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Everybody knows that New York golf fans adopted Phil Mickelson in 2002, even though no one knows exactly why. Source

We hit the 2009 season’s halfway mark last week, yet I still think of the All-Star break as the spiritual halfway mark. So as teams and players prepare to enjoy their respite, let’s select our award winners for the first 54 percent of the campaign. Source

Kellen Clemens and Mark Sanchez will do everything possible to win the job as the Jets’ starting quarterback, with one notable exception: As competitive as they will be on the field, both will do everything possible to support one another during their duel for the No. 1 spot. Source

So what did you think was going to happen? Did you really think that Isiah Thomas was going to spend the rest of his life holed up in a mansion in Purchase, counting his money and throwing sharp objects at a Stephon Marbury dartboard? Source

Double-double machine David Lee had not a single offer sheet tendered by any of the few teams with cap space. Source

A night after hitting a game-winning home run, Hideki Matsui found himself on the bench. Source

It’s getting to the point now where the Mets can no longer concern themselves with trying to win games this season. They need to worry about surviving them. Source

A Philadelphia man who says he was shot by NFL receiver Marvin Harrison last year remains in critical condition after being shot again. Source

The luxury retailer Barneys New York has removed a window display that made it appear blood-spattered mannequins were fending off attackers. Source

Editors of a Suffolk weekly newspaper, the South Shore Press, said they were just trying to be “bipartisan.” Source