Even amid the platitudes spouted Monday, it was telling to hear players and Coach Rex Ryan use words and phrases like “if,” “can” and “as long as” — all suggesting a less rosy reality, which is what the Jets face over their next six games. Their ostensibly favorable schedule notwithstanding,

The process was designed by a smart front office group, but there may be no more qualified person to take such a meticulous examination as Bobby Valentine, considered to have one of the sharpest minds in baseball.

Having already met with and impressed the three-member ownership group of the Boston

Mosqueda-Lewis and Hartley carried the Huskies (3-0) for the first 25 minutes as the rest of UConn could not make a shot.

“I think me and Bria play really well off of each other,” Mosqueda-Lewis said. “When one of us isn’t scoring, one shoots, the other is going in to

Disgusted with his team’s performance in a 6-0 home loss to the Bruins last Saturday, Islanders Coach Jack Capuano decided he was not going to wait until a scheduled practice Sunday to address his team. After the news media completed their interviews and the players were finished with their postgame

But owners aren’t saints. Once approved, some have encountered legal, financial and personal troubles. Some speak out, take sides or sue the very leagues they belong to — after they’ve been let into the club.

Marge Schott of the Cincinnati Reds made racial and ethnic slurs, praised Hitler and owned

Until Monday, no starting pitcher had won that award since Clemens in 1986. Now, the American League award belongs to Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers, another right-handed power pitcher, who said he grew up idolizing Clemens.

“I remember seeing that he won an M.V.P. and thinking that may never

On his third shift, Crosby flew through the center zone, accepted a pass from Pascal Dupuis, fought off a hook by the Islanders’ Jay Pandolfo, broke past defenseman Andrew MacDonald and coolly backhanded the puck over the glove of goalie Anders Nilsson.

It was vintage Crosby.

He thrust his arms