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Forget about the final score. Who cares that the Jets defeated the Giants 24-21 in their annual preseason clash, because this game will be best remembered more for coaching bloopers than anything else. While Giants coach Tom Coughlin made some critical mistakes, like playing for tie that forced overtime, and extending the game and chance for injury longer, it is Rex Ryan who took the cake. As everyone knows, Ryan decided to insert Mark Sanchez into the fourth quarter of the meaningless contest with 11 minutes to go, and the embattled QB was injured, left the game, and is now day-to-day with an undiagnosed shoulder injury. Now everyone wants Ryan fired. The same Jets fans who wanted Mark Sanchez TKO'd now want him back after they witnessed how green in the gills Geno Smith is. Smith was awful; worse, he was Sanchez-like, as he threw three interceptions and stepped out of bounds in the back of the end zone for a safety. To many Smith's horrific performance meant that Sanc...

It has been a week now since MLB came down with its ruling to ban 13 players for their involvement in the Biogenesis scandal, and in that same time, Alex Rodriguez has made not only his case, but the entire investigation, and suspension a total joke. As we all know, A-Rod received the harshest penalty of all of those players when he received a 211 game ban that was supposed to begin on Thursday August 8 and carry through the entire 2014 season, meaning the Yankees would have been off the hook for the $25 million they owed him for this season, and the $25 million for next season. Instead A-Rod appealed and played in the Yankees heartless and gutless series in Chicago this week, while the other 12 players accepted their bans and moved on. To add insult to injury, A-Rod then filed his formal appeal of the 211 game ban, which will now be heard by an arbitrator, Fredrick Horowitz. He is not expected to make a ruling until November or December, meaning that Rodriguez will play with t...

LIONS 26 JETS 17 What did we learn about the Jets quarterback competition? We learned that the Jets are in for one horrible season, and the look on Rex Ryan's now svelte face tells the tale of a man who must know his clock is ticking like an episode of 24. Mark Sanchez was putrid in his first game on a short leash. On the first play of the first series of the night, Sanchez nearly took a safety, got out of pressure and nearly threw a pick on a dump off pass to Bilal Powell. Then, after he actually completed a 10-yard slant to Ryan Spadola on second down, Sanchez proved to be in mid-season form when he threw a pass right into the hands of defensive tackle Ziggy Ansah, who lumbered 14-yards for a touchdown giving the Lions a 7-0 lead. From there Sanchez continued his mediocre play. He dinked and dunked with a lot of floaters, and nearly threw his second interception when a pass went in and out of the hands of a Detroit defender. While some will point to his seven play...

The NBA really wants Knicks-Nets to turn into the next big rivalry in the league, and why not considering that both play in the New York market, and both are good at the same time for seemingly the first time ever. The Nets and Knicks played four games against each other very quickly in the first half of the year, and didn't see each other again, as both teams made their runs to the postseason. Next season will be different. The two clubs will play one another on December 5 in Brooklyn, and then not again until January 20, April 2 and April 15 of next calendar year. This means that there could be some really intense basketball games between these two down the stretch. The Knicks will open their 2013-14 season against Milwaukee at the Garden on October 30, before heading to Chicago on October 31. The Knicks won't play the Miami Heat until January 9. KNICKS SCHEDULE . The new look Nets open up 2013-14 on the road in Cleveland, before returning home for their home opener a...

The Mark Sanchez era indeed is coming to an end, and not a moment too soon. After only one week of NFL training camp, the five year butt-fumbler is getting out played and out classed by rookie Geno Smith, who hasn't even taken a snap at MetLife Stadium in his career. According to multiple reports throughout the week, Sanchez has struggled in both 11-on-11 and 7-on-7 drills with the first team. The latest he threw another interception, on a 3-for-10 day in practice, while Smith has yet to turn the ball over in practice. Smith went 5-of-6 in practice with 2 sacks. Even one veteran who wanted to remain anonymous said that Smith looks more like a starter as compared to Sanchez. Smith has dazzled so far with his athleticism and accuracy, but he still has plenty of fine tuning, plus he has yet to play in an actual game. The Jets first preseason game is August 9 in Detroit. If Smith continues to outplay Sanchez in preseason, then coach Rex Ryan better suck it up and bench his...

The Alex Rodriguez saga just gets more interesting by the minute. It was reported Wednesday that Rodriguez is now in a fight for his baseball life as MLB weighs the option to either ban Rodriguez for a set number of games, or for life after his involvement in steroid hot bed Biogenesis. The suspension could be announced as soon as today, if Rodriguez and MLB can, or even, can not come to terms on a plea deal. A-Rod has already sent his representatives to speak with MLB officials in order to avoid what amounts to the Death Penalty in baseball. A lifetime ban from the game, while not unprecedented (look up Pete Rose) would come when A-Rod hasn't even served one suspension. A first time offender usually serves 50 games. However, because of the severity of the situation, and the amount of information MLB has on Rodriguez they could drop the hammer. Baseball dropped the hammer on Ryan Braun a couple weeks ago with a 65 game ban, which could have been 100, if it weren't for...