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If Tim Tebow is smart, and I am sure he is, he should celebrate this occasion. It's not often that getting cut can be seen as a good thing, but in this case -- it is! The New York Jets have finally freed Tim Tebow from his shackles at Jets Atlantic Health & Training Center, ending one of the most bizarre NFL hostage crisis in memory.  A little over a year ago, Tebow came to New York with much fanfare thanks to the Woody Johnson machine that brought him to New York in a trade with the Denver Broncos. Whether it was Johnson or then-GM Mike Tannenbaum, Tebow was promised the opportunity to compete with Mark Sanchez for the starting job -- that of course never happened. Instead coach Rex Ryan and offensive coordinator Tony Sparano kept Tebow glued to the bench primarily the entire season. The only moments Tebow came in was on special teams as a punt protector -- a job that he couldn't handle, as he was responsible for two punts being blocked for touchdowns, and he was s...

CELTICS 97, KNICKS 90 OT This was a golden opportunity wasted by the New York Knicks. Leading three games to none in the best-of-seven first round series, all the Knicks had to do was put their foot down on the worn down Boston Celtics, and they could get some much needed time-off before partaking in what will be a very physical second round. Instead New York fell behind by as much as 20-points, only to come all the way back to tie, but -thanks to some rather poor shooting by Carmelo Anthony - could never cap-off the effort and take full control of the game. The result: the Knicks lose game four, and, now have to close it out at home on Wednesday. The Knicks miraculous comeback started in the third quarter, as New York outscored Boston 30-14 in the period. Raymond Felton, who has had a monster series, was gigantic in game four. Felton dropped 17 points in the quarter, with three three-pointers, non bigger than the 26-foot three-ball that he hit with time running out in the quar...

Soon Jets' fans won't have Mark Sanchez and his buttfumbles to kick around anymore. When the Philadelphia Eagles decided not to take West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith with the 36th pick in the NFL draft, once again, the Jets knew they were about to get their man. Rumors that had been swirling for a couple days became as intense as a tornado, Friday afternoon, that the Jets coveted Smith and were even looking to trade up in the second round to get him. They didn't have to. Smith fell to the Jets at 39, and Gang Green snagged what is now the latest addition to the Jets' quarterback version of musical chairs. Smith received a mix of cheers and boos from a Jets fan-base which is understandably divided and puzzled by the Jets thinking. Who can blame them? The Jets have gone from Brett Favre to Mark Sanchez to Tim Tebow to Greg McElroy and now Smith in a period of five years. Those thinking that Woody Johnson doesn't have an impact on this draft, think ag...

It's hard to sit here and call the Jets a bunch of geniuses after last night's NFL draft, because the supposed best cornerback in the draft fell into their laps with the ninth pick in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft. Days after New York jettisoned All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis to Tampa Bay, because they didn't want to pay him what he was worth, the Jets tried to sell that they found his replacement in Alabama's Dee Milliner. But, let's be honest, it didn't take a stroke of genius on the part of John Idzik to make this pick. In a lot of ways, he had no choice but to pick Milliner. Milliner was expected to go very early in this draft, perhaps number three to the Raiders or number four to the Eagles. However, once Oakland traded out of the three spot, and Philadelphia went for an offensive tackle, it was clear that Milliner could drop to the Jets at nine. He did, and the Jets with an immediate need at cornerback had no choice. Milliner is a gift...

In this edition of the Open Mike program, Michael Cohen discusses the breakdown between the Jets front office and cornerback Darrelle Revis. Michael gives his take on the situation, and it is quit explosive!!  Michael welcomes in Triple Coverage's Dan Feuerstein to get his own feelings on the Revis situation. Michael and Dan later breakdown who will go where during the NFL draft, and the final seeding for both the Islanders and Rangers, before the NHL playoffs.  Click on the LINK , and hit the PLAY button!

KNICKS 87, Celtics 71  Another night, another defensive gem by the New York Knicks. After holding the Boston Celtics to a then-record low 25 second half points on Saturday in game one, the Knicks broke that record on Tuesday, holding Boston to a new record low, 23 second half points in game two, as New York triumphed 87-71, taking a 2-0 lead in the series. After trailing Boston 48-42 at the half, the Knicks exploded out of the gates in the third quarter, opening up the quarter on a 20-4 run. It seemed like every shot the Knicks took, even if it was off-balance, the ball found its way through the hoop; while the Celtics once again struggled to find an offensive flow. Iman Shumpert's back-to-back three-pointers to open the quarter, combined with three consecutive misses by Boston (two of which belonged to Kevin Garnett) was the turning point of this game, as New York knotted it up at 48. From there everything the Knicks touched turned to gold. Raymond Felton hit a layup,...

