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December 2025

Good Riddance 2025, Here’s To A Better New York Sports Year
The good thing about the depths to which a few of our favorite New York area teams among the four major professional sports leagues have sunk is that…
 • Steve Lichtenstein
I Quit The Jets
The Jets have made me hate football.
 • Steve Lichtenstein
Will Thomas Embrace Different Role On Improved Nets?
As Cam Thomas made his way on Saturday to his visiting locker room stall inside Minnesota’s Target Center before the Nets faced the Western Conference…
 • Steve Lichtenstein
Report On NBA’s Anti-Tanking Measures Misses Underlying Problem
So, the Nets are beating pretty good teams now?
 • Steve Lichtenstein
The Devils Need A Break
The Devils gut-busting 2-1 loss at the Islanders on Tuesday night was a fitting way to head into the league’s mini-Christmas break.
 • Steve Lichtenstein
Inside The Nets’ Recent Fourth Quarter Wrinkle
Fourth quarters of NBA contests often transform in the sense that the pace tends to slow while defenses bear down, resulting in more isolation…
 • Steve Lichtenstein
The Other Half Of The Jets’ Neverending Search For A Franchise QB
It’s understandable why The Athletic’s Dianna Russini reported that Jets Head Coach Aaron Glenn’s job “is safe” despite a 3-12 record in his first year…
 • Steve Lichtenstein
Examining The Nets’ Porter Options
December 15 marked the unofficial opening of NBA trade season.
 • Steve Lichtenstein
Jets’ Defense Crying Out For An Extreme Makeover In 2026
The last three years seems like an eternity but that’s how long ago the Jets boasted the NFL’s fourth-best defense in both yards and points allowed per…
 • Steve Lichtenstein
Devils’ Deference To Markstrom Must End
Brown Delivering For Devils
 • Steve Lichtenstein
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