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more about #marksanchez more comments → Chamomiles Davis: None of these could work out as badly as when Thurman Munson gave piloting lessons to a young Cory Lidle. more » Steve U: All we need is Mike Piazza sharing style tips with Sean Avery, and . . .we have a Belle and Sebastian song? more » The Sports Hernia: Kiki Vandeweghe will obviously be schooling him on juggling a multitude of ass. more » Bobby Big Wheel: The Yankees have now turned to the Mets for golf tips. more » Rhymenocerous: I can't judge his "poise" by this photo, let us see his face! #poise more » AzureTexan: Sadly, Vandenberg's star turn in "Bring in 'da Poise, Bring in 'da Funk," staged last summer by the Keokuk Players in their annual Multiculti Revue, m... more » Civil Negligence: Kudos to him. Poise in Iowa usually means refraining from eating the 6th turkey leg at Thanksgiving dinner. #poise more » NordoftheBlings: I'm also impressed by a kid who barely lost to the league-leading Big-10 team... the league-leader who lost at home to the 5th place team in the Pac-1... more » ArkansasFred: The handsomely-paid lobbyists and extensive political connections of Big Poise seem to be paying off. #poise more » Bobby Big Wheel: Be careful calling him an avatar of poise; in two months that's going to mean he lost $400 million trying to be a good quarterback. more » lichnor: The extreme rookie success of Ben Roethlisberger, and to a lesser extent, Joe Flaco and Vince Young has retarded the sports media into thinking rookie... more » BruschisBrewsky: To be fair, I haven't seen a river dance with poise like that in years. #poise more » P. Escobar, Jets Fan: That's enough finger-pointing...the punter through an INT, too, and no one is knocking him. Sigh. #poise more » Chamomiles Davis: The Jets are now 0-2 since trading for Braylon Edwards. I'm not saying, I'm just saying. #poise more » Chris Hanson's Axe: No offense, Tommy, but I can't wait until Schatz or Carroll develops a statistic that accurately measures poise and you have to eat your words. #poise more » -
#newyork
New York Sports Synergy Becoming Unbearable
First Patrick Ewing wants to coach the Nets. Then Joe Girardi gives sliding lessons to Mark Sanchez. All we need is Mike Piazza sharing style tips with Sean Avery, and the circle will be complete. [NY Post / AP] -
#collegefootball
Farm Poise
At last, we have someone to fill the void left by Mark Sanchez roughly seven interceptions ago. Meet James Vandenberg, Iowa's starting quarterback and America's new avatar of poise. More » -
#mediameltdowns
Where The Poise Aren't
Poiserback Mark Sanchez tossed five interceptions in the Jets' 16-13 loss to the Bills yesterday and, more importantly, recorded just one "poise" in the next day's papers — and that in reference to his team's overall lack of the stuff. More » -
#mediameltdowns
Good Ol' Poise
What have we here? Two young, relatively unformed quarterbacks who play efficiently enough in winning efforts to be anointed with hollow praise? And they're going head-to-head? America had a poisegasm yesterday — and perhaps found a new talisman of poise. More » -
#nfl
World Can At Last Make A Germane "Dirty Sanchez" Pun
QB Mark Sanchez was fined $5,000 for his cheap shot on the Saints' Jonathan Vilma, in which Sanchez launched himself at Vilma's knees during Darren Sharper's 99-yard interception return for a touchdown. Such poise! [Star-Ledger, Pro Football Talk] -
#nfl
BREAKING: Mark Sanchez Makes New York Ladies Swoon
The Jets golden boy quarterback is pretty nifty with the football, but did you know that he is also considered to be physically attractive? You do now, thanks to this hard hitting investigative report, "Mark Sanchez: Hot or Not?" More » -
#mediameltdowns
The Lost Poise
Mark Sanchez threw three picks in yesterday's loss to the Saints, and on the season he has five interceptions against four touchdowns, all of which means that sportswriters must now address the grave matter of Sanchez's inexplicable lack of poise. More » -
#mediameltdowns
The Poise Is Back In Town
Another week, another victory for Mark Sanchez, another opportunity for New York Times Jets writer Greg Bishop to limn the quarterback's lukewarm heroics with his favorite word. You know the one. More » -
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#mediameltdowns
People Can't Stop Remarking On Mark Sanchez's Poise
A headline, in our newspaper of record: "Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez has already shown the poise of a more experienced player." And the story refers to Sanchez's "poise, pocket presence and decision making." That's two more for our collection. [NYT] -
#mediameltdowns
Mark Sanchez Overpraise Poised To Annoy The Hell Out Of Us
Mark Sanchez possesses a certain je ne sais quoi. So how to describe him, just two games into his NFL career? If only there were some hackneyed bit of praise that elevates competence into a kind of holy state ... More » -
#weekendwinner
Rex Ryan's Voicemail Wins The Weekend
In sports, everybody is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like New York Jets coach Rex Ryan, who won this weekend with one well-placed phone call. No, it wasn't to Batman. More » -
#marksanchez
Sachez Pumped Up By Acoustic Puff Music
The Jet's GQ rookie has stormed out of the gates like a man who's been possessed by the fury of bad-ass music flowing through his veins—probably something like Slayer or Pantera, right? Wrong... More » -
#nfl
Jumpy, Confused Quarterback Will Lead Jets To Promised Land
Mark Sanchez has been named the opening week starter for the New York Jets. Defensive backs everywhere are already swooning. [Glazer] -
#nfl
Jets' Young Quarterback Still Has Some Growing Up To Do
On Sanchez: "You saw his eyes get big," Ray Lewis said, "and he was jumping around in the pocket. We gave him a lot of looks and disguises, and we confused him a little bit." [NYP] (photo courtesy via Smoot) -
#feuds
A Sean Avery-Mark Sanchez Love Triangle Could Save New York City
Avery spotted "canoodling" with Sanchez's lady-model friend Hilary Rhoda. So Sean might be dating a girl who used to date someone else? Why hasn't someone invented a catchy phrase to describe this very situation? [NY Post; photo via SI] -
#nfl
Mark Sanchez Got More Than Free Trunks Out Of That Photo Shoot
You know Jets hunk Mark Sanchez and Hilary Rhoda, that super duper model who he was rubbing up against in his GQ photo shoot? Yeah, they're totally doing it now. [NY Post] -
#deleteddeletedscenes
There Is Another Sanchez Living Inside Mark Sanchez's Mouth
New York media, please be on high alert: It turns out the man drafted to save the Jets' franchise from the ghost of Favre and the incompetence of Clemens/Ratliff allegedly is lip- inked and loves doggy-style. More » -
#2009nfldraft
T-R-D-E! Trade! Trade! Trade!
The Browns were all "hey, let's pick someone" and the Jets were all "um, no, how bout we draft?" and the Browns were all "whoa" and the Jets were all "yay, Sanchez!"
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#collegefootball
Pete Carroll Just Doesn't Think Sanchez Going Pro Is A Good Idea Whatsoever
USC Coach Pete Carroll seems downright despondent over his starting quarterback heading to the NFL. More » -
#collegefootball
Mark Sanchez Going Pro (Unless He Doesn't)
Chris Mortensen says the USC quarterback is going to the NFL, but Mark's dad tells Shelley Smith his son is undecided. The Raiders were unavailable for comment. [ESPN]
