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Do not expect to hear much from Brad Richards during the Rangers’ Stanley Cup playoff run – at least on Twitter. The Blueshirts’ center and several teammates signed off their Twitter accounts Tuesday evening saying they would not be tweeting during the playoffs. More >

Carmelo Anthony scored a season-high 43 points, hitting a 3-pointer with 8.2 seconds left in overtime, as the New York Knicks spoiled a rusty Derrick Rose’s return to the lineup to beat the Chicago Bulls 100-99. More >

Imagine “Linsanity” but with an NFL player. Quarterback Tim Tebow, the New York Jets newest acquisition, has the potential to bring that type of excitement to one of the cities NFL teams. More >

The New York Jets acquired Tim Tebow from the Denver Broncos, adding a quarterback who created a national stir with his comeback play and religious profile to a team rocked by an on-field collapse and locker-room squabbles. More >

Owners of the New York Mets struck out as a federal judge refused to dismiss a $386 million lawsuit by the trustee seeking money for victims of Bernard Madoff’s fraud, clearing the way for a possible March 19 trial.

District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan also said the trustee, Irving Picard, is entitled to collect as much as $83.3 million of “fictitious profits” from the owners, led by Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, without a trial. While rejecting the owners’ bid to throw out the entire case, Rakoff said he nonetheless remains “skeptical” that Picard can prove they acted in bad faith in dealing with Madoff.

He’s not quite a local boy made good, but he’ll do: NBA sensation Jeremy Lin, born and bred in America, is inspiring a feverish following in his ancestral home of Taiwan, a society craving true heroes. More >

New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin has shrugged off many suggested comparisons to his Super Bowl winners from four years ago as he prepared his players for Sunday’s National Football League (NFL) title rematch against the New England Patriots. Yet the Giants coach said he was still tapping into one of the underlying themes used to motivate his players for their upset of the then-unbeaten Patriots in the Super Bowl.

“It’s still us against the world,” said Coughlin, recalling the rallying cry used by the 12-point underdog Giants who denied New England’s bid for the first 19-0 season. “That’s the way we play it, period. We’re still the underdogs. We still have an awful lot to prove.”

Victor Cruz hadn’t caught a pass from a quarterback in months, when his cell phone rang one day during the NFL lockout. He looked down and saw it was Eli Manning. More >

Seton Hall dismissed Coach Bobby Gonzalez on Wednesday, ending his tumultuous four-year tenure a day after an ignominious first-round loss in the National Invitation Tournament and the arrest of a player who had been kicked off the team.

Gholston is one of the most intriguing items on the Jets’ offseason agenda. As of now, the organization is truly undecided on whether to bring him back.

Ordinarily, a team never would consider unloading a former first-round pick (sixth overall) this quickly – three years left on his contract – but the prospect of no salary cap under the current CBA means the Jets could cut bait and absorb the large cap hit without having to worry about too much “dead” money.

Do they jump at a rare opportunity or do they give it another year on the off-chance Gholston becomes a contributor? If they opt to cut or trade him, he won’t be missed in the locker room.

“I don’t see the passion,” said one of Gholston’s teammates, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “He plays stiff and he just doesn’t seem to have that love for the game. I’ve never seen any emotion at all.” More >