As part of his AFC Championship Jets/Steelers bet with Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, Mayor Bloomberg agreed to hoist the Steelers' "Terrible Towel" on a NYC landmark, and assemble care packages for soldiers who are back from overseas, while wearing a Steelers jersey. And the Mayor did so yesterday, donning a black Hines Ward uniform while putting the packages together...then we noticed what he was packaging: season six DVDs of Entourage.
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Bloomberg Makes Good On Bet, Desecrates Refurbished Library
Way back in January, before the Jets' Super Bowl dreams were dashed, our mayor made a deal with Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl over the AFC championship. If the Jets had won Ravenstahl would have placed a Jets Fireman hat on a Pittsburgh landmark. But the Jets didn't win, so this morning Bloomie went and lived up to his end of the bargain by hanging a Steelers “Terrible Towel” on a New York City landmark. And what landmark did Mike choose? The just refurbished main branch of the New York Public Library of course!
Kentucky Reports Final Score Of Steelers v. "Jew York Jets"
If anything, this typo courtesy of WLKY in Louisville, KY just confirms what we knew the rest of the country was thinking. And when our daily tabloids make Seinfeld references for sports news, well, can you blame them? At least we know we beat them to it. [Via SNY]
Santonio Holmes: "We Didn't Play Like Jets"
Now that both the professionals and the couch coaches have had the night to let last night's Jets defeat sink in, the blame for the game seems to be falling on the whole team. Coach Rex Ryan said, "We played a good half. We just never played a good game," and Santonio Holmes admitted, "We've got to start out playing better football...We didn't play like Jets, like we were supposed to." However, that doesn't mean some people still can't be singled out. Fans and players are lashing out against offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer's poor time and player management. When asked why he was on the bench early in the game, Holmes angrily told the Post, "Ask Coach Schottenheimer what was the reason behind that."
Jets Fall To Steelers In AFC Championship
It was a good season, filled with dramatic wins, Bart Scott soundbytes, and all sorts of Rex Ryan fun, but it didn't go quite far enough: the Jets lost the AFC Championship game to the Pittsburgh Steelers 24-19. The defense got pushed around too much in the first half, and their explosive second half was undermined by questionable calls in tight spots in the second half. During the first half, FoxSports' Jason Whitlock thought that the team left their hearts in New England, tweeting, "Jets won the Belichick Trophy. Maybe they'll shock me. But Jets left everything in Foxboro." After the game, Football Outsiders' Doug Farrar positively tweeted, "Unlike last year's AFC Championship, Jets proved this time that they could stage a comeback. Maybe next year, it all comes together."
Steelers Going Sleeveless Tonight, Snoop Taking Bets
The Jets aren't the only ones who are getting wildly excited for tonight's game—the Steelers, who are in pursuit of their seventh Lombardi Trophy, and their fans are also engaging in their own forms of pre-game trash talk and intimidation. The Steelers defense, who were the NFL's top-ranked d-line this season, plan to be sleeveless tonight at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. The weather forecast calls for a game-time temperature around 10 degrees with a wind chill that'll make it feel like 2 degrees. “No sleeves all the time, man,” said Steelers free safety Ryan Clark, calling long sleeves under the uniform “a sign of weakness.” Steelers super fan and friend-of-Gothamist Snoop Dogg went one further, tweeting, "Steelers gone beat jets $1000 bet to whoever wantit." A slightly more interesting bet than trading towels or snacks.
Four Ways To Get Excited For Jets/Steelers Tonight
We're all getting ridiculously pumped for tonight's highly anticipated AFC Championship game between the Jets and Steelers. We've loaded up on our Jet Fuel, a Four Loko for the football crowd, which contains melon-flavored liquer Midori, Red Bull and vodka. We've got our trusty corporate-sponsored rally towel in hand. And Jets owner Woody Johnson just stoked our fires a little more with some Rex Ryan-patented boasting: "I'm going with Rex. We are going to win this game. I believe this team is going to the Super Bowl," the Jets owner told fans while signing autographs for kids. But nothing is getting us more hyped right now than the Bart Scott interview remix, with highlights from the whole season:
Jets Again Sit on Precipice of Super Bowl
For the second straight year, the Jets sit one game away from the Super Bowl. Just as they did last season, the Jets won two road playoff games to get to this point and face another one in Pittsburgh. Last year, the Jets blew a halftime lead and fell to Indianapolis. This year, they face the Steelers with a berth in Super Bowl XLV on the line.
Game Day: Fans, Papers, Celebrities All Pumped For Jets
A week after they completely shutdown the New England Patriots, Jets fever has reached bacterial pneumonia levels: thousands of fans turned out yesterday at team's headquarters in Florham Park to send them off to Pittsburgh to play the Steelers in the AFC Championship game later today. Of course, Gov. Chris Christie couldn't let the opportunity pass to rib NYers over whom the Jets truly belong to: "I have one message for Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Cuomo. When the Jets train, they train in New Jersey. When the Jets play, they play in New Jersey. And when they get a Super Bowl trophy, it's coming to New Jersey!" This guy strongly disagrees.
Cuomo Gets In On The Jets Betting Action
It seems that NY state politicians can't stop, won't stop betting on tomorrow's anticipated Jets/Steelers AFC Championship game. Considering NY politicians, does a proclivity for gambling really surprise you? Following Mayor Bloomberg's mayoral bet with Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, Governor Andrew Cuomo, who had fruitlessly offered a Jets hat to President Obama recently, has made his own snacktastic bet with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett. If the Steelers win, Cuomo will send Corbett a basket including Nathan’s hot dogs, chicken wings from Buffalo, and Hudson Valley apple cider as well as cheese and maple syrup. If the Jets win, Corbett will send Cuomo a gift basket with Pennsylvania-made foods and beverages. And the rest of us will hopefully get more Bart Scott "Hulk" impressions.
