The result is an all in one source for NY Sports News. A link to the page can be found using the tab at the top of the page. At the top of the NY Sports News page are links to the team specific pages.

The overall NY Sports feed includes news from the NY Times, NY Newsday, NY Post, and LoHud News. There are also a couple of football and basketball feeds that didn’t fit into the team specific pages, but I thought would provide good information. The individual team feeds include news and blogs from NY Newsday, NY Post, LoHud News, and their specific NFL/NBA/MLB team page. I’ve specifically left the NY Daily News from the feeds as I find their news equal to the magazines found at the supermarket checkout lines.

The service is provided by feed.informer.com (formerly feeddigest.com). I’m limited to 6 feed digests, each with 12 feed sources, and 25 feeds per digest, for free. Hence, I decided to exclude pages specific to the Islanders and Rangers, sorry Vinny. I’m hoping to get some feedback on other news sites that might be worthy of inclusion as there are a few open sources available.

Although I don’t condone fighting in basketball, baseball, or any other team sport, there is something that’s bugging me about the fall-out on the Knicks. What happened to the good old days when protecting the basket wasn’t a passive activity, but something that players took pride in? What happened to the good old days when committing a hard foul was not only common, but expected on occasion? I’m disappointed that Isiah Thomas actually had to bring it up to his players to commit a hard foul to protect the basket. I’m sure Charles Oakely, Anthony Mason, John Starks and Patrick Ewing would have done so. Now, Collins still needs to learn how to commit a hard foul without going for a players head, but he had the right idea. If Nate Robinson didn’t suffer from a Napolean complex, the whole thing probably wouldn’t have escalated to an all out fight. He got what he deserves in a 10 game suspension. I even would have been ok with Carmelo getting a lesser suspension than the 15 games he got only because he looked so stupid running away after throwing a punch at Collins. He might as well have been wearing a skirt.

And my change of opinion has anything to do with the fact the Knicks won an exciting overtime game today. Well, maybe a little.

Well, under the bright lights of MSG and the Knicks losing to the Nuggets by 19 with under 1:30 to go in the game, Mardy Collins took down JR Smith on his way to the basket. Was it a hard foul? Yes. Do we need to teach Collins how to commit a hard foul without grabbing the player around the neck? Yes. But this is where things got ugly. After Smith gets up face-to-face with Collins, Nate Robinson starts putting up his dukes and starts bobbing and weaving in front of Smith, ready to go to blows. What an idiot! He wasn’t even involved with the foul, why the hell was he getting involved? And why was he acting like a 4 year old?! So, Nate and JR find themselves pushing and shoving into the front row. That’s when things got interesting. All of a sudden, Jared Jeffries is rushing at Carmelo Anthony. The folks on Altitude Network here in Denver are commenting on Jeffries and his antics. Even after that game ended, the Altitude Network was commenting on how ridiculous is was for Jeffries to go after Carmelo. Well, this just tells you how “homer” these people are about their teams in Denver. They totally left out the part when Carmelo threw a punch at Collins, when Collins had his head turned around and wasn’t even looking. I have some choice words for Carmelo, who backpedaled after the punch as fast as he could. Stand up you freakin’ punk, don’t throw a punch then run away with your tail between your legs. In the end, all 10 players on the court for both teams were ejected. The game finally ended and the garden crowd erupted in applause for the Knicks. So much for smart fans, this would have been the perfect time to actually boo the home team.

It’s a rare occasion when I agree with a New York sports writer, most of whom usually write anything negative they can find, but this post on Newsday.com seems to get some of it right. Anyway, as I noted in the headline, I’m at my wits end. Not sure if I can be a fan of the Knicks anymore. I can usually handle being a fan of a bad team, most NY teams outside of the Yankees have gone through rough stretches at one point or another. But when stuff like this happens, I have trouble rooting for them. Oh well.

1. Players talking and/or complaining to the refs. Just shut up and play!
2. Continuation. If a player gets fouled, takes 2 steps, then has a clear shot at the basket, it shouldn’t qualify as “the act of shooting.” Make the players earn their points the hard way.
3. Fouls, fouls, fouls! I know, I’m a hypocrite, if the refs are going to call a bad game, the players should be allowed to complain. Well, not really, just shut up and play!
4. Fouls, fouls, fouls! (Part 2) Give me a break with some of these foul calls. Player drives uncontrolled to the basket, trips over another players foot, throws up a prayer on his way down to the floor, and gets bailed out by a foul call. Again, make the players earn their points the hard way.
5. Travelling violations, or, lack thereof. ‘Nuff said.
6. Longest 2 minutes in sports. We all know the most famous “greatest 2 minutes in sports” in reference to the Kentucky Derby. Well, basketball is quite the opposite. During the 4th quarter of game 5 the final 8 minutes of the game lasted over 30 minutes. That’s just ridiculous! Trust me, I was clock watching. Cut down the amount of time outs availabe to each team and cut down the amount of commercials during the game. Again, make teams earn their wins the hard way.
7. Knicks Suck! Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge Knicks fan, but the soap opera has to end. Get rid of Dolan, Thomas, and Brown and move on.

I’d like to be able to provide an even 10 reasons, but I’m not a big fan of adding reasons for the sake of adding them. However, I will add a comment if one comes to me. Come October and November I’ll probably be excited about basketball again and will be willing to offer up some reasons I will watch next season. What can I say, I have a short memory. Until then, did anyone see game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Wow, now that was entertainment!