tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43480742138399733792012-02-16T08:16:20.697-05:00The Living Spectacle of New York Sports: dishing on the Knicks, Nets, Mets, Jets, Yanks, Giants & that one kickball team I was on.Marksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02527923896237224262noreply@blogger.comBlogger421100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348074213839973379.post-18654632688550247772012-01-02T18:12:00.000-05:002012-01-02T18:12:19.263-05:00

In a nutshell? Overall?...Horrible but hopeful. By the way, Happy New Year's! I know it's a bit late but if you know me then you know why. As for the Knicks west coast road trip...three games, one win. Against Golden State and LA we looked horrid. No ball movement, no teamwork. The most glaring problem was the fact that no one was able to take hold of the offense and instead the

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So after squandering multiple opportunities to look like a legitimate team the New York Jets couldn't even help themselves get into the playoffs let alone get help from the Titans, who happen to have won their game(which if they lost and the Jets won could have put them in the playoffs). It was just more of the same Jet's shit really. Schotty's terrible game management on offense and the lack

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KG'antics are well known. He's a goon. Your classic school yard bully who usually messes with the smaller guys in fear of getting his clock cleaned. At least the guy can play though.

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So this is how the Knicks greeted us back to basketball. Yeah. That's right, it's an expensive as hell HD-3D projector being displayed across MSG's entire floor. Ballin! We know the pre game was entertaining and thanks to an act of God or better coaching or something, the game was actually entertaining too! The NY Knicks battled the Boston Celtics on Christmas day and came out the

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"They were the better team today, and they're the better team this year. Clearly, I was wrong." -Rex Ryan after loss  The short of the story? The New York Jets were embarrassed by the New York Giants Saturday afternoon to the tune of 29-14. The more detailed version of events? The Giants were the more focused team, a team which also made the big plays when they were needed while

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We're deep in winter now, but the Knicks, Jets and Giants are turning up the heat in the city and there are plenty of stories right now but I'm a bit juvenile and relish the trash talk. The Knicks have a new attitude and are looking to contend for a championship as soon as the season starts on Christmas meanwhile the Jets and Giants battle for New York's football crown as well as for playoff

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The Knicks and Nets faced off in both of their pre season games and the Knicks won both games pretty much in control the whole time winning the first of the two game series 92-83 and the second Wednesday 88-82. It didn't help that the Nets let my main man Renaldo Balkman look like Reggie Miller hitting fade away threes in that first game, scoring 20 points. It also won't help that in the

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Damn you Mark Sanchez. Somehow you just keep winning. It never looks pretty but you do, and now this. The infamous page six reports an alleged relationship brewing between the Jets QB and victoria secret lingere model and all around hot piece Kate Upton. By the time this kid's playing career is finished his penis would have been bronzed and put on a pedestal for commoners to worship and pray

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If you are a fan of NY football then it was hard to watch the NFL last weekend as New York's two teams tried to out stink themselves against their opponents. The Giants looked outmatch by a 5-9 Redskin team that looked in control of the Giants throughout the whole game. Giants first round pick Prince Amukamara was exposed during the game which led to him being called out by teammate Antrelle

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The Mets have this really really annoying habit of losing and letting me down, so when the NY Times ran  a story about the team being sold I wasn't surprised they were only minority shares of ownership. I was also unsurprised at the lame list of perks included such as access to Mr Met....in exchange for a small fee of 20 mil. Who wouldn't make that investment!?  Oh but wait there's more! for

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 Two important and crucial wins for NY football took place this past Sunday, with the NY Jets destroying the Chiefs and the  NY Giants pulling out a come from behind...pause...win against the Cowboys. Both were very crucial wins for each  respective team as a loss would have dramatically diminished either team's chances at a playoff spot. The Jet's demolished the Chiefs 37-10 in what

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Satryday or what I like to call "Saturday" when I can type properly, the New York Knicks and the New York media welcomed Tyson Chandler to the team and he was introduced via this presser which you can watch here thanks to knicksnow.com

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Tyson Chandler does this kinda stuff, is tall, & now a Knick. As soon as the NBA lockout ended the talk began. It was being reported through various news outlets that Chris Paul via proxy had told the now NBA owned and controlled Hornets that he would not sign an extension and that he wanted to be traded most preferably to the New York Knicks. Sure enough the Knicks were hungry for a huge

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Adios amigo. Jose Reyes has signed on with the stupid Marlins for 6yrs and 106 mil. I think the Mets should have went with my plan and photographed a dead hooker that's been planted in his hotel room to use as "leverage" during "negotiations". Also If you haven't realized, I like "quotation marks".

