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NEVER SAY DIE
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By MARK CANNIZZARO
December 2, 2003 --
Jets 24 - Titans 17
The Jets wanted this game desperately.
Not only do they still harbor scant playoff hopes with dreams of running the table and finishing 9-7, but they wanted to use last night's Monday Night Football appearance as a platform to show the nation that they're better than the 4-7 record they brought to the dance against the Titans at Giants Stadium.
Well, after their emotional and stirring 24-17 upset of the Titans, without question their finest performance of the season considering their elite opponent, the Jets arebetter than 4-7.
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Chad Pennington is pumped up after connecting with Curtis Conway for fourth-quarter touchdown that proved to be difference in the Jets' 24-17 victory over the Titans at Giants Stadium.
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 MONDAY NIGHT MAGICIAN SIMPLY REFUSES TO LOSE
CHAD Pennington will not let the Jets go out the way the Giants are going out, without a fight, even if the playoffs are as far away for them as Knoxville. And so on the first night of December, Pennington made it feel like the first day of summer in the Meadowlands.
 AT LEAST FANS CAN WISH UPON STAR
WHEN he finally rose from the bench with 3 minutes and 16 seconds to play in the first quarter, when he finally peeled off his warm-ups and strode toward the scorer's table, you could actually feel a pulse inside Madison Square Garden. It was a splendid sound, an old basketball buzz that was pleasing to the ears and easy on the eyes.
 DOC: I DIDN'T WANT DARRELL
HOOP DU JOUR FOUR defeats A.D. (After Doc), hints and allegations continue to dribble-drive-and-dish throughout the league. The misinformed majority would like you to believe Magic GM John Gabriel undermined his undeviatingly adored coach by refusing to re-sign force field Darrell Armstrong.
 IN SHEFF, YANKS GET A WINNER
THE year was 1993. I was covering the San Diego Padres, watching an imperfect team in perfect weather, and standing in front of Gary Sheffield's locker. I had gotten word that Sheffield was going to be traded to the Marlins for Trevor Hoffman, so I told him the deal was about to go down.
 MARCIANOS LAUD MESI
HEAVYWEIGHT Joe Mesi was showered with love and adoration yesterday when he walked into Vincent's Restaurant in Little Italy.
SWAYNE NABS FIRST CAREER TOUCHDOWN
By MARK CANNIZZARO
JET NOTES In the better-late-than-never department, Jets receiver Kevin Swayne made his Monday Night Football appearance a memorable one last night, catching a 27-yard Chad Pennington touchdown pass in the third quarter.
FOUR AND OUT
By PAUL SCHWARTZ
In virtually any other team sport, these struggles already would have resulted in a coaching change, a bold or desperate move to shake up the boys and salvage the season.
DEPRESSINGLY BAD
By PAUL SCHWARTZ
GIANT REPORT CARD QUARTERBACKS - C Can't pin this one on Kerry Collins (17 of 35, 233 yards, 1 TD), who had no time or help and played as if his car was double-parked. Couldn't even stay on his feet at times and was pounded. Refused to take a seat, which is commendable.
BATTERED BLUE PUT ALLEN ON IR
By PAUL SCHWARTZ
GIANT NOTES These days, there are no tweaks and bruises with the Giants. Tweaks become sprains and bruises become breaks. So it went again this past weekend, as the Giants lost three more starters to injuries, the most serious being the loss of Will Allen for the remainder of the season.
FOR KNICKS, IT'S SLICED & 'DYESS
By MARC BERMAN
Pistons 79 - Knicks 78 (OT) Pistons' guard Chauncey Billups (center) gets hacked by Charlie Ward last night in final seconds of overtime at Garden. Billups hit one of two free throws to seal 79-78 win over Knicks.Jeff Zelevansky
McDYESS' DEBUT PROVES FAN-TASTIC NEWS
By BRIAN LEWIS
The marquee on the Seventh Avenue side of Madison Square Garden last night flashed the news: Antonio McDyess was back.
HOUSTON: BLAME ME FOR THIS LOSS
By BRIAN LEWIS
Basketball is a team game, and there were plenty of team failures to go around in last night's 79-78 Knick loss to Detroit - from blowing a 15-point lead to ruining Antonio McDyess' long-awaited return to squandering a great defensive effort.
THE FUTURE ISN'T NOW
By MARC BERMAN
KNICK NOTES Knicks GM Scott Layden believes his three 2003 draft picks will be part of the club's future. For now, they can't possibly be part of its present since the trio is now on the injured list.
NETS END TRIP WITH CLINKER
By FRED KERBER
Jazz 91 - Nets 84 SALT LAKE CITY - The Nets' shooting was horrible - .389 -but it was downright uplifting compared to the rebounding slaughter - 51-25, advantage Jazz.
CRASH LANDING FOR JASON
By FRED KERBER
NET NOTES SALT LAKE CITY - What's the only thing that could be worse than the Nets suffering a third straight defeat on the road?
BOMBERS CENTERING ON LOFTON
By KEVIN KERNAN
YANKEE NOTES On a day of announced and unannounced signings, the Yankees yesterday were considering inking veteran free-agent center fielder Kenny Lofton, according to industry sources.
CASTILLO NIXES METS, STAYS WITH FLA.
By MARK HALE
MET NOTES The Mets' search for a second baseman continues. Luis Castillo, Florida's sparkplug second baseman, turned down the Mets' offer late last night, reaching an agreement in principle to stay with the Marlins. According to an industry source, Castillo will ink a three-year deal for $16 million with a fourth-year vested option that could bring the total to $21 million. The Mets had offered a similar package, but despite GM Jim Duquette's aggressive recruiting, the allure for Castillo to stick with the only organization he's ever known was too strong to ignore.
ANSON'S ACHING FOR MORE ICE TIME
By DAVE CURTIS
He started the season with a new contract and a load of confidence courtesy of the Rangers coach/general manager.
LIFELESS ISLES HOPE BRIDGEPORT CAN HELP
By EVAN GROSSMAN
There's clearly a spike in the Islanders' locker room between the workers and the loafers, and something's got to change. So yesterday there were a few alterations as they look to change the course that's seen them lose five in a row.
JAMIE OUT - AND SO IS DEV ATTACK
By MARK EVERSON
In the first 105 minutes of three weeks without right wing Jamie Langenbrunner, the Devils have managed exactly one goal. No wonder they took his knee injury so seriously. They should take just as seriously that signal to beef up their attack if they harbor ambitions of beating out the Flyers.
JARVIS, JOHNNIES RIDING OUT STORM
By LENN ROBBINS
Hofstra hoop coach Tom Pecora knows what Mike Jarvis is going through, and he feels for his St. John's counterpart.
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