President Obama Says He's Rooting For the Jets
Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg and Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl announced their wager on Sunday's AFC Championship game between the Jets and Steelers, while doubters threw some haterade on the Jets parade. But Bloomberg and Jets fans weren't the only ones rallying for the team—the President is rooting for the team. “I will say both the Jets and the Bears, I think, are slight underdogs, so we’re going to be rooting for the underdogs on Sunday,” Obama said yesterday while speaking to workers at the GE plant in Schenectady.
Bloomberg Announces "Terrible" Jets/Steelers Bet
After calling for ideas on what to wager with Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl on Sunday's AFC Championship game between the Jets and the Steelers, Mayor Bloomberg revealed what the bet would be today. Drum roll please: "The losing mayor will, while wearing the jersey of the winning team, take part in a volunteer service project to assemble care packages to be sent to members of the armed services who are from the winning city and recently have returned home." In addition, if the Steelers win, Mayor Bloomberg will hang a Steelers “Terrible Towel” on a New York City landmark and if the Jets win, Mayor Ravenstahl will place a Jets Fireman hat on a Pittsburgh landmark.
Haters Gonna Hate In Lead-Up To Jets/Steelers Game
The city has been getting increasingly geared up for this Sunday's AFC Championship game between the Jets and the Pittsburgh Steelers. But while some elected officials are haggling over which state the team truly belongs to, many sportswriters are taking time out of their day today to bemoan the state of NY sports, and throw a little hate onto the high-flyin' Jets.
Bloomberg Seeks Ideas For Jets/Steelers Bet
It's not just Rex Ryan and the Jets players who are being respectful in the lead up to this Sunday's AFC Championship Game—even the fans are getting along for the most part. According to the News, Steelers fans don't feel much animosity in NYC, gathering at Polamalu-friendly bars, and speaking "with strange accents about their 'Stillers.'" Things sound a bit less fun for New Yorkers in Pittsburgh, where there isn't a bar in the city that plays anything but Steelers games. But for once, Mayor Bloomberg is trying to do his part to stir the pot: he tweeted yesterday, "Mayor Bloomberg & Pitt Mayor Ravenstahl to wager on #Jets #Steelers game. What should they bet? Tweet us ideas using #JetsBet." There's already been a lot of suggestions, but our favorite so far is: "jets win, pittsburgh has to pay edwards' court fees. steelers win, new york has to pay roethlisberger's court fees." What do you think the Mayor should bet?
Jets and Steelers Very Respectfully Prepare For Sunday
The Jets have been flying high (right past the Empire State Building) this week since their impressive victory over the New England Patriots last weekend. Now comes the build-up to this Sunday's AFC Championship Game with the Pittsburgh Steelers. But unlike last week's trash-talking funfest, things have been decidedly less hostile between the two sides.
Get Your Jets-Steelers Tickets! Just $1150!
The Jets win against the Pats has been great for business—if you're in the business of selling Jets tickets or Jets gear. On Sunday the team heads to Pittsburgh to play the Steelers at Heinz Field and tickets are getting pretty steep on Craigslist. One person is offering four tickets in Section 235 for $1150 each, which makes the $700 tickets for Section 118 sound like a bargain! But it looks like the guy in search of tickets at $150 might have to raise his budget a bit.
Last Night's Action: Giant Choke
Eagles 38 Giants 31: Of all the teams to lose in stunning fashion to, of course the Giants had to blow it against their archrivals, the Philadelphia Eagles. With the game tied, Giants punter Matt Dodge punted the ball right into the Eagles' DeSean Jackson, who "fumbled the ball before taking off on one of the greatest plays in NFL history -- a breathtaking 65-yard punt return for the winning touchdown on the final play of the game," as ESPN puts it. Jackson said, "I was thinking he was going to kick it out of bounds. But it got to me. From there, I just used my instincts and my speed to get into the end zone."
Slumping Jets Get Test in Pittsburgh
Two weeks ago, the Jets were flying high entering a game in New England. One 45-3 loss later, they had the wind taken out of their sales. It showed last week in a pathetic 10-6 loss to the Dolphins. That game set NFL football back a few seasons, but it also set the Jets back. They have games at Pittsburgh, at Chicago and at home against Buffalo left. The AFC East is mainly a pipe dream, and missing the playoffs—it would take a loss at home to Buffalo—is an embarrassing possibility.
Plaxico Burress Sentenced to 2 Years In Prison
Former Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress headed for Rikers Island earlier today after being sentenced to a two-year term for second-degree "attempted weapons possession." He had pleaded guilty to the charge after shooting himself in the thigh with his own illegal pistol in a Manhattan nightclub in November 2008. From Rikers Island he will be transferred to one of NY's many beautiful upstate prisons, just in time for foliage season and intramural convict football. ESPN.com noted that he was expected to serve about twenty months, followed by two years of probation, if his behavior is good.
Super Bowl XLIII: Steelers Vs. Cardinals
It's the biggest sporting event of the year, with the bruising Pittsburgh Steelers facing off against the underdog Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl. New Yorkers may remember when Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner was the pre-Eli Manning quarterback for the Giants. And New Jerseyites have their moment in the sun at half time with this year's musical performance coming from the Garden State via The Boss.
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