New York – Don’t you get the feeling this current Knicks season is beginning to take on the look and feel of previous seasons, which have mostly been of the losing variety? After tonight’s disappointing 106-104 loss to the visiting Toronto Raptors, during which the Knicks held huge early leads and a five point advantage [...]
Published on: 27th January, 2010
NEW YORK — It was a record-setting performance at Madison Square Garden today. Unfortunately for Knicks fans, it was based more on the home teams’ futility and not on anything even remotely positive as the Dallas Mavericks, minus two starters, crushed the New Yorkers 128-78 on Sunday. Drew Gooden, coming off the bench in place of [...]
Published on: 27th January, 2010
New York — One game after the Knicks were humiliated by a Madison Square Garden record 50 points to the Dallas Mavericks, they turned it around tonight and treated the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves like the terrible team they truly are, beating up the Wolves, 132-105. The Knicks snapped a two-game losing streak as they got [...]
Published on: 24th January, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS — The Jets began the day 60 minutes away from their first Super Bowl in 41 years. Then they found themselves a mere 30 tantalizing minutes away, leading the Colts 17-13 at halftime of today’s AFC Championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium and feeling this was their destiny. “Thirty minutes . . . so [...]
Published on: 23rd January, 2010
Kobe, Starting to Wear Down Picks His Spots For GreatnessNew York – Kobe Bryant had 13 fourth quarter points on the way to his game-high 27 as he led the Lakers to a 115-105 win over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden last night. This was not vintage Bryant in his only appearance of the season in New York, where he electrified [...]
Published on: 21st January, 2010
A few thoughts on this little diversion we call playoff football. The Jets can absolutely get blown out of this Sunday’s American Football Conference championship game. It wouldn’t surprise anyone if Peyton Manning exposed the Jets’ defensive backs with his pinpoint passing to his great receivers, Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark. His quick release could very likely neutralize [...]
Published on: 18th January, 2010
NEW YORK – The Detroit Pistons came into Madison Square Garden a struggling and undermanned squad to face a Knicks team that had been playing at a .500 clip (15-15) since their horrific 1-9 start. The Pistons were without Ben Gordon, Tayshaun Prince, and Chris Wilcox. The Knicks were without Eddy Curry (knee injury). Advantage [...]
Published on: 16th January, 2010
NEW YORK – They called it “”Italian Heritage Night” tonight at Madison Square Garden when the Knicks faced off against the Toronto Raptors. No, there was no free pizza handed out to the 19,763 fans in the arena but with Andrea Bargnani and Marco Belinelli playing for the Raptors and Danilo Gallinari for New York, it was billed [...]
Published on: 15th January, 2010
New York – Carlos Beltran, the New York Mets star centerfielder, number three hitter, and highest-paid position player has just put a tremendous crimp in the team’s 2010 season hopes and dreams. And, the team isn’t happy about it. Beltran, without getting the team’s permission as required by his player contract, had surgery yesterday on [...]
Published on: 14th January, 2010
New York – Tonight was supposed to be one of the big events of this college basketball season, particularly since it was taking place in the basketball cathedral of Madison Square Garden. It was a happening, not so much because it was St. Johns against Cincinnati in another battle of Big East teams who can [...]