PRESS BOX: J Schil’s Thought of the Week: December 29, 2010

(This post originally appeared on Press Box.) One of the headlines of the 2010 television season is the dominating nature of the National Football League. Bill Carter of the New York Times wrote about the subject last week, in which he gave these astounding stats: “Of the 20 highest-rated telecasts of any kind so far [...]

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PGA TOUR: My Top 5 Shots of the 2010 Season

(This post originally appeared on Prosportsblogging.com) So as 2010 comes to a close and we look towards the 2011 PGA Tour season, it’s time for one last look at 2010, and my top 5 shots of 2010 in this week’s What It Means: 5. Jim Furyk’s Bunker Shot to Clinch the Tour Championship and the [...]

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NEW YORK JETS: Week 16 Review

Really quick here — the defense played utterly atrocious on Sunday. If they don’t fix that, the Jets are going nowhere in the playoffs. That’s all you need to know about the loss to the Bears.

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NEW YORK JETS: Jets Get Three Pro Bowlers, None of Them Brad Smith

Darrelle Revis, Nick Mangold (both starters), and D’Brickashaw Ferguson were named to the AFC Pro Bowl team today from the New York Jets. One person that wasn’t: Brad Smith. The AFC Kickoff specialist: Marc Mariani. Who? Thought so.

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NEW YORK JETS: Week 16 Preview

Protect Sanchez, establish the run, play tough defense, win the game, get in the playoffs. That’ll make me a very happy man. I say the Jets win. Jets 21 Bears 19

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MONMOUTH FOOTBALL: 2010 Season Review Article

(This post originally appeared on NewJerseyNewsroom’s Press Box.) Monmouth Head Coach Kevin Callahan will be the first to admit his team’s 3-8 season was frustrating. Callahan’s 18th season in charge was a turbulent one for the Hawks. “I think from a won-loss record standpoint it was disappointing. We went into the season with much higher [...]

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NEW YORK: Sanchez Probable, Will Start

Mark Sanchez’ ailing shoulder has made enough progress where he was throwing it well in practice and will start on Sunday for the Jets against the Bears, barring a setback, according to the NY Daily News. Rex Ryan announced that earlier today at Jets camp. Needless to say, this is good news. Now just win [...]

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NFL: Week 16 Picks

So I goofed, and forgot to pick last night’s dud of a game between the Panthers and Steelers. I would have picked the Steelers, and I would have been right. Here’s the rest of my week 16 picks: Saturday, Dec. 25 Dallas at Arizona 7:30 pm NFL Network Sunday, Dec. 26 Baltimore at Cleveland 1:00 [...]

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GOLF: Fay Retires, Man Plays 600

Two golf notes on this Christmas Eve — Happy Holidays everyone. 1) David B. Fay, the longtime Executive Director of the United States Golf Association, is retiring after 21 years at the position and 32 with the USGA. If the name David B. Fay sounds familiar to you, that is because he’s more commonly known [...]

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PGA TOUR: What It Means: 12/24/2010: Tiger’s Ankle, Sirius-XM to Continue PGA Tour Network

(This post originally appeared on Prosportsblogging.com) Happy Holidays Everyone. Here’s this week’s What It Means: Tiger Woods Gets Cortisone Shot in Right Ankle: This is much ado about nothing — he’s practicing, shooting commercials, testing his video game, and getting ready for 2011. The ankle area is still sore from when he tore his Achilles [...]

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