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starting cornerback Terrell Thomas has re-injured his surgically repaired right
knee and his status for the New York Giants season is uncertain. Thomas was sent
to the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York Monday after reporting that he
had swelling in his right knee. An MRI and an examination by Dr. Russell Warren,
the team orthopedic surgeon, showed that the five-year veteran suffered another
injury to the knee involving the ACL. He tore his ACL for the second time in a
preseason game last season and missed the Giants Super Bowl season. He slipped
in practice on Sunday covering receiver Domenik Hixon and that seems to be when
he re-injured it. Ronnie Barnes, the Giants senior vice-president of medical
services, said that Thomas probably would have arthroscopic surgery to determine
the extent of the new injury. Thomas plans to consult with California-based
surgeon Dr. Arthur Ting, who performed the ACL reconstruction in September.
Coach Tom Coughlin said Thomas, who iced his knee after slipping, told him after
practice Sunday that his knee felt good. “He didnt really seem to have any
issues and then this morning, when he came back and he was swollen,” Coughlin
said. “So, they sent him to HSS.” Thomas suffered the same injury at Southern
California in 2005. He was not immediately available for comment Monday, and
there was nothing posted on his Twitter account. Thomas signed a four-year, $28
million contract with the Giants in the off-season. He has received a $1 million
signing bonus, but the rest of the deal is not guaranteed. A starter in 2009 and
2010 and the teams leading tackler, Thomas was penciled in as the starting
cornerback opposite Corey Webster after Aaron Ross was signed as a free agent by
Jacksonville. The Giants have depth at cornerback with Prince Amukamara, last
years first-round draft pick, veterans Michael Coe and Justin Tryon and
third-round draft pick Jayron Hosley, who had to leave practice Monday to get
stitches to close a gash on his right knee. He was cut after slipping in pass
coverage and landing on another players shoe. Amukamara seems the logical choice
to step in for Thomas, who left practice early on Sunday to apply an ice pack to
his knee. Thomas also had his back tighten in Fridays opening workout of camp at
the University at Albany. Amukamara is playing with a chip on his shoulder. He
missed the first half of last season after breaking his left foot in training
camp and did not play his first game until mid-November. He intercepted a pass
in his first game against the Eagles but struggled most of the year. Over this
past weekend, Giants general manager Jerry Reese said he wanted Amukamara to
start playing like a first-round pick. “He would always tell me that before the
games last year and I didnt take it to heart, I didnt take it personal,”
Amukamara said at lunch on Monday. “I just took it as encouragement.” Amukamara
said he was never 100 per cent last season. He has shown progress in the opening
week of training camp, particularly with his ability to play in press coverage.
“I feel I have a lot of expectations for myself, and the organization has a lot
of expectations for me, so I mean, last year, I was kind of at fault,” Amukamara
said. “This year, I am starting out fresh and its time for me to fulfil my and
their (expectations), too.” He will get his chance now. “Prince has been looking
fine,” Coughlin said. “Hes played a lot with the ones. Terrells kind of been in
and out.”———NOTES: LB Michael Boley also went to New York to have an
injured hamstring examined. ... LB Keith Rivers missed a second straight
practice with a hamstring injury. ... DE Justin Trattou had an MRI on his
sprained ankle. Coughlin hopes he can return soon. ... DE Osi Umenyiora, who had
his contract re-negotiated in the off-season, said he is not experiencing any
nagging injuries this camp. He has been bothered by chronic hip and knee issues.
