They get a few days to rest some weary muscles, to catch their breath and, most important, to learn the identity of their first-round opponent. For the Knicks, this is a respite well-earned and just as much a part of the perks of finishing with the second seed in the East as earning Game 7 … Read more
This just in: The NHL and MLB have issued a joint statement outlining the merger of the Arizona and Oakland franchises for the next three seasons in which the team will play in Sacramento before relocating to a permanent home. The club will be called, “The Coyot-A’s.” Now back to our main act … The … Read more
CLEVELAND — Forty more minutes. That’s all she was asking for. That’s all she wanted. Forty more minutes to carry all of Iowa on her back and lift it back to the NCAA game. Forty more minutes playing with these girls, for this coach, for this school. Forty last minutes for this last chance to stand … Read more
The Nets know what the score is — or more accurately, what the standings are. They haven’t been eliminated yet, but they’ve reached the point of this season where they need to start planning for next season. It’s time to play the kids. It just so happens that in the Nets’ case, playing the kids … Read more
It’s been a rough week for the Big East as a whole. The NCAA Tournament committee invited just three of the 11 teams to the Dance, an absurd display of disrespect that was as stunning as it was galling. If that was supposed to be some kind of subliminal message that the Big East isn’t … Read more
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Adam Scott was one of the last players to finish his Players Championship second round early Friday evening at TPC Sawgrass, and when he emerged from the scoring room a small group of reporters awaited him. Scott, who was 2-under-par entering Saturday’s third round, was neither at the top of … Read more
Sunday afternoon, Caitlin Clark made history. She wrote her name into college basketball lore, becoming Division I’s all-time leading scorer. She passed the great Pete Maravich (3,667 points) with a second-quarter free throw as part of another typical brilliant performance: 35 points, nine assists and a win over No. 2 Ohio State in front of … Read more
For most of the nearly half century of major league free agency, the New York teams have avoided each other on that financial battlefield. They tussled early on Dave Winfield. The Mets lost that one and in much of Wilpon ownership seemed to lack the ferocity for the fight. They might dip in late to … Read more
The Rangers were rolling along in first place but were in need of added toughness as the trade deadline approached for GM Neil Smith’s team. This was not 1994. It was 1991, three seasons earlier, with Roger Neilson in his second year behind the bench guiding a club featuring Mike Gartner, Darren Turcotte, Tony Amonte, … Read more
Commercial Content 21+ Life is so much more fun when there are no obviously bad choices. Crab or lobster? Steak or sea bass? New Batman or old Batman? A nap on the couch or a nap on the recliner? All great options. Sort of like this weekend’s conference championship DFS slate. Which game or team … Read more
