Taylor Can’t Convert On 2-Point Play
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By Samori Benjamin
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The Giants lost 26-25 Sunday at the Meadowlands after an unforced error between quarterback Tyrod Taylor and running back Saquon Barkley on what would have been the go ahead two point conversation following a spectacular 94 yard punt return touchdown from Gunner Olszewski with 3:49 remaining in the game. Then later, 17-year veteran kicker Mason Crosby missed a game winning field goal in the final seconds to send their record to 5-11. Crosby played for Green Bay his whole career until his last two games with the Giants. The Giants will finish their season next Sunday at home against Philadelphia.
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Rutgers football won their first bowl game since 2014 in the Bronx at the Pinstripe Bowl on Thursday December 27th. In only their second bowl game in the last nine seasons the Scarlet Nights defeated the University of Miami 31-24 at Yankee Stadium. Rutgers running back and New Jersey native Kyle Monangai ran like a star rushing for 163 yards and a touchdown. This is the sixth bowl game Head Coach Greg Schiano has won at Rutgers and his first season returning to them in 2020 after he guided the school from 2001 through 2011.
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The Knicks opened the first day of the new year with a 112-106 victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves who are the owners of the best record in the Western Conference. It was the first game for the Knicks since they made their biggest trade in years sending forward R.J. Barrett and guard Immanuel Quickley to the Toronto Raptors for swingman OG Anunoby. In his first game as a Knick Anunoby scored 17 points. At 18-15 the Knicks just finished a stretch in which they played ten straight games against teams with a winning record in which they went 5-5.
On December 27th the Brooklyn Nets sat their starters against the Milwaukee Bucks, a team who feature Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damion Lillard and were beaten at the Barclays Center 144-122.
This after avoiding embarrassment the night before by narrowly beating a Detroit Pistons team who set the NBA’s single season losing streak at 27 games. Cam Johnson, Spencer Dinwiddie, and Nic Claxton all sat against Milwaukee while the other two starters, Mikal Bridges and Cam Thomas, played the first twelve minutes and then sat the final three quarters of the loss in Brooklyn. The team said it was to give the players rest.