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Wicked Good Choice! Howard Ulman AP: " “He’s got it. I just spoke to him a little while ago,” Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda, who managed Valentine in the minors with the Los Angeles Dodgers, said in a telephone interview with the AP." The formal announcement and presser should come Thursday and this is a good look for Boston. This guy knows his baseball. After sending NY into a euphoria

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The Giants just got there hides handed to them Monday night by New Orleans in a 24-49 loss which can only be described as well choreographed sodomy. The Jets overcame Sanchez's lust for keeping things interesting by winning there week 12 play date with the Bills with a 28-24 win. Sanchez managed to keep himself from being impaled by fans by moving past his terrible, terrible interception and

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Reports came in Saturday that the NBA looks like it's back in effect. It sounds as if basketball related income will be about a 50-50 split and that was enough to give fans a 66 game season starting Christmas day if what's reported is true. It's like a gift unto the world! I don't know how this plays on owners and players on an individual level but I'm willing to bet that one side remains

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So the Jets pulled out a convincing win over the San Diego Chargers Sunday winning 27-21.  In the victory the Jets played what had to be the best all around game of the season. Gang Green managed to contain the duo of Tolbert and Matthews to a combined total of 126 yards on both the ground and air. Nothing came easy with the longest run coming from Tolbert for a five yarder. All of this is

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I don't know if anyone respects or likes the job Mike Francesa does within his craft. I don't know too many football fans who do. Not too may basketball or baseball fans either. Just as well. Seems the players also can't stand this air head either as demonstrated by Darelle Revis when he hangs up on him mid interview after being badgered about an "iffy" call from Sundays Jets-Dolphins match

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So both New York teams walk away with a victory this past week. We'll start with the Jets first because this game was much easier to analyze. The Jets simply didn't suck as much as the Dolphins. Case closed. I don't hate on the phins but they simply can't execute and while the Jets played okay enough to win, had they actually played a team that routinely executes and finishes plays that 24-6

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So after four weeks of counting out the Giants against quality opponents and having them win, I pick a healthier retooled Giants to win against a crumby Seattle team. In case you didn't realize from the picture to the left, that didn't turn out to well for me. Eli Manning embraced his inner Tony Romo and threw three picks, one of which went for the winning touchdown. Victor Cruz played well

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Derrick Mason lasted 5 weeks in a Jets uniform. Mason was acquired under very short notice in a very short off season, in an effort to replace the production of Jerricho Cotchery but things didn't really pan out like that, not that Cotchery is doing much better himself. After five weeks Mason only has 13 catches for 115 yards and was traded to the Houston Texans last night for a conditional

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Sooo, where were we? Oh. The Giants despite being cursed by the blair witch and sustaining numerous injuries have fought and clawed their way to a 3-1 record thus far. How the hell did they do it? Beats the hell outta me, all I know is that it looks like they're proving they still have the mettle that made them champions in the first place. Meanwhile the Jets got some work to do. 2-2 is not

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Both New York teams came out on top week two to send the Giants to 1-1 and Jets to 2-0 First up is Eli and the boys, who despite starting off rocky, managed to catch rhythm to the tune of a 28-16 victory. Eli had an aight 223 yds with 2 TD's and an INT. He was decent but only after a horrible start. To be fair though it looked like his receivers were not on the same page early on. The Giants

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The Giants need to get healthy and the guys who are healthy need to play better. Eli isn't a "great" QB but he is very good...he just can't do it alone.    Granted the lock out made for a weird off season but that line while not terrible should have been re-bolstered. This Monday on live TV they face a St. Louis squad that's banged up just as much at this point. Spags is probably looking

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As previously mentioned, the dust has settled during a pretty ugly NFL lockout and we now are knee deep with a weekend's worth of action to discuss. But what's new with the NFL? What did that whole lockout accomplish? What changes did it bring about? What about new game play rules? Ride with me as I attempt to give you some of the highlights. First off congratulations everyone, job well

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Good to be back folks...or folk. Whatever, don't bust my balls. Anyhow, my little hiatus is done & there are major sports to talk about so here I am. After worrying all summer if we would have football because of a very tense labor situation, Football came back to us as well, with the only major casualty being a shortened pre-season. No one really cared too much about that though. Week one just

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Well, it's been three weeks and it's still early but the Jet's and Giants look so awesome it's scary. Both defenses are killing it, looking hungrier than a gaggle of coked up Calvin Klein models. The Jet's gave up their first offensive touchdown after 2 weeks to the Titans and even then held them to 17 points. The G men also played well, embarrassing Tampa in a shutout holding the Bucs to a total

