Sports

22-NBA team restart plan puts Nets’ playoff spot at risk

22-NBA team restart plan puts Nets' playoff spot at risk

The Knicks will not join the Nets in Orlando. But the Nets could still join the Knicks in the lottery. The 22-team proposal to restart the season expected to be approved Thursday by the Board of Governors has made the Nets’ playoff plans a bit more precarious than the other 22-team scenario. In one version of the 22-team proposal, the …

Read More »

Jim Abbott’s no-hitter is the most inspiring in Yankees history

Jim Abbott's no-hitter is the most inspiring in Yankees history

No one sees a game without hits coming. Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series came after he failed the last two innings in his previous start. Dwight Gooden pitched a no-hitter after returning from a season-long suspension, pitching 11 years past his peak. David Wells claimed perfection, while claiming to be hungover. Still, Jim Abbott’s hitless game …

Read More »

Akiem Hicks shades Bears for not signing Colin Kaepernick

Akiem Hicks shades Bears for not signing Colin Kaepernick

Akiem Hicks believes the Bears’ elections speak for themselves. While speaking on Wednesday about ongoing racial tension across the country, the veteran defensive tackle spoke about the teams, including his, who declined to sign Colin Kaepernick, who has yet to find a QB concert after protesting racial injustice kneeling during the national anthem in 2016. “We signed Mike Glennon,” Hicks …

Read More »

How Gene Michael saved a desperate Yankees franchise

How Gene Michael saved a desperate Yankees franchise

A Joel Sherman series tells how the 1990 Yankees fiasco laid the foundation for a dynasty. George Steinbrenner was Jerry Jones and Mark Cuban, if they were one person. It was a force of nature. The people who worked for Steinbrenner will tell you that they can sense his presence even before he appears. And the room changed with his …

Read More »

The brutal schedule should bring lower expectations

The brutal schedule should bring lower expectations

You ask, we answer. The Post is answering readers’ questions about New York’s biggest professional sports teams, and having our rhythm writers answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Jets. The second half of the Jets season went well, mainly because his schedule was so smooth. This year the schedule is brutal. However, with …

Read More »

Drew Brees apologizes for kneeling controversy: I’m not the “enemy”

Drew Brees apologizes for kneeling controversy: I'm not the "enemy"

Drew Brees does not believe that he is the “enemy”. The Saints quarterback apologized for his comments Wednesday, when he told Yahoo Finance that he would never support players who knelt during the national anthem. The comments were quickly reprimanded by Brees’ teammates, others in the NFL, athletes like LeBron James and Some New Orleans residents. “I would like to …

Read More »

Coco Gauff demands change and promises to fight racial injustice

Coco Gauff demands change and promises to fight racial injustice

The 16-year-old went to a peaceful demonstration in her hometown of Delray Beach, Florida, amid widespread protests over the death of George Floyd. Currently, the American is too young to vote, but he urged others to do so to secure a better future and encouraged them to take steps to find a solution. “I think it is sad that I’m …

Read More »

Joshua Kimmich says Bayern Munich plans to join George Floyd’s protest

Joshua Kimmich says Bayern Munich plans to join English protest by George Floyd

Jadon Sancho, Achraf Hakimi, Weston McKennie and Marcus Thuram all protested during the Bundesliga matches Over the weekend, Kimmich says that all players have a “responsibility” to face the scourge of racism, not only in soccer but also in society. “I think it’s good that it’s not just a player [protesting] and maybe it’s also an option to say something …

Read More »