Knicks Lose in OT

Nate giveth and Nate taketh away. That said, the reasons the Knicks lost are two-fold: they stopped getting the ball to Curry who was scoring at will and Zeke does not know how to use timeouts. Pathetic loss. We're not gonna make the playoffs, so we better hope the Bulls don't hit the jackpot with our lottery pick. Zeke was extended too soon.

Rangers Win 6-4!

Hank wasn't terribly sharp, nor were the Rangers, but they're the better team and they won fairly easily. 2 points! Jagr had two, Callahan, Prucha, Pock and Straka also scored. Pock is starting to show some offensive upside. Callahan looks like a real player.

Draft Videos!

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/prospects Here are some prospect videos. Get familiar with the WR's, LB's, S's and CB's. BTW, Levi Brown's "highlights" will show you why he won't be a left tackle in the NFL.

Knicks Tonight

At NO, 8pm est. They have to get over the tough loss last night and win!

Rangers Tonight

at Philly, 7pm est. Must win. Rangers need to play hard and not fear the Flyers.

Knicks Lose a Heartbreaker in Dallas

Game turned on turnovers and some really bad reffing. Stephon was amazing and didn't deserve to lose.

Another Video of the Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRb8_4dQkBM
a bit of a comeback by the bro's

Video of the Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE5fNoJlx7Q

Great Books

The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence S. Ritter. This is the book that started the long term oral history projects in baseball history. In the early `60's Larry Ritter raced around America collecting the memories of lots of ballplayers from the first decades of the 20th century. Their stories are remarkable, while detailing for us a time where "love of the game" was the reason they played. Somewhat hilariously, they almost all of them make the case that the player of today (circa 1965) couldn't compare to the players of their era.

My grandfather gave me this book to read on the train back to NYC when I was about ten or eleven, and I've picked it up every few years since. If you don't have it, do yourself a favor and pick it up. You can do it through Amazon.

Knicks Tonight

at Dallas, 8:30 pm est. Quentin Richardson will have back surgery and is lost for the year. Stevie Francis has a sprained ankle and is out. Renaldo Balkman is a game time decision.

Video of the Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYgTAyIkpyg

Favorite Comic Book Covers!

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olson #141, by Jack Kirby. This one sort of speaks for itself, but notice that the Guardian has got a Jack Kirby head, but Superman's sporting a Curt Swan or someone else.

Stylus Magazines Top 50 One Hit Wonders

well, at least 40 of them!
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-50-one-hit-wonders.htm

How Pretty is Gwen Stefani?

I don't have a screen-cap of the show, but d'ag, the past two nights I have been struck by how pretty Gwen Stefani looks when she's not all glitzed up. Wow.

More Bones

I have railed about the "enlightened outsider" arcs in House, but they are running one now on Bones with Stephen Fry as an FBI shrink, and it is working brilliantly. I think there are two reasons for this, first, the Fry character doesn't have as much power over Booth as some of the outsiders have had over House on that show, and second, Stephen Fry is very funny, and very smart so there is an art to the info he's pulling out for the audience. This has been a really well done runner by the Bones folks, and they should be proud of being able to take a trite cliche and breathing life into it. Ironically, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry starred in sketch show over in England together for several years. Too bad he was never the enlightened outsider on House.

KNICKS WIN!!!!!!!

Curry and Starbury !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270328018 Even Randolph Morris played and got on the score sheet! Team win!

Knicks Tonight

Home against Cleveland, 7:30 pm est. They don't seem to care these days, should we?

Favorite Comic Book Covers!

Kamandi #11, by Jack Kirby. It's been all sports and no comics around here lately. Kamandi was Jack's take on Planet of the Apers and it was a damn good take. Anyone else notice a Talky Tawny tribute in this one?

Video Of The Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTIb-mzxaeE

Rangers Tonight

at Montreal, 7:30 pm est. Rangers need to keep it going. Lundqvist has carried them over the last two, and they need to skate better score more and give him an easier night tonight. Go Rangers! Get 2 points!

