Schwartz On Sports: Opening Night At NMS
"There's no place like home!" It's been a while since the Jets enjoyed the same experience as Dorothy clicking her heels to return to Kansas in "The Wizard Of Oz".
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"There's no place like home!" It's been a while since the Jets enjoyed the same experience as Dorothy clicking her heels to return to Kansas in "The Wizard Of Oz".
Curtis Martin, the Dean of Dignity, quietly assumed his place with all the fanfare of a field goal. This is how he rolls, quietly, the humble, helmeted champion who did all of his talking in the arena, leaving pinheads like me scramble for the right words.
At halftime of their preseason game at the New Meadowlands Stadium, the Jets opened their Ring of Honor by inducting Joe Namath, Don Maynard, Weeb Ewbank, Curtis Martin, Winston Hill and Joe Klecko.
Mark Sanchez was sharp, while Eli Manning needed stitches. Manning was forced to leave the New York Giants' 31-16 victory over the Jets after suffering a bloody, 3-inch gash to the left side of his head on Monday night.
Long before the Thomas Jones-LaDainian Tomlinson debate took hold of Jets Nation, the team already had a pretty darn good running back. Now the Jets might have the best backfield combination in the NFL.
And, with all the trash talking going on between the Jets and Giants, it's clear both teams want to celebrate the first football game at the New Meadowlands Stadium with a victory Monday night.
After two weeks of squaring off against teammates in practice, the Jets finally get to face an opponent on Monday night. Gang Green will host the Giants in the first football game at the New Meadowlands Stadium.
Coach Rex Ryan said Saturday that his starters on offense and defense will play a little past the first quarter in New York's preseason opener against the Giants on Monday night at the New Meadowlands Stadium.
Mark Sanchez is ready to take aim and fire this season. The New York Jets quarterback has plenty of targets to throw to, and he's poised to air it out more in his second year in the league.
New York Gov. David Paterson, a longtime Jets fan, stopped by the team's training camp practice Friday and considered a career change after seeing 5-foot-6 wide receiver Larry Taylor.
They're two big men from different parts of the world who have little in common, including their paths to the NFL. Even communicating can be a challenge because the American Slauson speaks with a stutter and English isn't the first language of Ducasse, who is from Haiti.
Green Day will perform "Last of the American Girls" with the Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning rock musical "American Idiot." The halftime show will finish with fireworks.
Rex Ryan said nobody should feel sorry for him or his New York Jets, and I don't. But they're in a difficult and unenviable position. They not only have to win now, they have to win big -- and, yes, I'm talking Super Bowl.
Rex Ryan's mother has already scolded him. A little soap might be next for the New York Jets' foul-mouthed coach.
The Jets and the agents for holdout cornerback Darrelle Revis say they are trying to clear the air and will keep all future negotiations confidential.
