Knicks emerging as prime-time destination for stars
NY Post
It wasn’t just 2019 when Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving blew off the Knicks without a meeting. Kemba Walker of The Bronx didn’t want one either.
Kawhi Leonard barely had the Knicks on his radar, though would’ve sat down with ex-president Steve Mills as a courtesy. Leonard’s “Uncle Dennis” of New Jersey is an old friend of Mills. The free-agent freeze extended to last November, even after Tom Thibodeau was named head coach. Don’t believe the Knicks wouldn’t have offered Toronto’s point guard Fred VanVleet four years, $85 million. He didn’t even take the Knicks’ call. How was that 12th-place conference finish, Freddie?
It was exactly 1 p.m. Christmas Eve, and the Giants were just beginning their first full practice of the week for their second-to-last game of this miserable losing season.
Brandon Aiyuk issued a mea culpa after a video he shared over the weekend landed him in some hot water.
All eyes are on Travis Kelce and a lingering decision about his football future.
WASHINGTON — It was a merry night for the Rangers in our nation’s capital.
Maxx Crosby isn’t thinking about Fernando Mendoza or whoever may be considered the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.
MINNEAPOLIS — Julius Randle had been quiet, just 3-for-11 from the field.
The decision Doug Armstrong’s management group needs to make before the Canadian Olympic roster is announced on New Year’s Eve cannot be about letting Matthew Schaefer be around the group before he takes a leading role in the 2028 World Cup or 2030 Olympics.
The cold, unappetizing truth for Steve Cohen is that he has only one person to blame for the backlash presently aimed at his baseball team, and it isn’t David Stearns. Oh, Stearns makes for an easy target, a never-played-the-game Harvard man who is the perfect contrast to the rub-some-dirt-on-it tobacco chompers who ruled the game for a century.
PHILADELPHIA — A third of the way through the Nets’ season, the focus — and worry — is all about the tank.
Aaron Glenn’s wish is giving Jets fans a game they can remember in the home finale against the Patriots on Sunday.
Trent Williams’ Hall of Fame career won’t be ending anytime soon.
Brian Burns might not be able to overcome the stench of the Giants’ 2-13 record and Myles Garrett’s incredible season to win NFL Defensive Player of the Player, but he is headed back to the Pro Bowl.
Official men’s hockey rosters for the 2026 Olympic Games are due at the end of the month.