Darrelle Revis, and his island, is taking his talents to Tampa, Florida. The New York Jets officially finalized a deal to send their best player on the entire 53-man roster to the Buccaneers, pending Revis passes his physical. The Jets will receive multiple draft picks including the coveted 13th pick in this week's NFL draft, from the Buccaneers. Tampa is now free to negotiate a long term contract with Revis, and many believe they are willing to pay him $14-15 million per season. With Revis leaving it ends a brilliant era in New York, and officially ushers in total darkness for a Jets franchise stooped in incompetence from the top on down. The reason New York wanted to part with its best player had more to do with the fact that owner Woody Johnson didn't want to pay the best cornerback in the sport. Revis held out a couple years ago because he didn't get the extension he wanted from the Jets, and had to settle for a four-year extension with the promise that the J...

NETS 106 , Bulls 89 This one was not even close. Looking to make a big time statement in their first playoff game in six years, the Brooklyn Nets clobbered a Chicago Bulls team that many thought would be too physical for the finesse of the Nets. Right out of the gate Brooklyn laid the ground work for a major beat down as they built a 7-2 lead thanks to a handful of driving layups by Brook Lopez and Deron Williams to open the game. The Bulls looked sluggish on both ends of the court; they turned it over twice and missed four of their first five shots as Brookyln built a lead that they would never relinquish. Whenever Chicago missed an open shot, there was a man in Nets black and white who appropriately answered; in a way Williams three-pointer to give the Nets an 11-6 lead off of a bad pass by Carlos Boozer was a metaphor for the entire evening. In the first quarter alone, the Bulls were a putrid 8-of-23 (30%) including 1-of-7 from inside the paint, as the Nets both rebounded ...

KNICKS 85, Celtics 78  A superb defense effort by the New York Knicks in the second half of their playoff opener proved to be the difference as New York prevailed against the Boston Celtics 85-78 at MSG . The Knicks held the Celtics to only eight points in the fourth quarter, and 25 points overall in the second half -- a record low for Boston in their illustrious history. The Knicks needed their defense in this one, because offensively New York just didn't have it. They struggled from down town in the second half, especially J.R. Smith who missed six consecutive three-point attempts, and other than Anthony's 36 points, no one really stepped up on the offensive end. In the first half, the Knicks had a lot of trouble handling Boston power forward Jeff Green, who was deadly whenever the Celtics dialed up his number in a big spot. When Boston needed a three, Green hit it. Whenver Boston needed a jumper -- Green was there. He hit consecutive three pointers to give the Celtic...

Leave it to Rex Ryan to stick his foot in his own mouth ... again. No he is not guaranteeing winning Super Bowl XLVIII ... at least not right now, anyway. No Ryan has decided to sound off on the Baltimore Ravens schedule. That's right a team that he is not even employed by!! Ryan spoke out about how outraged he was that the Baltimore Orioles did not move their baseball game on Thursday, September 5 to accommodate the Baltimore Ravens potential home opener on NFL opening night. As has become a tradition in the NFL, since 2004, the previous year's Super Bowl winner would open the season at home showcased on Thursday night, four days before the rest of the league opened its season. The Ravens were unable to do this, because the Orioles had a scheduled home game that very night, September 5 at Camden Yards. The Orioles and Ravens share the same parking lot. Obviously have both games go on at the same time would have been logistically impossible. Therefore Baltimore will be ...

Derek Jeter's season, and likely his career is in jeopardy after the latest diagnosis on his left ankle revealed a crack that will keep him out of baseball activity until late July/early August. Initially the Yankees were hopeful that Jeter would return for Opening Day, but every step of his rehabilitation process featured several setbacks, so much so that the Yankees hoped he would return May 1. However, after cutting down his intake of fielding practice this week, it became clear that the future Hall of Famer will be out longer. Jeter turns 39-years-old in June, he certainly doesn't need the money, and he already has plenty of milestones from 3,000 hits to five world series rings. He has been the center of the Yankees universe the past 17 years -- the face of the clubs dynasty in the late 1990's.   Now might be the time for Jeter to call it a career. It has taken him over six months in this recovery from a hideous ankle injury against the Detroit Tigers in game one ...

