Before coming out of the lineup last Wednesday night in New Jersey, Scott Gomez had played 10 games with an ankle stress fracture he sustained when struck by a puck in Detroit on Oct. 18, The Post has learned. Gomez, who will miss his fourth...

Normally there isn't a greedy bone in Johnny Damon's body. However, when it pan na zamku to the jewels of the pitching free-agent mine, the Yankee center fielder has a voracious appetite. "I want them both," Damon said yesterday of CC Sabathia and A.J...

BOSTON - The Knicks finally showed fight in the fourth quarter, stopped the Celtics on their inside rampage and cut a 15-point lead to four points in the final minutes. But it was nothing like the fight the Knicks showed in the locker room...

Word is, Jim Fassel is interested in the Oakland job. Mike Freeman didn't believe it, so he went directly to the source and, after talking with Fassel, says it just might be a good match.

BOSTON - Celtics veteran guard Sam Cassell ripped Knicks management for not releasing exiled point guard Stephon Marbury, who hasn't played this season. Cassell has known Marbury since Marbury was a 10th-grader and Cassell was teammates with...

There is nothing seriously wrong with the left knee of Brandon Jacobs, but it is possible he will not be ready to play Sunday against the Cardinals in Arizona. The MRI egzamin taken of Jacobs' knee revealed no structural damage, but there is...

NO one could thwart Eli Man ning's inevitable ownership of the Giants huddle. Not even with the intense loyalty to Kerry Collins or the heartfelt respect for Kurt Warner. Once Manning came aboard in 2004, Collins knew he was a spare part and was...

Musician Bernie Williams said last night he has a new CD coming out in April called "Moving Forward.'' Just in case any GMs like Brian Cashman are interested, Williams also said he has not shut the door on his baseball career. Williams, 40, is...

After Devils practice yesterday, head coach Brent Sutter warned not to go overboard regarding Saturday's skid-stopping win over the Capitals. "It's always nice to win," he said. "And yet at the same time, I think it was important this week that we...

If the Nets were putting on their best face as potential suitors for LeBron James in the summer of 2010, they certainly made one point clear. They sure could use him. Oh, the Nets hung around for a half, but ultimately resorted to some very...

WELL, LeBron James didn't exactly mean at that political rally that he would stay in Cleveland, only that he always would consider it fondly. "That's the way I was feeling at that time," he said last night. "Home is always going to be home, and...

Roberto Luongo will be at the Garden tonight, but don't expect Henrik Lundqvist to change his game just because he will share the ice with one of the two top goaltenders in the NHL this season. After all, he's the other one. And Lundqvist knows...

2007 winner Alex Rodriguez finished eighth in AL Most Valuable Player voting announced today, behind Dustin Pedroia of the Red Sox. Pedroia got 16 of the 28 first-place votes and easily beat out Minnesota slugger Justin Morneau. Pedroia became...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Kris Jenkins is having one of his best seasons, dominating at nose guard and helping the Jets become a playoff contender. The Panthers sure made a mistake trading the three-time Pro Bowl selection for third- and fifth-round draft...

There is nothing seriously wrong with the left knee of Brandon Jacobs but it also is possible that he will not be ready to play Sunday against the Cardinals in Arizona. The MRI exam of of Jacobs' knee revealed no structural damage but there is...

Bobby Holik's broken right pinkie finger couldn't have handled anything more. The injured Devils center had a positive development yesterday, when the pins and cast were removed from his pinkie. But Holik, who's been out since Oct. 18, also...

The Yankees will play the first exhibition games at the new Yankee Stadium against the Cubs on Friday, April 3, at 7:05 p.m. and Saturday, April 4, at 1:05 p.m. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it marks the Yankees' first preseason...

NBA Player's Association attorney Hal Biagas is expected to zestawienie Stephon Marbury buyout talks with Knicks president Donnie Walsh tomorrow or Thursday, with a possibility of a formal proposal coming by week's end, according to a person familiar...

Who says George Steinbrenner has stepped away from the table? The Yankees, for the second time inside a week, are on the verge of making an eye-popping offer to a free-agent pitcher and behaving like the days when The Boss threw money at free...

They were trailing and scoreless through two periods. Again. They tied the match in the third. Again. They won a 1-0 shootout competition. Again. Introducing your Eastern Conference-leading Rangers, now 14-5-2 after last night's 2-1 Garden...

The Giants hope running back Brandon Jacobs will not miss any time with a knee injury that required a precautionary MRI yesterday. Jacobs injured a knee in the first half of Sunday's 30-10 victory over the Ravens. "There is a little swelling...

Because of a rash of injuries, the Nets should have 10 players available tonight for Cleveland and LeBron James at the Meadowlands. That should be enough to go after him, assuming all 10 play at once - and guard him simultaneously. As important...

THE Jets and their fans can carry a grudge better than even Thomas Jones last week carried the ball. Thus, Thursday night in Foxborough didn't have to be the game to end all games, as long as it was the game perceived to end all Patriot head games...

BOSTON - Mike D'Antoni's speedball system, a soft schedule and luck have all played a role in the Knicks' surprisingly potent 6-4 start. And the Knicks got more than a little luck of the Irish last night after landing in Boston and finding out...

Amani Toomer was talking the other day about his former teammate Kerry Collins and the notion that he is nothing more than a "game manager" when it pan to defining his worth to the unbeaten Titans. "It's like they want to say something good...