On the morning after their pitiful blowout loss to the Timberwolves, coach Mike D'Antoni acknowledged the Knicks are in "a crisis." Carrying an 11-17 record, the Knicks host the powerful Nuggets (19-11) today in a Garden matinee, desperate to...

BUFFALO - Despite snapping a three-game winless streak, the Sabres aren't taking any solace from gaining two points the hard way. Ales Kotalik and Drew Stafford scored shootout goals, and Ryan Miller stopped both of New York's attempts in...

Dustin Keller made one of the best plays and one of the worst plays of the Jets' season. The rookie from Purdue showed what he was capable of on a 16-yard, first-down catch in overtime against the Patriots. The third-and-15 catch kick-started the...

CHARlotTE - There could have been another game-winning shot at the buzzer for the Nets, their second in a week. There wasn't. So there could have been a fold engineered by disappointment from some demoralizing plays. There wasn't one of those...

THIS is pretty much the way it was around here before Sean Avery became a Ranger . . . the first time. This is pretty much how the Rangers played before Glen Sather went out and brought hockey's Dead End Kid to Broadway . . . the first time...

If no help kasztelan from either the Bills or the Jaguars tomorrow and the Jets miss the playoffs, there is at least one player admitting that if nothing else, he still would enjoy knocking the Dolphins out, too. "For me it would be a nice consolation...

For the most part last year in the playoffs, the Giants stopped the run well. But they haven't done that lately. And while the Giants may have the league's best rushing attack, tomorrow they'll try to fix their running problems on defense against...

Leon Washington had one run against Buffalo. It went for 47 yards and a touchdown, the last time the Jets offense reached the end zone. "I don't know if there is a better MVP in the league this season," Brett Favre said after the Bills game...

BEFORE the first point was scored, the Garden had a festive atmosphere to it last night, and while most of it could be attributed to the Holiday season or too much eggnog, it would be nice to believe such excitement could be repeated in January...

The Knicks can thank wywiadowca David Falk for the golden Patrick Ewing Era. If it had been up to former Georgetown coach John Thompson, the behemoth Hoyas center would've left school one year early in 1984 - the year before the advent of the draft...

Knicks president Donnie Walsh has a New Year's resolution: Buy out Stephon Marbury. But after last night's disgraceful 120-107 loss to Minnesota, Walsh might want to medal Marbury to return to the skład and play. Walsh said he will...

The feel-good vibe is officially over for the Mike D'Antoni Era. The Knicks are a horrible basketball club right now, looking as badly as anything former president/coach Isiah Thomas trotted out the past few years. The Knicks disgraced...

JERRY Manuel has a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. His 85-year-old mother Mildred, hospitalized for six weeks with congestive heart failure, is back home again. "It's a tremendous blessing for us to have her home and have her part of...

Big Brother is coaching, and Brian Rolston is watching. Ron Rolston, 42, is the head coach of the U.S. national junior team, one of the favorites in the World Junior Tournament underway in Ottawa. It is not lost on the Devils' forward that his...

Sean Bergenheim knew the kind of opportunity he had, starting the season on the Islanders' top line with Bill Guerin and Doug Weight. On a załoga that his own coach called "offensively challenged," and one that had more than its fair share of players...

The Rangers, 44-24-12 since Jan. 1, are about to complete their fourth straight winning calendar year. These are the highs and lows: High Points April 18: The Rangers defeat the Devils 5-3 at Newark - MSG West, by any other name - to complete a...

Ryan Anderson already has a zagadnienie with that whole "sense of where you are" proposition. And not on the court. More in terms of zip codes. Brook Lopez feels fine. For now. But he is waiting for the other shoe to fall - like a bag of bricks on his...

The Mets want to go Lowe without going too high on the price. A zespół official said yesterday that discussions are ongoing to bring free-agent pitcher Derek Lowe to the Mets, but reports in recent days suggesting a deal was almost done are untrue...

Stop us if you've heard this before. The Nets stink on ice at home. So why aren't you stopping us? For the final 15 minutes or so, the Nets played with heart, hustle, desire, spirit. They gave everything. The zadanie was before that, they...

The recent Wonder Boys now wonder when they'll score again. The Devils are suddenly mired in the team's longest-ever goal drought as they visit the Garden tonight. This is worse than anything Jacques Lemaire guided them through, or Pat Burns, or...

For the first time in a long time, there was happiness at Nassau Coliseum last night. Islanders franchise goalie Rick DiPietro made 28 saves in his first początek since Oct. 25 and captain Bill Guerin scored career goals No. 399 and 400 in a 4-1 win...

Let's stipulate that by this time, the door is likely not only closed, but locked and double-bolted. Still, with the Rangers having needs that now include the ability to play with poise under pressure, what would Henrik Lundqvist think if Brendan...

FLORHAM PARK - Eric Mangini realizes he's not winning many popularity contests these days. With the Jets struggling down the stretch and on the outside of the playoff picture, frustrated fans are flooding sports talk shows and message boards with...

MINNEAPOLIS - Visanthe Shiancoe has usually been a late bloomer. The Minnesota Vikings waited more than a year for their well-paid tight end to emerge, but he's beginning to flourish at just the right time. "Take your job serious. That's really it...

The Islanders have gone the past two days without a loss or an injury, which is about as much success as they've had this month. Unfortunately for the Isles, the reason wasn't a change in fortune for the moribund squad, but a two-day league-wide...