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Giants need to show it's not the end of the world

The Giants had vowed that no matter what happened

Knicks' Marbury, Thomas deserve each other

A benching was imminent, a buyout seems a bit further away.

Bonds and Jeter make sad day for baseball

Even the commissioner had no warning about the broadsides that were about to smack baseball one after another Thursday. As an unsuspecting Bud Selig was cooing about the game's financial health as two days of owners' meetings were breaking up in Naples, Fla., word was leaking out that Derek Jeter may have to pay millions in back taxes to the state of New York for incorrectly claiming residency in tax-friendly Florida. A few hours after that, a blockbuster story was breaking in San Francisco about Barry Bonds.

Bonds and Jeter make a sad day for baseball

Even the commissioner had no warning about the broadsides

They're good, but not Giant

To their credit, the Giants didn't brag or kid themselves after the game they played yesterday. It was a professional win, nothing more, nothing less, nothing worth firing up the bandwagon over and thinking Super Bowl. The Giants came, they saw a flawed but resilient Detroit team in front of them, and they conked them - conquered being too grandiose a word for a game the Giants tiptoed right up to the precipice of giving back, teetering there for a while, before escaping with a 16-10 win.

Hank's mouth sounds like echoes from the past

When you look at the Yankees' club that locks into place

Taylor's death forces us to question perceptions

The immediate questions that shadowed the widespread mourning for slain Redskins safety Sean Taylor just hours after his death Tuesday felt callous and cynical and yet impossible to avoid.