Failed sweep didn’t stop Yankees from sending Red Sox message
There were maybe 10,000 folks left by the end, the bulk of the crowd scattered by the storms, if not the scoreboard. The faithful have come to realize that the Yankees are like a great football offense, capable of...
CC Sabathia in middle of more Yankees-Rays bad blood as benches clear
There’s been no shortage of bad blood between the Yankees and Rays this season — stemming back to last year — and it briefly flared up after the top of the sixth on Tuesday night when CC Sabathia and...
Mets train wreck, Van Wagenen’s credibility: Why even believe?
Brodie Van Wagenen said Monday that Mickey Callaway “has our full support to lead this team for the foreseeable future,” but how far into the future can the Mets’ rookie general manager really foresee if he was the guy...
Mets vs. Giants: Zack Wheeler will beat San Francisco
Tour de Fraud champ Lance Armstrong on his “Next Stage” interview: “I wouldn’t change a thing … the way I acted … the lessons I’ve learned … I don’t get investigated, sanctioned.” Stitches reliable sources say Jussie Smollett, also...
What Jets’ Chris Herndon thinks about his four-game ban
Chris Herndon knew discipline of some kind was coming. He just didn’t know the amount for his DWI arrest in June 2018. So as disappointed as he may have been to be handed a four-game suspension for violating the...
Aaron Hicks suffers elbow injury after Encarnacion heads to IL
The Yankees keep winning and the injuries keep following. First it was Edwin Encarnacion. Later Aaron Hicks. Two more key players lost, the duo joining Luke Voit on the possible endangered Yankees list that could hamper this team’s hopes...
Ex-Met Frank Viola gets ejected after robot umpire tirade
Who said robot umpires would make the game less controversial? Former Mets pitcher Frank Viola didn’t take long to inject some fury into the new era of the Atlantic League, which now has its home plate umpires using an...
Bengals’ A.J. Green carted off with ankle injury
The Giants aren’t the only team facing injury issues at receiver. The Bengals saw star wideout A.J. Green get carted off the field with a left ankle sprain after going down while running a route at Saturday’s training camp...
This is the Subway Series’ most glaring mismatch
The back end of the Yankees bullpen features one reliever after another with closer stuff. When a significant portion of the Mets bullpen enters, it usually means the game is closer to over — in favor of the opposition....
Time is now for Shamorie Ponds to show what he’s got
LAS VEGAS — Shamorie Ponds is a long way from Brooklyn and St. John’s, but he’s feeling right at home. His fit in the Rockets’ up-tempo system or the fact that he’s teammates with two fellow New York City...