Bryan Thomas

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT The good news for the Jets is Mark Sanchez and Geno Smith can't play much worse than they did on Wednesday. The bad news, of course, is that this qualifies as good news on May 22....

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...

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|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Arsenal at Wigan, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2) College Football--New Orleans Bowl, East Carolina vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Las Vegas Bowl, Washington vs. Boise State, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Men’...

|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)...