B&C Morning Show: Uh-Oh! There Will Be A Knicks-Celtics Game 6
Boomer and Craig were both noticeably agitated after the Knicks were dealt a 92-86 loss last night at MSG...
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Boomer and Craig were both noticeably agitated after the Knicks were dealt a 92-86 loss last night at MSG...
"I think it solidified our team," Rangers coach John Tortorella said of the deadline dealing. "We have kind of grown since then ... I thought it changed our team a little bit, and we took off."
The most pressing matter for Brooklyn is trying to find a way to win in Chicago, something it hasn't done this season. The Nets dropped both regular-season matchups there and lost Games 3 and 4.
After quickly dismissing a question regarding the health and status of key defenseman Marc Staal, by saying there was no update regarding his eye injury, Tortorella became engaged when asked about rising star Derek Stepan.
Jordany Valdespin hit a three-run, pinch-hit homer as the Mets rallied on Wednesday to break a six-game losing streak and avert a series sweep, beating the Miami Marlins, 7-6.
"You don't worry about anything," McElroy said. "You just go out there and, with the reps you're given, you make the most of them. That's all you can really control and that's all you can really worry about."
The Knicks need to get focused on Wednesday night and put the Celtics out of their misery. There can't be any more fooling around here. Take a double-digit first-half lead and hold it for the rest of the game.
Pittsburgh will begin its quest for a Stanley Cup without Sidney Crosby. And that's good news for the Islanders.
"We worked tirelessly for Geno Smith and all of our draft prospects," Select Sports Group said. "The NFL Draft is unpredictable, and we prepared Geno and all of our draft prospects, as we do every year, about what can happen during the draft." "
Putting aside the panic among Islanders fans, there are a few items that make this opening-round series interesting.
Had Smith been available for Game 4, perhaps this series would already be over. "It would've been," he said Tuesday. "I would've been playing golf today."
The Omaha Beef have a job waiting for Tim Tebow if he wants it — and the Nebraska indoor football team will even pay him $75 a game.
The 34-year-old journeyman becomes a free agent on July 1 — meaning that he will first have to sign with an NBA team and wait until next season to see if teammates, coaches, opponents and fans will treat him any differently.
Even mild forearm soreness and stiffness may be significant for a pitcher. Hopefully Strasburg's is as mild as he claims and will be as transient as he anticipates.
This serves as the best kind of news, the uplifting kind, if only because of what this 43-year-old is accomplishing in what he has proclaimed his final year in pinstripes.
