Somers' Monologue: Mets' Comeback Win Was The Worst Of Times, The Best Of Times
"It was the worst of times, and it ended up to be the best of times! But what a beginning. The following from the diary of a mad schmoozer, Thursday, June 2, 2011..."
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"It was the worst of times, and it ended up to be the best of times! But what a beginning. The following from the diary of a mad schmoozer, Thursday, June 2, 2011..."
There's no joy in Miami. Not after Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks overcame a 15-point, 4th quarter deficit to stun the Heat in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, 95-93.
Carlos Beltran's three-run homer started New York's rally from a seven-run deficit, Ruben Tejada finished it off with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning and the Mets held off the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-8 on Thursday afternoon.
The NFL and its players completed three straight days of not-so-secret "confidential settlement discussions" on Thursday and now head to an appeals court in St. Louis.
The New Jersey Devils have signed Michigan defenseman Brandon Burlon to an entry-level contract.
Hot-hitting shortstop Jose Reyes has been activated from the bereavement list and is back in the Mets' starting lineup for Thursday's game against the Pirates.
Even at 31-23, through the first third of the season, the Yankees haven't felt like a first-place team. But that's exactly what they are.
Alex Rodriguez's relationship with his former steroid "mule" is again raising eyebrows. A-Rod's cousin, Yuri Sucart, is "traveling with Rodriguez on some road trips, despite being banned by the Yankees," the Daily News reported on Thursday.
On his fourth team in a career that had no statistical dips, Jason Kidd is too good to be a vocational vagabond, a gypsy who hops around the NBA like George Clooney in Up in the Air.
Could Mike D'Antoni skip out on the Knicks? According to the New York Daily News' Frank Isola, D'Antoni, entering his last year under contract with New York, "could emerge as a candidate in Toronto."
His team had just unraveled late in the game again, and Mets manager Terry Collins was seething. "I'm running out of ideas here," the fiery Collins said Wednesday night after dressing down his club following a 9-3 loss to Pittsburgh
Former BYU star Jimmer Fredette said Wednesday that people have been telling him his whole life he's not a good defensive player. But the Glens Falls, N.Y. native thinks he's on his way to proving them wrong as he works out for a series of NBA teams -- including the Knicks.
I wouldn't worry much about Dirk Nowitzki's bad finger on his left hand. It shouldn't affect his shooting much -- but if it does the series is as good as over.
The Rangers have landed young defenseman Tim Erixon and a fifth-round pick in this month's draft from the Calgary Flames for junior forward Roman Horak and two second-round draft choices.
Jim Calhoun told graduates of the high school where he coached and taught that "the best years are ahead of you." Still, he wouldn't say how he would spend his own future.
