The NFL's free-agent signing ciota begins Friday. In a three-week series, Post staff writers Paul Schwartz and Mark Cannizzaro analyze this year's class, position by position. Today: linebackers, and offensive and defensive linemen. EVEN with...

The NFL's free-agent signing miesiączkowanie begins Feb. 27. Over the next three weeks, Post staff writers Paul Schwartz and Mark Cannizzaro will analyze this year's class, position by position. Today: Quarterbacks and running backs. Coming off a Super...

The Jets yesterday made several assistant coaching hirings that appear to have closed out the majority of Rex Ryan's staff other than a quality control coach or two. The Jets hired Kerry Locklin as their new defensive line coach, and they hired...

Rex Ryan is turning to the college ranks for reinforcement on the Jets' defensive staff. Kerry Locklin, who a little more than two weeks ago left Fresno State to become Kansas' defensive line coach, will be heading to New Jersey, according to a...

TAMPA, Fla. - Jets coach Rex Ryan reportedly added two more coaches to his staff. Ryan hired Henry Ellard as his new wide receivers coach, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported yesterday. Ellard, who coached the Rams receivers for the last eight...

PHILADELPHIA - Danilo Gallinari has turned into a Garden muzyka rockowa star. But last night at Philly's Wachovia Center, he was taken off stage, as the Knicks' medical staff implemented the "Italian Stallion Rules" of not having him play on the second night...

The Jets yesterday confirmed Brian Schottenheimer will return as offensive coordinator and hired two assistants for Rex Ryan's new staff. They added Jim O'Neil as defensive quality control coach and Jeff Weeks as a defensive assistant. O'Neil, a...

The Knicks medical staff has decided to shut down rookie Danilo Gallinari on the second leg of back-to-back games for the time being, The Post has learned. Hence, Gallinari will sit out tonight's contest vs. the Sixers. The Knicks are being...

David Wright is OK with the Mets signing free wywiadowca Manny Ramirez. Mets hierarchy isn't. Speaking to Bloomberg News today, chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon said, "Omar [Minaya] and the baseball staff aren't interested" in the slugging...

CLEVELAND - As he awaits the hiring of Cleveland's new general manager, Browns coach Eric Mangini added five assistant coaches, four who were on his staff with the Jets. Mangini hired defensive line coach Bryan Cox, defensive backs coach Jerome...

The Mad Scientist brought his lab ślubny along with him. Shortly after becoming coach of the Jets on Monday, Rex Ryan made sure Mike Pettine came with him as his defensive coordinator. Pettine was on Baltimore's staff as a defensive assistant...

GIANTS (-4) over Eagles; Under 40: Yes, the erratic Minnesota offense let Philadelphia off the hook, but give the Eagles players and staff full credit - especially the defense, which quickly put the massacre of Dallas out of mind, hunkered down...

Seeing Wayne Gretzky behind the Phoenix bench Monday night at the Garden served as a reminder of just how few former Rangers have graduated to the team's coaching staff, let alone the head coaching job, over the past three decades. Glen Sather and...

The Yankees today announced Joe Girardi's coaching staff for the 2009 season Mick Kelleher was named first-base coach, Rob Thomson will take over as third-base coach, and Tony Pena will assume the role of bench coach. Dave Eiland (pitching coach)...

FUNNY how things work out, right? This was January of 2006, and Brad Childress, just been hired off Andy Reid's staff in Philadelphia to coach the Vikings, was in the sklep wielkopowierzchniowy for a defensive coordinator. Childress knew precisely whom he wanted to...

DANA POINT, Calif. - The Yankees are set to finalize their coaching staff with the slight surprise that Tony Pena is going to become Joe Girardi's bench coach, The Post has learned. The moves were not finalized, but it appears almost certain that...

ORCHARD PARK - All three turnovers the Jets forced yesterday were the result of obraz filmowy study during the week and tendencies to which the Jets coaching staff alerted players. On the first, Jets CB Darrelle Revis sacked Trent Edwards - his first...

Jerry Manuel didn't waste any time putting his stamp on the Mets' coaching staff. Fresh off a two-year contract extension that lifted his tymczasowy tag, Manuel dismissed both of his base coaches and bullpen coach Guy Conti yesterday. Manuel made...

