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Mets' tantalizing international prospect comes with 'line drive bat'

The Mets are expected to sign top Dominican SS Elian Pena for about $5 million.

Knicks can ease the pressure by taking care of Game 6 business

The truth is, there is only one team facing elimination Friday night and it’s not the Knicks.

Cardinals could turn to well-known managerial options with Oli Marmol on hot seat

The Cardinals may be looking for a new manager.

Rangers can change their closeout narrative

The series is not only played on the ice, it is also played between every player’s ears.

Ranking MLB's offseason moves: Shohei Ohtani, Juan Soto are shining

Ranking the top 20 moves of the MLB offseason, including the Dodgers signing Shohei Ohtani and the Yankees acquiring Juan Soto.

Igor Shesterkin is raising his game when the Rangers need it most

We talk all the time about the need for the marquee guys to elevate their respective games in the playoffs. Shesterkin has done that.

Knicks avoid repeating colossal 1994 mistake with the Alec Burks Renaissance

What Burks has done is not unprecedented. Just unexpected.

How Scottie Scheffler is juggling baby and PGA Championship: 'Two separate lives'

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nothing fazes Scottie Scheffler. Not. A. Damn. Thing. Not even the birth of his first child, Bennett, coming on the eve of a major championship week. Scheffler’s...

Everyone did their part in this impressive, high-stakes win for Knicks as they take series lead

Sometimes you really do feel like everyone is in this together: players, coaches, ushers. And fans. Of course, the fans.

Caitlin Clark's Fever debut came with struggles -- and loads of WNBA hope

Dream lives are not immune to nightmare nights, however, and this was one of them for Caitlin Clark.

Justin Thomas not feeling extra pressure with PGA Championship in hometown

Justin Thomas will play this week's PGA Championship just a few miles down the road from where he grew up and played his golf as a youth.

Mets' free pass problem coming at a heavy cost

Tuesday's loss to the Phillies was another reminder that the Mets are not going to run this summer unless they stop walking so much.

Rangers can't take do-or-die approach to Game 6

Thursday would be nice, but Thursday is not a must-win.

Caitlin Clark's debut is the moment the WNBA has been waiting for

It is in many ways the first night of the rest of the WNBA’s life, a life dragged out of the shadows of the sports consciousness by The Caitlin Clark...

Knicks need raucous MSG crowd more than ever in Game 5

A lot of home-court advantages are helpful; the Garden’s is embedded in the team’s identity.

Rangers hardly resembled themselves in listless Game 5 letdown

The Rangers lacked snap. They lacked energy. They seemed paralyzed by the opportunity to advance. They were at least a step slower than their opponents.

New Jersey native found fun again in life-changing win before PGA Championship

The win not only secured Gotterup his PGA Tour card for two more years after 2024, it earned him an eleventh-hour invite to this week’s PGA Championship at Valhalla.

Exhausted Knicks must find a way to bounce back after ugly Game 4 reckoning

The rest of the league kept waiting for this. Surely there would come a day when everything would catch up to the Knicks.

Rangers will need Alexis Lafreniere's Game 4 self for remainder of postseason

It was indeed the most compelling performance of Alexis Lafreniere’s career and there’s not even a close second. This was superstar stuff from No. 13 on Saturday night in Raleigh,...

Rangers' Game 3 hero has multiple miscues in night to forget

Thursday night’s hero was one of Saturday night’s goats for the Rangers.