Nick Folk

NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT If the first day of the Jets minicamp is any indication, Kellen Winslow Jr. and Mike Sims-Walker chose the right team with which to attempt an NFL comeback. While much of the chatter about the Jets has...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT With nowhere to go but up, quarterbacks Mark Sanchez and Geno Smith fared reasonably well during the Jets' second OTA practice open to the media on Thursday. Sanchez and Smith, eight...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT The good news for the Jets is Mark Sanchez and Geno Smith can't play much worse than they did on Wednesday. The bad news, of course, is that this qualifies as good news on May 22....

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT Rex Ryan said Wednesday it's way too early to declare a winner in the quarterback competition between Mark Sanchez and Geno Smith. Which, judging by their performances in the third...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT Quarterback David Garrard confirmed reports he is retiring, telling USA Today, "I'm done, the knee is only going to get worse - my decision had nothing to do with them drafting Geno...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| College Softball--East Carolina at Alabama-Birmingham, 11 a.m. (FXSP) NHL Hockey--Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins, 11:30 a.m. (NBC); Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Auto Racing--NASCAR Sprint Cup,...

This was supposed to serve as the best gauge for the Miami Dolphins. The opponent wasn't too good (Houston). The opponent wasn't too bad (Oakland). The New York Jets were nearly their equal, and the Dolphins had every opportunity to prove they were...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NFL Football--Minnesota Vikings at Houston Texas, Noon (FOX); Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos, 3 p.m. (CBS); Chicago Bears at Arizona Cardinals, 3:25 p.m. (FOX); San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks, 7:20 p.m. (NBC) Men&...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Arsenal at Wigan, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2) College Football--New Orleans Bowl, East Carolina vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Las Vegas Bowl, Washington vs. Boise State, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Men’...

Three Things on the Miami Dolphins' wildly successful, remarkably easy 30-9 win over the New York Jets: Thing 1: Monday I posted a blog looking at the Dolphins' special teams under Darren Rizzi and suggesting that could be the difference in this...

— We figured that Devin McCourty owed some of his teammates dinner. A nice cut of prime rib for Mr. Prime Time Tom Brady maybe, for impeccable efficiency in answering his critics on that last-minute drive in regulation. A big Maine lobster, surely,...

Three Things on this Miami Dolphins-New York Jets overtime madness: Thing 1: Can't blame Joe Philbin for calling the timeout just before Nick Folk's first attempt at the game-winning field goal.  That's what you do in that situation. It's just horrible...