New jersey nets

• NEWARK, N.J. — As the Nets prepared to say goodbye to New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie bid the Brooklyn-bound NBA team good riddance.
(Chicago Sun-Times)
• When the New Jersey Nets game ended Monday night, Bruce Springsteens Born to Run blared over the loudspeakers at the Prudential Center in Newark.
(CNN (blog))
• Before the 2011-12 NBA season started, it was reported that Howard wanted a trade to the New Jersey Nets. That trade never happened, and the Magic seemed content playing the season with him on their team.
(Bleacherreport.com)
• The New Jersey Nets drew a sellout crowd Monday night for their last-ever home game at Prudential Center—or, for that matter, in the state of New Jersey. Gov. Chris Christie was not among the 18,711 people in attendance.
(ESPN)
• Here's what we're reading this morning, starting with the N.Y./Region section in The Times: Investigators found no new obvious leads after renewing the search in a SoHo basement for Etan Patz, 6, who disappeared in 1979.
(New York Times Blogs)
• NEWARK, N.J. -- Travis Zajac scored at 5:39 of overtime and the New Jersey Devils avoided elimination and sent yet another Eastern Conference first-round series to a seventh game with a 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday.
(CBS Sports)
• The New Jersey Nets have played their last game in the Garden State, and there was a bit of a sendoff. Sometimes I wonder why people love big, gauzy ceremonies and the like.
(ESPN)
• Why is it important for NBA players to remain professional at all times? Being professional might allow for a longer professional basketball career, and one may get a better reputation for being able to remain positive no matter the situation at hand.
(Bleacherreport.com)
• Jayson Williams dunks as Keith Van Horn (age 14) and Tracy McGrady (age 12) look on (Getty Images) For a while, there, Jayson Williams was Mr. Net.
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