September 14, 2010
Argentina soccer legend Maradona interested in Portugal job
Argentina legend Diego Maradona may be interested in taking charge of Portugal's national team, a report indicated today. Alejandro Mancuso, one of Maradona's assistant coaches during his two-year reign as Argentina...
Battle of the Blitz scoring format
Want to know how we figure out who won and who lost each week in the Battle of the Blitz? Here is the scooring format:Passing: 25 yards = 1 poinit;...
Who to waive, who to claim
Week 1 is behind and now begins the subtle, week-to-week retooling of your fantasy roster. Here’s some players to target this week who might be on your waiver wire. Michael...
Giants waive LB Kehl, sign TE Pascoe from practice squad
Bryan Kehl really was on the Giants roster for one reason. As a 2008 fourth-round draft pick from BYU, Kehl never developed as an outside linebacker and as such was...
Yankees still without Swisher, Gardner
St. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Yankees continue to use a patchwork outfield with Nick Swisher and Brett Gardner out of the lineup.Austin Kearns will take Gardner’s spot in left tonight...
Rex second guesses self on Revis use
Rex Ryan, second-guessing himself today, took the blame for playing CB Darrelle Revis on the left side the entire game against the Ravens Monday night, which meant exposing Cromartie and...
LB Thomas visits Jets, but not signed
With Kris Jenkins out for the season with the torn ACL in his left knee and Calvin Pace still shelved with his broken foot, the Jets had former Ravens and...
Model citizen
"Twilight" star Ashley Greene should be attending every fashion show, given the amount of frocks she needs for her various worldwide film premieres. However, she chose Donna Karan as her...
NFL investigates Jets behavior
The Jets today acknowledged that the NFL had security personnel at their Florham Park, N.J. facility today to interview coaches and players about the alleged poor treatment of Ines Sainz,...
Nets optimism revolves around Lopez
The Nets brass – with GM Billy King and assistant GM Bobby Marks taking over this year for Rod Thorn and Kiki Vandeweghe – held the annual breakfast sit down...
Remembering Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy, who died Sept. 11 at age 96, appeared in more than 200 stage, TV and movie roles. But he'll always be best remembered for "Invasion of the Body...
Red Bulls' Stammler to retire after season
Red Bull midfielder Seth Stammler will retire after the 2010 MLS season. “Seth approached us a few weeks ago about pursuing an advanced degree after being accepted into a prestigious program...
Colts safety Sanders out vs. Giants
The Giants will not go against safety Bob Sanders Sunday night when they face the Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium in a game dubbed Manning Bowl II. Sanders didn't make...
'Shore' misunderstood
The tide is changing at the "Jersey Shore"The cast members of MTV’s hit reality show made their way to the Ellen DeGeneres show today and among the issues discussed was...
Mehdi Ballouchy: Joining Red Bull "is a dream"
The Red Bulls spent much of the offseason and the summer combing the international market for a No. 10, a creator who could be the link from the midfield to...
Oscar watch: "Waiting for 'Superman'"
There will be a lot of contenders for the Best Documentary prize at the Oscars next year, with big-name documentarians having made films about Eliot Spitzer, Pat Tillman, the book...
Jets' Jenkins out for season with torn ACL; could retire
The end for Kris Jenkins came on only the sixth defensive play of the Jets’ season. And, barring a significant change of heart, it likely marked the end of the...
Wetsy at Betsey
When you got to go, sometimes you've got to go. A well-heeled lady at the Betsey Johnson show looked pretty as a picture with her preschool-aged daughter sitting on her...
STARTREK: Summer vacs
TINSLEY MORTIMER (above) I went to Las Vegas for my birthday -- we partied at Tao Beach at the Venetian Hotel during the day. GABOUREY SIDIBE I just got back from...
NFL Blitz live chat rewind
Here is a rewind of Bart Hubbuch's NFL Blitz weekly live chat for Sept. 14, when he took your questions on the Giants, Jets and news from all around the...
Actors say the dumbest things
Maybe that headline is obvious but when it comes to Israel and the effort among some artists to express their displeasure with the Jewish State, it couldn't be more accurate....
Red Bulls deal Kandji for Medhi Ballouchy
The Red Bulls landed midfielder Mehdi Ballouchy from Colorado for enigmatic striker Macoumba Kandji. The move gives them a crisp-passing midfielder that can help boost their MLS Cup hopes.“We have...
DVD Extra: Nurse Ratched speaks
Louise Fletcher says she spent a year auditioning for her most famous role, as the authoritarian Nurse Ratched in Milos Forman “One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest.” “Every time I...
Toronto: 'Barney's Version'
Paul Giamatti gives a bravura performance as an blustering Canadian TV producer over four decades in the delightful and touching "Barney's Version,'' which Sony Pictures Classics will release for Oscar...
Toronto: 'Submarine'
If Wes Anderson and the late Claude Chabrol made a movie together, it might have turned out something like Richard Ayoade's quirky and melancholy coming-of-age film "Submarine.'' Set in Scotland...
Toronto: 'The Debt'
The great Helen Mirren plays an Israeli secret service agent haunted by the long-ago kidnapping of a Nazi war criminal in "The Debt,'' directed by John Madden, who once upon...
Democrats want tougher immigration enforcement
A new Quinipiac poll regarding immigration has caused a stir because a majority of respondents agree that children of illegal immigrants should not be granted birthright citizenship (48 percent to...
Border chaos: From San Antonio to Sderot, bullets to katyushas
The deadly Mexican drug war continues to spill across the US border and it is getting more dangerous. US border patrol agents actually got into a “fire fight” across the...
Pettitte hopes to make final rehab start tomorrow for Trenton
Andy Pettitte will take to the hill for Double-A Trenton in Altoona, Pa. in the first game of the Thunder's best-of-five Eastern League Championship Series.If it's up to the veteran...
In latest Top 25 polls, WVU lone Big East representative
We're two weeks into the 2010 season, and, once again, the Big East isn't seeing a lot of respect from the national media.West Virginia is the lone team from the...