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Geno Smith Breaks Jaw in Locker Room Fight, Out 6-10 Weeks

Leave it to the Jets to make headlines for all the wrong reasons. Geno Smith and his star-crossed career with the New York football franchise took another strange twist on Tuesday afternoon, when word came out that Smith was involved in a locker room altercation with back-up linebacker IK Enemkpali, in which the 2014 sixth round pick, slugged smith in the face during a fight in the locker room. Smith broke his jaw as a result, and will be out for 6-10 weeks, at least. Reports say that coach Todd Bowles said the fracas broke out because of something that had "nothing to do with football" and was "very childish." What childish means in this situation is anyone's guess. And it is not known who started the fight. However, whatever Smith may have done or said to Enemkpali was enough for him to rear back and crack the quarterback in the face. Enemkpali was released almost immediately. To some Jets fans, they probably are ecstatic that Smith is out for such a...

Mets acquire Cespedes from Tigers, save top prospects

The Mets went from zero to hero in the span of 36 hours. Mere two days after the team was involved in an embarrassing trade debacle with the Milwaukee Brewers that would have sent Carlos Gomez to the Mets, were it not for the teams concerns about a phantom hip inury, the New York baseball club made up for the gaff by getting an even better player this time around. And this time the Mets didn't let a "medical history" get in the way. The Mets acquired slugger Yoenis Cespedes from the Detroit Tigers for minor league right hander's Michael Fulmer and Luis Cessa  just 13 minutes before the non-waiver trade deadline ended on Friday. Fulmer was the centerpiece of the deal. The Double-A prospect is 6-2 with a 1.88 ERA down on the farm. He might be a great arm one day, but considering the Mets are already stacked with great arms, losing him in a trade like this is too good to pass up. Best of all the Mets keep Zach Wheeler. Wheeler had been rumored to be involved in dea...