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The article announces that Bill King, the general manager of basketball team New York Nets, considers candidates to replace basketball player Jason Kidd.

The article offers information on the annual Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium in New York in 2012. It mentions that the Orange manhandled the Mountaineers with 369 yards, amid a mix of sleet and snow to get their second Pinstripe Bowl victory in three years. It states that player Jerome Smith collected 157 yards rushing and player Prince-Tyson Gulley gathered 264 yards and three touchdowns.

The article reports on the game performance of New York Jets football player Tim Tebow during the 2012 National Football League (NFL) season in the U.S. It explores the relationship of Tebow with coach Rex Ryan and the whole team. It notes the contributions of Tebow to the success and defeat of the Jets.

The article reports on the return of Houston Rockets basketball player Jeremy Lin in New York, as he faced his former team the New York Knicks. The author mentions that prior to the 2012-2013 season Lin signed a contract with the Houston Rockets after the Knicks decided not to match the deal, ending the Linsanity craze in New York. He adds that in his return, Lin scored 22 points as the Rockets beat the Knicks 109-96.

The article focuses on the frustration of basketball player Kobe Bryant regarding the consecutive losses of Los Angeles Lakers. It mentions the lose of Lakers against the New York Knickerbockers with the scores of 116-107 on December 13, 2012 which was the fourth in a row for the ninth in 13 games. It also considers the injuries suffered by the teams' center Pau Gasol, and point guards Steve Blake and Steve Nash as factor for the defeat.

The article reports that basketball coach Mark Jackson returned to Brooklyn Nets in New York. It says that the move of coach was highlighted by the performance of Stephen Curry who scored 21 points in the second half that lead gives Warriors a leading score 109-102. It mentions that Jackson was not happy on the game wherein his team lost with Warriors.

The article focuses on the practice court at the training center of Knicks. It says that the players play one-on-one games and soak in the first practice of the team in 16 days. It states that coach Mike Woodson was neglectful that the Knicks may not get adequate wind sprints in to account for the conditioning time his players has missed. It adds that resting players is a topic that discussed in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The article reports that Hofstra University men's basketball coach Mo Cassara was despaired by the news regarding the arrest of four of his basketball players on December 29, 2012. It says that the players were arrested because of their involvement in a series of burglaries in campus dormitory rooms since October 2012. Cassara talks on how the case affected him personally, which questions her past recruitment practices.

The article focuses on the 121-100 victory of New York Knickerbockers over Detroit Pistons in November 25, 2012. It mentions that beyond the 3-point arc the Knicks hit 51.5 percent, scored a season high in points, and ended a two game skid. It mentions that Carmelo Anthony scores 15 points in the first quarter. It states that the pistons manages to lower down the lead to 8 points during the third quarter in which the Knicks only scores six field goals.

