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Barbara Barker
Hiring D'Antoni makes sense for Knicks - May 12, 2008 - I'm going to write something nice about the Knicks today. And I swear I'm not doing it because owner Jim Dolan or someone else from Cablevision will soon be the person signing my paycheck.
Jim Baumbach
Starting today, Mets' Randolph in line of fire - May 16, 2008 - Before the Mets' 1-0 loss to the Nationals yesterday, Willie Randolph playfully answered a question about returning to Yankee Stadium one last time by campaigning for a spot on the National League All-Star squad. That, he said, would be a cool final visit to the Bronx.
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Ken Berger
D'Antoni must remember money can't buy wins - May 14, 2008 - Mike D'Antoni strolled outside the Garden yesterday afternoon, working the Seventh Avenue end on a brilliant New York day flanked by photographers and the usual MSG gatekeepers. He was all smiles on Day 1 as coach of the Knicks, posing for photos with the former home of basketball greatness lurking over his shoulder.
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Neil Best
SNY's Cohen gets to call Mets game from upper deck - May 16, 2008 - 'It's a dump, but it's our dump," Gary Cohen said.
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Erik Boland
NCAA "play-in" game simply absurd - March 17, 2008 - The pundits and commentators waxed irate, as they do every Selection Sunday, after the announcement of the NCAA Tournament field.
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Roderick Boone
Expand NCAA tourney to 68 - March 13, 2008 - It's going to happen. You know it will. We're not talking about Kansas' seemingly yearly choke job in the NCAA Tournament. Instead, this is about something you'll see on your tube in a couple of days as you await the name of your favorite college basketball team's name to appear in glorious high definition.
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Ken Davidoff
Expect Dunn's big bat to leave Cincinnati - May 14, 2008 - Since the start of the 2004 season - the first year there was any sort of testing with discipline for illegal performance-enhancing drugs, for the sake of conversation - David Ortiz leads all major leaguers with 184 home runs.
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Joe Gergen
Memphis' Chris Douglas-Roberts a unique player - April 7, 2008 - He shoots with both hands, answers to two names and can't be stopped in one-on-one situations. Chris Douglas-Roberts may be the lone participant in tonight's NCAA championship game whose style defies description. A combination of Memphis soul and Motown funk, the 6-7 junior guard has helped bring his school to the brink of its first national title.
Bob Glauber
What's all the fuss about Spygate tapes? - May 14, 2008 - As I was sitting yesterday in a hotel conference room watching the tapes that former Patriots video employee Matt Walsh submitted to the NFL, one thought kept popping into my head: This is what the whole Spygate mess was about?
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Mark Herrmann
Golfers have chance to feel like a club member - May 15, 2008 - What a dream it would be to feel like a member at a private club, to have someone take your clubs from your car, to have your own locker in the clubhouse, to be able to bring a foursome and play a manicured club - even if you're not a member.
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Johnette Howard
Part owner wisely turned down sale of Big Brown - May 16, 2008 - If he had behaved like a died-in-the-wool pinhooker is supposed to behave, Paul Pompa Jr. might not be making the trip of his racing life down to Pimlico tonight to watch his so-called super horse, Big Brown, try to pick up the second leg of the Triple Crown in tomorrow's Preakness. Bethpage's Michael Iavarone would not have gotten a 75-percent stake in the horse. And Darley racing stable owner Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the most powerful man in the sport, would never have heard two little words that the Sheikh almost never hears: No sale.
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John Jeansonne
Synthetic tracks are reducing horse fatalities - May 10, 2008 - Just as eight bells would signal, in maritime tradition, the end of one watch and the beginning of another, so did Eight Belles render a clarion call for fresh attention to safety in thoroughbred racing.
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Greg Logan
Injuries, lack of scoring punch doomed Isles - April 4, 2008 - Game No. 82 for the Islanders last season was the one in which they qualified for the playoffs only after backup goaltender Wade Dubielewicz poked away a shootout attempt by the Devils' Sergei Brylin. They survived their share of injuries, including the loss of goaltender Rick DiPietro to two concussions during the March stretch run.
Wallace Matthews
Mets waste game for Vargas and unfortunate fans - May 15, 2008 - Casey Stengel used to have a standard line for nights like last night, nights when his team played poorly, listlessly, stupidly or a combination of the three.
Steven Marcus
John Danowski helps bring Duke lacrosse back - May 9, 2008 - The cycle of reviled to revered is almost complete for Duke men's lacrosse. The remaining athletic validation could be just two weeks away if the best-known lacrosse team in America can win its first NCAA title.
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Shaun Powell
Deja vu for D'Antoni: No Steph can be big step - May 13, 2008 - They were together 25 days, the head coach and point guard, stuck on a bad team that was headed for a bad season.
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Anthony Rieber
MLB players' Web sites strike out - April 22, 2008 - So Alex Rodriguez was apparently back in New York on Monday getting his strained quadriceps checked out. The Yankees were off, so unless you had A-Rod's private cell phone number, how does the ordinary fan get the latest info on A-Rod without relying on his or her local newspaper?
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Tom Schlichter
Bluefish, bass have headed east on Long Island - May 16, 2008 - The wave of ravenous bluefish and hungry striped bass that surrounded Long Island's west end in recent weeks finally has rolled all the way east to Montauk and Orient points. To be sure, there were some choppers and stripers at just about every port in-between during the past 10 days, but the increased activity certainly is welcomed by east end anglers.
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Steve Zipay
Rangers could face Devilish first-round matchup - April 2, 2008 - Devils. Senators. Hurricanes. Capitals.
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