The Knicks have not given up hope on Ricky Rubio and are still trying to interview the 18-year-old Spanish point guard phenom this week before Thursday's NBA Draft, according to a source. Rubio will be in New York for the draft but hasn't worked...

YOU get the sense the Mets are at the cross roads of their season following a particularly gruesome 10-6 defeat yesterday to the Rays, who pretty much had their way this koniec tygodnia with the home team. The Mets have lost four consecutive series and...

Mike Pelfrey is looking for answers. Over a stretch of five straight starts in May, Pelfrey appeared to be on the verge of becoming the pitcher the Mets have been waiting for. He pitched at least six innings in each outing, and lasted seven-plus...

Bobby Parnell sure has the right initials. But it's Brian Schneider's initials that best summarize the Mets. The beleaguered Parnell should have monogrammed "B.P." on the baseballs he threw in yesterday's seventh inning, serving notice those...

WIMBLEDON, England -- Who says the oldest and most tradition-laden of tennis' major championships doesn't change with the times? There is, at long last, a retractable roof atop Centre Court at Wimbledon this year. Video review of line calls and...

The U.S. Open could be headed toward a dramatic finish, but perhaps not of the upbeat kind. Mike Freeman says the 18th at Bethpage Black is so soaked that the tournament might be someone's to lose in a watery grave.

MIAMI, Fla. -- Hello, Alex. So long, CC. The Yankees welcomed cleanup hitter Alex Rodriguez back from a two-game hiatus tonight and promptly watched ace hurler CC Sabathia walk off the mound in the second inning against the Marlins. The addition...

MIAMI, Fla. -- The enthusiasm of getting the cleanup hitter back in the lineup was tempered by losing the ace in the second inning. That was the emotional roller coast the Yankees rode early tonight at LandShark Stadium. Prior to the game against...

B.J. Upton homered and matched a career high with four RBIs, Carl Crawford drove in a pair of runs and the Tampa Bay Rays broke out of an offensive slumber with a 10-6 victory over the New York Mets on a soggy Sunday. Upton and Evan Longoria each...

MIAMI -- There were plenty of goats grazing in lockers in the Yankees' clubhouse last night after their 2-1 loss to the Marlins. Never mind that Marlins right-hander Josh Johnson dominated them through seven innings with an arsenal of filthy...

MAJOR League Baseball, more than most huge businesses in this country, is doing fine financially during these difficult economic times. Attendance is down (but not by nearly as much as was feared), but other entities such as the net and...

David Lee walked through a hard rain yesterday at an NBA function at the South Street Seaport in possibly his last public appearance as a Knick. The rain was a foreboding foreshadow, because Lee will see a lot of rain the rest his career if he...

JOHAN Santana should understand that even as he was presumed guilty of suf fering from a physical ailment until he could prove himself innocent on the mound, that was not a reflection of him or his integrity, but rather an indictment of the way...

Stick a giant plunger in this clogged Mets lineup. Even Johan Santana's return to form yesterday couldn't rescue the Mets from another of those all-too-frequent games in which they simply don't apply enough pressure on the opposing pitcher...

Jose Reyes sat in część przednia of his locker, bat in hand. He was asked before the Mets hosted the Rays yesterday if he had taken batting practice yet and responded, "No, the guys who are playing are hitting now." The Mets are looking forward to when...

David Wright knew he'd be in for a battle against J.P. Howell with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. And the third baseman lost the battle, striking out to end the Mets' 3-1 loss to the Rays yesterday at Citi Field. "I didn't know what to...

Carlos Beltran is hurting again, adding more pain to an already thin Mets lineup. HUBBUCH ON TWITTER The Mets' center fielder recently began experiencing soreness in the right knee that bothered him for much of May, and intends to have an...

WOULD Nets owner Bruce Ratner love to reduce payroll? Other than a select few, what NBA owner doesn't? League revenues are guaranteed to go down roughly 10 percent next season, meaning a consequent drop in the luxury tax number. At the same time...

MIAMI -- Outside of making one costly mistake and being saddled with a 2-1 loss to the Marlins, A.J. Burnett could see a positive to his solid outing last night. "I am getting there, I am feeling better every time out, it's starting to show up,"...

MIAMI -- According to several connections in the Dominican Republic, the Yankees and catching prospect Gary Sanchez have agreed to a $2.5 million deal. Sanchez, 16, isn't eligible to sign until July 2, but the Yankees' dogged pursuit of the...

MIAMI -- Brian Cashman questioned an sieć report yesterday that he ordered Alex Rodriguez out of Friday night's lineup. "That's not true," the GM said before last night's 2-1 loss to the Marlins. "Dr. [Mark] Lindsay said he would benefit from...

The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Yankee righty about his dad, his DUI, the Red Sox and much more. Q: When your father (Harlan) collapsed 14 months ago . . . what was going through your insides? A: Scared because you can't do anything . . ...

One wonders what might have happened had Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Molina of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, had one or two more sons, or five more. The three they did have, Bengie, Yadier and the Yankees' Jose, all became big leaguer catchers, and all, since...

Occasionally in the defensive obraz filmowy room, Rex Ryan will grow more animated than usual. The Jets coach will give a spirited introduction to the next clip. "This is how we need to play defense," he'll tell the players. "If we play defense the way this...

Sources say former Devils coach Brent Sutter is close to becoming Flames coach under brother and Calgary GM Darryl Sutter. Those sources say Sutter is under serious consideration by Flames ownership for the job that became vacant when Mike Keenan...