NO Eli Manning. No Corey Webster, Aaron Ross or Kevin Dockery at cornerback. No James Butler at safety. No Derrick Ward running the ball. No Rich Seubert blocking at guard. A banged-up Kevin Boss at tight end. You like the Giants' chances of...

The Mike D'Antoni Show begins tonight at the Garden vs. the Heat, with the Knicks new head coach promising a good show, but not necessarily victory. Expectations are so low at the World's Most Famous Arena that D'Antoni sounded yesterday like...

Eddy Curry ripped Mike D'Antoni yesterday for not telling him he was out of the rotation for tonight's season opener vs. the Heat. Curry was informed by the czwarta władza that D'Antoni said the center was not "in the circle" to początek the season. "I'm...

THE first time, the first taste, was March 1967, a few months before Mike D'Antoni's 16th birthday. Walt Frazier would introduce himself to the Garden and to the world that week at the National Invitation Tournament, win the MVP as he led Southern...

It's scary to imagine what the Giants defense would look like if Osi Umenyiora didn't tear the lateral meniscus in his left knee against the Jets on Aug. 24. Through the first seven games without Umenyiora, the Giants (6-1) are leading the NFL...

THE Jets locker room is generally a pretty harmonious place. Considering the influx of new polot brought in during the offseason, there's a pretty good chemistry beginning to develop. There is, however, a small crack developing in the foundation...

PHILADELPHIA - Arn Tellem will travel to Montoursville, Pa., shortly to find out what Mike Mussina's future holds. "I am going to see him at the end of the week," Mussina's kret said yesterday. "Nothing has been decided." While Mussina...

The Devils need their latest call-ups to be more than awestruck visitors. They need them to help prevent their first minor losing streak of the season from turning into something serious. One of their earlier injury replacements, Pierre-Luc...

WASHINGTON - It is weird, Josh Boone admits. He officially enters his third NBA season tonight when the Nets open the season here with the Wizards. He is a veteran of 131 games, 53 starts. And yet he is second in seniority on the drużyna to Vince...

You can't necessarily put a price on education. Yet that's just what the Rangers are going to have to do sometime between now and June 30 in odznaczenie to prevent a competitor from establishing the price on Brandon Dubinsky, who stands to become next...

CINCINNATI - No October baseball this year for Derek Jeter, but the Yankees shortstop did have a victory to talk about today. Jeter and golfer Tiger Woods were in Orlando, Fla., working on Gillette Champions promotions, including for a global...

Sold! For $16 million, 620 personal seat licenses for choice spots in the Jets' new stadium. Team executives celebrated today as they announced the results of an unprecedented online PSL auction, though the nine-day sale occurred as the stock...

The Knicks have reclaimed the No. 1 spot. According to an NBA source, the Knicks, with rosters finalized yesterday, have the league's highest payroll, at $97.7 million. That figure is up from last season's $95 million mark that had them ranked...

If told in the beginning of the season the Jets would be battling the Patriots and Colts for playoff positioning, any fan would have been elated. The Tom Brady-less Patriots are at 5-2 one game ahead of the Jets, and the 3-4 Colts are one game...

Just because the Cowboys are fading, doesn't mean the Giants (6-1) have an open road to the top spot in the NFC. One challenge is coming from within their division. The Redskins are off to a surprising 6-2 początek after holding off the Lions 25-17...

When training camp began, ekipa president Rod Thorn declared he expected the Nets to make the playoffs. Then he watched the Nets in preseason, and specifically saw them defend and take care of the ball. Or try to do both. The goals are a tad...

The Jets appear to have lost reserve running back Jesse Chatman for the season with a left knee injury. "I would say with Jesse, it doesn't look real good," coach Eric Mangini said yesterday. "Odds are it's going to be season-ending." Chatman...

Cornerback Kevin Dockery will be out at least two weeks with a fractured transverse process in his back. It's a similar injury to the one that kept rookie linebacker Jonathan Goff out for more than a month, but Goff had more than one fracture...

It was another night on which the Rangers appeared dozy through the first 30 minutes, another match in which they allowed the opposition to dictate terms for far too long. Oh, and this too: It was another game the Rangers won. The Blueshirts...

It was the right basketball move, but the wrong public-relations move. In a move that will be met with distaste from a shrinking fan base, Knicks president Donnie Walsh made the unpopular decision of cutting the son of a legend, Patrick Ewing Jr...

First, the damning numbers for the Jets: * In three games since their bye week, playing against the NFL's bottom-feeders (a combined 4-17 record), the Jets are just 2-1 and are minus-8 in turnover ratio. * In those three games, Brett Favre has...

For a załoga coming off the highest of highs after outlasting the rugged Steelers, there's nothing more intoxicating than the chance to finish off the despised Cowboys. That's the next challenge awaiting the surging Giants, who Sunday at Giants...

A FUNNY thing happened on the way to Sunday's showdown between the Giants and Cowboys at Giants Stadium. The once high-scoring, made-for-TV Cowboys have taken on the personality of the vanilla Giants. A lot of it has to do with the injury to...

What was Bud Selig thinking? The commish has some apologizing to do, Mike Freeman says. Game 5's suspension because of rain just proves that adding wild cards to the playoffs makes the season too long.

Jamie Langenbrunner couldn't practice for the Devils yesterday, saying he "wasn't good enough to skate yet." The captain, believed to be suffering from a charley horse, missed Saturday's game against the Flyers. He was improving and did some bike...