NY Knicks Glory Days Video

Here is a video from the archives to get you pumped about Knicks basketball. Remember the glory days of Ewing, Starks, Oakley & Mason? I can remember following this team with every breath. They fought and scrapped and went at it with the Bulls and Heat too many times to keep track of. Unfortunately for the Knicks, they played in an era at the same time as the Chigago Bulls and their dynasty led by the greatest ever - Michael Jordan.

NY Post Giants Preseason Report

NY Post beat writer Paul Schwartz gives us a quick look at the Giants preseason camp in Albany.

First Day Wearing Pads at NY Giants Preseason

Breaking down Giants camp and the impressive defense so far

9 Year Old Basketball Prodigy

Check out this 9 year old baller that another website had came accross and posted on UTube. I thought it was worth a look, so if you have a few minutes check it out. In particular, check out his skills at the 4:30 mark... His hand/eye coordination is undeniable.

...I bet he'd make a really great drummer too. ;-)

Knicks Close to Signing Bucks' RFA Ramon Sessions

Alan Hahn reports on the latest information he is hearing about the Knicks' pursuit of Ramon Sessions as the team's next point guard.

"What I have been told is the Knicks want Sessions and they will eventually get him," Hahn writes. "The price remains TBD."

Hahn earlier reported that the Knicks were offering slightly less than the team's mid-level exception, which starts at around $5.8 million in the first season.

Via Twitter (Alan Hahn, Newsday)

Eli Manning Inks New $97.5 Million Contract

Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley (Click title to link to ESPN Story).

Eli Manning has agreed to a six-year, $97.5 million contract with the New York Giants, according to ESPN's Chris Mortensen. The contract would make Manning the highest-paid player in the league, although the $35 million guaranteed that Mort is reporting is $6 million less than the Redskins gave free-agent defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth.

Obviously Manning would've been worth more on the open market, but the Giants were never going to let him get there. The quarterback became a made man in New York when he led the team to a Super Bowl win following the 2007 season. He's recognized as one of the top quarterbacks in the game, and he's now making more money than his older brother Peyton -- as long as you don't count TV commercials.

This is a contract negotiation the Giants didn't want to linger. Last season, they waited until the night of the first regular-season game to finalize a new deal with Plaxico Burress. You knew that wouldn't be the case with Manning. Could he have squeezed a couple more million guaranteed out of the Giants? Probably, but in the end he simply wanted to have the security of knowing he'd be with the Giants for years to come.

This deal may have been finalized in early August, but in reality it started in Feb. 2008, when Manning led the Giants to a stunning victory over the Patriots. Manning is the unquestioned leader of this team and there was no reason to drag out the negotiations. Match today's news with Antonio Pierce being cleared by a Manhattan grand jury Monday and you have a lot of good news coming out of Albany.