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More Like The New York Fumble Giants
Brandon Jacobs, brought (back) in to bolster a shaky and turnover-prone running game, fumbled without ever being touched....
Gah, So Close!
What looked like a no-doubt-about-it interception wound up being a 56-yard hookup between Michael Vick and DeSean Jackson. LeSean McCoy punched it in shortly thereafter for a 13-7 lead midway through the second quarter....
David Wilson Scores TD, Does Double Backflip
Not sure if it's a touchdown celebration or a didn't-fumble celebration. Maybe both....
Daniel Negreanu: Card Stud
Daniel Negreanu is a vegetarian, without much interest in food. ''I ate two days ago'' is the kind of thing he says. His disdain for food is a reaction to his mother, who is obsessed with food. Mommy, as he calls her, likes to serve people food, then sit down and smile at them as they eat. When Negr...
Why The NFL's New Concussion Protocols Aren't Working
In January, the NFL announced that, starting with the 2013 season, all games would be played with an independent neurologist on the sidelines to assist with the evaluation and treatment of head injuries. It looked like the league had done a good thing. It was establishing a new, unbiased procedure t...
Pouya Dianat's Gorgeous Baseball Photography
Slide on over to the New York Times and enjoy this slideshow of Pouya Dianat's beautiful photography. ...
J.R. Smith Delayed Knee Surgery Until After He Signed His Contract
J.R. Smith had a pair of knee surgeries this summer, and could miss the start of the season. It wouldn't be an issue if he had the procedures done soon after the Knicks; season ended in mid-May; instead he waited until July 15th, a week after he signed a three-year $18 million extension. ...
Nothing Says I Love New York Like Tattoos of Lou Gehrig and Patrick Ewing
I saw this dude on my subway ride to work today and asked if I could photograph the artwork on his arms. Every piece was about New York....
NFL Considers Fines For Two Jets For Jake Locker Injury
The Titans are feisty as all hell, only an overtime loss away from being undefeated. Jake Locker has started to look like an honest-to-goodness NFL quarterback, tossing six TDs to zero interceptions in his last three games. So, naturally Locker's going to be out a while, and Adam Schefter says the t...
Geno Smith Presents His Take On The Buttfumble
It's not as iconic as the original, but it is just as mortifying. This was Smith's fourth turnover of the day, and it put the Titans ahead 31-6. ...
The Jets Are Jetsing Really Hard Right Now
So, how about those 2-1 Jets? Showing a little bit of promise early in this season, aren't they? Not so much....
Dexter McCluster Returns Punt For Touchdown, Trolls Victor Cruz
After being brought down just shy of the first-down marker on a third-down play, Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz had to watch Dexter McCluster house a punt on the very next play. And then, to add insult to injury, McCluster stole Cruz's signature victory dance. That's cold blooded. ...
Victor Cruz Burns His Man Easily For A Touchdown
Outside of a wee bit of hand fighting, Dunta Robinson should have just not covered Victor Cruz. It would have produced the same result. Cruz flat out beat Robinson in a foot race and effortlessly scored a 69-yard touchdown....
Mariano Rivera's Goodbye Turns Us All Into Blubbering Children
It was perfect. I mean, it was all wrong: the Yankees were losing, and the Yankees weren't playing for anything, and he came on in the middle of an inning, and left before the job was done, but maybe all of it is what made everything right. Maybe the complete unreality of the night made the whole th...
Watch Mariano Rivera Leave The Field At Yankee Stadium, Forever
Tonight marked the last time Mariano Rivera would throw a pitch at Yankee Stadium. With the Yankees trailing 4-0 against the Rays, Rivera retired four batters over the eighth and ninth innings. When Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte came to the mound to take Rivera out, it turned into one of those time...