INDIANAPOLIS — In the first-floor ballroom of the J.W. Marriott Friday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell gave his annual state of the league address, promising vigilance regarding concussions, saying he hoped HGH testing would be instituted this offseason and announcing a plan to bring more games to Thursday night.
Anthony Morrow couldn’t save the Nets Friday night. Not when the defense is porous, not when Deron Williams is off his game. Not even after a 4-point play.
There is no greater honor in football than being elected to the Hall of Fame. There would be no greater moment for Bill Parcells and Curtis Martin than to go in together.
On Nov. 27, 2010, a rainy, unseasonably cold Saturday in Fresno, Calif., Holland Reynolds pulsed through the 3.1-mile course upright, trailing only the race’s leader.
If he wins on Sunday, if Eli Manning pulls off another fourth-quarter comeback or merely beats the Patriots, his two Super Bowl titles will land him on a pedestal reserved only for New York’s greatest sports icons.
Tom Coughlin has heard plenty of big talk from his players during the run-up to Super Bowl XLVI. He also hasn’t forgotten that Tom Brady kicked the week off by doing some talking, too.
Anthony (Deli Boy) and Dominic (Nemo) Farese are part-owners of “My Hero” in North Merrick, but that’s where the partnership end. In the Super Bowl, Deli Boy likes the Giants and the under, while Nemo leans toward the Patriots and the over.
The shots, in order, went Iman Shumpert, Landry Fields and Steve Novak. Two were open looks, one was contested and they all had something else in common. None of them went in.
