The phone buzzed in the waiting room of a doctor’s office, where buzzing phones are treated more harshly than germs, but there wasn’t a choice here. On the face of the phone was a name — “Lou Carnesecca” — and these were calls that always had to be answered. “Coach!” I said. “I saw where … Read more
Excellence has been the 49ers’ calling card for the past several seasons. Since 2019, they’ve been one of the elite teams in the NFL, amassing 54 wins against 29 losses in the regular season with two Super Bowl runners-up and two NFC Championship losses in five years. Yet on Sunday night in frigid Orchard Park, … Read more
Remember way back when — less than a week ago — when Malik Nabers opined, “It ain’t the quarterback” after the ninth loss in the first 11 games of his Giants career? Nabers is not on the money about everything — saying he doesn’t care about dropped passes after the 10th loss in his first … Read more
Jets radio color commentator Anthony Becht, a former NFL tight end who started his career with the Jets and who now also is the head coach of the UFL St. Louis BattleHawks, catches up with Post columnist Steve Serby for some Q&A. Q: What have you observed about Aaron Rodgers? A: He’s not the same … Read more
It’s the goalies, stupid. The Islanders can and should worry about their special teams and how their defense is constructed and whether their offense can keep up without Mat Barzal and Anthony Duclair and all of the minutiae within each of those buckets. That’s all fine and good, and it all matters plenty. But let’s … Read more
The season ended badly. There is no disputing that. Selection Sunday can be cruel that way. It was St. Patrick’s Day, too, remember, and so it felt like a wonderful and festive stage for St. John’s to appear in the bracket for the first time in five years. But the weird stuff had already started. … Read more
Do you see it and not want to say it? Because it feels like baseball sacrilege to even think it, much less express it. So careful in the wording. The last thing you want to do is compare someone to Beethoven or Michael Jordan based on a small sample size. So what is the proper … Read more
PHILADELPHIA — After barely surviving in their house of horrors in Atlanta, then winning late and spectacularly in Milwaukee, the competition got even tougher and the stakes even more serious for the magical Mets here against another of their hated division rivals. Yet, none of that matter to the Mets these days. They have magic, … Read more
He is the precocious apple of the Big Apple’s football eye, No. 1 for a reason. Malik Nabers had already done wonders for Daniel Jones, and kept the sky from falling on the Giants 2024 season. Malik Nabers had made play-calling fun again for Brian Daboll. Malik Nabers exited with a concussion during the Giants’ … Read more
Jets versus Giants on Wednesday in Florham Park, the appetizer for Saturday night’s preseason finale feast. “I can’t wait ’til the Giants come here,” Jets safety Tony Adams said. “Their ones against our ones. Let’s compete and see who’s better.” A Post primer on the joint practice matchups we can’t wait to watch: Jets cornerback … Read more
