In the end, even destiny couldn’t beat Peyton Manning.
The Indianapolis Colts’ future Hall of Fame quarterback ultimately proved once again that he is indeed that dominant, and that this year, “MVP” might as well stand for “Most Valuable, Peyton.”
Through four straight wins and nearly half of what looked to be a fifth, the New York [...]

“Boss, this is for you” was the message that flashed on the big video screen in the outfield at the new Yankee Stadium.  George Steinbrenner the owner was home in Tampa watching the festivities unfold as his son, Hal, the managing general partner accepted the trophy on a podium on the infield.
The New York Yankees [...]

The talk all around the National Basketball Association as the current season begins has been the plethora of teams who are merely looking to go through the motions in anticipation of the free agent class coming up in the summer. It is almost as if this – and in some cases – last season were [...]

Both part of the Vince Carter deal last month, Rafer Alston and Courtney Lee had two different felings when joining the team.
Alston’s take from Yahoo Sports:
“I’m excited not only to be with the Nets but to be able to play in front of family and friends, and also the opportunity to help a franchise turn [...]

After all this talk over the past few weeks about the Nets looking for another forward to help on the boards, the team may not be looking in that direction after all.
“Not necessarily,” team president Rod Thorn told the Associated Press regarding the Nets potentially going for need and drafting a forward. “As we’ve said, [...]

Of course the ultimate goal for a team is to make the playoffs, regardless of what sport you’re in and even if the team is going through a rebuilding year. For the New York Knicks, getting into the postseason in Year One of the new regime would be a feather in the caps of team [...]

One by one, all the busts that former head honcho Isiah Thomas brought to Broadway are being sent packing. The latest to go is perhaps the most villainous and the face of the franchise’s recent failures, and no one was shedding a tear when Stephon Marbury was finally given the heave-ho.
The most ironic part of [...]

If it was Joe Torre’s intent to set the New York Yankees world on its ear, then his campaign has been an overwhelming success.
Ever since excerpts from Torre’s new book “The Yankee Years” co-authored by Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated fame hit the media the sports world and the Big Apple in particular has been [...]

No book in recent memory has received as much advanced notice as Joe Torre’s new tell all book, “The Yankee Years,” co-authored by Sport Illustrated’s Tom Verducci, which is getting its official launch in bookstores today.
The book chronicles Torre’s 12-year run as manager of the New York Yankees. The story Torre tells reveals not only [...]