Charlie SheenI Did NOT Buy LT's Super Bowl Ring Exclusive Charlie Sheen tells TMZ ... he is NOT the mystery buyer who dropped $230k on Lawrence Taylor's Super Bowl ring ... despite widespread media reports to the contrary. LT had gifted the Super Bowl XXV ring to his son TJ ... who decided to put the ring up for auction without asking his father for permission first. It sold for $230,401 ... and LT's agent told various media outlets he believed Sheen was the buyer. According to Sheen ... LT's agent was wrong. “As much as I would be honored to own such an important artifact, I had nothing to do with the acquisition" ... Sheen tells us. It's not a crazy rumor ... considering ... Continue reading →
Bruce Bennett/Getty ImagesJohn Tortorella can be intense and strong-willed but he has been that way since his youth. By the time John Tortorella came to the University of Maine, he had long established a reputation oversized for a 5-7, barely 145-pound athlete, summed up by his coach as, “Don’t fool with him.” The coach, Jack Semler, took the measure of what he had and stuck him right by the goalie’s crease on power plays. There, every game, Tortorella absorbed a bombardment of pucks and the constant cross-checks to the back by more imposing players. He was a disruption to the opposition and a rallying symbol for his own team — the one who might be battered and scarred but would not budge. One night, finally, ... Continue reading →
Star-Ledger File PhotoGiants coach Tom Coughlin said it will be close as to whether wide receiver Hakeem Nicks will be recovered from a fractured foot in time to play in the regular season opener on Sept. 5 vs. the Dallas Cowboys. The expected time frame for Hakeem Nicks' recovery from a broken foot, according to the Giants, is 12 weeks. That means, ideally, he'll be back in action by mid-August and ready for the start of the regular season. However, Tom Coughlin has been through enough of these to know "expected" and "actual" don't always align, so the Giants' coach realizes it's unclear at this point as to whether the team will have Nicks in uniform for the Sept. 5 game vs. the Dallas Cowboys. ... Continue reading →
New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin told NFL Network on Thursday that he's hopeful receiver Hakeem Nicks will recover from a broken bone in his right foot by the start of the 2012 season, while acknowledging that it might "be close." Nicks broke the fifth metatarsal in his right foot while running a route during a Thursday morning practice session, the team announced. According to a news release issued by the team, Nicks will undergo surgery on Friday in Charlotte, N.C., where Dr. Robert Anderson will insert a screw into the broken bone. Nicks faces an expected recovery time of 12 weeks, meaning that he will likely miss most, if not all, of the team's 2012 training camp, which is scheduled to begin at the ... Continue reading →