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night.NEW ORLEANS —Kentucky coach John Calipari likes to say there are no
rivalry games at this point in the season. Try telling that to the Bluegrass
State, where basketballs version of the civil war—Kentucky vs. Louisville,
winner plays for the NCAA title—has so divided the small state that senior
citizens have actually come to fisticuffs. “The fans take it as, whoever loses,
its their funeral, really,” Louisville senior guard Chris Smith said. “Its
really cut-throat, I would say.” The game Saturday is the fifth time top-seeded
Kentucky (36-2) and fourth-seeded Louisville (30-9) have met in the NCAA
tournament. They split the previous four meetings. Basketball purists may argue
Duke-North Carolina or Kansas-Missouri are the games biggest, most intense
rivalries. But those are like quaint tea parties compared with the animosity
between Kentucky and Louisville, which required government intervention to get
them to schedule each other. Think Auburn-Alabama on the hardcourt, and you get
the idea. “We get along with most of them,” Kentucky fan Pat Stahl said of
Louisville fans, “as long as they dont talk to you.” Or, heaven forbid, say
something at a dialysis appointment. A 71-year-old Louisville fan punched a
68-year-old Kentucky fan earlier this week after their discussion over Saturday
nights game got out of hand. To be fair, police say the Kentucky fan did flip
off the Louisville fan. “It all started with the racial lines in Kentucky,”
Louisville coach Rick Pitino said of the rivalry. “Now (its) no longer racially
motivated. Its just pure hatred.” Its a given that Louisville and Kentucky would
be rivals, their campuses a mere 70 miles apart in a state where basketball is
king. To hear fans of both schools tell it, however, the programs might as well
be on different planets. Kentucky is a college basketball blue blood, its seven
national titles second only to UCLA, while Louisville has a nice little
tradition going with two national titles. Kentucky is the bigger school, and its
campus is set in bucolic hill country. Louisville sprawls over several city
blocks, smoke from a soy processing plant billowing overhead and railroad tracks
cutting through the centre of campus. (If the Louisville lacrosse coach never
sees a train again after she retires, itll be too soon.) Big Blue counts most of
the state among its fan base, too, while Louisville isnt necessarily even No. 1
in its own city. In fact, about the only thing the two schools have in common is
Pitino, who led the Wildcats to one national title and two other Final Four
appearances in eight years at Kentucky. Forget that engendering any
warm-and-fuzzy goodwill with the Kentucky folks, however. Now that Pitino isnt
theirs, Kentucky fans hate him, too. “Since we got Rick, (the rivalry) is more
on their part,” Robert Coke said. “Theyre used to getting the cream of the crop
and being top-notch, so its hard when they see someone else doing well.” Think
its a coincidence that KKentucky sped up its plans to renovate Rupp Arena after
Louisville decided to build the KFC Yum! Center? But the bad blood has been
simmering for generations. Colin Kaepernick Youth Jersey. Kentucky never
scheduled in-state schools under coach Adolph Rupp, and former assistant Joe B.
Hall dutifully followed suit when he took over as coach. Gov. John Y. Brown
stepped in following their matchup in the 1983 NCAA Mideast Regional finals, now
known around the state as The Dream Game, and told the schools to start playing
each other. Kentucky currently holds bragging rights in the annual in-state
rumble, winning 18 of the 29 games, including a 69-62 victory at Rupp Arena on
Dec. 31. “All you hear from the fans is, Dont lose to the Cardinals. Whatever
happens, Big Blue Nation better not lose to Louisville,” recalled former
Kentucky guard John Wall. Fan is short for fanatic, after all. There are,
however, some fans who can view the rivalry with detachment. Or at least reason.
Coke and his wife, Denise, sat behind Stahl, his brother Jim Joe, and their
brother-in-law, Jamie Solomon, at open practice Friday, and security didnt need
to run interference. When the Cardinals took the floor, one of those standing to
applaud was Ken Berkins, proudly wearing his Kentucky blue after flying all the
way from the Middle East to see his beloved Wildcats in the Final Four. “My
family would probably hang me if they saw me clapping for Louisville,” Berkins
admitted. “But were just unbelievably excited to have two teams from Kentucky in
the Final Four.” Solomon even said hed root for Louisville if the Cardinals beat
Kentucky on Saturday night. “But Im a transplant,” Solomon quickly added, as Pat
Stahl shook his head in disgust. Try as they do to rise above the nitpicking,
even Calipari and Pitino cant resist the fray. Both coaches were reminded Friday
about a comment Calipari made back in October about Kentuckys uniqueness, which
sure sounded like it was a slap at Louisville. “Theres no other state, none,
thats as connected to their basketball program as this one,” Calipari said then.
“Because those other states have other programs.” Asked about that exact comment
Friday, Calipari said, “I didnt say that,” explaining that what he meant was
Kentucky fans are scattered across every inch of the state while Cardinals fans
are more concentrated in and around Louisville. “We sleep with the enemy in
Louisville,” Pitino acknowledged. “We have many Louisville men and women that
marry into Kentucky families. Its very difficult to swallow, to see that
happen.” Pitino seemed to try to give Calipari the benefit of the doubt, saying
the third-year Kentucky coach hasnt been around long enough to really appreciate
the depth of the rivalry. But Peyton Siva, Louisvilles guard by way of Seattle,
has been around the same amount of time as Calipari, and he sure seems to get
it. “For outsiders, Id just say wear white,” he said, “so you can blend in.” ’ ’
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