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    • Articles, Rutgers, Seton Hall

    Seton Hall will visit Rutgers Wednesday night in a Big East basketball game in the Soprano State.

    The matchup of old rivals will take place in Piscataway, N.J., but it might as well be a celebration of the Silk City of Paterson — the birthplace of Larry Doby, Lou Costello, Tim Thomas, Marquis Webb, Essence Carson and Nicole Louden.

    Some five players across both teams have Paterson roots and the most talked-about Patersonian on the airwaves these days — Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz — is expected to be in attendance at the Rutgers Athletic Center.

    Rutgers freshmen Myles Mack and Derrick Randall both attended Paterson Catholic, Cruz’s alma mater, as did Seton Hall senior Jordan Theodore and sophomore Fuquan Edwin. Rutgers freshman Eli Carter also grew up in Paterson.

    Articles, Old Knicks

    GREENBURGH, N.Y. — If you bought a ticket for Wednesday’s Knicks-Wizards game expecting to see superstars Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire, you appear to be out of luck.

    The Knicks announced Tuesday that Anthony is out 1-2 weeks with a strained right groin sustained in the first quarter of Monday’s 99-88 win over the Utah Jazz at MSG.

    Stoudemire is on an indefinite leave from the team following the death of his old brother, Hazell, Monday in a car crash in Florida. The team had no update on his status Tuesday. Following Wednesday’s game, the Knicks host Kobe Bryant and the Lakers Friday.

    Articles, Kentucky

    NEW YORK — Enes Kanter was hoping for a rematch with Josh Harrellson Monday night at Madison Square Garden.

    But because Harrellson is sidelined with a fractured right wrist, the two former Kentucky teammates weren’t able to tangle in the Knicks 99-88 victory over the Utah Jazz.

    “He was sad because his hand’s broke, so I was kind of sad, too,” Kanter said before the game. “He was doing a really good job and he was really happy to be here.”

    Articles, Old Knicks, Video


    NEW YORK     — There were times in recent weeks when Jeremy Lin wondered whether he’d ever get a real shot in the NBA.

    “Of course, of course, that’s definitely going to cross my mind,” Lin, a Harvard grad and one of the first Asian-Americans in the NBA, said Monday night in the Knicks locker room.

    After both the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets waived him in December, the Knicks took a flyer on Lin because they needed another point guard in the wake of of Baron Davis’s back injury.

    Articles, Old Knicks

    NEW YORK — Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni has a message for fans who repeatedly boo Jared Jeffries anytime he misses a layup.

    “Anybody who boos Jared Jeffries has got to re-examine their life a little bit,” D’Antoni said following the Knicks 99-88 victory over the Utah Jazz at MSG.

    “I love our fans and I like Madison Square Garden, the arena, but here’s a guy who came back to us, minimum contract. He could’ve gone to a lot of other teams. He plays as hard as anybody could possibly ever play, with injuries, everything you ask him. He takes every charge, every dirty play, every rebound. He works every second.”

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