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It is never fair to blame a team’s collapse on a single player, let alone one as otherwise likeable as Cedric Mullins, who ultimately was a pretty small cog in the grand scheme of the spectacular failure that was the 2025 season. But if there is a player who came to symbolize—justly or not—that failure, […]
The Islanders swept, the Rangers sleepwalked, and everyone’s mind is already on the impeding Panarin trade.
Cue the Robert Randolph. Tonight New York (29*-18) will host the Portland Trail Blazers (23-25) at Madison Square Garden in their second and final meeting of the season. And this time the vibes are good. Friday night Knicks! Wee wheedle wheedle wheedle wheedle wump! Just last week the sky was falling in New York. They […]
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Meet the Mets The Mets signed Austin Barnes to a minor league deal. Here’s the Mets’ spring training broadcast schedule. Richard Lovelady, who was recently designated for assignment by the Mets, was claimed off waivers by the Nationals. The Mets rank fifth on Kiley McDaniel’s list of all thirty farm systems at ESPN, and he […]
The Yankees offseason hasn’t been as bad as the average fan believes: it has been worse. All kidding aside, things haven’t been explosive on the player acquisition front, but the Bombers have done plenty of work. They brought back Cody Bellinger, Trent Grisham, Amed Rosario, Tim Hill, Ryan Yarbrough, and Paul Blackburn while also trading […]
The New York Rangers ’ sell-off chatter has (somehow) moved past just Artemi Panarin. Frank Seravalli ’s recent take is that Vincent Trocheck might actually be the more valuable deadline piece. His logic is that Panarin is the bigger star, but he’s a pure rental with a full no-move clause and a massive cap number, which narrows the market fast. Trocheck is a playoff-style center, signed for multiple seasons at a far easier hit, and that kind of cost certainty can make GMs do reckle...
Here are your links for today: Devils Links A tying third-period goal from Jesper Bratt, and a Nico Hischier goal in overtime pushed the Devils to a 3-2 win over the Predators on Thursday. [Devils NHL] Well! “The Devils did well in the Palát half of this trade, but Tsyplakov is not a bum. He […]
Good morning Gang Green Nation! Maybe today is the day the Jets hire an offensive coordinator. Frank Reich is rumored to be the frontrunner in a somewhat underwhelming group of five candidates. However, it wasn’t long ago that Wink Martindale was rumored to be all but hired as defensive coordinator before the Jets pivoted at […]
We’re nearly ready to close out January, which means we’ve almost run out the clock on the last month without any professional Major League baseball being played. By the end of February, spring training games will be in full swing, and not long after that, we’ll have genuine, high-stakes international baseball in the form of […]
Sportsbooks have set player props for Karl-Anthony Towns, Deni Avdija and others when the New York Knicks host the Portland Trail Blazers at Madison Square Garden on Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET. How to Watch Knicks vs. Trail Blazers Date: Friday, January 30, 2026 Time: 7:30 p.m. ET How to watch on TV: KUNP and MSG Live Stream: Fubo Location: New York City, New York Venue: Madison Square Garden NBA Props Today: New York Knicks Karl-Anthony Towns Props PTS REB AST ...
FanGraphs | Dan Szymborski: All winter, Dan Szymborski has been running the ZiPS projections for each team for the 2026 season. Now, with all 30 teams done, he ran one million simulations of the 2026 season. Unsurprisingly, the American League East projects to be a dogfight, with four of the division’s five teams having at […]
On their road trip out in the wild, wild west, the tank-committed Brooklyn Nets went for their not-so-magnificent seventh loss in a row tonight. The Denver Nuggets, knocking on San Antonio’s door for the second seed in their respective conference, were eager to oblige. The deal looked jeopardized more than once, but eventually, everyone got […]
If the New Jersey Devils are going to salvage their season and actually make the playoffs, it would have needed to start with a win tonight. It wasn’t looking likely, and in fact they did not hold one lead all night long. But thanks to Nico Hischier’s heroics, the Devils did indeed get back in […]
The New York Islanders completed their latest season sweep of the crosstown Rangers with a sleepy 2-1 win at Madison Square Garden. The win also represented a sweep of their home-and-home over the last 24 hours, and banked some important points in the run-up to the Olympic break. As has often been the case this […]
Carson Soucy scoring at MSG, Islanders chants ringing out, and just enough fight to make the loss sting a little more.
The Portland Trail Blazers (23-25) will look to break a three-game losing streak when they visit the New York Knicks (29-18) on Friday, January 30, 2026 at Madison Square Garden as 7.5-point underdogs. The matchup airs at 7:30 p.m. ET on KUNP and MSG. The matchup has an over/under of 227.5 points. Knicks vs. Trail Blazers Odds Knicks odds to win: -275 Trail Blazers odds to win: +225 Spread: Knicks (-7.5) Total: 227.5 How to Bet on Knicks vs. Trail Blazers Game Time and Info...
When Tom Thibodeau was relieved of his duties after the Knicks’ unceremonious exit at the hands of the Indiana Pacers in May, there were a few prevailing grievances that led to the coach’s downfall. One of them was a stubbornness to lineup construction. Thibodeau’s defense always required a rim protector, preventing him from ever considering […]
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The Nets, 76ers, Kings, and Raptors are not necessarily the Mount Rushmore of contenders in the NBA today. So a four-game winning streak against them alone shouldn’t, and doesn’t, overwrite the 2-9 11 game stretch the Knicks experienced not too long ago. But, if you look at the way they have played since players spoke […]
In the early hours after Kevin Durant became a Brooklyn Net, I wrote that the Knicks were lucky to have missed out on a 30-year-old generational superstar: For the first time, there will be expectations and the heat of the Gotham spotlight. Durant struggled with the press in Oklahoma City. Even with all his individual […]
The Matchup: The New Jersey Devils (27-24-2) versus the Nashville Predators (24-23-5) The Time: 7:00pm ET The Broadcast: TV — MSGSN, Radio — Devils Radio Network The Game Preview: Matt wrote the preview this morning. The Rules: If you have been a reader here, you already know the rules. But for the rest, a reminder: […]
If you are reading this, chances are you know by now that one, Karl-Anthony Towns has been underperforming and that he’s been floated around as a potential trade candidate, and two, the Knicks have been targeting Giannis Antetokounmpo for quite some time now. Given those two truths, the contracts of the two players, and the […]
According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, the New York Giants have also requested to interview Indianapolis Colts passing game coordinator Alex Tanney for their offensive coordinator vacancy: This comes after a recent report that the Giants have also requested to interview Colts offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter for the same opening. Clearly, new Giants head coach, […]
A heck of a fight, but no win to show for it. The Brooklyn Nets went into the desert on Tuesday night to take on an improved Phoenix Suns team. There were plenty of antics throughout the night and the Nets were competitive all the way through. However, it wasn’t enough as the Nets fell […]