There were many reasons for the Yankees to spend $180 million on first baseman Mark Teixeira on Tuesday. 1. In my column in today's Post, I wrote about how similar this offseason was for the Yanks compared to the 2004-05 offseason. That year they...

With every yard Derrick Ward gains Sunday against the Vikings, he moves closer to teaming with Brandon Jacobs for a rare accomplishment and at the same time reduces the chances of remaining teammates with Jacobs following this season.That's the...

The Vikings had a chance to clinch the NFC North against the Falcons last week before the defending Super Bowl champions and this year's NFC top seed came into the Metrodome. But they fumbled that chance away, seven fumbles to be exact (three that...

It seems fans didn't learn from 1995 when a San Diego trainer was knocked out by a thrown snowball. But, this past koniec tygodnia showed the idiocy of some of the Seattle and New England faithful, Mike Freeman says.

THE most obvious reason is money. That is why Mark Teixeira is a Yankee today. We are talking about an organization that now has the four largest contracts currently in play in the majors with the outlays this offseason for Teixeira ($180...

The Yankees stole another player away from the Red Sox yesterday, though Boston will hardly bemoan the loss of Kevin Cash as much as it did watching Mark Teixeira take, well, the Yankee cash and run to The Bronx. The Yankees did not announce any...

WHERE there's a baseball will, there's a way. The Yankees and GM Brian Cashman found a way yesterday to add what the załoga so desperately needed. The Yankees landed a Gold Glove first baseman, a switch-hitter who batted .308 with 33 home runs last...

That's going to leave a Mark. In a flurry of 11th-hour negotiations yesterday, Yankees GM Brian Cashman not only added another notch to his belt by landing Mark Teixeira, he used that belt to swat Red Sox Nation square across the fanny. Teixeira...

EVEN with a rotator cuff in need of surgery, Chad Pennington would have been 60 minutes from a Super Bowl if Doug Brien hadn't missed that 43-yard field goal in Pittsburgh in that heartbreaking 2004 divisional playoff game. This Sunday is his...

It had to come to this, didn't it? Any Jets fan worth his or her green-and-white salt would have told you this is the way this season and this story had to end. One game, a packed Giants Stadium, playoff lives hanging in the balance and the...

Shaun Ellis threw a $10,000 snowball on Sunday. The NFL fined Ellis that amount for throwing a large chunk of snow into the stands after Sunday's 13-3 loss in Seattle. Ellis might have escaped without a fine if cell phone videos of him tossing...

So many Giants players sound thrilled with the first-round playoff bye, as minds and especially bodies are fatigued this late in the season. There's a long list of those battling through minor physical issues that two weeks off should cure. The...

THE first reaction, all across baseball, is sure to be loud cries of outrage, followed by grand charges of gluttony, followed by a sea of rolled eyes and a battalion of wrung hands and a chorus of addled angst. Nothing gets the blood boiling in...

If Bill Parcells had been watching the Rangers this season, he'd take back his famous observation about a drużyna being what its record says it is. Because despite the Blueshirts taking a 22-12-3 mark into the NHL's two-day Christmas moratorium, the...

The Devils were annoyed, not dismayed. Against the conference leaders, they came up one bounce short. "Just puck luck," Scott Clemmensen said after last night's 2-0 (empty-netter) loss to the Bruins in Newark. "It could have gone either way."...

The Islanders hadn't lost 10 straight since the 1997-98 season. Until last night. The Isles' skid reached double digits with a 4-2 loss to another bad team, the Thrashers, in część przednia of a Coliseum crowd that booed several times. The defeat gave...

INDIANAPOLIS - The Nets turned to Devin Harris, not Vince Carter, when they needed a clutch play in the final seconds against the Pacers. Harris' zworka from the top of the key as time expired gave the Nets a 108-107 win over the Pacers last...

Scott Boras may not be finished doing business in the Big Apple this winter. The cudownie kret already has Mark Teixeira ticketed for the Yankees, and last night a baseball source indicated Mets GM Omar Minaya is having discussions with Boras about...

The most obvious reason is money. That is why Mark Teixeira is a Yankee today. We are talking about an organization that now has the four largest contracts currently in play in the majors, with the outlays this offseason for Teixeira ($180...

The Yankees decided to jump in and sign Mark Teixeira as a way to keep him away from the Red Sox and to improve their załoga in 2009. However, the Yankees today gave Teixeira an eight-year contract worth $180 million, two sources confirmed, because...

DAVIE, Fla. - When the Miami Dolphins missed tackles, blew coverages and ended their final offensive play with an interception in their Week 1 loss to the Jets, they looked a lot like the załoga that went 1-15 last year. The stigma of the sorriest...

It looks like the Yankees will be writing another big check, hit with their highest luxury tax in three years. The Yankees were assessed a $26.9 million tax by the baseball commissioner's office today, up from $23.9 million last year and their...

The Yankees may have just spent more than $420 million on two pitchers and a first baseman, but fans can see them play for 25 cents. The Yankees announced today that bleacher seats for the opening exhibition games at the new Yankee Stadium will...

Tom Coughlin said today that he will do what's in the best interest of the Giants, but did not say if or how much his starters would play in the season finale against the Vikings on Sunday. "My answer to all of your questions will be that in...

Any player at any risk of making a physical condition worse will almost definitely not play in Sunday's final regular-season game at Minnesota. Count cornerback Aaron Ross as someone who figures to sit that game out. Ross suffered a concussion...