The New York Jets Find Some Fuel and Beat the Miami Dolphins 24-6
Earlier last week, Brandon Marshall said to the media, “the quarter and a half I’m out there, I’m going to play like a monster,” implying that he planned to get thrown out of Monday Night’s showdown against his divisional rival. That did not happen and it wasn’t Brandon Marshall who played like a monster. It was Darrelle [...]
Patriots Beat Slumping Jets 30-21
Impressive but Not Enough The New York Jets did something to Tom Brady that no other team has accomplished this season. Sacking the league’s best quarterback four times, the Jets defense pressured and hurried Brady continuously. They also picked off Brady in the red zone; something else no other team has done against him at [...]
An Optimistic Outlook on the Yankees in the 2011 ALDS
After facing elimination in Game 4, the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 10-1, forcing a game five back in the place where they place most comfortably. Their offense finally came alive and showed how dangerous it can be at any given time. The momentum shifted and favored the Yankees. What offense? What momentum? Before [...]
Top 5 Yankees of the 2011 Season
2011 Recap The New York Yankees as a whole had a very impressive season, especially with everything considered. Entering the season with a questionable starting rotation and facing injury after injury as the season went on, the Yankees fought their way through adversary and recorded another 95-plus win season. Milestones were reached and history was [...]
McFadden, Raiders Down Jets 34-24
Last time these two teams met, Mark Sanchez quitely enjoyed a celebratory hot dog on the sideline after putting up 38 points and watching his defense give up none. In this meeting between the two teams, the only thing Sanchez was eating was a face full of dirt at Overstock.com Coliseum. Same old Jets? For this week [...]
Top 5 Yankees-Red Sox Moments: Selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees
#1: Babe Ruth to the Yankees How could anyone, any team, in their right mind even consider selling/trading Babe Ruth? I mean, come on, he is only the: Sultan of Swat! The King of Crash! The Colossus of Crout! The Great BAMBINO!
Top 5 Yankees-Red Sox Moments: 2004 ALCS Comeback
#2: Boston’s 3-0 Comeback, 2004 ALCS Nineteen runs and 22 hits later, the New York Yankees took a commanding three-games-to-none lead in the 2004 American League Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox. After blowing out the Red Sox, 19-8, in the third game of the series, the Yankees pretty much signed a death warrant for their [...]
Top 5 Yankees-Red Sox Moments: Bucky Dent’s Home Run
#3: Bucky Dent October 2, 1978 Bucky *Expletive* Dent. Just another name that echoes through the streets of Boston and haunts those that were around in 1978. Those that were around witnessed history in a dichotomous fashion. New Yorkers witnessed one of the greatest late-season comebacks in the history of Major League Baseball. While Bostonians witnessed [...]
Top 5 Yankees-Red Sox Moments: Aaron Boone Wins 2003 ALCS
#4: Aaron Boone’s Walk Off Home Run October 16, 2003 In this case, it is tough to distinguish what was more exciting; the build up leading to the home run or the actual home run itself. The tense build up between both teams emerged close to a hundred years ago but that’s another story. In [...]
Top 5 Yankees-Red Sox Moments: Pedro Martinez vs. Don Zimmer
With the final series of the 2011 season between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox looming and right around the corner, here’s a look at the first of five top moments that have aided in making the Yankees and Red Sox the most headed, the most talked about, and the most historic rivalry [...]
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