Randy's Radar : Archive : June 2008

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Archive: June 2008

Mon, June 30, 2008 - 3:17pm EDT

Training Camp Dates and Times

File Under: Eric Mangini, Hofstra University, camp schedule, 2008 training camp

Jets fans eager to fill in their calendars with the dates and times for this year's training camp — the 40th and last at their Hofstra University training base — have to wait no longer.

The first full team practices of Eric Mangini's third camp as head coach will be two-a-days on Thursday, July 24, at the Long Island school's soccer stadium. These practices will be open to the public and the … More

Thu, June 26, 2008 - 10:55am EDT

Ainge, Keller Connect ... at St. Mary's

File Under: Erik Ainge, Dustin Keller, Kris Jenkins, St. Mary's Hospital

The good work of the Jets' rookie class continues.

First-round TE Dustin Keller and fifth-round QB Erik Ainge spent time Wednesday with some of the New York area's most amazing kids when they visited patients at St. Mary's Hospital for Children in Bayside, Queens.

The two — perhaps a dynamic pass-connection duo in the Green & White's future — had the chance to create memories that will last a li… More

Thu, June 26, 2008 - 9:12am EDT

More Boom: On Jets' Offense, Quarterbacks

File Under: Chad Pennington, Eric Mangini, Kellen Clemens, Boomer Esiason, Alan Faneca, Empire Challenge

Long before the top high school football players from New York City and Long Island met in Tuesday evening's Empire Challenge at Hofstra’s Shuart Stadium, I huddled with Boomer Esiason in the pressbox. Among the multitude of topics we covered was the 2008 Jets.

“The biggest question for the New York Jets is who’s their quarterback?”

And with that million-dollar question, Esiason began … More

Wed, June 25, 2008 - 10:04am EDT

Two Guys Wheeling and Dealing

File Under: Adam Schein, Chris Baker, Brian Schottenheimer, Jeremy Shockey, Eric Parker

This is the silly time of the year, when football writers and electronic personalities have no raw meat, no fresh input to sell to their customers. And so they make up trades.

Nothing wrong with this. It's what fans do every day of the week, even in summer, from the bars to the rec rooms to the water coolers. (Do folks still gather around water coolers in offices anymore? Just asking.)

Here are … More

Mon, June 23, 2008 - 5:57pm EDT

A Weekend of Good Deeds Back Home

File Under: Chad Pennington, Matt Chatham, Jerricho Cotchery, Kerry Rhodes, Leon Washington, Brandon Moore, Sioux City, Birmingham Alabama

It was a weekend of homecomings for at least three Jets vets.

WR Jerricho Cotchery and S Kerry Rhodes returned to their Alabama roots — along with some of their Green & White friends — to give the kids of the Birmingham area some fun and games, a football camp, and some words of inspiration.

"I wanted to give kids in Birmingham opportunities I didn't have," Cotchery told the Birmingham News.… More