LAS VEGAS – CC Sabathia is not going to play on the West Coast. He is not going to play in the National League. CC Sabathia is going to be a Yankee, The Post has learned exclusively. After three straight days of face-to-face meetings between GM...

The Yankees listened to the whispers about CC Sabathia avoiding The Bronx. Yet they didn't hear it from his lips and knew no other drużyna was going to come close to their $140 million offer. So, three days of face-to-face meetings between GM Brian...

LAS VEGAS – In the span of 24 hours, New York fans learned they could expect these spectacles in upcoming Subway Series: A-Rod vs. K-Rod And Sabathia vs. Santana. Both teams secured their No. 1 target during these Winter Meetings. The Mets agreed...

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

New Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. wasted no time acknowledging what Francisco Rodriguez will add to the rivalry with the Mets. Or, what he won't add. "I don't think it affects us much," Amaro Jr. told the http://www.philly...

An arrest warrant has been issued for former New York Giants star Mark Ingram after he failed to report to federal prison on money laundering and pula fraud charges. Ingram, who pleaded guilty in November 2005, had been ordered to surrender to a...

Mike Freeman took a concealed weapons class years ago -- just for the knowledge -- and two things in particular made an impression: Handgun owners span the societal spectrum; and it's not advised to carry a gun outside the state in which you're licensed. So, why didn't Plaxico Burress know the latter?

The Rangers have been near the bottom of the NHL in power-play goals and percentage all season - and Chris Drury says he's tired of it. "We've been bottom 10 in the league all year, I think," Drury said at practice yesterday of the Blueshirts'...

SO IT turns out that someone has detected an upside to the calamities that have turned the economy to oatmeal. Good for the Mets. A few months ago, before the Dow started modeling itself on the old parachute ride at Coney Island, Paul Kinzer...

Andy Pettitte is keeping Joe Girardi in the dark about the 2009 season. Ten days ago, the Yankee skipper spoke with Pettitte and didn't get an indication the veteran lefty will definitely be back in The Bronx. "You know, he didn't really give...

CHICAGO - It wasn't the Knicks' roster. It wasn't the money. It wasn't the Broadway plays. It definitely wasn't Stephon Marbury's presence on the club. Mike D'Antoni chose New York over "The Second City" because Knick president Donnie Walsh...

How it started doesn't matter. But the topic surfaced about who had the best point guard in the area. For years, except among the clinically moronic, the answer favored the Nets in New Jersey, where Jason Kidd resided. Kidd's gone. But Devin...

CHICAGO - Chris Duhon racked up 15 points and 14 assists - a solid stat line in his return to United Center. But all Duhon cares about is victories, and his three straight missed baskets in the final 3:30 prevented a winning homecoming last...

DURING Eric Mangini's first year as Jets coach, some of the players nicknamed him "The Penguin." The moniker was given because of his body shape and the way he waddles when he walks. It also fits Mangini's public fisza - serene...

A VICTORY on Sunday in their final game ever at Texas Stadium assures the NFC East champion Giants of no worse than the No. 2 seed in the NFC and a bye in the first round of the playoffs. They are aiming higher - for the top seed and the home...

At some point, you can expect Francisco Rodriguez's save celebrations to prompt some Joba-like controversy. Joba Chamberlain's tendency to deliver exuberant fist pumps on the mound has drawn its share of attention. With K-Rod coming to the Mets...

PHILADELPHIA - Simon Gagne scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with less than nine minutes left last night to lead the Flyers to a 4-3 victory over the Islanders. Gagne scored on a one-timer at 11:08 of the third miesiączka - just 11 seconds after...

Scott Clemmensen remembers the game well. On Jan. 3 of this year, Clemmensen, starting in goal for the Maple Leafs, played well for two periods against Pittsburgh before falling apart in the third in a 6-2 loss. "I never saw the NHL again the...

LAS VEGAS – The Mets and Francisco Rodriguez today agreed on a three-year, $37 million contract that will make K-Rod their closer. Rodriguez, who saved a single-season record 62 games last season, was looking for a longer, more lucrative deal...

LAS VEGAS -- Francisco Rodriguez will be durable. He will handle New York without a problem. And he will be a top-notch closer for years. These were the testaments given about Rodriguez by Angels manager Mike Scioscia and center fielder...

LAS VEGAS - Tony Kubek, a Yankees shortstop who became a fixture on NBC's "Game of the Week" telecasts for more than two decades, was honored with the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award today. The award is presented annually for major contributions...

Andy Pettitte could end up pitching in The Bronx this season -- but in a Red Sox uniform! The Boston Globe is reporting that the southpaw is one of several options Boston is exploring to fill an opening in their starting rotation. "They have...

LAS VEGAS -- It appears that the Yankees are finally getting the clue: CC Sabathia does not want to be married to them. Sabathia has all but hung out a shingle that says: Anyone but the Yankees. So the Yankees are intensifying their efforts to...

LAS VEGAS – The Mets were on the brink last night of closing their most important game of the offseason - landing closer Francisco Rodriguez. Rodriguez's agent, Paul Kinzer, said, "I am more optimistic than I have ever been" about finalizing a...

Even though Billy Wagner says it's possible for him to return next season, he insists he won't try to force it. But if the Mets signed Trevor Hoffman to be his closer replacement, Wagner admits he'd be even more motivated to come back and set...