There was that six-day span in November when we watched Brett Favre and coach Eric Mangini lock in a long, sweet embrace on the field after surviving the Patriots in overtime in Foxborough, when we listened to Favre tell us that the 2008 Jets were...

The Eric Mangini Era came to a swift and sudden end yesterday when the Jets fired their head coach. The move came just hours after the Jets suffered a season-ending 24-17 loss to the Dolphins that completed a five-week collapse in which they...

It sounds like Mike D'Antoni wants Al Harrington to be a little more like Jose Reyes. The Knicks coach shook up his lineup in Sunday's loss to the Nuggets, with one of his interesting moves being his use of the struggling Harrington. He took...

There are times when Steve Spagnuolo looks and sounds almost sheepish at the praise he receives and the attention that is sure to come his way. It already has started for the Giants defensive coordinator, who is the hottest assistant coach in the...

What kind of week will this be for the Giants? Just listen to Eli Manning and judge for yourselves. "It's an exciting time to be a part of this," he said yesterday. "It will be fun for me this koniec tygodnia to sit and watch all these playoff games, my...

Longtime Jets season-ticket holder David Levy is so disgusted with the team's late-season collapse that he said he has attended his last game. Levy, of Belleville, N.J., isn't only refusing to shell out $10,000 in "personal seat license" fees...

In a results-oriented business, the result was just about all that mattered last night to a Rangers' załoga enmeshed in a midseason crisis of confidence. And so when it ended with the Garden scoreboard showing Rangers 5 and the Islanders 4, the...

OK, enough. This homecourt futility is getting ridiculous. Here were the Bulls, who had lost seven straight games on the road, who were without their third best scorer and their leading rebounder, who were four games under .500 and who bricked...

The Nets essentially said goodbye to two of their recent first-round picks yesterday. They assigned 2007 first-round pick Sean Williams to Colorado of the D-League to try get him some playing time and help him become familiar with different...

The Rangers had no response to yesterday's report out of Russia that charged that Alexei Cherepanov had been taking performance-enhancing drugs before his death on Oct. 13. A federal commission issued a statement claiming that an analysis of...

This time, Rick DiPietro's comeback lasted one game. The oft-injured goalie was forced to sit out last night's 5-4 loss to the Rangers at the Garden because of a strained groin, calling into question the decision to have him play against Toronto...

There's probably a better chance of Cleon Jones playing for the Mets next season than Andruw Jones. Although an ESPN report last night indicated the Mets and Dodgers were in trade discussions that could potentially make Jones the Mets' new right...

The Eric Mangini era is over. Acting in a sudden and swift fashion, the Jets fired their head coach hours after Sunday's season-ending 24-17 loss to the Dolphins. Jets owner Woody Johnson and general manager Mike Tannenbaum announced the decision...

"I appreciate the opportunity that Woody and Mike gave me for the past three years as the head coach of the New York Jets. The organization has terrific people and I wish the Jets nothing but success. The time and effort invested by the coaches...

Las Vegas sports books favor the Giants over the 11 other teams in the NFL playoffs to win the Super Bowl, giving 2-to-1 odds on the NFC's No. 1 seed to repeat as champions. The Tennessee Titans are the favorite among AFC teams to win a title at...

Rangers prospect Alexei Cherepanov took performance-enhancing drugs for several months before he died during a Russian league game in October, investigators said Monday. Investigators added that during his last year the 19-year-old player suffered...

Weep not for Eric Mangini, who gets a lovely $2.5 million parting gift for turning the Jets into a paranoid police state the past three years. No, if you are a Jets fan you have to początek worrying about yourself, and about your futbol team, and...

Cool under pressure, that's Joe Flacco. The Jaguars tried blitzing the rookie QB every which way, but he still beats them back. Mike Freeman says Ravens fans are excited, and he understands why.

Jets owner Woody Johnson had as many answers after yesterday's 24-17 loss to Miami as his drużyna did during the game - zero. Nevertheless, Johnson has some decisions to make - none bigger than whether Eric Mangini will be back next season as head...

THIS is written somewhat reluc tantly, because Eric Mangini is a good man, and a good enough coach to take the Jets to the playoffs as a rookie when Chad Pennington was Comeback Player of the Year. But he's not good enough to prevent a Mets-like...

THE day took a grim turn early when it was clear that the Patriots weren't going to do the Jets any favors inside the wind funnel in Buffalo, that as aggravating as it may be to watch Eric Mangini's work week after week, it's somehow even more...

Could we see "The Return of Tuna" in New York? According to a report by ESPN yesterday, Bill Parcells may leave the Dolphins through a loophole in his contract, essentially becoming a free agent. The Jets would be one of his possible...

On the afternoon he presided over arguably the worst collapse in Jets history, Eric Mangini said he expects to return and many of his players said they hoped he did. But chairman and CEO Woody Johnson stopped short of giving a vote of confidence...

In what may well have been Brett Favre's final game, the Jets' grand old man looked far more old than he did grand. He threw three interceptions in a 24-17 loss to Miami that ended Gang Green's season and perhaps his career, jogging off the field...

The official time of death for the Jets' 2008 season was 7:04 last night. That's when the Ravens completed their victory over the Jaguars, officially eliminating the Jets from the playoffs. But the Jets flatlined long before that - and long...