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TITANS 38 JETS 13  So much for that great start. So much for exceeding expectation. So much for looking like the biggest surprise of the season. For the New York Jets are who we thought they were: a pretty, pretty, pretty bad football team. It showed in every which way, Sunday in Nashville as the Titans rolled over Geno Smith and the Jets 38-13. It wasn't so much about how the Titans dominated this ball game, because they didn't; the story of this day was how Geno Smith gave Tennessee this football game with a cherry on top. Four turnovers by the Jets rookie quarterback doomed New York. Smith now leads the league in turnovers by a quarterback with 11. Smith's ineptitude showed fairly quickly. On the second play of the game, Smith rolled to his left and found a wide open Alterraun Verner, who by the way wears Titans powder blue and red. Verner picked off the pass and set Tennessee up at the Jets 18 yard line. Five plays later, the Titans found themselves in the ...

CHIEFS 31  GIANTS 7 For the first time since 1987, the New York Giants can say these words: 0-4. It has been about a generation since Big Blue started a season winless after a month of football action, and it is easy to look at the remainder of this already hideous 2013 season and wonder if the Giants will ever win a game this year? And when they do win, how many will they have? The Giants entered play Sunday knowing that a win combined with a Eagles loss would put them into second place in the weak NFC East. Unless the Cowboys, Eagles and Redskins continue to stink it up, it is getting harder and harder to envision that New York can come back in their own division. Forget the wild card, that was washed away after last weeks 38-0 smackdown to the Panthers. The culprit the past three weeks has been the Giants suspect defense. On Sunday, the issue was the Giants offense which was listless from pillar to post. The Giants couldn't convert on third down (1-for-12), and its re...

It's easy to forget that the Mets even exist in New York amid all the other news in town the past few weeks and months. Remember that phrase "Forget that the Mets exist" for a reference later in this story.  But, the New York Mets are content with mediocrity. The bumbling New York baseball franchise plans on bringing back manager Terry Collins for two more years through 2016. Collins earned the job with a lackluster record of 224-260. That is a .463 winning percentage if you are keeping count.  Collins who has come across as very mild-mannered during his tenure in New York has, like GM Sandy Alderson for reasons that go beyond human comprehension, received a pass in this town while producing dreary results.  The excuses have been the fact that owner Fred Wilpon is strapped for cash, as well as pinning continued blame on former GM Omar Minaya for spending too much money.  As result Collins has been forced to work with the likes of Lucas Duda, Ruben Tejada...

If Robinson Cano is serious about his contract demands, he could easily find himself in another uniform come next season. Cano, who is represented by Jay-Z's new sports agency, is demanding $305 million over 10-years from potential bidders, including the Yankees.  Forget about home team discounts, because now Yankees GM Brian Cashman is being asked to only play chess, he's being asked to do play poker blindfolded.  According to ESPN, people around Cano believe that he will take the biggest offer he can get, meaning that his days with the Yankees could be numbered.  The Yankees have been stedfast in shrinking their 2014 payroll below $189 million. The only way the Yankees could afford Cano is if A-Rod is outta here.  How does that happen?  If Alex Rodriguez is suspended for the entire 2014 season by Major League Baseball, it will actually help the Yankees in pursuing such free agents like Cano, because only in that scenario are the Yankees f...

Amidst all the hoopla over Mariano Rivera's retirement, an ugly reality is boiling over in the Bronx.  That reality is an off-season full of change that could alter the face of the franchise for years to come.  One of the those changes could be at manager.  The Yankees want Joe Girardi back as manager. However Girardi, who is a free agent after this season, has not verbally nor contractually committed to returning to pinstripes in 2014. He has said all of the right things, like he "wants to be back" but in an interview with WFAN's Mike Francesa, Girardi added that he has to go home and talk to his family about the future. Rumors are running rampant that Girardi will split with the Yankees, and head back to Illinois, his home, to manage the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs were the team that initially drafted Girardi, who hails from Northwestern. The Cubs managerial opening is not official yet, but the rumors are there. If Girardi is serious about looking for...

JETS 27 BILLS 20 It was ugly. It was tough to watch at times. Yet, the Jets still found a way to outlast the Buffalo Bills in the Meadowlands, Sunday with Geno Smith playing the starring roll for New York. For the first time in a very, very, very long time, the Jets can easily say that their quarterback was the difference in them winning the football game, rather than losing it. Smith had the best day of his season, as the Jets sped up their progressions and had Smith release the ball quicker than he had in his previous two starts. The result: a 300-plus yard afternoon, with two long touchdown passes, and the thoughts of a looming quarterback controversy later in the year was squashed. Right out of the gate, Smith was torching a suspect Bills secondary. On his first pass of the day, he connected with Stephen Hill on a 45 yard bomb down the right side to put the Jets deep into Bills territory. After moving New York down to the red zone, Smith plowed into the end zone himself fo...

PANTHERS 38 GIANTS 0 In one of the most dismal showings in their history, the New York Giants were not only shutout they were absolutely humiliated by a Carolina Panthers team that clearly was playing for the job of their head coach Ron Rivera. As a result, the Panthers saved their coach's job, while basically ending the Giants season in September on the first day of fall. The Giants offense was terrible. In the first half alone, New York managed only 13 yards of offense, with one single yard passing. In fact, the only offense for Big Blue in the first half was a 14 yard scramble by quarterback Eli Manning. That is how dominant the Panthers were on Sunday against the Giants. New York was held to only 10 first downs, 150 yards of offense, 90 yards passing and an abysmal 60 yards rushing. The Giants showed little life, and worse off, little heart in this shellacking. If there were any questions about the job security of Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride and d...

