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EAGLES 24 JETS 17 Coming into play on Sunday the Jets never beat the Philadelphia Eagles in their franchises history. After Sunday, New York is still 0-for-forever against Philly. For the Kool-aid drinkers, this was a game that snapped everyone back to reality. In one respect, a lot of people were going gaga over the Jets 2-0 start. On the other hand, everyone was ready to fire Chip Kelly after Philadelphia's 0-2 start. Oh, how football can provide balance from one week to another. Bottom line is the Jets looked sloppy against an Eagles team that isn't going to remind anyone of the Andy Reid/Donavan McNabb Eagles of the last decade. The Eagles are a bad football team and the Jets showed everyone that even with a 2-0 start, they are not that good either. The Jets turned the football over four times and let Darren Sproles and Ryan Matthews run all over them on Sunday afternoon, especially in the first half. Most of all the Jets offense looked sluggish, slow and boring ...

METS 10 REDS 2 When David Wright's fly ball landed just over the center field wall for a three-run homer the Mets knew it was official; years of pure misery were finally over. Wright waited nine years between tasting the champagne of October baseball. He, like the Mets fans, endured some of the darkest days in club history. After the team's success in 2006, when they had the best record in the National League and came a swing short of the World Series, it had been down hill. From September collapses in 2007 and 2008, to the Bernie Madoff scandal, to horribly cheap and petty ownership by the Wilpons, and years of losing with subpar talent, anyone in Mets blue and orange took extra pleasure on Saturday night. Flash back to 2012 and there was another watershed moment that cashed in on this evening in Cincinnati. In December of 2012, the Wilpon's convinced Wright to sign a contract extension, based on the fact they had some young pitchers coming up soon. For two-and-a ...

GIANTS 32 REDSKINS 21 In need of a win before all of the New York City came crashing down on them like a deck of cards, the New York Giants found a way to hold off a late Redskins rally in a 32-21 victory over the hapless Washington franchise, Thursday night.  While the final score ended up being only 11 points, it wasn't indicative of the kind of game this way: a total Giants blowout. The Giants outplayed the Redskins all night long, and even if the Giants couldn't find the end zone, the Redskins did everything in their power to help the Giants out with three turnovers.  In fact the outcome of this game was decided in earnest in the opening quarter, when New York jumped out to a 12-0 lead. On Washington's opening possession of the ball game, Giants running back Rashad Jennings blocked a Redskins punt that went out of the back of the end zone for a safety and a 2-0 G-Men lead. Later in the quarter Washington quarterback, Kirk Cousins was picked off by Prince Amu...

JETS 20 COLTS 7 These are not the Rex Ryan Jets anymore. Nope, these New York Jets are indeed Todd Bowles' team, and if Monday night in Indianapolis was any indication, then these "new" Jets are going to be a handful for the rest of the AFC this season. To be fair, the Indianapolis Colts are not looking as good as they hype. They have injuries on defense; their offensive line is a total mess; they have no real ground game as Frank Gore looks old, and Andre Johnson is virtually a non factor. Not to mention, the Colts offensive line issues are killing Andrew Luck right now. That being said, none of those worts would be visible if it weren't for the efforts of the Jets on Monday. The dominated the Colts with their defense from start to finish. As former Ravens linebacker/turned ESPN analyst Ray Lewis said after the game the Jets are winning by playing "ugly football" that reminded him of his best Ravens' teams back in the early 2000's. The ...

AIGLES 2 JACKALS 1 They came so close, yet so far. The New Jersey Jackals pushed the Trois Rivieres Aigles to the brink, the fifth game of the Can-Am League Championship Series, and at the end of the day the Jackals were one run short. A controversial play at the plate in the top of the fifth inning in which Eric Grabe appeared to have just got his fingertips on home plate as catcher Tim Quinn was applying a slap tag at home was very close. Grabe was called safe. The Jackals protested to no avail. At the end of the day that run turned out to be the difference as it gave the Aigles a 2-0 lead at the time. The Jackals didn't help themselves. They grounded into three double plays. They left 10 men on base and never really got much going against Aigles starter Mike Bradstreet. Bradstreet was very good; the defense behind him, especially at short with Pedro Lopez and second with Jose Cuevas proved to be vacuum that sucked up one ground ball after another. By the time the ga...

