Garden of Hope: Knicks and Rangers Drive to the Playoffs

MSG Fans May Finally Get Some Action in the Spring (New York, NY) – It’s been 7 long years for Knick fans but the team appears ready to finally join the playoffs.  Meanwhile the Rangers hope to avoid last year’s outcome, where they missed the playoffs by one slot.  With 11 games left they cling [...]

Melo-Dramatic: Carmelo Finally Comes to New York

After months of speculation and talks Anthony is now a Knick (New York, NY) – The soap opera is over.  Or maybe just beginning??  Either way the long-awaited trade for Melo finally happened and the NY Knicks got their man while giving away a lot.  The Knicks are sending Danilo Gallinari, Raymond Felton, Wilson Chandler, the Knicks’ 2014 [...]

Jan 16 – Talk of the Town: Jets Back It Up with 28-21 Win Over New England

Sanchez Tosses 3 TDs and the Defense Throttles Brady (Foxboro, MA) – After a week of jabs via the media, and 6 weeks after an embarrasing 45-3 loss the Jets returned to Foxboro and won the one that counted as they upset the #1 see Patriots with a 28-21 win.  Rex Ryan called it the [...]

Jun 23 – GOAL!! USA Advances to Knockout Round in World Cup with Closing Minute Goal

Donovan’s Dramatic Smash Defeats Algeria 1-0, USA Wins Group C (Pretoria, SA) – For sure the 2010 World Cup will be one for American soccer fans to remember.  From the fortunate goal to tie England in the opener, to the stolen goal that would have beaten Slovenia after a dramatic 2nd half comeback, to the [...]

Feb 21 – Hockey Heaven: Team USA Tops Canada 5-3

Olympic Magic on Ice Prevails Again (Vancouver, BC) – On the eve of the 30th anniversary of Team USA’s Miracle on Ice vs. Russia in the 1980 Olympics, American hockey once again proved masterful.  Against the heavily favored Canadiens , on their home ice, the US jumped out early and led 2-1 after the first [...]

Jan 17 – J-E-T-S: Gang Green Advances to AFC Title game vs. Indy

Defeat San Diego 17-14 to Continue Their Playoff Run (San Diego, CA) – Congrats to the Jets who continue to be this year’s playoff Cinderella team.  On a weekend when the home teams dominated with easy wins in the 3 other matches, the Jets played hard nosed football on the road and topped the Chargers.  [...]

Jan 4 – Freezin’ Football: Jets Advance to the Dance

Defeat Bengals 37-0 in Stadium Finale (East Rutherford, NJ) – Congrats to the New York Jets, with a rookie coach and QB, on their advancing to the NFL playoffs.  They closed out the last game in the Meadowlands (also known as Giants Stadium) with a convincing victory over the Bengals.  They ironically move on in [...]

Apr 26 – New York Blues

A Manic Sunday as all Local Teams Lose (New York, NY) – The warm weather was about the only good thing on Sunday for local sports fans.  It was an all around down day for all the teams in action.   Both playoff hockey teams lost their opportunity to advance with a win in Game 6 [...]

Apr 7 – One for the Thumb: North Carolina Overpowers MSU 89-72

Take 5th National Title in Front of Largest Crowd Ever (Detroit, MI) – The North Carolina Tar Heels worked their strategy to perfection:  take the Michigan-partisan crowd out of the game early.  With only 6 minutes into the game the Tar Heels had a 20-point lead over the stunned MSU Spartans and the crowd was [...]

Apr 3 – Hoops Bonanza: Who’s Top Dog?

Final Four Matches Begin on Saturday (Detroit, MI) – With some #1′s and other highly seeded teams ready to face-off in their semi-final matches, the 2009 edition of the NCAA Final Four has all the promise of being a good one.  Each of the school’s has won a national title although for some it has [...]