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UFC’s fight to legalize MMA in New York

Lorenzo Fertitta sat in the front row at a mixed martial arts fight in New York. The problem for Fertitta, chairman and chief executive of Ultimate Fighting Championship, was that front row’s location — the Capitol building in Albany, high above the action on the floor of the state Senate instead of in Madison Square Garden. Fertitta and a number of other UFC officials, fighters […]

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St John’s JaKarr Sampson named Big East Rookie of the Year

On Tuesday St John’s forward JaKarr was named Big East Rookie of the year. Sampson becomes the second-straight St. John’s player to earn BIG EAST Rookie of the Year honors and the third overall. Moe Harkless took home the league’s top freshman honor in 2011-12, while David Russell earned the award in 1979-80. “The BIG

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This Time, Nets Beat a Lowly Opponent

With the Atlantic Division-leading Knicks slogging through an arduous Western trip, the second-place Nets are in Brooklyn with a chance to cut the Knicks’ lead in the standings before they begin their own long Western swing next week. On Tuesday, one day after a dismal defeat to lowly Philadelphia, the short-handed Nets rebounded with a thorough and

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