to make final scores respectable. And, yes, they are still at a loss to figure out how to play [...]

Mandel’s Musings: Knicks Fall Again to James and Cavaliers

Published on: 7th November, 2009

New York – Lebron James took his show on the road tonight to play in front of a jam-packed, star-studded Madison Square Garden that included players from the team that has become the role model for what a winning franchise is supposed to look like, baseball’s world champion New York Yankees.  In stark contrast, James and his Cleveland [...]

Nothing Like a Game Six

Published on: 4th November, 2009

New York — The New York Yankees will sink or swim with their three-man postseason rotation. They don’t have any other viable options.
Pettitte will be the third straight Yankees pitcher to start on short rest. He will be opposed on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium by the Phillies’ Pedro Martinez, making this a match of [...]

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