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The Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax

Indianapolis mobilizes for an epic battle with an urban legend

Get Peyton Manning? Repeat the Favre Farce?

You know how you can tell when sports rumors are bullshit? You hear them when the season is over. Now, with the Giants stealing all the thunder as they face off against Green Bay in the second round of the playoffs, the Jets' rumor mill is desperate to find someone to blame for the team's 8-8 season ... More >>

How Many NFL Geniuses Does It Take to Screw Up an Overtime?

After regulation time in yesterday's Pittsburgh-Denver Wild Card game, referee Ron Winter explained to both teams the new NFL overtime rules. Watch him here -- by my watch it takes him 40 seconds. Then watch Tim Tebow make hash of those rules. By my stop watch the play takes 29 fewer seconds to hap ... More >>

Eli Manning's Christmas Present to the Ryans

If you're not a fan of bluster and braggadocio, you have to admire Eli Manning, and you have to appreciate what he's done over the last two weeks to make life better for fans not only in the New York area but around the rest of the NFL as well. What Eli has done, in successive weeks, is shoot down ... More >>

Bubba Smith, Huge Guy On and Off Gridiron, Found Dead at 66

Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith died yesterday in his home in Los Angeles at age 66 and took an awful lot of history with him. There were two primary reasons why Bubba Smith became such a folk hero while still in college, at Michigan State. The first is that the '65-'66 Spartans were the first major c ... More >>

Super and Not-So-Super Bowls: Allen Barra Ranks all 44 Previous Big Games from Worst to First

​While we wait for this Sunday's showdown between the Steelers and the Packers, we're feeling nostalgic for the big games of our past. We've been spoiled lately with some pretty exciting Super Bowls. But we remember a time not so long ago when the ultimate championship tended to be something ... More >>

Is It Time to Say Bill Belichick and Tom Brady Are Overrated?

​Beli-choke? I've always thought that a large part of what they call the Sports Illustrated "jinx" is simply faulty analysis. For instance, the cover of last week's issue of SI featured New England's 325-pound offensive tackle, Vince Wilfork, and a story by Peter King on "why New England W ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords Remains in Critical Condition After Shooting; Gunman May Not Have Acted Alone (Weekend Links)

A vigil for Giffords last night. (via AP)​ Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is in critical condition this morning after yesterday's attack in Tucson. Six people died, including a 9-year-old girl and a federal judge, and 13 were wounded. In a press conference last night, Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik ... More >>

Jets Will Whip the Colts Tomorrow. Unless They Don't.

​Trying to predict what's going to happen in tomorrow night's Jets-Colts game is, well, kind of like trying to predict the New York Jets during the regular season. Which team is going to show up? The team that averaged a whopping 29.1 points in 12 games this year or the team that was held with ... More >>

Jets Still Proving to be the Team of the Future

​When the Jets ended last season by losing to the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC championship game, their fans had at least one big consolation: the Jets, it was assumed, were the team of the future. Now, eleven months later, it seems they still are the team of the future. To paraphrase Clemenc ... More >>

Best Of NYC: We're the Greatest Sports City in the World

And proud of it

Jets and Giants: Forget that First Week!

​What a difference a week makes. When the Jets-Ravens game was over last Monday night, the cry was that Rex Ryan was just another guy with a big mouth who had let his team get distracted by the lure of reality TV while Giants coach Tom Coughlin was the quiet, confident leader content with the ... More >>

Rick Lazio Shows Bill Belichick Fear in Governor's Race

Lazio has much to lose if Paterson doesn't give Cuomo a good fight​Rick Lazio had Bill Belichick-like palpitations this week. The GOP gubernatorial candidate rushed to the defense of incumbent Democratic governor David Paterson twice, issuing statements railing about the New York ... More >>

BOWLED OVER

The best bars for the big day

Prince Lays a Football-Sized Egg: His Viking Anthem 'Purple and Gold'

Prince was so excited about his Minnesota Vikings' victory last weekend in the NFL playoffs that he dashed off a football fight song, "Purple and Gold." It sounds as if it were dashed off by a fan. Purple Rain it ain't. Actually, it sounds like Christian rock, though MTV's Kyle Anderson, who mu ... More >>

Jockbeat: Some Sober Reflections on the Jets' Chances

​Yes, it's been an amazing run, and, yes, the Jets are definitely the team of the future in the AFC. And blah blah blah. We all know this. But all you really want to know is whether the Jets will beat the Colts this Sunday, right? First, let me point out what no one else I've seen has, namel ... More >>

Jets Fans Rally in Times Square

At this very moment, Jets fans are rallying with Mayor Bloomberg to jack themselves up for Sunday's AFC Championship game. The team is certainly jacked up, and its website is already selling championship gear. ("After seeing this," tweets agentdp009, "if the Colts don't win, then they need a new ... More >>

Jockbeat: The Jets Go Down in Flames

Pass tense: Rookie QB Mark Sanchez has thrown 12 touchdowns and 20 interceptions Anybody can lose a football game, anyone can lose a football game by three points, and anyone can lose a football game by a field goal under bad conditions — even when they're playing at home. But man, even taki ... More >>

Jockbeat: The Bad Call of the Night in the Game of the Year

​"A lot of folks who went to bed early tonight are going to wake up awfully surprised tomorrow morning when they see this score," said NBC color man Chris Collinsworth at the finish of last night's astonishing 35-34 victory by the Indianapolis Colts over the New England Patriots. According to ... More >>

Brian Parks Says: Want to Win a Super Bowl? Tear the Roof Off Your Stadium

Jockbeat: Timeless Super Bowl Blather From the Times

There were two Super Bowls played yesterday, the one we saw and the one written about in today's New York Times by William C. Rhoden. The game Rhoden saw "Posed a great matchup and a timeless question that went to the heart of football: Can a great high-yield offense beat a great low-yield defense? ... More >>

The Super Bowl Champion New York Giants Visit the White House

TABLOIDED: The Giants Defeat the Patriots!

Why the Giants Shouldn't Be in the Super Bowl and Ways They Can Win It

If the Favre treatment doesn't stop Brady, maybe Jessica Simpson could?

Eddie Robinson's Unlikely Pal

Remembering the Grambling legend and his unusual friend

Notes on Super Bowl XLI: Apparently, God Hates The Bears

Prince at the Super Bowl: Pretty Good, Yeah

Time for the NFL Payoffs!

One Up, One Down

Both the Jets and Giants Turn Out to Be Giant Killers

Sports

Sports

Sports

Football: Change Your Look, Change Your Luck

1999 Village Voice Sportswriters Poll Results

Hit or Myth

Examining the Legends of the World of Sports

Sex and the Stadium

The Exile of Tommy Salami

Letters

Letters

Weeb Ewbank: A Man of His Era(s)

QB VII . . . VIII . . . IX . . .

Dousing Sparks