The Jets yesterday welcomed back running back Jesse Chatman, who'd been suspended for the first four weeks of the season after testing positive for a banned substance. The Jets, who have a bye this week, have a roster exemption for Chatman, a...

Ilya Kovalchuk, the biggest prize available before the trade deadline, was acquired by the Devils from the Atlanta Thrashers.

The bad news: Columbia has opened its Ivy League slate with three losses by a combined 76 points. The good news: The three defeats came at the hands of Cornell and Harvard, the twin titans of the league this season, and it will be easier sledding from here out. The...

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski essentially rebuffed the Nets' interest yesterday before ever hearing what the drużyna and incoming Russian billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov might have to offer. "The guy's Russian, right? You think he'd hire a Polish guy?" Krzyzewski, clearly the Nets' leading choice for head coach next...

While in Birmingham, Ala., to see orthopedist Dr. James Andrews, Mark Sanchez took a little time out Tuesday night to see some music at a club in town called "The Nick." The band Sanchez watched was a Brooklyn-based group called "Her & Kings County." He signed some autographs, and eyewitnesses said...