Casey McGehee waited until after he left the visiting clubhouse at Wrigley Field, gathered his belongings at his hotel in downtown Chicago and hopped onto his flight to La Guardia Airport before he finally gave in. Early Wednesday, knowing that facial hair does not go over well with the Yankees -- the team the Pittsburgh Pirates traded him to just before the 4 p.m. nonwaiver trade deadline Tuesday -- McGehee shaved off two years' worth of hazel brown beard. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During his recruiting visit to Iona College in May, Michael Haynes talked excitedly about how the college's quaint campus represented an ideal escape from the rough neighborhood in Chicago where he lived. Haynes, a forward projected to be a key contributor to the Gaels' men's basketball team this season, was shot and killed in that hometown neighborhood on Thursday. He was 22, and just days away from reporting to Iona for summer classes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the first real signs that Jeremy Lin's wild wave of celebrity was cresting came March 11, in an afternoon game at Madison Square Garden. For the first time in a month, Lin spoke afterward to a manageable crowd of reporters in front of his locker, not to a throng in the press conference room. That was hardly insignificant. Neither was Wednesday night's milestone against Portland: it was Lin's first game in which he scored in single digits (6 points) in a Knicks win since he became a starter in early February. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Most of Cincinnati's quiet run toward the upper tier of the Big East standings has been motivated by an effort to erase the stain of an incident in the season's second month: an ugly brawl with intracity rival Xavier that resulted in four suspensions for both teams. The incident was an embarrassment for the Bearcats, then unranked, but one the team managed to eventually use to its benefit. A lineup change, and a refinement of focus, helped Cincinnati develop into the team that will play for the Big East men's basketball tournament championship after upsetting top-seeded Syracuse, 71-68, in the semifinals Friday at Madison Square Garden. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Georgetown's defense was cheating toward the interior, and Cincinnati guard Cashmere Wright said he saw an opening. He had little time to hesitate. Wright penetrated into the lane and heaved in a floater with 7.6 seconds left in double overtime to lead the Bearcats over Georgetown, 72-70, in the Big East men's basketball tournament quarterfinals Thursday at Madison Square Garden. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Syracuse has proved all season it is capable of keeping off-court issues from derailing a remarkable season. The Orange shook off another potential distraction -- a Yahoo Sports report on possible drug use by players in past years, and the university's failure to discipline them -- to collect another big victory, narrowly beating Connecticut, 58-55, Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Clinging to its N.C.A.A. tournament hopes, Seton Hall avoided a third consecutive loss to a conference bottom-dweller with a 79-47 win over Providence on Tuesday night in the first round of the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden. The Pirates displayed some of the potential that made their late-season swoon so mystifying. In what was almost certainly a must-win game, 10th-seeded Seton Hall shot 56 percent from the field and had 32 points in the lane against the overmatched Friars. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- After clinching its conference championship Friday, the Iona basketball team might have been excused if it eased up against St. Peter's on Sunday. But this team is having too much fun. The Gaels, who lead the nation in scoring and make it look easy, kept their offensive blitz going. In a 98-61 win, the Gaels shot 59.4 percent and used a 31-0 second-half run to stretch a 5-point halftime lead out of reach in a hurry. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- He first noticed the headaches, some worse than others, after film sessions in darkened rooms during a season-opening basketball tournament in Puerto Rico. Then they came while he was driving. Scott Machado, Iona's star point guard, found he was unable to read road signs his mother could see perfectly. In December, dealing with dizziness, Machado went to see a neurologist and an ophthalmologist, both on the same day. To his relief, nothing appeared on the neurologist's magnetic resonance imaging scan. But the eye doctor prescribed something new: glasses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dan Hurley did not give his team much time to savor its first victory over a ranked opponent in 33 years. By 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Wagner's holiday was over and another relentless two-hour practice was under way. Hurley was not too worried that Wagner's 59-54 upset at then-No. 15 Pittsburgh last Friday would make his players overconfident. Instead, he wanted them to think of it as no big deal, a tough task when dealing with a team not necessarily used to winning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SYRACUSE -- Standing and flashing an occasional smile, Syracuse Coach Jim Boeheim faced the television lights and the pointed questions. In his first public appearance since his longtime assistant Bernie Fine was fired Sunday amid sexual abuse allegations, Boeheim defiantly stood up for the program he helped build and for his job as the face of it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- Since losing in last year's national championship game, the Northwestern lacrosse players Brianne LoManto and Shannon Smith had been contemplating the day they might return to this stage. That this year's final would be played on Long Island -- minutes from where LoManto, the Wildcats' goalkeeper, and Smith, an attacker, grew up -- made the opportunity that much more special. But they had to defeat top-seeded Maryland, an offensive juggernaut that had beaten them in the title game the year before. This time, the Wildcats had a savvier game plan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- Scattered throughout the campus of Stony Brook University are red banners proclaiming, ''Welcome to Seawolves Country.'' The banners are two years old and echo a marketing campaign that began in 2005. But never before has the territorial stake been so broad. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]