Geno Smith's NFL debut was about to go down in disappointment. Then, the New York Jets rookie quarterback took off running and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers made the most boneheaded mistake of the game.
Governor Chris Christie is a Dallas Cowboys fan but in an interview on the NFL Network he points out that the Giants and Jets play in New Jersey yet continue to call themselves "New York."
Matt Simms, competing for the Jets' No. 3 quarterback job, led four scoring drives and Kahlil Bell had two touchdown runs and New York beat the Philadelphia Eagles 27-20 in the teams' preseason finale Thursday night.
Gov. Christie took heat this week for a frank radio interview he gave Monday, in which he called New York Daily News writer Manish Mehta a "dope" and an "idiot." Tonight on NJ 101.5's Ask the Governor program, Christie wasn't apologizing.
A day after New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called the New York Daily News' Jets beat writer a "complete idiot," the paper struck back on the front page by calling Christie a "fatso."