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How Giants rookie Theo Johnson’s journey is inspired by the mother who saved their family from a violent home: ‘She chose life for all of us’

  • By Ryan Dunleavy

There was a time when Giants rookie Theo Johnson was a 7-year-old survivor of abuse in need of a hero. He celebrated that hero this past weekend on Mother’s Day.

Jalen Brunson watches the end of the Knicks' Game 4 loss; Obi Toppin blocks Alec Burks; Tyrese Haliburton celebrates

The Knicks’ true status shouldn’t be lost in that ugly final score

  • By Howie Kussoy
  • 1

Blowouts are known to exaggerate. Momentum is often an illusion. There is no greater example than Game 3 of the 2004 ALCS (Yankees 19, Red Sox 8).

New York Yankees catcher Jose Trevino, right, and home plate umpire John Libka, left, react after Tampa Bay Rays' Isaac Paredes struck out during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 21, 2024, in New York.

How Yankees catchers have perfected the art of stealing strikes

  • By Greg Joyce
  • 1

Robo umps may be on the horizon, but for now, the Yankees are winning the battle for framing.

The Jets' Aaron Rodgers drops back to pass against the Bills; Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa; Patriots QB Drake Maye

How the Jets should want their 2024 schedule to shake out

  • By Brian Costello
  • 3

The NFL schedule release has become like a holiday for NFL fans to see the roadmap their team will travel each season.

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Patrick Roy looks over the Islanders bench; Lou Lamoriello; Mat Barzal

The tension in the Islanders' parting comments before an offseason that promises changes

  • By Ethan Sears
  • May 9, 2024
  • 8:45am
  • 1

Asked whether he’s nervous about changes to the roster, Mat Barzal replied, “Definitely. It’s been three years now where we haven’t got over the hump in the first round."

Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby (right) in action during the Knicks' Game 2 win over the Pacers.

Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby stepping up when the other was down perfectly captures the unkillable Knicks

  • By Ryan Dunleavy
  • May 9, 2024
  • 7:55am

The Gods of Sports Injuries are going to have to work on their timing if the plan is to break the Knicks’ will by leaving them shorthanded.

Donte DiVincenzo, Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart during a Knicks game; Tom Thibodeau

Do even the Knicks have a limit to how many minutes they can play?

  • By Stefan Bondy
  • May 8, 2024
  • 9:30am

There’s plenty of us average schmoes who can understand what actually sends Hart into exhaustion.

Malik Nabers is introduced by the Giants; Saquon Barkley; Brian Burns

Diving deep into the Giants roster after an offseason of upheaval

  • By Paul Schwartz
  • May 8, 2024
  • 8:30am
  • 1

Here is a position-by-position look at who remains, who is gone and who was added.

Knicks fans cheer a Donte DiVincenzo basket; Rangers fans celebrate a double-overtime win in Game 2

The Rangers and Knicks are supplying nightly thrills for New York sports

  • By Bridget Reilly
  • May 8, 2024
  • 7:45am

It lends a joyous air to a sports calendar packed with an intense, highly entertaining playoff game almost every night.

New York Rangers center Filip Chytil #72, on the ice during practice at the Rangers practice facility in Tarrytown, New York.

We were going to do a playoff mailbag, but everyone wanted to ask about one thing

  • By Larry Brooks
  • May 7, 2024
  • 8:20am
  • 7

It is playoff mailbag time, and there seems to be a fair amount of interest in a singular subject matter. A small sampling, as follows: When and where do you...

Jalen Brunson shoots a jumper and dribbles during Game 1 between the Knicks and Pacers; inset: Bernard King

Jalen Brunson's Knicks playoff exploits are generational

  • By Dan Martin
  • May 7, 2024
  • 7:40am
  • 1

Jalen Brunson is putting up numbers that no Knick has equaled since Bernard King, and he may just be getting started.

The Mets' Pete Alonso watches a ball in play; Jeff McNeil fields the ball; Tomas Nido looks on

How the Mets address these issues will determine if they are bound for a wild card or a summer selloff

  • By Joel Sherman
  • May 7, 2024
  • 6:30am
  • 1

Even with nearly one-quarter of a season of additional information, I feel like I have no grasp of who the 2024 Mets are.