Put any thoughts of the new Giants-Jets Stadium being named Mara Field (after the recently deceased and beloved Giants owner Wellington Mara) far from your heads. Sports marketing experts believe that the value of slapping a corporation's name on the arena, which is expected to be completed in 2010 and cost $1.3 billion, could generate revenues of $25 million to $30 million annually for the two teams. In comparison, the Mets are charging Citigroup $20......

Photograph John McCain surrounded by New York Republicans by Kathy Willens/AP John McCain's Straight Talk Express headed into Manhattan today, taking him to Grand Central Terminal where he got the endorsement of former governor George Pataki. McCain, along with wife Cindy, appeared with Pataki, Alphonse D'Amato, Joseph Lieberman and Rudy Giuliani as the Republican candidate appears to be leading in many Super Tuesday polls over rivals Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul. Pataki,......

Kings 88, Nets 87: Despite leading by 20, the Nets couldn't snap their losing streak at Sacramento's Arco Arena. The injury bug has struck again; Richard Jefferson is out six weeks after arhtroscopic on his ankle. Already without Nenad Krsitc for the rest of the season, the Nets -- winless at Arco since 1997 -- will try to tread water until he returns. Blowing games like this one isn't going to help their cause, though.......

If this team is going to be able to survive all of these injuries, Eli Manning is going to have to get a lot better. Manning spent the first half of the Giants’ 26-10 loss in a daze, making bad decisions and overthrowing receivers. He got better in the second half, but it was too late as Jacksonville made the plays they needed to for the win. This team seems to have lost its......

Dominated every which way it seemed, the Jets managed to make a 31-21 loss to New England look a bit closer after two late TD receptions by Laveranues Coles, but it was clear that Monday night's broadcast was interesting for one reason only – it was the final Monday Night Football on network television. Think about that - no longer will Monday night games be able to reach every TV set in America. Sports fans......

OK, the two potentially "sexiest" subplots for the remainder of the Jets season are now kaput. Both Curtis Martin's quest for an 11th consecutive 1,000-yard rushing season (his season and streak of 119 consecutive regular season starts were cut short due to bone chips in his right knee would need surgery) and the chances of the franchise gaining the 2006 draft's top choice by finishing dead last. There's always the contractual future of defensive stud......

The sad Jets host the disappointing Raiders, Sunday at 1 p.m. in East Rutherford. With former Giants QB Kerry Collins struggling, Oakland looks to start the physical Marques Tuiasosopo, who hasn't even taken a snap in game action this season. On another football note, this is Heisman Trophy weekend, and while the award will be bestowed Saturday night on ESPN from the Nokia Theatre for the first time, tonight marks the annual tradition of the......

When the NFL first released its 2005 schedule, someone somewhere was happy at the prospect of seeing the defending champion New England Patriots have to play the upstart Jets twice in the season's final month - both Sunday in Foxboro, Mass. (4:15, TV: WCBS - 2, Radio: 1050 AM ESPN), and in a Dec. 26 Monday night matchup in East Rutherford. At the time, it had to look good on paper. But that was long......

The image of San Diego's Ladainian Tomlinson burning former All-Pro cornerback Ty Law for a 25-yard touchdown will be a difficult one for any Jets fan to forget. But for a while, that pain almost was forgotten, as Brooks Bollinger replaced a slightly injured and mostly ineffective Vinny Testaverde to rally the Jets (2-6) to turn a would-be laugher into a nail-biter, as the Chargers (5-4) held on for a 31-26 victory Sunday in East......

With a record of 1-1 and hoping to rise above the .500 level early on this season is both the Jets and the Jacksonville Jaguars, who meet on Sunday at 1 p.m. in East Rutherford. Listed as probable for the game are both Jets RB Curtis Martin and Jags’ QB Byron Leftwich. Martin was upgraded on Thursday after incurring a bruised right knee during last week’s victory over Miami. Don’t be surprised to get a......

After an opener that went as bad as one could have imagined, the Jets returned to looking like a half-way decent NFL team yesterday, defeating visiting Miami 17-7 in East Rutherford. Thanks to a handful unforced errors on the Dolphins' part, a shaky start eventually yielded to a settled down performance by Chad Pennington and company, who are now receiving "Blue Collar Worker" metaphors and accolades, particularly after a late 90-yard scoring drive that provided......

Gothamist knew that the West Side stadium fracas would get nutty, but we didn't think that the Giants might be contenders as well. Apparently, the Giants are at an impasse during their negotiations with NJ over a new Giants Stadium in East Rutherford. Interestingly, NJ's Acting Governor Richard Codey had been crowing about the proposed $750 million complex, saying the Jets should consider staying in NJ. The Giants claim its intention is to stay in......

It is a flurry of strong and not-so strong rhetoric from Mayor Bloomberg these days, when it comes to the fate of his beloved West Side Stadium. The strong: Mayor B says Cablevision's bid for the MTA's railyards is akin to saying, "To hell with America." No, no, Cablevision is not turning anti-American, like rest of the world, but rather that Cablevision is standing in the way of NYC's bid for the 2012 Olympics (the......

