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NEW YORK - They are not the best baseball team in town, but they are the best show. In many ways, their flaws are what make them so much fun to watch every night. They don't do this methodically, or in ways that is devoid of emotion.

The Jets return to the SUNY campus in Cortland, N.Y. for training camp in about three weeks. The team announced its full camp schedule today, with a total of 14 practices open to the public in Cortland, Long Island and New Jersey. The team will begin practicing Friday, July 27.

According to a tweet from Howard Beck of the New York Times, the Nets have reached an agreement in principle on a three-year contract with European forward Mirza Teletovic. Teletovic, a 6-9 Bosnian, bought out his contract with his Spanish league team, Saski Baskonia (also known as Caja Laboral) this summer and reports had him wanting to play in the NBA for the Nets or Cleveland Cavaliers.

Keith Glass throws a foot up on his Red Bank office desk when his BlackBerry starts ringing again. It's Friday, a little more than 36 hours before the start of NBA free agency, and a Western Conference executive is on the line. The news isn't good. But it's not bad, either.

Robin Ventura was leaning against the dugout railing at Yankee Stadium Friday night, casually talking about his first half-season as a Major League manager when he said something that might have seemed odd had he not said it so confidently. "I haven't lost any sleep over losses," Ventura said.

TRENTON - Gov. Chris Christie responded to the Democrats' $31.7 billion budget as promised - with a sea of red ink. The Republican governor for the third year in a row made deep cuts to to the budget plan, removing $361 million in spending and instead using that money to double the size of the state's cash reserves.

The NBA pre-draft camp in Chicago is supposed to be routine - a workout, a physical, and then the interview. It's a breeze for most of these kids. They sit down with a dozen teams and tell them what they want to hear, how they want to hear it, and throw in a few yes-sirs and no-sirs to give the pretense of modesty and cooperation.

TRENTON - Drivers who injure or kill someone while violating the state's cell phone laws would face vehicular homicide or assault charges under legislation approved by the state Senate today. With the measure already passed in the Assembly, the 37-0 approval of S1616 by the Senate sends the bill to Gov.

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TRENTON - Former state Attorney General Paula Dow's bumpy road to a state Superior Court judgeship could end today - seven months after Gov. Chris Christie first nominated her. But even this last mile may have some rough patches.

We interrupt the NBA Finals for this public service announcement: If or when LeBron James wins his title tonight, he wants to remind you that you still have to wake up tomorrow and have the same pathetic life you had before today.

New Jersey's very own food guru, Pete Genovese - aka The Food Dude - will be hosting his weekly live blog this afternoon, starting at 12:30 p.m. Here's your chance to ask any questions about great places to grab a bite, or a drink, in the Garden State.

NEW YORK - And so it took three starts for Johan Santana to get back to the business of hanging zeroes on the scoreboard and not pitches in the strike zone. Crisis averted. "He's back in his routine," Mets manager Terry Collins said after Santana threw six scoreless innings in the Mets' 5-0 victory over the Orioles tonight at Citi Field.

Do you ever wonder how New Jersey would react if the Nets were in the 2016 NBA Finals? Wait, hold that thought, and consider these questions first: Did it ever bother you that the owners of your local NBA franchise asked for hundreds of millions in public subsidies at a time when teachers and cops were being laid off?

NEW YORK - Roger Clemens will put today's not guilty verdict in the win column. Of course he will. In a separate category perhaps, but right up there alongside the 354 W's he recorded for the Red Sox, Yankees and Astros in his 24-season big-league career. Because that's the type of competitor Clemens is.

TRENTON - Waiting for action from the state Supreme Court, lawmakers tonight delayed action on a measure that would have let voters decide whether New Jersey's judges and justices should have to pay more into their pension and health benefits plan.