Anthony L. Gargano
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Heated New York-Philly debate ahead of Knicks-76ers playoff battle
It’s been a minute since the last Amtrak Series, which seems unimaginable since we share a corridor.
JACKSON STILL A KNICK FAN
PHILADELPHIA - A big smile gives it away. Mark Jackson is a bad liar. He tries to offer the company line to the next round prospect of the Knicks: "It's...
JAX ROOTS FOR KNICKS
PHILADELPHIA - A big smile gives it away. Mark Jackson is a bad liar. He tries to offer the company line to the next round prospect of the Knicks: ''It's...
PACERS HAVE SWEEP DREAMS
Pacers97 Sixers86 PHILADELPHIA - Larry Brown didn't have to search long through the rubble to find the right description of his Sixers: "We looked young." And so the flipside of...
BROWN'S HOOP GENIUS HAS SAVED ANOTHER FRANCHISE
"If Allen Iverson is the heart and soul of this team, then Larry Brown is the gray matter. He's the genius behind this whole thing."76ER PRESIDENT PAT CROCE PHILADELPHIA -...
ON PACE FOR VICTORY: INDIANA HAS YET TO PLAY BEST GAME
PHILADELPHIA - It is a mortal sin ever to look anywhere but the next game in the postseason, especially this post-Jordan one when nothing can be factored out of the...
AMAZIN' INVASION AT THE VET
PHILADELPHIA - The man wears a home team cap, but he is unwelcome in this section of right field at Veterans Stadium. Finally, he realizes it's OK to come clean....
MAGIC'S BACK IN PHILLY IVERSON & SIXERS GET DATE WITH INDY
Sixers101 Magic91 PHILADELPHIA - To paraphrase Chuck Daly who paraphrased Pat Riley's "The Winner Within," once in a great while there comes a team who embarks on the Innocent Climb....
IVERSON'S STEALING THE SHOW
PHILADELPHIA - They stood along the First Union Center's celebrity row - Will Smith, Jada Pinkett, reputed local mob boss Joey Merlino - and saluted the building's only true star...
DE LA HOYA: BRING ON TRINIDAD
The old Oscar De La Hoya has yet to lose. He came his closest last time against Ike Quartey until the 12th round came and a true champion walked chest-out...
PENNY: MAGIC AREN'T THUGS
PHILADELPHIA - Penny Hardaway's face was quizzical. A thug? Big Penny, parent to Little Penny? Anfernee Hardaway, the tame Hardaway? Maybe Tim, if only because there's no trash he won't...
IVERSON, 76ERS MASTER MAGIC
Sixers 97 Magic 85 PHILADELPHIA - Their eyes were hollow, filled with fright, and the muscles they had grown overnight withered with their swagger - and their game. Their look...
IVERSON CHEWS PHILLY STAKE
PHILADELPHIA - Maybe Allen Iverson is right: Nobody can guard him one on one. But what happens when they double him, triple him, hack him, scratch him, elbow him, butt...
AYALA: I'D QUIT FOR HER - HE'D END COMEBACK IF HIS VICTIM ASKED
HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. - Tony Ayala's second life is four days old today, and he will probably have another heaping helping of his mother's guacamole. The taste of freedom. It's...
AYALA ANSWERS THE FINAL BELL - 16 YEARS LATER, 'TORRITO' EXITS PRISON
"This guy was another Marciano, Graziano, all rolled into one." LOU DUVA LEESBURG, N.J. - Fog gathered over the coils of barbed wire just before dawn, encasing the quiet dread...
METS PLAY WINNING HAND 3-0 JONES, BENITEZ & FRANCO STOP 'SPOS
Mets3 Expos2 When it works this way, the feeling is of fall. Yes, the way it was yesterday in Flushing, blustery cold with a biting wind, and the Mets winning...
CEDENO A HIT AS RICKEY'S FILL-IN
Rickey Henderson was scratched from the starting lineup for yesterday's victory over the Expos with a tender hamstring. Bobby Valentine says it's "not a big problem." Because of the play...
PIAZZA'S PROGRESS RIGHT ON SCHEDULE
Mike Piazza loosened the thick blue brace and stretched his right knee - the golden knee. It looked almost normal, the swelling that put the fear of collapse in every...
LEITER'S FLAME JUST A FLICKER
Expos6 Mets4 A Flushing sky leaking and ominous with thick, dark cloud cover, this was a night made for Al Leiter. It seemed like each time he pitched last season...
COLLINS EAGER TO BURY PAST; COLLINS: PROBLEMS ARE BEHIND ME
Cecil Collins is on his third chance, and The Man with a Past, whom many consider the third best back behind Ricky Williams and Edgerrin James in tomorrow's draft, swears...