BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo Credit: Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images) The Knicks completed their 46th game of the 2021-2022 season after a 102-91 loss to the lottery-bound New Orleans Pelicans Thursday night at Madison Square Garden. After 41 games, a basketball fan has a good understanding of what their favorite team is for this …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images) Jerry Jones will turn 80 years old on Oct. 13. He hasn’t seen the Dallas Cowboys win a Super Bowl title since January 1996. He is stuck with three Super Bowl championships as a Cowboys owner. After the Cowboys took a 23-17 loss to the San Francisco …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Sarah Stier/Getty Images) This came out of left field. The Giants fired Joe Judge on Tuesday rather than let the new general manager determine his fate. In a sense, this was surprising. Obviously, John Mara could not deal with any more criticism about his head coach or his operation. The …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Rich Schultz/Getty Images) The Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins and Chicago Bears beat Joe Judge’s New York Giants this season, and they fired their respective head coaches on Black Monday because they have the audacity to demand better than their record showed this season. Rather than participate on Black Monday, the …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo Credit: Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) Here’s hoping Jets head coach Robert Saleh enjoyed his honeymoon in his first season at the helm. It gets hard and worse from here. Now expectations get higher and he gets judged on merit after getting a mulligan for overseeing this team in his rookie season. The …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo: Getty Images) So much for the Nets to stand up for their principles about players needing to be vaccinated. Part-time unvaccinated Nets point guard Kyrie Irving is expected to make his season debut Wednesday night when the Nets play the Indiana Pacers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The Nets okayed his return to …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo Credit: Jon Durr — USA Today Sports) Second-year Giants head coach Joe Judge made a great case to not be the Giants head coach next season. Yes, the Giants getting their butts kicked by an awful Chicago Bears team of the score 29-3 should put the finishing touches for his dismissal. …
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BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports) Tom Brady’s game-winning drive with 15 seconds left that gave the Super Bowl defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers a 28-24 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium was overlooked. So was Zach Wilson’s productive day that included a touchdown for 234 …
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BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Bill Streicher — USA Today Sports) On Sunday morning, ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweeted the Giants plan to bring back Giants head coach Joe Judge and Giants quarterback Daniel Jones. There was no news about Giants general manager Dave Gettleman. The Giants followed this up with an uninspiring 34-10 loss to …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports) Hiring Buck Showalter as Mets manager was the only choice. With due respect to finalists Tampa Bay Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro and Houston Astros bench coach Joe Espada, it would have been a hard sell to hire either of them to manage the Mets after …
