Mike Forde
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RANGERS SUMMON ISBISTER
December 21, 2006 | 5:00amThe Rangers gave Ryan Callahan a shot Tuesday night to fill a roster void caused by groin pulls, knee problems and stomach viruses. Now they'll call on Brad Isbister. With...
DEVILS WANT NEW STREAK
December 14, 2006 | 5:00amThe Devils were adamant: Tuesday night's one-goal loss to the Sabres, who own the best record in the Eastern Conference, was absolutely, positively not a moral victory. "No, no, no....
SINGING THE BLUES - INJURIES TOP SHAKY ELI ON LIST OF GIANT WOES
December 1, 2006 | 5:00amBlame Eli Manning. Or Tom Coughlin. Or Plaxico Burress. Or Tiki Barber. Or the injuries. You'll run out of fingers to point at these Giants, because, according to Fox analyst...
'AIR' BALL FOR EWING - NBA TV EYES ROLE FOR PATRICK
December 1, 2006 | 5:00amPatrick Ewing has tried the playing thing and the coaching thing. Now he'll try the broadcasting thing. After a drop-in appearance on NBA TV's Tuesday Night with Ahmad a month...
RETURN OF THE JED-I - ORTMEYER BEGINS PRACTICING WITH RANGERS
November 23, 2006 | 5:00amJed Ortmeyer certainly didn't look as if he hadn't practiced since last season's playoffs. On a two-on-two drill yesterday, the yellow-sweatered Ortmeyer, draped by a defender, snuck a nifty one-handed...
JOHNSON'S ENGINE IS STILL RUNNIN'
November 22, 2006 | 5:00amJimmie Johnson awoke from a deep sleep three weeks ago with a smile on his face. He had just dreamt he had won the NASCAR Nextel Cup. That morning's alarm...
BUCKEYES' BIG TEST - POST POLL: FIESTA BOWL NEEDS ND-USC WINNER
November 22, 2006 | 5:00amThe mystique of Notre Dame and Southern Cal football shone through in an 24hbongdda.site internet poll on who should play Ohio State for the National Championship. Readers to the tune...
JIMMIE CHARGIN' TO CUP FINISH LINE
November 19, 2006 | 5:00amHere's how it shakes out going into today's final race of the NASCAR Nextel Cup season: Five drivers technically still can win the championship. Two have a real shot. But...
KENSETH STALKS FROM SECOND
November 12, 2006 | 5:00amA lot of people blamed Matt Kenseth for NASCAR implementing the Chase for the Nextel Cup in 2004. Kenseth, though winner of just one race the previous year, dominated the...
JIMMIE FEELIN' IT
November 5, 2006 | 5:00amThe championship dream is about to become a reality for Jimmie Johnson. And we're not talking dream as in "hope or goal or wish," but dream as in, "Don't wake...
NOW, HARVICK'S NICKNAME FITS
October 29, 2006 | 4:00amAnyone with a passing knowledge of NASCAR knows Kevin Harvick's nickname. For those who don't, here it is: Happy. But much like any chubby man with the handle "Slim," Harvick's...
BURTON FINALLY TURNING HEADS
October 22, 2006 | 4:00amYou may have heard this a lot over the first five races of NASCAR's Chase for the Nextel Cup: "I hope Jeff Burton wins the Cup. He deserves it." With...
BREW YORK CITY - TAP INTO THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BEER TASTING
October 21, 2006 | 4:00amI am the anti-werewolf. See, I love Silver Bullets. Werewolves? From what I hear, not so much. By Silver Bullets, I mean, of course, ice-cold Coors Light. As legend has...
MARTIN KEEPS UP CHASE FOR TITLE
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amMark Martin raced this year as a favor to an old friend. Now, he's closer to winning his first NASCAR Nextel Cup championship than anyone could have imagined. If it...
DALE'S CUP EMPTY
October 8, 2006 | 4:00amThe honesty shocked. Even Dale Earnhardt Jr. admitted the brutally forthcoming statement sounded a bit odd. But there it was, spoken through a conference call into the ears of what...
NO KIDDING: HAMLIN HAS SHOT AT CUP
October 1, 2006 | 4:00amAll along, Denny Hamlin has acted like the 25-year-old kid he is. When he won his first NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Pocono Raceway, he attributed the victory to video...
TAILS OF THE CITY - CRASH LOCAL COLLEGE HOMECOMINGS AND GET YOUR TAILGATE FIX
September 30, 2006 | 4:00amNATIVE New Yorkers have yet to fully embrace college football. We like it, sure, but the passion is sometimes lacking. In the rest of the country, it's huge. Here, it's...
JIMMIE WON'T GIVE UP CHASE
September 24, 2006 | 4:00amJimmie Johnson has experienced this panic-mode situation. In 2004, the first year of NASCAR's Chase for the Nextel Cup, he practically invented it. Two years ago, Johnson started the Chase...
MY JUMPS - EXERCISE WORLD GOES LOCO FOR POGO WORKOUTS
September 21, 2006 | 4:00amIwanted to prepare for my Pogo Bootcamp class at Crunch Gym in a Rocky Balboa-like fashion. I saw myself with the eye of the tiger. I was going to fly...
INSIDE LOOK AT CHASERS
September 17, 2006 | 4:00amThe postseason is finally here. Let the Chase begin. Though each race during the Chase for the Nextel Cup will still have 43 entrants, only 10 drivers can win the...