The 2013 NFL schedules are now out!! With no surprise the Baltimore Ravens will open the season, Thursday, September 5 in Denver against the Broncos in a rematch of last season's epic playoff game won by Baltimore. The Super Bowl champion Ravens have been forced to open the season on the road this year, because the NFL couldn't coax the Baltimore Orioles, whom the Ravens share a parking lot with, to move their baseball game to earlier in the day on Thursday. As for the local teams, the Jets will open up the 2013 season at home against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, that's right the same team they are in dead lock negotiations with in a proposed Darrelle Revis trade. Will Revis be wearing a Bucs uniform in this game? We shall soon find out. As for the Giants they will open up against the Cowboys for the second straight season, this time on Sunday night football in Big D. Eli will face his brother Peyton, in what could be a Super Bowl preview at the Meadowlands in week 2 at ...

In the first hour of the Open Mike program, Michael Cohen takes issue with baseball's bad weather issue. Has MLB scheduled themselves into a corner with interleague play and an unbalanced schedule? Later, Michael welcomes in Roger Ahl of WNYW channel 5 and MY9 Channel 9 to remember the life and career of late broadcaster Pat Summerall. In the second hour of the Open Mike program, Michael takes his licks at the recent Mets debacle in Colorado, and previews the NFL Draft with MTR Morning Throwdown host Mike Sanfilippo.  Click the link HERE , then hit the play button. 

The wicked weather in the North-Midwest and baseball's unbalanced schedule continue to torment the New York Mets on this road trip. For the third time in this trip the Mets had a game snowed out, as their Wednesday night contest in Colorado was postponed as the Mile High City got hit with 4-6 inches of snowfall. Monday's contest was postponed because of eight inches of snow, and had to be made up as part of a double-header on Tuesday; a double-header that turned into a nightmare for the Mets. In case you are keeping score, Sunday's game in Minnesota was also canned because of snow. Thanks to baseball's unbalanced schedule the Rockies, the Mets and MLB have yet to determine what they will do with the game that was snowed out on Wednesday night -- there will be no double-header on Thursday. That means, the league has to find a date later in the summer where they can make up this game between the two teams. The fact that a make-up date could not be determined imm...

METS 16, Twins 5 A spring snow storm blazing through Minnesota was not enough to deter the red hot bats of the New York Mets as New York pounded the Twins 16-5 on a frigid night that was better set for a Vikings football game than a baseball game. Right out of the gate, the Mets offense was on fire, as they tattooed former Phillies pitcher Vance Worley for five runs in the first inning. Jordany Valdespin led off the game with a single; Daniel Murphy then doubled, and David Wright drove both runners in with a double of his own to center field. But that was not all. Ike Davis walked, and John Buck grounded into a fielders choice after an error by third baseman Trevor Ploufee allowed Wright to score to make it 3-0 Mets. It took six batters before Worley even got an out in this inning when he struck out Lucas Duda, and even with that, it was not enough to stop the bleeding. Marlon Byrd's two run double into the gap put New York up fat 5-0. After Minnesota scratched out a c...

YANKEES 5, Orioles 2 After watching the final two games of their four game series in Cleveland get washed out, the Yankees were back in action Friday, and didn't lose a step, defeating the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 at the Stadium to climb over .500. CC Sabathia was the star of the evening for New York. The hefty lefty hurled eight innings of eight hit ball, giving up only two runs; he struck out nine. After a rough opening day start, Sabathia has had two brilliant starts in a row to get to 2-1 on the season and lower his ERA under three. Offensively, the Yankees bats remained hot. In the third inning, the Yankees tied the game at one on a RBI single by Kevin Youkilis, his seventh RBI of the season. Youk went 3-for-3 on Friday, and is hitting .421 in his new digs in the Bronx. Robinson Cano, who had a monster series in Cleveland, drove in the go-ahead run in the fifth, on a single up the middle to make it 2-1 Yankees. Later with the game tied at two, the Baltimore bullpen im...

When the NHL decided to have a season this year the expectations were high for two of New York's three hockey teams. The Rangers were considered by many to be the proverbial favorite in the east after their incredible run to the Eastern Conference Finals last year, and their off-season acquisition of Rick Nash. The New Jersey Devils, while showing their age in front of the net, and losing Zach Parise to Minnesota in the off-season, still had one of the best scorers in the sport in Ilya Kovalchuck and were defending Eastern Conference champs coming into the season. Almost everyone forgot about the third team in New York, the Islanders. Always the last to the party, and the most forgotten team in a town of 10 professional sports teams in New York/New Jersey, it is easy to forget that the Islanders even play in this zip code. In fact most people probably would associate the MLS New York Red Bulls with this area, before they ever think of the Isles. That is how far the Island...