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Image via WikipediaKnicks fans may have some hope. Due to the terrible financial restictions of most NBA teams going into the 2009-2010 season the Knicks have played the waiting game and may be able to retain two of their hugest assets in David Lee and Nate Robinson.From the Daily News:"Nate wants to stay in New York." Goodwin refused to discuss terms of a possible deal, but according to a

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Image by feastoffun via FlickrSo what happened in sports this weekend? Well the Yankees finished off the Tigers in a clean sweep thanks to a good start from a fresh Joba coming off eight days rest. The Mets...poor, poor Mets...They took one game out of four in the ass whipping session that was the Atlanta series this weekend. Johan Santana the one good thing about the cursed Mets got the win on

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Image by ChrisGoldNY via FlickrWell...the Mets still have a waaaaay to go but at least they got two wins over the Reds going into the break. In 4th place now, 6 1/2 back it's not over but with no timetable on a few critical pieces going forward will be an uphill battle. Many are calling for heads to roll but I beg to differ. It'll solve nothing at this point and really, who could have predicted

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Image via WikipediaThe NBA Las Vegas Summer League has kicked off while I was recovering from that roofie an obeese one legged woman gave me outside of Target. Can't remember her name so let's call her Heather Hills. Get it? Like Heather Mills but fat! I'm trying dammit. I should have known better than to beleive a 300 pound woman would willingly hand out free cupcakes to raise diabetes awareness

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Just finished writing a post for the well run New York Knicks fan site Poasting and Toasting outlining my frustration with the New York Knick free agency campaign. I came up with a partically clever title as well...check it out...if yyou dare muahahahahahaha...no really, check it out.

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Image via WikipediaSo Grant Hill re-signed with the Suns earlier today. Me? Don't care. Actually, I think we dodged a bullet. Grant deserves credit because his wife is hawt. Plus I guess he's kinda productive when he does play...you know when he's not gimped up. And...his wife is hawt. At one point I had a change of heart about the Knicks signing Hill...you know when I thought he'd be cheap...

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Image by quite peculiar via FlickrJust when I thought hope was lost...Andy my chinese delivery man (big up to Sheng Gardens holding it down on the late nite delivery) thinks Lebron will join the Knicks in 2010. As a serious sports observer interested only in facts I concluded two corrobarating peices of evidence. One, Andy works with fortune cookies all day. Two, fortune cookies are filled with

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Gadzooks! As It turns out the agent who first had info on the Lebron James 2010 free agency update that used to play on the same intramural squad as Lebron's cousin, who happened to be the cousin of my ex-girl Shareene, was full of shit. Go figure.

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Image by Keith Allison via FlickrAccording to an unconfirmed source who was told by an agent who happened to play ball on an after school intramural squad with one of Lebron's cousins, who was the cousin of my ex girlfriend Shareene...Lebron James is adamant on becoming a New York Knick in 2010. After discovering this information I pondered it and decided it was legitimate because third party

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Image by Keith Allison via FlickrI recently referred to Grant Over The Hill as brittle/fragile and aging suggesting he's no good or the Knicks despite being a generally nice dude. I change my mind. He is still as fragile as ever but apparently the Knicks only offered him 1yr for a portion of the mid level. Provided they split the mid in half that's like 2.5 maybe 3 mil at most and he is still

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Image by Getty Images via DaylifeI still feel like crap. And the Mets are down 3 zip in the 4th...wait..wait, make that 5 zip to the Dodgers. Sometimes I wish the Mets would roid up just for a cycle instead of using classic drugs like dope and blow.

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Image by Getty Images via DaylifeGood day ladies and gents! A few happenings this weekend with your local teams. The New York Knicks have been kicked to the curb by Jason Kidd. It seems Kidd has decided to re-sign with the Dallas Mavericks after all. This is no problem at all to me because I'd actually feel bad for the poor ball boys at MSG that would have to change this guy's shit bag and

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RIP Steve Mcnair despite that one yard difference I still consider you a champion. Sad stuff. I gotta go. Drunk and depressed don't mix well like Vietnamese hookers and my Uncle Ray. This has nothing to do with the Jets or Giants unless you count the fact that the Ravens and Titans are both AFC teams. However, I always liked the guy so to hell with it! Big up to Air McNair. This is all a little

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Happy Independence Day guys n dolls!!! Being my first post I'm sure I'm required to write some sort of relevant sports gibberish. So...a brief rundown;Mets lost to tha basterd Phils today, da Knicks are waiting on Mumra, pardon...J.Kidd for an answer on a contract offer and Calvin Pace of the Jets has been juicin but claims he wasn't responsible it in fact, was a one armed man. We'll delve into

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