Scott Mandel
Published on: 20th August, 2010
NY Giants Buy A Little Offensive Line Insurance |
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ALBANY, N.Y. – The Giants added an intriguing and potentially significant player to their offensive line today when they signed two-time Pro Bowl guard Shawn Andrews, a former first-round draft choice of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Andrews, 6-4½ and 330 pounds, was at the University at Albany yesterday for a workout and signed with the Giants at [...]
Published on: 7th August, 2010
Mandel's Musings - Mets Season On The Brink |
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New York – It’s over, boys and girls. If you are a New York Mets fan, there are many clichés you can come up to describe another season of great disappointment and futility for your men in orange and blue.
You can kiss it goodbye.
The ship be sinkin’.
Wait till next year.
Nice guys finish last.
Goodbye Omar.
Goodbye [...]
Published on: 21st July, 2010
Yankees May Be At End Of Championship Run |
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New York – It wouldn’t be the first time a great sports franchise has gotten old, seemingly all at one time but the New York Yankees should be aware, very aware, just how close they are to falling into loser’s oblivion in the very near future.
If any team should be acutely tuned-in to how [...]
Published on: 20th July, 2010
Steinbrenner Remembered PUB_DATE: 02/22/1998
DAY: Sunday
PHOTOGRAPHER: Paul Bereswill
SOURCE_CAPTION: Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and manager Joe Torre make a point on the field during camp today. Film Image
IMAGE_KEYWORDS: spring training 1998, steinbrenner. george (ny yankees owner), torre. joe (baseball)
SHOOT_DATE: 02/21/1998
SUPPLIER: Staff
SOURCE: Film-12 Frame
CREDIT: NEWSDAY -SAVE |
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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Driven by a Fear of Failure
By BUSTER OLNEY
Published: July 17, 2010
Older reporters reminded me continually that the George Steinbrenner I covered for The New York Times in the late ’90s was much different, much more sedate, than he had been in his first years as the Yankees’ owner, when Steinbrenner made his reputation as [...]
Published on: 12th July, 2010
LeBron Who? Knicks Introduce Four New Players SACRAMENTO, CA - APRIL 18: Ronny Turiaf #21 of the Los Angeles Lakers gets ready to take on the Sacramento Kings on April 18, 2007 at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2007 NBAE (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Ronny Turiaf |
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Greenburgh, NY – The Knicks continued with their complete makeover from last season when they announced today the signing of guard Raymond Felton as a free agent. As per club policy, terms of the deal will not be disclosed.
“Raymond is a top point guard and someone we targeted during the free agency period,” Walsh said. [...]
Published on: 11th July, 2010
Cyclones Hitters Warming Up With The Weather In Brooklyn |
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Brooklyn – As the parent club New York Mets continues to struggle to score runs lately, perhaps they should look downward at their farm team out in Coney Island, where the Brooklyn Cyclones sport a lineup of offensive-minded young hitters who enjoy nothing more than hitting the ball as hard and as far as they [...]
Published on: 9th July, 2010
Mandel's Musings - LeBron's Legacy Changed Forever |
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New York – As a free agent in the National Basketball Association, LeBron James was entitled to make the choice to play for any team he preferred. He had the right to work anywhere for whatever amount of currency he chose to accept in exchange for his great skills on the basketball court. There’s no [...]
Published on: 3rd July, 2010
Mandel's Musings - Knicks and Nets Have Contrasting Styles and Rosters |
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New York – Interesting that the Knicks believe Mike Miller is a suitable alternative for Joe Johnson. Can he shoot? Sure. Can he do anything else on the court? Uh, not really. Will he score a little more in D’Antoni’s system? Who doesn’t?
Does anybody believe David Lee, nice player that he is, will [...]
Published on: 2nd July, 2010
Baby Mets Lose To Baby Yanks in Brooklyn |
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Brooklyn – The Mets and Yankees are not the only winning teams in New York, these days. Out in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, the Mets affiliate single A team, the Cyclones have been tearing it up in the New York-Penn League this season with a 9-4 record and a solid grip on first [...]
Published on: 22nd June, 2010
Backman, Baseball Lifer, Is Back In Town |
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Brooklyn – If ever there was a baseball player in New York over the past 25 years who baseball people would look at and view as a future big-league manager, it was Wally Backman.
You remember Backman. The scrappy, hustling second baseman on the 1986 World Champion New York Mets. The little guy from Oregon who [...]
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