NFL Awards

Now that the regular season is over, these are my picks for the NFL awards.
MVP - Tom Brady, Patriots. No doubt about this one, he had perhaps the greatest season a quarterback has ever had while leading his team to an unprecedented 16-0 regular season record. It kills me to give this to a [...]

Looking Ahead to 2008: NFL Draft

The end of the NFL regular season signals the start of draft speculation. The NFL Draft has become a major sporting event, perhaps second only to the Super Bowl as the NFL’s biggest event. With part of the draft order set right now, there will be a lot of talk about the 2008 [...]

My Sportsman of the Year

2007 is almost over, and it’s time to think about all of the things that have happened over the course of the year. Every year, Sports Illustrated names their Sportsman of the Year. This year that honor went to Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre, a worthy choice. I like the Sportsman [...]

Nets Post Game Wrap Up

The New Jersey Nets defeated the Milwaukee Bucks last night by a score of 97-95. Jason Kidd paced the Nets with 17 points and 15 assists. The Nets have won four of their last five games.

Islanders/Devils Post Game Wrap Up

The New York Islanders defeated the New Jersey Devils last night by a score of 5-2. Andy Sutton paced the Islanders with a goal and an assist. Zach Parise scored for the Devils.
The Islanders continued their domination of the Devils last night. If only the Devils would lay it down against the Rangers a little [...]

Rangers Post Game Wrap Up

The New York Rangers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs last night by a score of 6-1. Petr Prucha scored twice for the Blueshirts and Stephen Valiquette added 27 saves. Jaromir Jagr also scored a goal and added three assists.
The power play came up big for the Rangers tonight. Jaromir Jagr looks like he is finally [...]

Giants Post Game Wrap Up

The New York Giants were defeated last night by the New England Patriots by a score of 38-35. Eli Manning threw four touchdown passes, two of which were to Plaxico Burress, in the losing cause. Several records were broken last night by the Patriots, among them Tom Brady throwing for his 50th touchdown pass of [...]

Knicks Post Game Wrap Up

The New York Knicks were defeated this afternoon by the Chicago Bulls by a score of 100-83. Zach Randolph scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds while Nate Robinson added 19 points in the losing cause. The Knicks have dropped four games in a row. Stephon Marbury was on hand for the game but did [...]

Want to write for Big Apple Sports Blog?

First of all, I want to thank all of you who have been visiting the site so far the first couple of weeks. If you have any ideas or comments on how we can improve the site feel free to comment via email at bigapplesportsblog@gmail.com.
Also, since the site is still in its infancy, we are [...]

Keys to a Giant Upset

Steve Serby of the New York Post, wrote a very interesting article on how the Giants can upset the Patriots tonight at the Meadowlands.
Serby makes a lot of good points. And yes, in a perfect world, all of these things would happen, and the Giants would complete an upset on the level of Appalachian St. [...]