There's already a buzz around the Jets about having to face Chad Pennington, their former quarterback who's now with the Dolphins, in the season opener Sept. 7 in Miami. "It's an interesting twist," Jets safety Kerry Rhodes said. "He's been the...

THE Yankees face their greatest rival and greatest fears over the next six days in The Bronx. The first three games are against the Red Sox and three of the final four are against pitchers that simply own them. That is why this sets up as much as...

The Yankees declined salary arbitration with all eight of their former players who became free agents, a group that includes pitcher Andy Pettitte and right fielder Bobby Abreu. Both made $16 million last season, so the move was not a surprise. By...

Rich "Goose" Gossage smiled broadly as he held his new Hall of Fame plaque. It was nine years in the making for the dominant Yankees reliever, but he finally had his day at Cooperstown after coming up short on the ballots in his first eight...

* Only the Mets could take what should have been one of the finer, more memorable moments in franchise history and turn it into an embarrassment - and I'm not even talking about the outcome of last Sunday's final game at Shea Stadium. As...