Good morning, New York sports fans! Here is your first look at the regional sports scene for this Thursday morning.
↵Yankees Earn American League East Title With Sweep Of Tampa Bay Rays: The Yankees are AL East champs, and the nicest thing about Wednesday night was that Jorge Posada delivered the clinching hit in a 4-2 victory. A feel-good moment for the Yankees and Posada.
↵Top 5 Most Important Yankees And Mets Of 2011: An interesting take on both teams. Not necessarily the best guys -- but the most important ones.
↵Giants (1-1) At Eagles (1-1): New York Has Been Waiting For This One: The Giants are, of course, dealing with another injury as they prepare for NFC East rival Philadelphia. Domenik Hixon is gone for the season with another ACL tear, his second in two seasons.
↵New York Jets (2-0) At Oakland Raiders (1-1): First Look At Sunday's Matchup: The Jets begin a stretch of three straight road games when they visit the Raiders.
↵Bullpen Falters Late As Mets Fall To Cardinals 6-5: The bullpen has been an issue for the Mets all season. Why should that be any different as they play out the string?
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