UPDATE: After skating to a 2-0 lead in the first, the Rangers gave up 5, yes 5, unanswered goals in the 2nd (Lundqvist was lifted after 4) and never came all the way back. A PATHETIC meltdown.

What Next, Jerry?

With Kawika Mitchell now a Giant for one year and 1 million (250K signing bonus), Jerry's got some more to do before the draft. Word yesterday was that the Giants were giving physicals to several players. We'll if that amounts to any other signings.

UPDATE: Grey Ruegamer has signed his 2 year contract and is officially back.

Knicks Tonight

Host Orlando, 7:30 pm est. Everyone is sick or hurt, but they Must Win! Show some guts Knicks!

UPDATE: Knicks lose because the refs don't call two obvious goaltends. Pathetic.

Kawika Comin'?

The Giants will apparently be kicking the tires on UFA LB Kawika Mitchell. As blog readers will recall, he was one of the guys we were talking about on the first night of FA. He's basically a two down run force LB, but he's young and healthy and we can scheme coverage around his shortcomings.

UPDATE: I think Mitchell is a Giant. Also, he was not the only non-Giant at the Stadium today, so there may be other news.

FURTHER UPDATE: There were SEVERAL players in taking physicals for the Giants today. Could not confirm any names, but several implies a good number.

SOME GOOD NEWS: The Giants got a comp pick! #41 in the 7th round. We can't trade it, but we now have 8 overall picks with 2 in the 7th. I think we need 10 or 11 picks.

Yikes it's Spikes!

In a shocking development, there are strong rumors at this hour that Takeo Spikes, and NOT Al Wilson is on the way to the Giants for a second day pick. This is all about health. If healthy, Spikes is an elite `backer. But, over the past two years, he has suffered a torn achilles and a bad hammy. If his legs are fine, this could end up being a great bandage for the Giant linebacking core.

Rangers Win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Ranger win 2-1 in OT!!!!! Nylander scored a power play goal to put us over the top! It was a perfect pass from Shanny. Lundqvist was once again spectacular and the Colton Orr (the misunderstood enforcer) had the other Ranger goal! 2 POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rangers Today

At Islanders! And it has already started! Get two! Go Rangers!

Video of the Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F2euKX0u5Y
One of my favorites moments in TV history.

Rangers Win!

The Rangers came back on a goal by Pock with under two minutes left in the third period. Then they won the shootout on a goal by Jagr and a save by Lundqvist. It had been a frustrating game, but they pulled it out and took 2 points! Great win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rangers Today

at Boston, 1pm. Gotta keep beating them like drums!

Ouch!

Chien Ming Wang will be shut down for at least three weeks with a grade one strain in his hamstring. This is really bad news, but as long as it doesn't linger, the Yanks should be able to make up his starts in April with Igawa/Karstens or Rasner. This will probably increase the urgency of the Roger Clemens talks, though he likely wouldn't be ready to help until after Wang returns. Bad break for the Yanks.

Not Dead Yet?

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_5505017

The article jibes with what I heard late this afternoon: that Reese would still be willing to take Wilson if Denver would come up with additional concessions. Let's see what happens.

More: http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=2753988&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

The Knicks Have Collapsed

Eddy Curry and Renaldo Balkman are the only two Knicks who should be welcome on the plane ride home. I know they miss Crawford and Lee, but the play-offs were right there, and they are folding up instead of fighting on. It's disturbing, and you really do have wonder about how much of a disincentive re-signing Isiah when they did was. It seems that it was at that very moment that the Knicks lost all the urgency they had played with.

Video of the Day!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGvwgL1ueO0
That's Otis Redding introducing them, and all of them are showing us how we should be dressed!

The Knicks Get Their Man!

