Published on: 31st March, 2011
New York — The Knicks won the game tonight against the New Jersey Nets. It was a game they had to win, a game they knew was crucial for their playoff positioning, and a game they knew they should win against a less-talented, losing team, especially at home in front of their own roaring MSG [...]
Published on: 25th March, 2011
New York — The hype is now over. The bloom is off the rose for the New York Knickerbockers. THE TRADE was made, the Knicks got their man in Carmelo Anthony. And what has happened in the month since Jim Dolan rocked the basketball world with his enormous mid-season deal? Well, put it this way. [...]
Published on: 13th March, 2011
NEW YORK – A basketball team is like a symphony orchestra in that the sum of all its parts, played together, tends to sound much better than the individual instrument players. Basketball teams and orchestras are also similar in that they’re only as good as their weakest link. Once both teams get in the rhythm [...]
Published on: 13th March, 2011
UConn wins fifth game in five days to earn Big East tournament title NEW YORK — Kemba Walker capped the best five days an individual and team may have ever had in college basketball, scoring 19 points to lead Connecticut (No. 19 ESPN/USA Today, No. 21 AP) to a 69-66 victory over No. 14 Louisville [...]
Published on: 12th March, 2011
New York – It was inevitable that Jim Dolan and his merry band of superstar collectors at MSG would decide the huge expenses incurred by bringing players like Amar’e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony into the fold would have to be paid for by more than just adding another cent or two to every bill of [...]
Published on: 11th March, 2011
FLUSHING, N.Y., March 11, 2011 – The New York Mets today announced that they have optioned seven players to minor league camp and re-assigned four players to minor league camp. Righthanded pitchers Armando Rodriguez, Josh Stinson and Manny Alvarez, infielders Ruben Tejada, Zach Lutz and Jordany Valdespin along with outfielder Fernando Martinez were optioned [...]
Published on: 5th March, 2011
New York – In team sports, it’s easy to blame a team’s failings on the coach rather than on multiple players. It may not always be true or even, fair to point fingers at the person charged with pushing all the buttons, creating the offensive and defensive alignments, and making sure all those multiples of players [...]
Published on: 3rd March, 2011
Knicks' Douglas Outplays Paul in Battle of Future Knicks Point GuardsNew York – It hasn’t been the easiest of seasons or careers for Toney Douglas, the Knicks backup point guard. Since being drafted by the Knicks in 2009, Douglas, not a true point guard but more of an energy guy with defensive skills has been trying to prove to his teammates and coaches that he [...]