After the New York media had spent the previous week singing his praises, hailing him a changed man, he goes and gets ejected/possibly suspended for Game 4. Once a pipe layer, always a pipe layer. Details after the jump.

A quick refresher for everyone: although they both start with the same three letters, “sex” and “sexual assault” are not synonyms. More at The Jane Dough.

There were many reasons the Knicks fell 105-100 to the Trail Blazers last night. Letting Portland shoot over 50 percent rom the field is right at the top of that list. Getting off to a terrible start is up there, too. So what or whom did the New York tabloids blame? You probably have a guess, and it’s probably right. See it for yourself after the jump.

A few moments ago, I came across this New York Post article concerning Hal Douglas Quinn, owner of MLS club FC Dallas, who’s accused of beating, choking and smothering his wife, Elizabeth, with a pillow until she passed out. Then I noticed the ad on the right side of the page.

The Cincinnati Bengals walked all over the New York Giants on Sunday, easily coasting to a 31-13 win with stellar defensive line play and an efficient 21-30 for 199 yards and 4 TDs from QB Andy Dalton. It’s New York’s second consecutive loss. Still, the team is 6-4 and leading the NFC East, so they can’t be playing that poorly, right?

Far be it for the Post to let one New York institution corner the market on marathon outage. Full image, after the jump.

It wasn’t just that the Yankees lost to the Tigers in the ALCS – it was that they looked completely helpless in doing it. And when a team that storied, with a payroll that big, looks that bad, people are going to make fun. And no one makes fun quite like an inspired New York Post.

Boy, what a night for Raul Ibanez, huh? Comes in as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning, hits both the game-tying and game-winning home runs? Pretty amazing story. Must have been all anyone could talk about… or not.

Alex Rodriguez is struggling in the playoffs again – through two games against the Orioles, he’s 1-for-9 with five strikeouts. He looks lost enough, in fact, that Joe Girardi is facing more and more questions about dropping him in the lineup. Not surprisingly, the New York Post had the most colorful way of raising this suggestion.

Though everyone had gotten all their replacement-ref thoughts out of their system yesterday after the Monday Nightmare and sites like ours devoted nearly their entire day to talking about it? Not just yet.