05:40 PM ET 06.19 | Hakeem Nicks revealed Wednesday that he formally apologized to Giants coach Tom Coughlin for breaking his promise to attend voluntary workouts but isn???t sorry he skipped them, with the star receiver citing injury concerns -- not his contract -- for his high-profile absence. In a lengthy and exclusive sitdown with The Post, Nicks also offered a cloudy outlook on his long-term future with the team beyond the final year of his contract, saying only that he enjoys being a Giant ???right now.??? Nicks, who was making a promotional appearance for Procter & Gamble in Herald Square as part of a new marketing deal with the company, was asked if his goal ultimately is to retire a Giant. ???I really can???t speak for my whole career,??? Nicks said. ???I enjoy being a Giant right now. I???m going to take care of what I can take care of as long as I???m a Giant, but I do understand the business side of football, too.???

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10:53 AM ET 06.19 | There are few bigger stars in college football right now than Johnny Manziel. He became the first freshman to ever win a Heisman Trophy and he's become a rockstar on the campus of Texas A&M as well as all over college football. But while he's bigger than ever at the moment, Manziel is still struggling with being a teenager trapped in the body of the most popular college football player in the country. His little tantrum he threw on Twitter this weekend, like everything he does, has been broken down by everyone as though it's a scientific study of some kind. Not everyone agrees with Johnny Football's behavior and USA Today's David Climer went so far as to call Manziel the Kardashian of college football. Perhaps a better comparison would be to call Manziel the Kurt Cobain of college football as he clearly loves the attention most of the time but is still having trouble adjusting to the volume of attention and praise he's getting. Where Cobain was supposedly the voice of a generation, Manziel is the Aggies' bright and shining hope to be kings in the SEC and that's no small feat.

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07:19 AM ET 06.19 | Not only did the Angels squander Joe Blanton's Tuesday gem, but they also lost at home to the Mariners. Looking for a main offender? It has to be Josh Hamilton. Hamilton is of course struggling badly in 2013, but Tuesday's performance may have been the worst of his career. Here's his unfortunate line for the night: 0-for-5, 2 Ks, 3 GIDPs, 7 LOB. Sign of a bad game at the plate? When going 0-for-5 with five strikeouts would've constituted an improvement. In fact, Hamilton is just the second player since 1916 (the back end of available data) to go hitless, strike out twice and hit into three double plays in a single game (he joins Jeff King of the 1990 Pirates). As a "bonus," he tied the Angels' franchise record for GIDPs in a game.

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05:46 PM ET 06.19 | Chris Bosh was part of the problem. The Miami Heat didn't attack for most of Game 6 and for that Tim Duncan abused them, and Bosh especially. Duncan scored 30 points through the first three quarters, but then it all changed. LeBron James lost his headband and came alive, but it was Bosh who held Duncan scoreless in the final 21 minutes of the overtime game. The Heat big man also grabbed an offensive board and found Ray Allen for an unfathomable three that sent the game to overtime, then finished with a block of Danny Green on the Spurs' final shot attempt. Bosh continued his hot streak into Wednesday, when he called out the many Heat fans for leaving the game early when it appeared Miami had lost in regulation. "For all those guys who left, don't come back for Game 7," he said. "You can't get let back in after you leave. I know that. Hell, I've been to games. You can't leave a game and then come back. It doesn't make any sense; you left. It's not punishment, that's protocol."

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10:54 AM ET 06.19 | After trading the New York Islanders for the rights to Mark Streit, the Flyers need to find wiggle room under the cap to sign him to the deal both sides have agreed on, but when it comes to letting guys go there are two very different stories being told. According to CSN Philly reporter Tim Panaccio, the Flyers will be buying out the contract of forward Daniel Briere but they may not be stopping there. Briere's contract will not count against them as he'll be cut using the NHL's compliance buyout clause, but things get hazy when it comes to net minder Ilya Bryzgalov. Two Philadelphia publications are reporting two different things as the situation unfolds which has cast uncertainty over Bryzgalov's future with the Flyers. Frank Seravalli from the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News is reporting that Bryzgalov's agent Rich Winter has informed him that the Flyers assured Winter his client was not going to be bought out.

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05:13 PM ET 06.19 | Chan Sung Jung, otherwise known as the 'Korean Zombie,' admitted he did feel bad for Ricardo Lamas for getting the title shot over him against Jose Aldo at UFC 163. "I do feel bad about it. I honestly think he was next in line, due to my time off, but I was told I was getting the next title shot after the Poirier fight. While I do feel bad for him, I wouldn't give this opportunity up for the world," Jung said.

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05:19 AM ET 06.16 | There probably isn't an amateur golfer in the country who doesn't dream of competing in the U.S. Open or the U.S. Women's Open. Only occasionally, however, does an amateur win the Open, regarded by players and fans alike as golf's ultimate mental and physical challenge. Francis Ouimet did it in 1913. Jerome Travers did it in 1915. Chick Evans did it in 1916. Bobby Jones did it in 1923, 1926, 1929, and 1930. And Catherine Lacoste did it in 1967. Can Michael Kim do it this year? The amateurs who qualify to play against golf's Goliaths face an uphill climb at the Open, which is as much a test of mental stamina as it is a contest of technical skill. Just getting to the Open entails an endurance test. This year 10 amateurs qualified to enter the field by advancing from one of 111, 18-hole stroke play, local qualifiers to one of 13 sectional qualifiers -- 36 holes of stroke play in a single day -- and paying the $150 entry fee. Of the 10 who teed off Thursday, four survived the cut and will play the final round on Sunday.

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02:59 PM ET 06.18 | Greg Biffle's win of the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., on Sunday not only marked the driver's first win of the season and the 13th Cup-level victory at MIS for Roush Fenway Racing, it was the 1,000 victory for Ford across the three national levels of NASCAR -- Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck. Trevor Bayne claimed NASCAR win 999 just a week prior in the Pioneer 250 Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. Bayne's Iowa win also marked the 200th win for Ford, specifically, in the Nationwide Series. The win total includes 100 from Lincoln-Mercury and 900 from various Ford models including the current model, Fusion, and others like Taurus and Thunderbird. A Lincoln took the the checkered flag in the first NASCAR-sanctioned top-tier NASCAR race in June 19, 1949, in Charlotte, N.C. It was driven by Jim Roper. The first victory for the Ford brand came in 1950, courtesy of Jimmy Florian at Dayton (Ohio) Speedway.

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08:06 AM ET 06.18 | Chelsea midfielder Kevin De Bruyne received a taste of Bundesliga soccer last season, as Chelsea loaned him out to Werder Bremen. According to Borussia Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc, De Bryune would like to join the second-best team in the Bundesliga and the Champions League runner-ups. Dortmund is interested in acquiring De Bruyne from Chelsea, and Zorc knows that De Bruyne "is wanting to make a transfer" to the elite German squad. Whether or not they can pry the young midfielder from other teams is another question, but it is positive news for Dortmund that the team has more than piqued De Bruyne's interest.

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10:02 AM ET 05.23 | FOX Sports is trying to put together an impressive staff to fill up the shows on their 24/7 sports network FOX Sports 1, hoping to compete with ESPN, and on Wednesday we learned a big name that will be joining the network. According to a SportsIllustrated.com report, FOX Sports has agreed to hire former tennis star Andy Roddick as a co-host for the three-hour show FOX Sports Live. The show feature Roddick and Charissa Thompson, who will be leaving ESPN, as the co-hosts. Roddick's big personality could do well in the co-hosting gig, but it will be interesting to see if he has a wide grasp of sports.

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