by Barbara Rucker | May 20, 2026 | Sports
The good news for the Yankees is that Giancarlo Stanton feels better than his MRI exam looks.
The bad news is that the MRI overrules what the veteran DH is feeling. And so Stanton remains in a holding pattern after repeat imaging last week revealed that there is...
by Barbara Rucker | May 19, 2026 | New York City
Do Cavaliers fans have Dave Portnoy to blame for their team’s implosion in the fourth quarter as the Knicks defeated Cleveland in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals? Cleveland held an extensive lead when the Barstool Sports founder seemed to tempt fate, posting...
by Barbara Rucker | May 19, 2026 | New York City
The Cavaliers led the Knicks by 22 points with less than eight minutes to go in the fourth quarter on Tuesday night. Somehow, someway, that lead did not hold. And the Cavaliers did not win. The Knicks mounted a rally for the ages in a 115-104 overtime win in Game 1 of...
by Barbara Rucker | May 19, 2026 | Sports
Heroes and zeros from the Knicks’ 115-104 Game 1 win over the Cavaliers on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden: Hero Quiet for three quarters, Jalen Brunson threw on his Superman cape when the situation was its most dire. He scored 17 points in the fourth quarter...
by Barbara Rucker | May 19, 2026 | Sports
Jeff Van Gundy, who has not been an NBA head coach in nearly 20 years, is on one team’s radar to take over its top coaching spot. The 64-year-old Van Gundy is under consideration for the vacant Orlando Magic job, according to a Tuesday report from The Stein Line....