Kevin Knox, the Knicks’ 2018 lottery pick, can use a fresh start next season — and maybe a new head coach. So says Kentucky assistant Kenny Payne, Knox’s guy in Lexington during his promising freshman year.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The Jets have made a change at the top of their training room roster. The Jets head trainer John Mellody, who’s been with the organization for the past 24 years, has been replaced by his longtime assistant, Dave Zuffelato, according to an ESPN report.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Jarrett announced Tuesday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and now is in quarantine. The 63-year-old Jarrett broke the news during NASCAR’s Hall of Fame announcement, explaining that’s why he did not return to NBCSN’s studio with the other hosts.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Though the Yankees have a lot in common with the other 29 major league teams — hemorrhaging money because of the coronavirus pandemic that shut big-league baseball down on March 12 — they haven’t slashed salaries or furloughed staff members as some clubs have.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
A mugshot of Aldrick Rosas following his arrest for an alleged hit-and-run shows the Giants kicker appearing disheveled while bearing multiple cuts and scratches on the right side of his neck.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Ex-NFL player and former Georgia football All-American Bacarri Rambo was arrested in Georgia Monday night on a rape charge, reports say. Rambo was booked into the Clarke County Jail after 10 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Monday’s arrest wasn’t Aldrick Rosa’s first run-in with the law. The Giants kicker, who was booked in Chico, Calif. following an alleged hit-and-run in which police suspect the 25-year-old had been drinking, also was arrested in February 2016 for DUI, according to court records reviewed by NJ Advance Media.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
LAS VEGAS — Even in the agony of defeat, Collin Morikawa and his betting backers had to appreciate the drama of the PGA Tour’s comeback. It’s not always the thrill of victory that is remembered most.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The Sabres announced Tuesday morning that general manager Jason Botterill was fired after three years with the organization – and Buffalo fans are rejoicing. Owner Terry Pegula subsequently promoted senior vice president of business administration and ex-NHLer Kevyn Adams to general manager, making him the third GM of the Sabres in the last six years....
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe US Open tennis tournament will be held this summer in Queens — without fans in the stands — Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday, a step back towards normalcy amid the turmoil of the coronavirus pandemic.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
After using two of their three picks on position players in last week’s draft, the Yankees have signed four college right-handed pitchers to free-agent contracts. According to MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo, the Yankees have inked right-handers Carson Coleman (Kentucky), Ocean Gabonia (Everett Community College in Washington), Trevor Holloway (UCF) and Jared Lessar (BYU) to deals worth...
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe NBA Players Association issued a memo to its players on the 22 teams whose seasons will continue with pre-Orlando and Disney World protocols in step-by-step phases. Here are 10 highlights from the memo, which was obtained by The Post: 1.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
With Major League Baseball and its players association arguing over when the season should start, one of the nation’s leading coronavirus experts weighed in about when play should end. Dr.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Two former NBA players aren’t buying Kyrie Irving’s motives, believing the Nets star’s concerns about the NBA’s restart would take away from the Black Lives Matter movement should be taken with a grain of salt.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Joe Judge is facing his first crossroads as the first-year Giants head coach. This week, he was hit with the second salvo that surely reminded him “So, this is what it’s like sitting behind the big desk.’’ Aldrick Rosas, the only kicker on the roster (for now), was arrested Monday morning in Chico, Calif., in...
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareMaybe Jim Dolan will ride to the rescue. How would that be if the Garden CEO swooped in to save the Coliseum for the Islanders for one more season before the team can settle into its new digs at Belmont Park for 2021-22?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez appear to have at least one new backer in their quest to make an Amazin’ bid on the Mets. The Galatiota Sports Partners investment bank is working with two investors who are considering investing up to a combined $250 million with A-Rod and J.Lo for their Mets bid, a source...
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareEven without OTAs, debilitating injuries can still happen. Just ask the Eagles. Pro Bowl right tackle Brandon Brooks has been lost for the upcoming season after tearing his left Achilles tendon while working out at the team’s practice complex, he confirmed on Twitter.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The Islanders are somehow headed back to Brooklyn. Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov’s Onexim Sports and Entertainment, which operates the venue under a lease from Nassau County, plans to shutter the Long Island arena indefinitely while it seeks new investors to take over the 13,000-seat arena and assume the remaining debt, according to Bloomberg.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
For the second time this offseason, a Giants player has been arrested and faces serious charges. Aldrick Rosas, the 25-year old kicker, was arrested Monday around 8:25 a.m. in Chico, Calif.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The betting windows won’t be open for business at Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, but computers and phones across the country should help pick up the slack, depending on where you live.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The 152nd Belmont Stakes will be like none before it. This includes on television. NBC Sports will not only broadcast a fan-less and shorter race, but it will do so with about a quarter of its own cameras compared to last year.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Second in a three-part series examining the Giants’ NFC East foes. Even though it is understood things change rapidly in the NFL, sometimes it is remarkable how turbulent the roster shuffle can be.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
It may be orchestrated. It could be social media momentum. Or, possibly, it is simply players expressing their desire to get back on the field. Whatever the case may be, several of baseball’s big names have taken to Twitter with a simple message: “Tell us when and where.” From Mike Trout to Pete Alonso, Blake...
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareMarcus Stroman is already taking a swing at coaching. While MLB owners and players remain at odds amid negotiations to start the 2020 season, the Mets hurler is lending his expertise to young aspiring baseball players.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Second in a three-part series examining the Jets’ AFC East foes. The Dolphins enter Year 2 of the Brian Flores regime with higher hopes than last year when they dumped many of their best players with an eye on landing a prime draft pick.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
OKLAHOMA CITY — One day after Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard lashed out at coach Mike Gundy on social media for wearing a T-shirt promoting a far-right news channel, Gundy apologized.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Liverpool was almost there. As the club brushed off Bournemouth with a 2-1 win on March 7, it peered down at the rest of the Premier League from its near-insurmountable perch: a 25-point advantage over second place Manchester City.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
A high school baseball team in Iowa kicked off its season by taking a knee during the national anthem to protest racial injustice in the aftermath of George Floyd’s police-custody death.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Amanda Nunes has revealed she is considering retirement in another potential blow to UFC. The 32-year-old, two-division queen defended her featherweight title last weekend following an unanimous decision against Felicia Spencer at UFC 250.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share