A week ago, when the Islanders lost two straight games in Florida and talked positively about how they played, it was easy to be dismissive. Now? Those losses look to have been building blocks. And if the three games that followed — successive victories over the Rangers, Carolina and Colorado…
Oakland may be out of professional sports teams sooner rather than later. The future of the Athletics in Oakland has been in limbo for several years, but MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred thinks a new destination is on the horizon. Manfred told Sirius XM that he’s no longer optimistic they will remain in Oakland, and a move…
Kyrie Irving disagrees with the implication he is anti-Semitic. After the Nets star on Thursday tweeted a link to “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,” a 2018 film that is filled with anti-Semitic disinformation, he began to receive blowback from his employers on Friday. A Rolling Stone story cited…
It was a banner botch! Six-time Grammy-nominated singer Eric Burton forgot the words to “The Star-Spangled Banner” while opening up Game 1 of the World Series between the Phillies and Astros. The 33-year-old Texas native who is the lead singer for the band, The Black Pumas, delivered a performance of…
Amid a four-game losing streak, the Rangers are preaching calm, and that extends to the performance, or lack thereof, of individual players. Case in point: Alexis Lafreniere. The former top-overall pick hasn’t scored a point since the Rangers last won. They need production from him on the right side of…
Jameson Taillon joined the Yankees in 2021 coming off a second Tommy John surgery. In the two years since that trade with the Pirates, he has proven to be one of the more durable arms in the major leagues, which may be his selling point as he enters free agency…
With each passing week, it became obvious to the Giants coaching staff and front office that Kadarius Toney was lacking in at least two of the three tenets of the new regime. Brian Daboll insists his players are smart, tough and dependable and “tough’’ and “dependable’’ were never part of…
DENVER — A LeBron James-led team doesn’t begin 0-4 often. Not since his rookie season has one of his teams stumbled out of the starting gate quite like this. “It’s a new system. It’s a new group of guys together,” James explained. “We’re still trying to get familiar with one…
One of Terry Robiskie’s favorite teaching tactics is asking questions with incorrect information as a way to separate the players who truly know their assignments from the yes men. In a room full of Jaguars running backs in 2020, the longtime NFL assistant coach mentioned scanning the defense from the…
Here we go! After months of baseball action, the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros collide in the 2022 World Series! The Phillies finished the regular season with a 87-75 record, a distant third in the NL East. But never underestimate the heart of an underdog. After defeating the St. Louis…
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