LAS VEGAS – Initially, the Yankees asked the wrong drużyna at the wrong time to consider eating a portion of Mike Cameron's $10 million contract. The Brewers were furious at where the Yankees' took the all-time pitching record contract to kraj związkowy CC...

If the World Champion Phillies are worried about the new-look Mets bullpen, they certainly aren't showing it. Philadelphia ace Cole Hamels called the Mets "choke artists" in an interview today on WFAN with Evan Roberts and Joe Benigno. "Last...

LAS VEGAS -- Brian Cashman again jetted away from the Winter Meetings to meet face-to-face with a lefty starter. But this time, the Yankees GM was not ready to offer a record contract as an inducement, as he did with CC Sabathia. Instead, Cashman...

LAS VEGAS – Power is an aphrodisiac and, when it pan to power in baseball, consider the New York teams in love. While most other organizations crawled into a fiscal fetal position at the Winter Meetings, the Mets and Yankees brandished their...

Saints quarterback Drew Brees received the most fan votes for the NFL Pro Bowl overall, followed by Jets quarterback Brett Favre and Giants quarterback Eli Manning. The Redskins won the fan Pro Bowl voting in nine of 19 positions for the NFC...

No one is going to call him "Broadway Brett" just yet, but Brett Favre showed his inner Namath yesterday when asked about the free-falling Jets' playoff hopes. "I expect us to make the playoffs," Favre said. "I would hope that every guy in the...

There's no denying how impressed a few of the Giants were when they hit the remote Monday night and watched the Panthers' running game totally obliterate a quality Buccaneer defense. "It was outstanding," running back Derrick Ward said. "I've...

The Knicks were the guys who played the night before. The Knicks were the guys using a complement of players that could fit into a mini-Cooper - with room to spare. Yet the Nets were the guys who were utterly defenseless and pummeled in the...

The Jets' pass defense sunk to 31st in the league rankings this week, better than only dismal Seattle. Niners quarterback Shaun Hill and his receivers had a field day against the Jets, racking up 275 yards and facing very little pressure. The...

BRETT Favre said yesterday he expects to make the playoffs. With games remaining only against the dying Bills, the 2-11 Seahawks and a Dolphin załoga that has beaten Oakland, Seattle and St. Louis by a total of eight points, even Browning Nagle...

Domenik Hixon was a safety in college at Akron, so he knows something about having a short memory and not allowing a bad play to get him down. That experience should serve him well this week after his key drop of what could have been an 85-yard...

LAS VEGAS - The Mets arrived at the Bellagio without a closer. They are leaving the Winter Meetings with two. On the same day the Mets officially announced the signing of Francisco Rodriguez and gave him a tour of Citi Field, they landed J.J...

Cuttino Mobley, a Knick less than three weeks who never played a minute for the team, has decided to retire because of signs he has a potentially life-threatening heart disease, according to three people familiar with the situation. Mobley, a...

The Yankees are not stopping at the $160 million they have promised CC Sabathia. They were working into the early hours today to finalize a deal for A.J. Burnett that not only would mean they had added two electric right-handers - but also that...

Alex Rodriguez, Johnny Damon and Derek Jeter offered hosannas yesterday about the Yankees signing CC Sabathia. And a former teammate and manager predicted great things for the Yankees' latest high-priced addition who will need every inch of a...

LOOK, we've all been around the block a time or three, all of us, so let's not pretend to be offended by the hand wringing CC Sabathia put everyone through the past few weeks. This isn't the first time an A-List pitcher took issue with our fair...

To secure CC Sabathia, the Yankees had to go farther west than Las Vegas and further north than $140 million. Nevertheless, it was worth every frequent-flyer pogodnie and dollar to the Yanks to secure their top offseason target. The Yankees and...

LAS VEGAS - There are now two elite closers in New York, but is the town big enough for both Mariano Rivera and new Met Francisco Rodriguez? K-Rod pan grodowy with fastball, change-up, slurve and a reputation for sometimes irritating folks both on the...

After signing closer Francisco Rodriguez away from the Angels, the Mets dealt seven players, including four minor leaguers, to the Mariners and Indians for Seattle's closer, J.J. Putz, and two other players. Along with major leaguers Aaron...

Sal Yvars, a backup catcher with the New York Giants throughout the late 1940s and early '50s who would become one of the great baseball raconteurs and a beloved local sports character, passed yesterday at 84. A member of the 1951 "Shot Heard...

Nets coach Lawrence Frank had settled his center position. Brook Lopez was staying as the starter and Stromile Swift was staying as the backup. Josh Boone, the starter for seven games before injury struck, would have to earn back his time. Then...

ATLANTA - Truth be told, it turns out the Rangers weren't remotely as happy with their effort in Sunday's 3-0 Garden defeat to the Flames as they pretended in the locker room afterward. "We had a players-only meeting on Monday in which we...

It all becomes prelude for tomorrow night, these three straight - and eight of nine - Devils victories. For once, the cliche is true. The big game really is the next one - when the Rangers come to Newark. The Devils have been dominated by their...

ATLANTA -- Glen Sather will indeed meet with Mats Sundin when the 37-year-old unrestricted free szpicel center is at the Garden for Saturday's Rangers-Hurricanes match, The Post has confirmed. Sundin has been scheduled to attend the game to promote a...

LAS VEGAS - The Mets will open their new etap with an elite closer. In the first major move to distance themselves from another late-season collapse, the Mets yesterday agreed to a three-year contract with Francisco Rodriguez. Thus, the Mets...