Nothing does wonders on a slow news day, and an off-day for that matter, than another rampant edition of the MLB rumor mill. On today's edition, there is a story circulating from the New York Daily News that the Mets are looking into the possibility of trading their prized and much ballyhooed prospects, Zach Wheeler and Travis D'Arnout to the Miami Marlins for outfilder Giancarlo Stanton. Before any Mets' fan jumps at this proposed trade -- let's keep in mind its based on rumors from so-called "sources." According to the writer of the article, Andy Martino, the Mets are still in a desperate search to find an outfielder after striking out on an opportunity to acquire Justin Upton, and failing to sign Michael Bourn in the off-season; now the Mets are monitoring two potential trade partners in the Marlins and Colorado Rockies and their own prized outfielder, Carlos Gonzalez. Martino even sites that Mets' General Manager Sandy Alderson spoke casually d...

METS 7, Phillies 2 It was a match-up of the old ace against the new ace . Roy Halladay had been considered one of the best pitchers in the sport for nearly a decade, but in 2013, it appears that a new ace is on the horizon in Mets' pitcher Matt Harvey; and for the first time the pair went toe-to-toe in Philadelphia, and it was Harvey, not Halladay, who led his team to an impressive victory on Monday. It is not fair to call this a changing of the guard as far as pitchers are concerned. While Halladay has struggled this season, he has earned the right to figure things out and prove he can return to form. Teams are just starting to learn about Harvey. However, when John Buck cracked a three-run home run to right center, giving the Mets a 3-0 lead, it felt like a one time Mets nemisis was no more. Halladay was 7-0 in his Phillies career against the Mets -- they were his personal whipping boys ever since he switched leagues, but on this night the Mets flexed their muscles and ...

YANKEES 11, Indians 6 A day after they got a "must win" -- 7-0 victory against the Detroit Tigers, the Bronx Bombers returned to their namesake on Monday as they pounded the Cleveland for 11 runs on 13 hits and three homers. The key to the Yankees success? The man they needed to turn things around: Robinson Cano. After struggling at the plate to start the season during the Yankees 1-4 start, Cano lit up the afternoon sky in Cleveland with a 3-for-4 day with two homers, two RBI and four runs scored. Cano got his afternoon started unassumingly with a walk in the top of the first. That unassuming walk however was the beginning of a monster Yankees day. After Cano's walk, Kevin Youkilis singled, setting up the table for Travis Hafner. The former Indians slugger made his old mates pay belting a three-run homer to right to give the Yankees a 3-0 lead. Hiroki Kuroda, making his first start since taking a ball off his middle finger got roughed up in the first. He walk...

KNICKS 125, Thunder 120 It had the atmosphere of the NBA Finals as the Knicks went toe-to-toe with arguably the Western Conference's best team in the Oklahoma City Thunder, and, as a result, New York put forth one of their best performances of the season -- a total team effort that saw the Knicks rebound extremly well and make one big time shot after another en route to their 12th straight game. There were many chances for the Knicks to fold and play like the same ole Knicks on a huge stage against a top opponent, but they never wavered, never let the packed house in Oklahoma City get to them, and never allowed OKC's fastbreak offense and size intimidate them. No, not these Knicks. These Knicks have completely transformed themselves into a serious postseason contender the past 12 games, and definitely looked the part, responding to adversity when they needed to the most. In the first half, the Knicks relied heavily on their prowess behind the arch, hitting 11-of-18 th...

Penguins 2, RANGERS 1/SO New York's three inconsistent hockey teams continue to slip and slid over one another for the final two spots in the Eastern Conference as the playoffs approach. Needing a win to jump over the Islanders for the seventh seed, all the Rangers could muster was a point in a shoot out loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. While it is a loss, the Rangers do indeed gain ground on the New Jersey Devils, who are sinking fast. With 40 points, the Rangers are now one point ahead of New Jersey for the final playoff spot in the East. The Islanders, who looked dead weeks ago, entered the playoff conversation after they won five of their last seven to take over the seventh seed in the playoffs. The Rangers were pretty impressive in this very difficult stretch with a back-to-back against the Penguins, the best team in the East. New York destroyed Pittsburgh 6-1 on Wednesday, then on Friday they hung with them as long as they could.  If anything the Rangers showed that...

KNICKS 101, Bucks 83 Maybe it was the words of Earl "The Pearl" Monroe, who said to the Knicks faithful at a halftime ceremony honoring the last Knicks team to win the NBA title in 1973, that it is time to believe and hope that this year's team can capture the title after a nearly 40 year drought. Whatever it was, the Knicks erased a nine-point first half deficit thanks to an offensive explosion by Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith as the Knicks posted 42 third quarter points en route to a dominating 101-83 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. For an entire first half, it looked like New York was going to make this a rather difficult night against an another inferior team in the Bucks, but something snapped inside this team and in Anthony who put up 18 of his game high 41 points in the third quarter. the turnaround started with a simple jump shot by Anthony to cut the Bucks lead to 45-38, but soon snowballed into a Knick freight train. Soon Anthony connected on a three-...

