Rick Pitino has excelled at coaching the St. John’s Red Storm, and on Thursday he gave his comedy chops a try during an appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” The first St. John’s coach to lead the Red Storm to an outright Big East regular-season title in 40 years appeared on the NBC … Read more
The biggest Nets crowd ever at Barclays Center saw Steph Curry draw cheers of MVP and send the home team crashing to a sixth straight defeat. And most were fine with that. That’s the kind of season this is, with Brooklyn’s 121-119 loss to the Warriors before a record sellout crowd of 18,413 hurting the … Read more
TAMPA — The Jasson Domínguez experiment in left field isn’t going anywhere, even if the 22-year-old still doesn’t look all that comfortable at the position. “He hasn’t played a lot of left,’’ general manager Brian Cashman said before Domínguez got another start there Thursday in an 8-4 loss to the Twins at Steinbrenner Field. “My … Read more
PORT ST. LUCIE — A Mets camp that features the owner of the largest contract in professional sports history, several injuries to an uncertain rotation and sky-high expectations after a surprise run to the NLCS last season has been “pretty standard” and “normal.” Those were the happy words of David Stearns, who listed the team’s … Read more
If you’re looking for a dark horse team, how about the often under-the-radar Twins? They are a rare club with three bona fide superstars, but health issues for all three often prevent them from reaching their potential. Finally, all three are healthy. Carlos Correa — the majors’ fourth-best player in 2024 based on WAR per … Read more
It’s like modern baseball, lousy with conspicuous, shameless artificial additives and cheap con jobs. It’s now almost an obligation to stand at first and signal your dugout for group approval — a shallow ritual — after hitting a checked-swing bloop single. But diminished standards have become standardized. Even the natural act of laughter has been … Read more
We can tell you with utmost confidence in our well-placed, impeccable sources that the Rangers’ priority going into Friday’s 3 p.m. trade deadline is not to acquire a veteran right wing to fill the hole on the right beside Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad. No Frank Vatrano, no Vlad Tarasenko, no Patrick Kane, no Jack … Read more
Stephen A. Smith is sticking with ESPN — and getting a hefty payday to boot. Smith and the network agreed to a new five-year, $100 million contract to keep him in the fold, The Athletic reported Thursday afternoon. It’s been a long process between Smith and ESPN to get a new deal. Over, the summer, … Read more
Cardinals superstar third baseman Nolan Arenado looks like he’s staying a Cardinal, at least for now — and that’s a shame. If the eight-time All-Star, nine-time Gold Glove winner and three-time home run champion seems out of place in a Cardinals camp where they are taking a rare “reset,” that’s probably because he is. “My … Read more
GLENDALE, Az. — Dave Roberts and the Dodgers have made strong progress toward an extension that is expected to top the managerial annual value record and be finalized before the team leaves Wednesday to open the season in Tokyo, sources told The Post. The deal was not finalized, but GM Brandon Gomes described “conversations that … Read more