COWBOYS 27 GIANTS 26 If one is looking for a reason why the Giants are an inferior team to the Dallas Cowboys right now, just DVR and re-watch the Cowboys stunning 27-26 victory over Big Blue. Because the Giants were totally outclassed by the Dallas Cowboys in ever facet of the game on Sunday night, and still, it had a chance to win the game, only to see Tony Romo rescue his team for certain defeat in the last minute.  Those fans who live on bashing Tony Romo as "un-clutch" and a "loser" better get their facts straight. Romo not only beat the Giants, but he beat his doubters as well with a heroic comeback in a game where Dallas did everything possible to hand the Giants a victory. Case in point, the New York Giants as an offense did nothing. They were out-gained by Dallas 436-289; Dallas held the football for 37 minutes; Eli Manning threw for only 193 yards; the Giants as a team, ran for only 99 yards on the ground, and the great, Madden 16 cover boy, Odell B...

JETS 31  BROWNS 10 The expectation level for the New York Jets this season has been tepid at best. A team with a new head coach and a new front office has been tasked with the challenge of getting the franchise back on the right track, after years of mediocrity and embarrassment under Rex Ryan.  On Sunday, Gang Green took a first step, granted against the Cleveland Browns. Yet it was the positive first step the franchise has been looking for.  Ryan Fitzpatrick, after an early interception settled down, delivering a solid ball game for Gang Green. He completed 15-of-24 passes for 179 yards and two touchdowns, one each to Eric Decker and Brandon Marshall. Even the Jets running attack of Chris Ivory got into the mix, as the unsung tailback gashed Cleveland for 91 yards and a score.  And speaking of making headlines with the fans, Brandon Marshall did exactly that on Sunday. After Fitzpatrick was picked off by Tashaun Gibson, M...

It has been a wild and crazy series between the New Jersey Jackals and Quebec Capitales in the Can-Am League SemiFinals. New Jersey trailed Quebec 2-1 in the series, and needed to win Game 4 in order to have a chance in Game 5. New Jersey won the game 5-2, even with a little controversy mixed in. Take a look! Game 5 between the Jackals and Capitales will take place on Monday, September 14 at 7:05 p.m. Listen to the game here: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/jackals/

The NFL season has now arrived, thank goodness! With an off-season that was chuck full of talk about deflategate and its impact on the landscape of players union relations with the NFL front office, as well as the potential to change CBA litigation forever, we are finally back to football. Say what you will about Judge Berman's decision, something shady was going on in Foxboro, Massachusetts involving Tom Brady and the Patriots, but, like the rest of the country we have to accept the decision and move on. And trust me, while the NFL hates to lose to Brady, they love the fact he's back on the field. With the Patriots blowout win on Thursday night against the Steelers the NFL season has now officially opened, and it feels really, really good. Now it is time to take a look at some of the other potential match-ups in Week 1 and pick some winners to open up another season. Cleveland @ NY Jets (-2.5): The Jets open up the season at home for the sixth straight season, only this...

  When it comes to ninth inning in the playoffs it’s never easy. The Jackals found that out as they held on for dear life when Hector Nelo worked himself into and out of a bases loaded jam in the top of the ninth inning, saving it for John Walter in a 4-3 New Jersey victory in Game 1 of the Can-Am League Playoffs.  It was an honor to be there to call the action last night. Here is a highlight video of the action as the Jackals currently hold a 1-0 series lead. 

I had the pleasure to sit down with two prominant players in Jackals history, current Jackals' catcher Tony Caldwell and former Jackal third baseman Nick Giarraputo. Caldwell has had an outstanding season this year, driving in a career high 42 RBI, and hitting a career best .282 this year. It has been an amazing season for Caldwell, who opened the year struggling to get to .200. Caldwell hit a solid .290 in the month of July, and exploded in the month of August, hitting .380. Here is his interview: Nick Giarraputo recently signed with the Ottawa Champions as their new third baseman. However, from 2011-2013 Giarraputo was a mainstay at third for the Jackals. IN 2012 Giarraputo was named League MVP after belting 22 home runs and driving in 71. In 2013, he would have been the Can-Am League Championship Series MVP had the Jackals found a way to win that series. Here is that interview:

For much of the past few weeks I have been shooting, editing and doing voice over to the Jackals games that I cover and do play-by-play for during our recent road trips to Canada and the Midwest. While I have been busy completing these daily projects it is now long overdue for me to share them on here for your eyes. Last night the Jackals came from behind, trailing 5-4 in the 9th against the St. Paul Saints and found a way to get a big win on the road by the score of 9-5. Late inning rallies are becoming something of a habit here in August and September for the Jackals. Here is another one against the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks on September 3, 2015. The great thing about getting that big time victory on the road in Fargo-Moorhead, it led to this celebration. The Jackals clinched their spot in the Can-Am League playoffs. The Jackals made sure to open their trip to the midwest in style with an exciting win at Gary SouthShore! In one of my favorite edits from the past m...