While this rumble involves men in suits with lawyers, there's nothing better than battling billionaires with big egos! On Friday night, Madison Square Garden owner Cablevision dangled a $600 million offer to develop the West Side railyards where the city and NY Jets want to build the NY Sports and Convention Center. The NYSCC has been a hot topic of debate amongst the community and politicians, especially since there's question as to whether or......

One last must win game. That's what the regular season has come down to for the Jets (10-5, 3-3 AFC East), who again failed to defeat a proven great team yesterday, falling to defending Super Bowl champion New England (10-2, 5-1), 23-7 in East Rutherford yesterday. So buckle in for a week of "The Jets Don't Have What It Takes" stories leading into next Sunday's road game in St. Louis (1 p.m.), because that's where......

Trailing 7-6 at the half, the Jets scored 23 unanswered points in the second half, defeating the formerly expansion Houston Texans 29-7 yesterday in East Rutherford. In his return from a shoulder injury that kept him out of action for a couple weeks, quarterback Chad Pennington looked like the Pennington of old, completing 20 of 27 passes for 155 yards and two scores. When writing about Pennington's first down run, the Post said, he "bounced......

It was a great sign for Jets fans, but (unlike the Redskins) it probably had absolutely no bearing whatsoever on the pending election - other than making several thousand New Yorkers stay up a bit late. Curtis Martin and Lamont Jordan each ran for 115 yards and a touchdown, as the Jets (6-1) put a 41-14 hurting on the visiting Miami Dolphins (1-7) last night in East Rutherford. It was a dominating performance from......

After their first loss of the season, the Jets face their first rebound challenge of the year on Monday night, as they host the Miami Dolphins. It's much more intriguing than most matchups between a 5-1 team and a 1-6 squad, particularly after Miami's offense came alive for the first time this season to outgun St. Louis 31-14 last week. Maybe that's why Jets coach Herm Edwards felt he needed to unleash a rare verbal......

For the second week in a row the Jets had to erase a second half deficit against a semmingly inferior opponent before pulling out a victory, as rookie linebacker Jonathan Vilma's interception of a Tim Rattay pass sealed a 22-14 win over the visiting San Francisco 49ers in East Rutherford yesterday to set a franchise record with a 5-0 start. As the Jets trailed 14-3 in the first half as the Niners had just scored......

In their biggest challenge to date, the Jets escaped disaster with a 16-14 win over the visiting Buffalo Bills on Sunday in East Rutherford to reach 4-0 for only the second time in the 45-year history of the franchise. Doug Brien's 38-yard field goal with 58 seconds remaining was the difference, as Chad Pennington went 31-of-42 for 304 yards passing on the afternoon, but nothing bigger than going 7-of-8 for 51 yards on what would......

In a matchup between one AFC East team that plays its home games in the state of New York and another that wishes it did, the unbeaten Jets host the 0-3 Buffalo Bills at 4:05 p.m. Sunday in East Rutherford. (TV: WCBS 2; Radio: 1050 AM, ESPN) Veteran defensive back and last minute signee Terrell Buckley is being praised as a surprising leadership presence for the Green and White. Bills rookie receiver Lee Evans......

In a matchup of two teams headed in opposite directions, the Jets overcame a sluggish day offensively to defeat the winless Dolphins 17-9 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami. (Box Score) Jets defensive back Donnie Abraham's 66-yard interception return for a score was the lone highlight of an ugly second half that featured four turnovers by the fish. It was one of several examples of a dominating performance by the Jet defense on the afternoon.......

Curtis Martin is nowhere near an old man at age 31, but by football standards, many have been questioning how much gas he could possibly have left in his tank. Martin had one of the most impressive games in recent memory, rushing for 196 yards and a touchdown on 29 carries and adding a touchdown reception to lead the Jets to a season-opening 31-24 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in East Rutherford. Box Score. "I......

Jets fans have to be at least cautiously optimistic at the prospect of a younger, more aggressive defense that completely befuddled rookie Eli Manning in a 17-10 preseason win Friday night at Giants Stadium. New defensive coordinator Donnie Henderson came up with a barrage of blitzes that resulted in five sacks and four turnovers, including a fumble on a sack of quarterback Eli Manning that was returned 27 yards for a touchdown by safety Omare......

For most of the evening, Chad Pennington his teammates looked nearly perfect in Saturday night's 31-7 preseason drubbing of the host Indianapolis Colts, a team many see as a favorite to once again reach the AFC Championship. It was only a preseason game, but it's always a good sign when your defense holds Peyton Manning in check for a half, especially considering Gang Green started three rookie defensive backs in its Nickel package (CBs Derrick......

If there's one thing that rings true this morning, after the NJ Nets managed to eke out a win over the Detroit Pistons in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals, taking a 3 games to 2 lead in the series, it's that winning is ugly. Very ugly. It took three overtimes, tons of missed free throws, and 8 players fouling out for the game to end. But, hey, at least the Nets won. While......