BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Odell Beckham Jr. spent Thanksgiving with his family and friends watching the Giants play the Dallas Cowboys. Those two teams are his suitors for his service. After watching the Cowboys beat the Giants 28-20 on Thursday at AT&T Stadium, Beckham can cross the Giants off …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) With five seconds to go in the game on Sunday, the unthinkable happened. Marcus Jones ran for an 84-yard touchdown punt return – the first touchdown punt return of the season in the NFL – giving the New England Patriots a 10-3 victory over the Jets at …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Who would’ve thought this? Your New York Jets and your New York Giants are in a position to win their respective divisions with eight games to go. Reread that sentence and marinate on it. Did anyone really think they would be in the position …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) The Knicks and Nets head out west for a week. This should give them an opportunity to find themselves and start creating an identity while away from home. If only it were that simple… The personnel is more of a problem than people realize. Neither team plays …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Al Bello/Getty Images) I watched three of the Knicks’ 11 games, and I was underwhelmed. Knicks fans can honestly say the team’s performance in 11 games hasn’t been impressive. After losing five of seven, the Knicks are 5-6 heading into their weekend games against the Detroit Pistons and Oklahoma City …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Elsa/Getty Images) Sunday served as a seminal moment for the Jets. They showed that they have come a long way as a franchise despite an 11-year playoff absence that continues. They served notice that they can contend for the AFC East title. Most importantly, they have arrived. You bet the …
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The Jets are 6-3 going into the bye week. I don’t think many saw this coming. Since Zach Wilson returned from injury, the team is 5-1. And while the young quarterback had a good game under center against the Bills, the defense deserves most of the praise for the team’s success this season. Going into …
The Mets wasted no time locking down closer Edwin DÃaz, offering him a record-breaking five-year, $102 million contract to stay in Flushing. The deal includes an opt-out and full no-trade clause, along with a sixth-year option. The contract is the largest ever for a reliever at $16 million more than Aroldis Chapman’s $86 million, five-year …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images) Facing what appeared to be a lost cause, Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau decided to play Obi Toppin with 2:52 to go in the third quarter of the Knicks’ 106-104 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers that missed Joel Embiid and James Harden on Friday night at Wells …
The Jets (5-3) have their work cut out for them in week nine’s matchup against the top team in the AFC in the 6-1 Bills on Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium. Not to mention New York sits behind Buffalo in the AFC East standings. Zach Wilson and the Jets are coming off a bad home …
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