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WHAT’S HAPPENING LOCALLY TUESDAY:
NHL: Devils at Bruins, 7 p.m. (NESN)

AROUND THE WEB:

♦ Rex Ryan was caught on video shouting an obscenity at a Patriots fan who was taunting the Jets coach after Sunday night’s game at MetLife Stadium. After the Jets’ 37-16 loss, the fan yelled, “Hey, Rex, [Bill] Belichick is better than you.” Responded Ryan: “Shut the [expletive] up.”

On Monday, Ryan apologized. An NFL spokesman said the league is looking at the situation, and there is speculation that Ryan will face a fine.

“I was emotional,” Ryan said. “It was an emotional time. I was coming in. You know, I obviously made a mistake. I was full of emotion and just popped off. Obviously, I know I represent the National Football League, I know I represent the Jets and I know it was a mistake. And I apologize for it. This is who I am. I made a mistake. I’m about as big a competitor as there is. At that time, I was in no mood to hear anything. But I also understand I have to handle that better.”

Meanwhile, Belichick had some derogatory comments of his own for the Jets, making a snide comment about the Jets’ supposed “best defense in the league” to his son Stephen as they walked off the field. Ryan insisted he didn’t take offense to Belichick’s words, joking that he made a similar statement to his son after stopping New England’s high-powered offense and winning in Foxboro last season in the playoffs.

Added Ryan: “It’s something I’ll bring up to [Belichick] after we beat them in the playoffs again this year.”

♦ The Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday inducted its new class: Joe Nieuwendyk, Ed Belfour, Doug Gilmour and Mark Howe. Onetime Bruins coach Pat Burns, who died a year ago at the age of 58, was not one of the inductees, and that does not sit well with Jesse Spector at the Sporting News — or some of the inductees themselves. “Pat Burns,” Doug Gilmour said at the end of his speech. “We all miss him, the league misses him, and more importantly, we believe he’ll be here one day.”

♦ Joe Paterno‘s name was removed from the Big 10 football championship trophy, in the latest insult to the legendary Penn State coach. With that in mind, Real Clear Sports has a list of the top 10 tarnished legacies in sports. Paterno ranks third, behind Mike Tyson and No. 1 O.J. Simpson.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On Nov. 15, 1967, Carl Yastrzemski, winner of the American League’s Triple Crown, was named MVP. However, the vote was not unanimous. Which Twins player received one vote?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We found some ways to make some very good plays in the passing game and the run game. And we kept them off-balance with our tempo there in the second half. We got some defensive turnovers, which was huge for us. When Rob [Ninkovich] intercepted that pass and jogged into the end zone, that was icing on the cake. That was pretty sweet.” – Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, on Monday’s Dennis & Callahan show

STAT OF THE DAY: 2 – Ribs broken by Eagles quarterback Michael Vick on the second play of Sunday’s loss to the Cardinals, although Vick stayed in the game and might play in Philadelphia’s next game as well

‘NET RESULTS: A Texas Tech football fan shows that he can dance about as well as his team can play. (The Aggies were in the process of losing to Oklahoma State 66-6.)

TRIVIA ANSWER: Cesar Tovar, who hit .267 with six home runs and 47 RBIs

SOOTHING SOUNDS: The late Clyde McPhatter was born on this date in 1932.

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