Mandel's Musings

Mandel’s Musings: Take Francesa Off The Air in New York

Published on: 11th March, 2010

New York — It was fun to put on WFAN Sports Talk Radio in New York City last week and not be forced to listen to Mike Francesa during afternoon drive time. It hasn’t been an easy listen since his partner, Chris Russo took off for greener pastures (green as in the color of money) at [...]

Mandel’s Musings – Why Jets Will Beat Colts

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 the [...]

Giants – Eagles NFC East Shootout Ends With Big Blue Defenseless

Published on: 14th December, 2009

East Rutherford — This was the game that would go a long way towards deciding the season for the Giants. It couldn’t get any bigger than this. A national television audience, hated division rivals in the visiting Philadelphia Eagles, and a little swagger in their step coming off of last week’s huge win over the [...]

John Wall Is Basketball’s Next Big Thing

Published on: 11th December, 2009

NEW YORK — John Wall was last in Madison Square Garden a little less than eight months ago, for the Jordan Brand Classic, a messy high-school All-Star game in which he had eight points, six assists and five turnovers, and two big men, Georgia Tech-bound Derrick Favors and Mississippi State-bound Renardo Sidney, were named co-MVPs.
Wall [...]

SPORTSREPORTERS EXCLUSIVE WITH PATRICK EWING – “I WANT THE NETS COACHING JOB”

Published on: 2nd December, 2009

New York — In an exclusive interview with SportsReporters.com’s Scott Mandel, former Knicks great Patrick Ewing pronounced he was ready, willing and able to become a head coach in the NBA and he was putting his hat in the ring for the New Jersey Nets job, which just opened up this past Monday with the firing [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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