Anthony L. Gargano
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Heated New York-Philly debate ahead of Knicks-76ers playoff battle
April 19, 2024 | 6:50amIt’s been a minute since the last Amtrak Series, which seems unimaginable since we share a corridor.
JACKSON STILL A KNICK FAN
May 22, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - 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
May 22, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - 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
May 22, 1999 | 4:00amPacers97 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
May 21, 1999 | 4:00am"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
May 21, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - 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
May 17, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - 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
May 16, 1999 | 4:00amSixers101 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
May 15, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - 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
May 14, 1999 | 4:00amThe 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
May 14, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - 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
May 14, 1999 | 4:00amSixers 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
May 13, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - 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
April 23, 1999 | 4:00amHUNTINGDON 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
April 21, 1999 | 4:00am"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
April 18, 1999 | 4:00amMets3 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
April 18, 1999 | 4:00amRickey 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
April 17, 1999 | 4:00amMike 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
April 17, 1999 | 4:00amExpos6 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
April 16, 1999 | 4:00amCecil 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...