YANKEES 4, Red Sox 1 It was a blast from the past of sorts for the Yankees, as Andy Pettitte answered the bell and delivered the Yankees to their first win of the season. After two disheartening performances, the Bronx Bombers desperately needed someone to step up and the veteran Pettitte did. Pettitte didn't look like a 40-year-old pitcher, as he cruised through the Boston lineup over eight innings, scattering eight hits and striking out three in the process. The Red Sox never had a chance against Pettitte going 0-2 with runners in scoring position against the lefty. Meanwhile, the Yankees got just enough offense to pull away. For the first time this season, the Yankees showed some muscle, as Lyle Overbay finally delivered a big time hit -- this one a two-run double that gave New York a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Later the Yankees got a power surge from a couple unlikely places. Brett Gardner ripped a 346 foot homer to right to make it 3-0 Bombers in the third; Fra...

Padres 2, METS 1 So you had to know that eventually the Mets were going to lose a baseball game. Yet, that still doesn't take the sting away from a frustrating 2-1 defeat at the hands of the San Diego Padres, as the Mets offense went into hibernation, Thursday afternoon, struggling to take advantage of multiple opportunities to plate runs which cost them the ball game. The Mets were 0-for-5 with RISP, and left nine men on base over the course of the afternoon. The biggest opportunity for New York to do something against San Diego start Eric Stults came in the second and third innings. In the second, New York had two runners on base via a John Buck single and Ruben Tejada walk, but a force out - on a ground ball by Dillon Gee ruined the chance for the Mets. Then in the third, after Justin Turner doubled and David Wright walked, Ike Davis grounded into an inning killing double play. The Mets would never get another chance with runners on base against Stults. Even though he t...

Yes, I know baseball season has just started, and the NHL and NBA seasons are in the midst of their stretch drive to the playoffs, but April also means the release of the NFL schedule. While the regular season schedule does not come out until the evening of April 16, the preseason has been revealed. The Giants will open up the preseason in Pittsburgh against the Steelers, before play the Indianapolis Colts in week 2 of the preseason, which will be broadcast nationally on Fox. As for the Jets, they open up the summer slate in Detroit, and welcome Jacksonville into the Meadowlands in week 2. The Giants and Jets will meet in their annual preseason clash in week 3. For the complete preseason schedule follow this link . GIANTS @ Pittsburgh ...... 8:00 WNBC Indianapolis........ 8:00 FOX NY Jets .............. 8:00 WNBC @ New England..7:00 WNBC JETS @ Detroit .......... 8:00 WCBS Jacksonville ...... 8:00 WCBS @ NY Giants..... 8:00 WNBC Philadelphia ...... 6:30 WCBS  ...

METS 8, Padres 4 Ever since the 2012 season ended, and the Mets front office began looking toward 2013, they pinpointed to their two young starting pitchers, Zach Wheeler and Matt Harvey, as the gems of the franchise -- the two pitchers who will lead this team out of the mist of Wilpon and Madoff mayhem. While it is still only two games into the season, the Mets got a glimpse of what kind of ace Matt Harvey could be for them down the line. Harvey was amazing. He struck out 10 Padres in seven innings and gave up only hit, a single by Everth Cabrera in the fourth inning. He even retired nine consecutive batters twice over the course of the start. Meanwhile the Mets offense was unbelievable for the second consecutive game. A day after both Ike Davis and Lucas Duda struggled on opening day, both played a major role in the victory on Wednesday. In the second inning, after Marlon Byrd singled, Duda cracked a two-run homer to right to give the Mets a 2-0 advantage. Then in the fourt...

Red Sox 7, YANKEES 4 It has gone from bad to really bad for the New York Yankees and there is still 160 games left to play. Hoping to rebound from their inept performance on Monday night, the Yankees came up small again against the Boston Red Sox, and may have lost a pitcher in the process. With Boston already leading 1-0 in the second inning, Yankees' pitcher Hiroki Kuroda took a baseball off of his fingertips as it was shot up the middle by Boston outfielder Shane Victorino. Kuroda tried to field the ball with his hand, which is not the smartest thing to do, and watched it bounce off his fingers into the outfield. From there Kuroda lost complete control, hitting Jackie Bradley Jr., walking Jacoby Ellsbury and hitting Daniel Nava to drive in the Sox second run of the evening. Kuroda was pulled after that having pitched only an inning and a third; he was diagnosed with a middle finger contusion and is listed as day to day. The last thing the Yankees can afford in this ...