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Some NBA games are dramatic, others challenging, others intense and fun. The matchup between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night in Portland was none of those things. Perfunctory is more like it. Fortunately, the Blazers aren’t interested in any of that fancy stuff. All they want nowadays is enough wins […]
The Athletic | Chris Kirshner: (subscription required) Who sets the Yankees’ lineups? The predominant assumption among fans is that the front office and their analytics department has the final say. Not so, says Aaron Boone. He, Brian Cashman, and bench coach Brad Ausmus all claim that Boone sets all of his lineups himself, and that […]
Must-win accomplished but who's playing D tomorrow?
The Portland Trail Blazers and Brooklyn Nets have worked up a sweat over the first two quarters of their matchup at the Moda Center tonight. What will the second half bring? Talk about it with your friends and neighbors here! Here’s the basic info in case you missed it earlier: Portland Trail Blazers (35-37) vs. […]
Mika Zibanejad’s milestone night deserved better. Instead, the Rangers delivered one of their worst offensive performances in franchise history, managing just nine shots in a lifeless loss to Ottawa.
The Nets lost (or won) depending on how you look at it against the Kings. We’re in the final stretch and guys are going down. Egor Demin is done for the year, Michael Porter Jr. is out at least 2-3 weeks, and Danny Wolf left the game with an ankle sprain. We’ll see what these […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are looking to make a rocket-like leap past the Los Angeles Clippers to gain the 8th spot in the Western Conference race for the 2026 NBA Playoffs. Fortunately, Portland draws one of the worst teams in the league tonight as the Brooklyn Nets visit Moda Center for a 7:00 PM contest. […]
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With the Yankees already heading out west for the opening series of the regular season against the Giants, they decided to make a little pit stop along the way. On Monday, the Yankees were in Arizona to end their spring season, stopping for a pair of games against the Cubs. As for the opener of […]
The Cubs met the Yankees in an Arizona spring game for the first time in 75 years and left the visitors wishing they hadn’t bothered. In front of a full house at Sloan Park that included many Yankees fans, the Cubs exploded with three home runs in an 18-hit attack that defeated the visitors 15-6. […]
When the Nets traded Cam J0hnson for Michael Porter Jr. and the Denver Nuggets unprotected first rounder in 2032, there was much weeping and gnashing of teeth. Renting of garments. The whole biblical megilla. No excess verbiage was squandered. It was b-a-d, double-bad, bad. Who can forget Bill Simmons? He seemed actually angered by the […]
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This afternoon, the Mets announced that Carson Benge has officially made the Opening Day roster and will be playing right field when the Mets take on Paul Skenes and the Pirates on March 26 at Citi Field. The team’s number 2 ranked prospect was impressive in camp, hitting .366/.435/.439 in 41 at-bats during Grapefruit League […]
The very-alive Senators bring their playoff fight to the Big Apple for Zibanejad's 1000th career game.
The Mets’ starting rotation is a mixture of homegrown players and acquired talent heading into the 2026 season. They’ve got some young players fresh from the minor leagues either firmly entrenched or knocking on the door in Nolan McLean, Christian Scott, and Jonah Tong. And they have a group of starters they acquired outside the […]
Go get ‘em, Shōta.
The Yankees have wrapped up their 2026 spring training slate in Florida, as they prepare to begin the new season on Wednesday. However on their way out to San Francisco for Opening Day, they’ve made a little pit stop at the Cubs’ spring complex. Today and tomorrow, the Yankees are in Arizona to wrap up […]
While it isn’t ideal to want your team to lose, the Nets kind of did what they were supposed to last night against the Sacramento Kings. After a back and forth outing at the Golden 1 Center, Brooklyn lost 126-122, which means they are now one and a half games ahead of the Kings and […]
It’s finally here: this week Opening Day arrives and the Yankees’ 2026 season will kick off in San Francisco. We’ve got just a couple of spring training games left to get through before the record resets, but by the time this mailbag returns to answer your questions New York will officially be either a half-game […]
Todd McShay of The Ringer has posted a new mock draft. He has the Jets picking players at premium positions from top Big Ten programs. 2. Arvell Reese, EDGE, Ohio State At no. 2, the choices are straightforward: the polished edge (David Bailey) or the upside play (Reese). If you’re building for 2027 and beyond, […]
Bo Bichette and the Mets were a match that was made for a variety of reasons. Following the departure of Pete Alonso and trade of Brandon Nimmo, the Mets had some open plate appearances to fill in, to say the very least. Nimmo will almost certainly be replaced by Carson Benge, as the rookie hit […]
Cubs 15, Yankees 6: Michael Busch, Alex Bregman and Matt Shaw all go deep Overflow thread: Cubs vs. Yankees, Monday 3/23, 2:05 CT First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Yankees, Monday 3/23, 2:05 CT Cubs vs. Yankees at Mesa preview, Monday 3/23, 2:05 CT
Monday notes… Here are today’s particulars. Neither the Cubs nor the Yankees starting lineups were available at press time. Shōta Imanaga will start for the Cubs. Carlos Lagrange will start for the Yankees. No TV today. There will be radio broadcasts on WSCR The Score and also the Yankees radio flagship, WFAN 660 AM. MLB.com […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are back home tonight after a long five-game road trip. They’ll take on the Brooklyn Nets for the second time in eight days, with tip-off scheduled for 7:00 PM Pacific at Moda Center. The Blazers beat the Nets 114-95 last Monday in Brooklyn in a game that didn’t actually feel as […]
The Jets have a new quarterback. It is an old quarterback. Geno Smith was reacquired from the Las Vegas Raiders at the start of the offseason. Smith was originally a Jet from 2013 through 2016. His four year tenure was tumultuous. Geno eventually found a home with the Seattle Seahawks before a rocky season in […]