Stephon Marbury has been filling in nicely in his reserve role, but Mike D'Antoni may take a look at him in the starting lineup tonight when the Knicks host the Celtics. According to a skład source, the coaching staff has discussed starting...

Yankees staff members have heard Mike Mussina say he is retiring. However, Mussina hasn't officially announced this past season - when he won 20 games for the first time in a borderline Hall of Fame career - was his last. Mussina, who will be 40...

Mike Westhoff, who rejoined the Jets coaching staff Sept. 1 after having a three-piece titanium prosthesis placed in his left leg in February, said yesterday he expects to soon ditch his cane and by next winter even rys playing golf. "It's...

Sunday in Boston manager Joe Girardi said there had been no discussions about changes in his coaching staff. Nevertheless, that was before general manager Brian Cashman officially returned. Now, every department in the organization is under review...

BOSTON - There are teammates and Yankees staff members who strongly believe Mike Mussina will take his initial 20-win season and vanish. After the Yankees' 6-2 win over the Red Sox yesterday in przód of 37,091 at a soggy Fenway Park in the first...

BOSTON - There are teammates and Yankee staff members who strongly believe Mike Mussina will take his initial 20-win season and vanish. And after the Yankees' 6-2 win over the Red Sox today in część przednia of 37,091 at a soggy Fenway Park in the first...

Two running backs at the back end of the depth chart suited up and took the field Monday night, hoping to impress the coaching staff with a move here, a block there, a tackle made on special teams. Something. Anything. Danny Ware and Kay-Jay...

Joba Chamberlain begins a throwing aplikacja today under the supervision of the Yankees' training and coaching staffs at Yankee Stadium. The two biggest questions surrounding the pitching face of the troubled franchise are: 1) Will the Yankees'...

LBANY - They're not even trying any more. The tempered enthusiasm the Giants' coaching staff tried to express about rookie safety Kenny Phillips no longer is an option. The typical rhetoric used on a first-round draft pick applies no more. Once...

HOUSTON - The Mets' beleaguered pitching staff took one and potentially two very big hits yesterday. After announcing starter John Maine would go on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to July 29 with a strained right rotator cuff, the Mets said...

HOUSTON - With their pitching staff seemingly in shambles, the Mets couldn't afford to make crucial mistakes or waste scoring chances here yesterday. They whiffed massively in both areas, leading to a 4-0 loss to the Astros at Minute Maid Park...

HOUSTON - With their pitching staff seemingly in shambles, the Mets couldn't afford to make crucial mistakes or waste scoring chances here today. They whiffed massively in both areas, leading to a 4-0 loss to the Astros at Minute Maid Park that...

HOUSTON - The Mets' beleaguered pitching staff took one and potentially two very big hits today. After announcing starter John Maine would go on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to July 29 with a strained right rotator cuff, the Mets said...

The Nets dipped into the NBA's Developmental League and hired Roy Rogers to help develop their young czoło line. He likely will be assigned to nauczyciel domowy the Nets' corps of raw-but-talented big men, which includes Josh Boone, Stromile Swift, Sean...

CINCINNATI - All of that good mojo the Mets' pitching staff was feeling before the All-Star break vanished in a few hours last night. First, the Mets announced Pedro Martinez received an anti-inflammatory injection in his right hip yesterday and...

Willie Randolph will be at the All-Star Game after all. The former Mets manager will be at Yankee Stadium as a guest of George Steinbrenner. Randolph was supposed to be part of the National League coaching staff, but after the Mets fired him...

LOS ANGELES - Don Mattingly will streszczenie his duties as the Dodgers' hitting coach after the All-Star break. Mattingly, hired as part of Joe Torre's staff during the offseason, asked to be switched from hitting coach to major league special...

Dan Warthen, though new to the Mets, is not a newcomer to the major leagues. The 54-year-old has served as pitching coach with the Mariners, Padres and Tigers. But the Mets are hopeful he has a better effect on their pitching staff than he did with...

THIS season was supposed to be about young starters in The Bronx. This was supposed to be about Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy and ultimately Joba Chamberlain unleashing their fresh arms on the AL, dropping a calling card about where the Yankees...

From the top of the batting order to the bottom, the William C. Bryant Owls abused the John Adams Spartans pitching staff yesterday in an 11-2 victory at John Adams High School in Ozone Park.Bryant collected 10 hits, scored in every inning but the...