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The New York Knicks have yet to win at the Garden - how will they fare tonight when LeBron comes to town? Orlando is at Boston and Seattle visits New Jersey! Florida is a joint favorite with North Carolina to claim the NCAA Championship next March, as the College Hoops season is about to start. Buckeye boosters will hope for a football and basketball double, but prudent futures players have to be tempted by LSU and UCLA too.
They may keep losing in the playoffs, but they keep getting there, and that's what makes the Yankees off-season favorites for the 2007 World Series. The Mets, Tigers and ChiSox are also in contention, the World Champion Cardinals are a fat price, but the Yankees remain the team to beat.
The last time the Carolina Panthers faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Bucs quarterback Chris Simms was knocked around to a degree that he suffered a season-ending ruptured spleen.
On Monday night, Tampa Bay will be the team trying to bring the pain, as Jon Gruden's club seeks to extend the Panthers' losing streak to three games at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.
Carolina, which entered the 2006 season as a popular pick to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl, is in danger of seeing its playoff hopes fade away. John Fox and company looked to be headed down the right path when a four-game winning streak moved them to 4-2, but back-to-back defeats to the Bengals (17-14) and Cowboys (35-14) have again led many to question the Panthers' staying power in the playoff chase. Following a Week 9 bye, Carolina entered Week 10 as one of a handful of NFC teams at or near .500 and seeking to improve their fortunes in the second half.