Does Rex Ryan donning a wig and making an appearance at a press conference dressed like his twin brother, Cleveland defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, qualify as the most important thing that happened this week? Certainly not. But it may have been the funniest — and that’s in a week that saw Ilya Kovalchuk do this with the game on the line during a shoot-out. But what happened this week that didn’t involve a pillow stuffed under an already enormous T-shirt?
The Giants crushed Seattle, and the Jets edged Detroit in overtime.
Chilean miner Edison Pena ran faster than Al Roker in Sunday’s marathon.
The Knicks lost to Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and David Lee’s Golden State Warriors.
The Rangers fell to St. Louis and Washington, then beat Buffalo in overtime.
The Mets added Paul DePodesta to their front office.
Derek Jeter won the Gold Glove, somehow.
ESPN and Joe Morgan parted ways.
Isiah Thomas may have lost the support of Jim Dolan.
We previewed the upcoming St. John’s season — and the seasons of the city schools that aren’t St. John’s.
Toney Douglas topped this week’s Knicks Power Rankings.
And we spoke to Chris “Mad Dog” Russo about the World Series champion San Francisco Giants.
That’s it for us. Have a nice weekend.