Photo of one of the 72 game balls for the Super Bowl by AP/Charlie Riedel So, the Giants making the Super Bowl has you preparing to watch a football game and you don’t know much about the sport. Let us help you with some pointers about the game. The weird thing about football is very little of it is done with your foot. Teams take the ball and either run it or throw it......

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.......

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......

When Mike Nugent's potentially game-winning 53 yard field goal sailed about 12 inches short, and the host Jets soon fell to 2-9 with a 21-19 loss to New Orleans, you knew it wasn't long before the "there's always next year" hopes and columns would arise. But it's just not that simple yet. After Curtis Martin yesterday became the fourth NFL running back to ever reach 14,000 yards in the first quarter, the offensive unit soon......

It looks like New York City and the Jets could host the Super Bowl as early 2010 if the stadium gets built. After the conclusion of owners meetings, NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue sent a letter (.PDF file) to Mike Bloomberg and George Pataki informing them of the possiblity of hosting the Super Bowl. New York has yet to formally apply as a venue for the game, but the idea was well received when Jets owner......

New York magazine has an excellent guide for places to go this Sunday to watch the Super Bowl (you can smoke at Play in Elmhurst, Scruffy Duffy's has 12 plasma TVs). NY also has the top places to get the best buffalo wings (made of chicken, of course...or unchicken) - City Bakery, Blue Smoke, and Kate's Joint are some restaurants that make the cut. Or you can make your own wings using some recipes from......