NEW YORK –It was early during the 2006-07 season, and the New York Knicks were an absolute horror.  Larry Brown, after all of one year, was eradicated, and Isiah Thomas, the team’s general manager, was given the added responsibility of head coach.
Don’t drop the ball, James Dolan warned.
Thomas, the Hall-of-Fame guard who -once upon a [...]

Jets rookie head coach Rex Ryan admitted after his clubs shocking 17-14 win Over San Diego in the AFC Divisional round Sunday at QualComm stadium, that a rematch with the Colts for the rights to go to the Super Bowl, was not what most football fans wanted to see yet added “That’s too bad. Here [...]

The J-e-t-s Jets Jets Jets were left for dead late Sunday as Jags RB Maurice Jones-Drew jokingly apologized at the podium to fantasy owners for taking a knee to help run out the clock. Now  4-5 and somehow trailing in the AFC wildcard hunt after a 3-0 start, even coach Rex Ryan admitted after the [...]

The plan began to take shape nearly a year ago. Once the 2008 Yankees’ record slipped down far enough to where both the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox were going to finish ahead of them, the team’s hierarchy knew that drastic changes were needed.
The Bombers had made the postseason 12 consecutive years under [...]

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY— Most clubs can define its seasons on a critical stretch that secures a playoff spot or dashes postseason aspirations.
The first two weeks of August nearly derailed the Ducks quest for a sixth straight Atlantic League playoff berth. But the subsequent fortnight is helping the Flock gain an edge of Bridgeport in the [...]

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY— Gary Carter’s usual in-game commute entails walking from dugout to home plate before the game and to and from the third base coach’s box.
Carter extended his trip yesterday for two prolonged arguments after the three-man umpiring crew overturned two controversial calls. One call went for the home team and the other helped [...]

UNIONDALE, NY– Hide the records and the Islanders and Penguins appear to be very similar in organizational philosophy.
Before the laughter starts, consider that the Penguins play in an arena even older than Nassau Coliseum and depend on the NHL draft instead of big-ticket free agent items to compete. Also consider that both teams fired coaches [...]

Nothing is forever, not even grisly, 39-year-old quarterbacks that still have enough youthful exuberance to challenge a second grader. When Brett Favre ‘un-retired’ over the summer and forced his way out of Green Bay, even he had to realize that he had one, maybe two years left in his right arm.
When the Jets made the [...]