BRONCOS 41 - GIANTS 23   The game was billed with as much hype as Mayweather vs. Canelo. Manning vs. Manning; brother vs. brother; comedic pitch man vs. comedic pitch man. Yes, Eli vs. Peyton was supposed to be a shootout between two future Hall of Fame quarterbacks, yet instead it turned into a dominating performance for Peyton's Broncos over Eli's Giants. After a first half that started out with plenty of sizzle, as both Eli and Peyton led tremendous opening chargers that led to only three points for the Giants and nothing for Denver (thanks to a fumble by Montee Ball), eventually fizzled out into a defensive showcase as both teams struggled to get anything going offensively. The result Denver 10, NY Giants 9 at the break. The Giants defense which was much maligned a week ago in Dallas, played pretty well in the first half. They were physical at the line with the Denver receivers, and flustered Manning to manifold incompletions in the half. However, one thing that ...

When Derek Jeter went down with an ankle injury that ended his 2012 postseason agains the Detroit Tigers in the ALCS, many feared that Jeter would lose a step or two in 2013. As spring training approached, and Opening Day with it, it became more and more apparent that Jeter may not play at all in 2013. Little progress was made during his rehab in spring training and in April, and each time he took a step forward, it seemed like he would quickly take two steps back. Jeter wound up missing the first 91 games of the season. He was quickly rushed back to the big club in mid-July while the Yankees were in the midst of a losing streak, with the hope he could spark something in this lifeless club, but returned to the DL after one game. Then he came back on July 28 and was on the DL again after four days with a calf strain. After making a third return from the DL on August 26, he was put back on it on September 7 with pain in his surgically repaired ankle. Now he is done for the year. ...

Buttfumble this! Mark Sanchez's season, and likely his career in New York are over after word was announced that Sanchez indeed has a tear in the labrum on his right throwing shoulder. Rumors ran rampant last week that Sanchez had the tear, but the Jets quickly denied it. So much for trying to shut down a leak. While surgery would be eminent for Sanchez, the fifth year bust is still holding onto hope that he could take the field this year.  "If I needed surgery right now, I never would have left Andrews' office. I would've stayed and got the surgery." Asked if he wanted to deny that he was likely to have surgery, Sanchez texted: "There's nothing to report. It's reckless." Sure Mark, sure. Sanchez injured the shoulder in the third game of the preseason, when he was drilled by the Giants Marvin Austin in the fourth quarter with the Jets trailing 15-14. Many got on coach Rex Ryan for putting Sanchez into that game, but the fact was Rya...

Only in New York can the Yankees not only outdo the Mets on the field and in the front office, but they can have a radio station, while the Mets don't have a station. What Mets fans had feared became official last night as the Yankees inked a deal with WFAN to have their games broadcast on "New York's number 1" in 2014 and beyond.  The Yankees who were already under contract with CBS Radio, having had their games on WCBS 880 AM for a number of years are moving on up the to top sports talk station in the region. The Mets meanwhile don't have a station home anymore. Rumors have swirled that either 710 WOR or 98.7 ESPN NY could end up picking up the Mets from the basement, but nothing has yet to be confirmed on that route. ESPN NY already broadcasts NY Jets, NY Knicks and sometimes, NY Rangers games during the year. How the Mets fit into that plan, AND ESPN keeps it's daily talk shows going at the same time would be very interesting. Especially with the M...

As the Jets were in the midst of Geno Smith's NFL debut, word came around that their former starting quarterback, Mark Sanchez could have a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder. The report has been disputed by several sources, including CBS' Jason LaCanfora , who said the Jets don't believe the shoulder is torn. If Sanchez does have a torn labrum, he could be out for a very, very long time. It's not as if Jets fans really care right now. They are basking the glow of Geno Smith's first victory as New York's quarterback, and most fans never want to see Sanchez take another snap for the team ever again. If the shoulder is as badly torn as reported, then Jets fans won't have to worry about seeing Sanchez on the field ever again in a Jets uniform most likely. This also would explain why the Jets went out and signed veteran flame-out Brady Quinn to be the team's third quarterback behind Smith and Matt Simms. For Sanchez, the injury could be a cruel...

JETS 18 - BUCCANEERS 17   For nine months they heard how this season would be a total disaster. For nine months they heard how they didn't have enough NFL talent to even win a professional football game this year. That might all be true, but for at least one week, the Jets can celebrate the fact that they are undefeated and in first place. While it is likely down hill from here for Gang Green, they gutted out a 18-17 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccanners in their season opener. Geno Smith, who heard for weeks that he wasn't ready to take an NFL field, looked pretty good. He completed 24 of 38 passes for 256 yards with a touchdown and one interception, and led his team on a game winning drive in the waning seconds of the game. With the Bucs up 17-15, after Ryan Lindell connected on a field goal with 34 seconds to go, it was easy to think that Jets would lose a heartbreaker in one of the few winnable games on their schedule. Fortunately Geno Smith didn't get the me...