In the span of about 12 hours Thursday, New York sports added God, a Prince and Muhammad.
The only thing missing was Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
“We need as much divine intervention as we can get,” cracked New York high school recruiting expert Tom Konchalski. (more…)
NEWARK — Herb Pope and Darrelle Revis both come from Aliquippa, Pa.
Both play for teams in New Jersey.
And both had big games Saturday against opponents from Cincinnati.
So, who had the bigger win?
“Us, us, us. The Jets won? If this [comment] gets out, ‘Good job, Darrelle. Great game,’” Pope said after posting 14 points and 7 rebounds in Seton Hall’s 83-76 victory over Cincinnati (11-5, 2-2 Big East) at the Prudential Center.
Eric Mangini may no longer be the Jets coach, but he still managed to do them a solid on Draft Day.
Mangini, now the coach of the Cleveland Browns, traded the No. 5 pick in the NFL Draft to the Jets, who used it to select USC quarterback Mark Sanchez.
Watching the proceedings from California, Sanchez received a phone call (more…)
My colleague Jane McManus of The Journal News has penned an interesting column criticizing The Jets Flight Crew.
If I ever took my 4-year-old daughter to a Jets game (she’s already been to a Yankees game and a high school football game at Giants Stadium), I’m not sure how I’d feel about her seeing the Flight Crew or how I’d explain what they were doing at a football game.
What do you think?
Brett Favre is headed to the Big Apple.
Jay Glazer broke the news that the former Green Bay Packers QB has been traded to the Jets.
“I like going into New York, there’s great things to do there,” Rachel Nichols of ESPN reported Favre told her before the trade.
Truth is, the three-time NFL MVP will have better hunting opportunities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania than he would have had in Tampa.
This is a huge move for the Jets, and should make them an automatic contender in the AFC. Are the Jets suddenly the best team in New York, better still than the Super Bowl champion Giants?
It also means Chad Pennington or Kellen Clemens is out of work. Look for Pennington to be the odd man out.
“(Favre) is going to be a guy that’s coming and helping to save this organization,” ESPN football analyst Mark Schlereth said on ESPN. (more…)
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Zagoria covers the New York Knicks and Big East hoops for NBA.com and SNY.tv. He also appears as a Big East Basketball Insider on SNY and 1050 ESPN Radio.
He is an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, SI and Basketball Times.
