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The wide, enthusiastic smile of Quinnen Williams’ is back. After a rookie season in which he didn’t perform the way he’d hoped — particularly as the third overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft with high expectations — Williams is bullish on his chances to become a disrupter in the Jets’ defense in 2020. “I’m …
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The NFL has another Super Bowl jersey-gate on its hands. This one involves Michael Strahan, who reportedly believes he has his jersey from Super Bowl XLII framed in his home. But Goldin Auctions has another Strahan jersey that it says was the one the Giants defensive end actually wore while beating the Patriots 17-14 in …
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Former Mets ace Matt Harvey hasn’t pitched in the majors in more than a year, and he knows that this could be his last chance at sticking in the big leagues. The 31-year-old Harvey is set to start for the Kansas City Royals in the second game of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds Wednesday. …
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Add another to the list of former NFL players who think Giants head coach Joe Judge’s old-school coaching style is bananas. Appearing on Fox Sports on Tuesday, former Eagles linebacker Emmanuel Acho blasted the way Judge has been running Giants practices since training camps began last month. Calling his tactics “dumb” and “imbecilic,” Acho said …
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Mekhi Becton has heard it his whole life — he is big, like really big. There was a time when the Jets’ first-round pick did not embrace his size. “I was definitely insecure growing up, being a bigger kid,” Becton said. Growing up in Virginia, Becton said kids talked about him because he was bigger …
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Amid a locker room full of imposing physical presences, Dexter Lawrence is huge in a humongous teddy bear sort of way. He is quick to smile and does not raise his voice much. “A pleasure to be around,’’ is the way defensive coordinator Patrick Graham puts it. “He has a bubbly personality. He has a …
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These Rays, these Rays, these Rays. They’re the gum you can’t get off your shoe, the hiccup you can’t stop, the annoying high school classmate who tracks you down no matter how many times you change your number. They’re the Yankees’ regular serving of humility, unprescribed and undesired. There won’t be yearlong perfection at Yankee …
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The Islanders couldn’t finish off the series sweep for the second time this postseason. Alex Ovechkin scored two goals as the Capitals took a 3-2 win over the Islanders on Tuesday night at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, forcing a Game 5 in the best-of-seven first-round series after the Isles had taken a commanding 3-0 lead. …
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The Knicks and new coach Tom Thibodeau will be back on the court for three weeks of voluntary workouts, starting in mid-September and lasting until Oct. 6. The NBA and its players association finally approved voluntary “group workouts” for the “Delete 8’’ with strict COVID-19 testing, it was announced Tuesday. The teams who were not …
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Though the Mets’ starting rotation is in tatters, the offense has come to life in two straight wins in Miami. After slugging four homers in Monday’s win, the Mets hit three more Tuesday in an 8-3 victory over the Marlins. The day started with another injury to a starter, this time to David Peterson, who …
The wide, enthusiastic smile of Quinnen Williams’ is back. After a rookie season in which he didn’t perform the way he’d hoped — particularly as the third overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft with high expectations — Williams is bullish on his chances to become a disrupter in the Jets’ defense in 2020. “I’m …
