Baseball is a tapestry and sometimes it is woven in pinstripes. Hialeah High School was on its way to a Florida state championship in 1969, one of three state baseball titles the school has won in 55 years. Bucky Dent was the star shortstop. Nine...

They weren't booing Paul Mara inside the Rangers locker room. Rather, his teammates were going, "Yoook," as in Kevin Youkilis, the first baseman of Mara's beloved Red Sox whom the Blueshirts defenseman resembles when he shaves his head and lets...

Josh Boone wants to play games - and create them and stylistyka them. So this summer Boone will take the first preria to what he hopes could be his second career - a video-game designer - when he and a couple of other NBA players, including Portland's...

The NBA has decided to take no further action against either Vince Carter or official Derrick Stafford following their New Years Eve on-court incident. The league did confirm that Stafford called the Nets' star "boy" and that he was apologetic...

The Cardinals won a lousy division. They enter the playoffs having lost four of six. These guys have a lot to prove, and they might succeed -- in proving their doubters right, Mike Freeman says.

He still has to finagle a break from the Knicks, but indications are banished point guard Stephon Marbury will wind up with the Celtics, according to a report on ESPN.com. "It will happen," a source reportedly said when asked if Marbury would...

One of the first calls that Jet management made, only hours after firing Eric Mangini on Monday, was to the crosstown rival Giants. It did not take long for the Jets to identify Steve Spagnuolo, the Giants' defensive coordinator, as a candidate...

At least with his starting lineup, coach Mike D'Antoni's priority is a załoga that's better defensively. The Knicks coach indicated yesterday that the same lineup that started Tuesday night's game in Charlotte will początek tonight's game at the...

PLACEMENT is almost everything, kickers will tell you. Life tells you, too. While watching the Giants win Super Bowl XLII from his home in San Diego, John Carney thought of how especially great it was for punter Jeff Feagles to finally win the...

It could be a major temptation for Lou Lamoriello, but at the March 4 trade deadline he'll likely pass on picking up a significant piece of loot. He'll probably have to resist renting Scott Clemmensen to the highest bidder, unable to depend on...

It's not going away just yet. The NBA will investigate what happened in Detroit, where Vince Carter was ejected Wednesday on two technicals by referee Derrick Stafford. Carter's teammates said the Nets captain maintained Stafford directed the...

The Islanders haven't won a game on the road in more than a month, a 4-3 shootout victory in Montreal on Nov. 24, and not surprisingly, they're doing their best not to think about that. "We just need wins, period," Scott Gordon said before the...

The Giants are poised for another run at the Super Bowl. Big Blue is 12-4, despite losing their top receiver, Plaxico Burress, to suspension after he shot himself in the leg with an unlicensed gun. Click below to go over the Giants' season game...

In general, athletes generally aren't thrilled at the prospect of having longer practices. But with the Rangers playing two games between December 23rd and Saturday, when they travel to Washington, Brandon Dubinsky has been happy with the extra...

Jets fans are not the only ones upset with Brett Favre. It is becoming clearer he was not beloved in the Jets locker room. Running back Thomas Jones publicly blasted his quarterback in a radiostacja interview Tuesday. Appearing on Hot 97 FM, Jones...

Jets fans are not the only ones upset with Brett Favre. It is becoming clearer he was not beloved in the Jets locker room. Running back Thomas Jones publicly blasted his quarterback in a rozgłośnia interview Tuesday. Appearing on Hot 97 FM, Jones...

Amani Toomer sat on a stool in przód of his locker, shirtless, and flexed his finely-toned upper body, thrusting both arms up into their air so that his muscles strained and bulged. "Free agency!" he said excitedly, breaking into a slight smile...

As Steve Spagnuolo rushed out of the Giants locker room yesterday afternoon, he was surprised to see a large massmedia contingent waiting in the dank hallway. He explained he couldn't okazja to chat, saying, "I got to go to work." Someone quickly shot...

The dream of Bill Cowher coaching the Jets died less than 48 hours into the team's search for a new head coach. Now the Jets are left formulating zapowiedź B. That zapowiedź includes Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, Ravens defensive...

AS THE [Woody Johnson] World Turns, and stomachs of the Jets' long-suffering fans turn along with it as they brace for the arrival of a new coach and possible return of an old quarterback, the prospects for a Happy New Year hinge too heavily on...

When it komes to the regular season, which version of piłka nożna is supreme: college or the pros? Mike Freeman will take the one that doesn't load up the schedule with embarrassing mismatches.

AUBURN HILLS - The whistle for a second technical that signaled the ejection of Vince Carter came almost as quickly as the detonation of Carter's temper yesterday. Only the participants know what actually was said, but reporters sitting...

The Mets are playing Lowe ball, but their target isn't biting. According to a baseball source, Derek Lowe is hardly overwhelmed by the three-year offer of about $36 million the Mets have extended him, potentially sending the sides toward a...

NET NOTES AUBURN HILLS - Maybe you didn't notice amid the mess swirling around Vince Carter's ejection here yesterday, but there was a rotation change. Eduardo Najera moved up as the back-up to Yi Jianlian, replacing Ryan Anderson who has been...