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Petty Personified: Cleveland Cavaliers Dan Gilbert Is NBA’s Worst Owner
Posted: 9th July 2010 by Cecil Harris in NBA
Sports don’t build character. Sports reveal character.
This is as true of athletes as of those involved in the business of sports.
A lack of character compelled Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert to rant like a petulant child after he lost superstar LeBron James to the Miami Heat and got nothing in return.
Now, Gilbert tells visitors to the Cavaliers website, the Associated Press, and anyone else willing to listen that ...
R-E-S-E-T: Thanks to Rex Ryan’s Defense, These Aren’t the Same Old N.Y. Jets
Posted: 21st September 2009 by Cecil Harris in NFL
For Rex Ryan, who put his coaching reputation as a defensive wizard on the line with a week of inspired horn-blowing before his Jets met the Patriots, the cold-fish, no-look, post-game handshake he got from losing coach Bill Belichick had to be the sweetest reward of all.
Ryan earned his reward by believing in himself, believing in his defense and believing that Jets fans would not reject as cheesy the coach’s ...
Jets-Patriots: Expect New York To Run All over the Pats on Sunday
Posted: 19th September 2009 by Cecil Harris in NFL
New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez makes only his second NFL start Sunday, and he’ll face the AFC East rival New England Patriots.
Heading into the grudge match, much has been said about the ability of Pats coach Bill Belichick to disguise defensive coverages and confound a young quarterback.
That’s certainly true, and Sanchez figures to have some rough moments at Giants Stadium. He’ll take the kind of graduate exam in reading ...
Although football fans around the country have reason to wonder if the New York Jets’ performance against the Patriots on Sunday will cash the checks written by the mouths of their players and head coach, this much is clear: The Jets are relevant again.
Not since Bill Belichick scribbled his infamous note of resignation as the “HC of the NYJ” and signed with the Patriots in 2000 have the Jets received ...