MSG Networks, the embattled cable TV station that airs New York Knicks and Rangers games, is in talks to reach a deal to avoid bankruptcy as soon as Friday — and insiders speculate that help could be coming from a deep-pocketed media player like Amazon, The Post has learned. The sports channel controlled by billionaire … Read more
Optimum pulled the plug on MSG shortly after confetti rained down on Times Square to ring in 2025 – and Knicks and Rangers fans could be left in the dark well into the new year, The Post has learned. The breakdown in talks over a new contract with MSG Networks, which expired at midnight Tuesday, … Read more
Knicks and Rangers games on Optimum were set to go dark Wednesday as contract talks between the cable operator and MSG remained at an impasse ahead of a deadline before the ball drops. As of press time Tuesday, neither side seemed willing to budge much over the carriage fees paid by Optimum parent Altice to … Read more
TAMPA, Fla. — The New York Rangers’ fall has been fast and dramatic. Since Nov. 21, they have traded their captain, traded their 2019 No. 2 pick, healthy scratched their longest-tenured player and had a fourth-line forward get suspended eight games. Oh, and they’ve also gone 3-14-0. After a few days off for the league’s … Read more
DALLAS, Texas — The Rangers’ retool has officially begun. Kaapo Kakko was traded to the Kraken on Wednesday in exchange for defenseman Will Borgen, a third-round pick and a sixth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, marking the end of the 23-year-old Finn’s six-year tenure in New York. The move helps the Blueshirts replenish some … Read more
We’re just over a month into the NHL regular season, and for some teams, the high hopes and optimism of the preseason have faded away for one reason or another. The Athletic asked its NHL staff this week for each team’s biggest concern at this point. The responses covered the full spectrum, from goaltending and … Read more
PITTSBURGH — It’s been all about the numbers for Igor Shesterkin and the Rangers in recent days, but on Wednesday night, the only number that mattered was zero. Shesterkin and the Rangers blanked the Penguins, 6-0, in their season opener Wednesday night at PPG Paints Arena, with the star Russian netminder making 29 saves in … Read more
Jimmy Vesey left Rangers practice early Sunday after falling to the ice and limping to the dressing room. Head coach Peter Laviolette said Vesey sustained a lower-body injury and was being evaluated. “It seemed somewhat harmless,” Laviolette said. The 31-year-old Vesey is vying to return to his spot on the fourth line, where he spent … Read more
Two weeks from Opening Night and the Rangers have lost a defenseman for the foreseeable future. Ryan Lindgren is expected to be sidelined for at least a few weeks with an upper-body injury, which he sustained in a fight with the Islanders’ Scott Mayfield Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. The bout was initiated by … Read more
SUNRISE, Fla. — By the time Artemi Panarin got on the board in this Eastern Conference Final, it was far too late to celebrate. For the first half of this playoff run, it appeared that Panarin had finally defeated the narrative that grabbed hold of his last two postseasons. Instead, it struck right back at … Read more
