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• Giants look distraction-proof
LANDOVER, Md. -- Barry Cofield simply wanted to rest in his downtown Washington hotel room, so he shut off the ringer on his phone.

• Jets don't look so Super
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The Jets had a front-row seat to see the player being touted as the NFL's newest gunslinger -- Bronco quarterback Jay Cutler. The Jets are buying the hype today.

• AXA Financial cops East title, 7-0
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- AXA Financial's defense sacked One-On-One/Beer Garden QB Steve Mirasola 10 times yesterday en route to a 7-0 victory in the Staten Island Touch Tackle League East division championship game.

• Burress to surrender today
While his teammates were in Landover, Md., adding another win to the Giants' impressive 11-1 season, wide receiver Plaxico Burress was holed up in his Totowa, N.J., mansion, the eye of a weekend-long storm of uncertainty and unresolved circumstances.

• Damage II cops SITTL West crown
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Damage II QB Tyrone Landrum Jr. only threw eight passes, completing four, but that's because the human highlight film didn't need to throw more than that.

• Dolphin roster still mighty short
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The College of Staten Island will likely be looking at another short roster when the CUNY Conference season begins tomorrow night at 7:30 against visiting City Tech at the Sports and Recreation Center.

• Dolphins open CUNY play; Seahawks host Colgate
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The College of Staten Island is warming up -- four straight wins -- and that can't be good news for winless City Tech, which visits the Sports and Recreation Center tomorrow night at 5.

• Hillis finds the holes in soft Jet defense
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The fantasy geeks may have been on to him a couple weeks ago, but the Jets found out yesterday that Denver's fifth-string running back is pretty good.

• Jacobs understands Burress mindset
LANDOVER, Md. -- Brandon Jacobs isn't excusing Plaxico Burress for carrying a loaded gun into a nightclub. Nor will he condone Burress' having a weapon in Manhattan without a New York gun license -- if that's indeed the case.

• McAlarney fills ND's void
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE -- SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Notre Dame has a photograph in its locker room of last year's team posing after beating Northern Illinois to break the Joyce Center record of 24 straight home wins. It's about to be replaced.

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• St. Clare's, OLHC post Varsity triumphs
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Joe Lewis and Dante Landi combined for 16 points as St. Clare's beat Holy Child 38-15 in Catholic Youth Organization Varsity A play yesterday.

• Youth football: A weekend split in inaugural Island All-Star series
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Staten Island Boys' Football League won two of three All-Star games over the Staten Island Pee Wee League yesterday, taking the 11-year-old game 19-0 and the 13s contest 27-0.

• Giants must just say no to Plaxico
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE -- EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Throughout his many indiscretions during his turbulent 2008 season, Plaxico Burress had been the Giants' problem, and nothing more.

• Jones turning back the clock
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- If you're an NFL running back, age 30 qualifies you for an AARP card. The years of taking a physical beating and battling through injuries begin to rob you of your burst and bounce. Turning the corner is like running a marathon.

• Nets might sweat Yi's summer plans
SALT LAKE CITY -- Fast forward six months: What happens if Yi Jianlian becomes a rising star among NBA power forwards, and embarks on the same career trajectory as, say, Dirk Nowitzki after his second season?

• Riccas have a big day
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE -- WESTFIELD, N.J. -- Mario Ricca Jr. of the Staten Island Athletic Club won the Practice Hard one-miler in 5 minutes, 32 seconds yesterday.

• Seahawks fend off Bucknell with balanced attack, 83-79
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE -- LEWISBURG, Pa. -- It's becoming clearer with every game that whatever success Wagner College finds this season will come with contributions from more than just a couple of star players, or it won't come at all.

• Trinity Lutheran, St. Pat's post boys' Varsity wins
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Trinity Lutheran bested St. Joseph/St. Thomas 42-39 in an Catholic Youth Organization boys' Varsity A game yesterday as Raven Owen Jr. netted 20 points and Cameron Stapleton added 14.

• Youth football: Island leagues square off
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Devin Kenny's 80-yard first-half touchdown run sparked the Staten Island Pee Wee Football League's 12-year-old All Stars over the S.I. Boys' Football League squad 8-0 yesterday at the Monsignor Farrell HS field, Oakwood.