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NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT Quarterback David Garrard confirmed reports he is retiring, telling USA Today, "I'm done, the knee is only going to get worse - my decision had nothing to do with them drafting Geno (Smith)," Garrard said....

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT The true evidence of whether or not Geno Smith is cut out to be a franchise quarterback -- and a franchise quarterback in the New York market -- won't begin to appear for at least several...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT It wouldn't be the New York Jets without a controversy at quarterback. At Friday's rookie minicamp, coach Rex Ryan said quarterback Geno Smith looked fine. Smith gave himself an F. Ryan'...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT One of the most underwhelming quarterback battles in the NFL got a whole lot more interesting when the Jets selected West Virginia's Geno Smith in the second round of the draft. The...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT One of the most underwhelming quarterback battles in the NFL got a whole lot more interesting last Friday night, when the Jets selected West Virginia's Geno Smith in the second round of...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT When asked Thursday night why he didn't draft an offensive player -- or two -- with the Jets' two first-round picks, new general manager John Idzik reminded his listeners that the Jets...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT Much has been made about Rex Ryan and how the defensive-minded head coach appears to be a lame duck entering the penultimate year of his contact under new general manager John Idzik. But...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT The long-awaited trade of cornerback Darrell Revis was finally consummated Sunday when the Jets sent Revis to the Buccaneers for a first-round pick in Thursday's draft (13th overall)...

Baseball   Lake Brantley 8, Seminole 2 Buzz: Stephen Wells pitched 2 innings and had 5 strikeouts for Lake Brantley. Zack Krider went 2-for-4 with 3 RBIs for the Patriots (10-2). Kyle Gilbert went 1-for-3 with a 2-run home run for Seminole.    ...

— Six games into a season Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid has been pointing to forever, his team is faced with a crucial test it must pass just to keep his fading dream from dissolving to reveal a landscape in which he fails to make the playoffs...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NFL Football--Kansas City Chiefs at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Noon (CBS); Detroit Lions at Philadelphia Eagles, Noon (FOX); Minnesota Vikings at Washington Redskins, 3:25 p.m. (FOX); Green Bay Packers at Houston Texans, 7:20 p.m. (NBC)...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| College Football--Louisville at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. (ESPNU); Texas vs. Oklahoma, 11 a.m. (ABC); Iowa at Michigan State, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Northwestern at Minnesota, 11 a.m. (ESPN2); Alabama-Birmingham at Houston, 11 a.m. (FXSP);...