season debut

Andrew Bynum had 29 points and 13 rebounds in his season debut following a four-game suspension that carried over from the playoffs, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets 92-89 Saturday.

The defining moment of Sidney Crosby's dazzling season debut in the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-0 rout over the New York Islanders on Monday didn't come on either of his two goals or his two assists.

Rich Harden pitched six strong innings in his season debut, Hideki Matsui had two RBIs and the Oakland Athletics beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 on Friday night.

Talk about a post-season debut. Roy Halladay threw the second no-hitter in post-season history, leading the Philadelphia Phillies over the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 in Game 1 of the NL division series on Wednesday.

Tracy McGrady made his season debut for the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night, about nine months after undergoing microfracture surgery on his left knee.

McGrady checked in with 7:44 left in the first quarter against the Detroit Pistons to a standing ovation. He missed his first shot, a 20-footer from the wing, with 6:30 left.

Pau Gasol had 24 points and 13 rebounds in his season debut, and Kobe Bryant scored 21 points while passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the Lakers' career scoring chart in Los Angeles' 108-93 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night.

After cutting WR Plaxico Burress, due to his legal troubles, and letting WR Amani Toomer continue his career elsewhere the Giants need help at this position.

While they made QB Eli Manning the highest paid NFL player, he will have little success unless a new set of receivers can step up in 2009.

After last night's pre-season debut several questions remain about the Giants receiver corps.