NEW YORK JETS: Cimini: Jets Looking at Kicking Alternatives

Nick Folk has missed 5 of his last 10 field goals, and nearly missed an extra point against the Bengals last week. Apparently, that has the Jets brass very concerned. Rich Cimini of ESPN New York is reporting that: The Jets, preparing for next Monday night’s first-place showdown against the New England Patriots, are expected [...]

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GOLF: Jack Nicklaus Still Has Magic at Augusta

Yes, you’ve heard this before — Jack Nicklaus has won again at Augusta National. This time it was a couple months ago, beating one of his sons, aided by a little bit of magic from the Golden Bear: One thing Nicklaus doesn’t do much these days is what he did as well – if not [...]

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PRESS BOX: NEC Basketball: A Trip Around the Conference — November 29, 2010

(This post originally appeared on Press Box.) Here’s a look at the NEC on this Monday: 1. Central Connecticut State (4-1) Central continues to roll, opening up their conference schedule with a 54-50 overtime win against Monmouth on Saturday. 2. Long Island University (4-1) Long Island suffered their first loss of the season Saturday against [...]

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PGA TOUR: What It Means — November 28, 2010

(This post originally appeared on Prosportsblogging.com) As the European Tour season concluded in Dubai amidst controversy, here’s this week’s What It Means: Ian Poulter Being Penalized After His Ball Mark Moved: Poulter accidentally dropped his ball as he was preparing for a 40-foot birdie putt in the second playoff hole against Robert Karlsson. It hit [...]

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PGA TOUR: Cadillac Championship at Doral, Full Schedule Coming Thursday

Cadillac, Doral, and the PGA Tour announced today that the Cadillac will be sponsoring the Doral World Golf Championship event, to be called the Cadillac Championship. PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem also said on the conference call that the full PGA Tour schedule will be released Thursday, and that “We have more tournaments than we [...]

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PGA TOUR: Link to GM-Doral-WGC Press Conference

If you would like to watch the announcement about the GM brand coming back to golf and sponsoring the World Golf Championship event at Doral and possibly other PGA Tour events, you can do so at this link. At the time of economic downturn, it looks like the PGA Tour may have gotten very lucky [...]

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TIGER WOODS: Talks to the Associated Press, Sponsors Coming, Urged to Play More Early

Tiger Woods spoke to the my Twitter pal Doug Ferguson of the Associated Press while in Australia about reflecting on the happenings of the past year. It’s an interesting interview, one that I recommend reading as it also contains quotes from other players about Tiger. Separately, Tiger’s agent, Mark Steinberg told CNBC’s Darren Rovell that [...]

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PGA TOUR: Doral Sponsorship Announcement Tomorrow

I’ll give a shoutout to the new NBC Sports golf blog, ProGolfTalk, and Ryan Ballengee by linking to his story on the topic that the Doral sponsorship announcement (believed to be one of the GM brands) is tomorrow. They may also sponsor a new event in Detroit in 2010. Doug Ferguson of the AP is [...]

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A J Schil Thought: Beatles and the BCS

The Beatles came to iTunes recently. Finally. It’s seven years too late for many, however, and it brings me to the topic of today’s thought: The Bowl Championship Series. Sports Illustrated’s cover story recently about why the BCS doesn’t work is a must-read, no matter what side of the battle that you’re on. This is [...]

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PGA TOUR: President’s Cup Assistant Captains Announced

Captains Fred Couples and Greg Norman of the Presidents Cup announced today who their assistant captains will be for 2011. For the US: Jay Haas and Michael Jordan For the International Team: Frank Nobilo and TBA All three announced so far are returners from 2009, with MJ being the most high-profile and apparently very successful. [...]

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