The Knicks took advantage of a loophole in the CBA which allowed them to today sign 6'11" 21 year old Randolph Morris from Kentucky to a 2 year 1.6M deal. Morris was a free agent because he had previously entered the draft only to not get drafted and return to Kentucky. This gives the Knicks yet another, really athletic young big. Things looked terrible last night, but this was an awfully bright move.

Close But No Cigar - The Jerry Reese Story

Jerry has had a pretty terrible time collecting players for the Giants. Today, it looks like he's lost out on Al Wilson (either failed physical or bait and switch Bronco tactics) and Vonta Leach (Texans match offer). These latest losses follow a number of other whiffs in the FA market. Picking up Droughns for Carter has been his only good move. What's more, cutting Luke shows no sign of having improved the team. I really wonder what the problem converting organizational will into roster improvements has been.

Meanwhile, pressure continues to mount on the Giants draft, and they only have 7 picks.

Yikes.

Al Wilson In Town for his Physical

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_5505017

This makes a deal getting done today far more likely. I don't know what we gave up, though, and I hope we didn't overpay. This is a big test for Jerry Reese.

Knicks Tonight

at Cleveland, 7:30 pm est. Seems like they're content just playing out the season. Who knows if they'll show up for this one.

Video of the Day

This is awesome, ABBA on Wonderama in full Kung Fu gear!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGMuMrI7YyU

Knicks Fail to Show

The Knicks have not shown the same desire since Dolan extended Isiah Thomas's contract. Tonight they didn't show up at all, and lost to a terribly inferior Portland team. Nate Robinson and Channing Frye showed up, but no one else did. An embarrassing loss for a team that's going nowhere, fast.

Giants: Show and Tell?

NFL Network's Adam Shefter reports that the Giants are trying to acquire Al Wilson from the Denver Broncos. Now this would jibe with Giant/Denver talk that's been discussed here, but we have to ask, what the Giants are thinking of giving up, or if this is just a corner of a larger deal.

Knicks Tonight

Home against Portland, 7:30 pm est. Must win!

Rangers Knock Out Flyers 5-0!

Colton Orr set the tone for the game by knocking out Fedoruk in the first minute of play with a great right hand. From there, Prucha, Jagr, Ortmeyer and Avery (2) did the damage. Shanny had two assists in his first game back working on a line with Callahan and Avery, who is a bit of a revelation at Center. Wow, gotta keep the Mick Line together. Lundqvist was once again brilliant, and for a change there was mostly very good D in front of him. Go Rangers!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rangers Tonight!

Home against Philly, 7:30 pm est. Can't afford another let down against the Flyers. Win Rangers Win!

BTW, Shanny will be back tonight, but instead of dumping the useless Isbister, they sent down Dubinsky. The Youth Movement is moving in the wrong direction!

Knicks Tonight

Home against Dallas. 7:30 pm est. This could be brutal, but maybe the Knicks can surprise them. Go Knicks!

Rangers Win!!!!!!

Jaromir Jagr scored with under :34 seconds left in the third to give the Rangers a HUGE 2-1 victory! Go Rangers

Rangers Tonight

Home against the Penguins. Must Win. Must teach Crosby a lesson.

More Cash

Here's an excellent article about how Cold Hard Cash and co have rebuilt the farm.
http://www.nj.com/yankees/ledger/index.ssf?/base/sports-1/117428220780640.xml&coll=1&thispage=1

Favorite Comic Book Covers!

Amazing Spiderman #39, I think this is the last Steve Ditko. He and Stan Lee apparently battled over whether or not the unmasked Green Goblin would be someone we knew (Lee) or a completely anonymous psychopath (Ditko). Lee won, but we all lost something as result.

Knicks DESTROY Raptors!

Balkmania ran wild at the Garden today. They're still not getting the ball to Curry, but Balkman, and Jefferies are really emerging as valuable role players, and Nate is starting to contribute again, too. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=270318018

Knicks Today

Home against the Raptors, noon. Must win.