Rays’ dominance shines light on worst Yankees fears
NY Post
Esteem and empathy.
This is where the Yankees-Rays rivalry — I suppose calling it the “Rays-Yankees rivalry” better captures the moment — resides at this meaningful milepost of the 2021 season. It can’t get that intense when only one team is playing well. The Rays defeated the Yankees, 3-1, at a sunny Memorial Day matinee in The Bronx, the Yankees’ fourth straight loss and sixth in seven tries, as Aaron Boone’s bunch fell to 29-25 and dropped 5 ½ games behind Tampa Bay (35-20) in the American League East. At the one-third mark both spiritually (as per the holiday) and literally, the Yankees are on pace to finish 87-75 and miss the playoffs, an outcome that would arguably represent their worst season, viewed through a macrocosmic prism of where they are in their competitive cycle, since they began their run of consecutive winning seasons in 1993.
Few, if any, opposing players have embraced the Reggie Miller-esque role of villain at the Garden in recent years quite like Trae Young has.
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins made a strong first impression in his debut as an analyst for ESPN during the Chiefs’ Divisional Round win over the Texans on Saturday.
The Chicago Bears are casting an even wider net as part of their head coaching search.
NFL fans were mortified by when referees levied an unnecessary roughness penalty on the Texans in the third quarter of Saturday’s AFC divisional round game against Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City — a game the Chiefs went on to win 23-14.
At various points of this up-and-down season, the Rangers almost certainly would have found a way to lose a game like the one they played Saturday night against red-hot Columbus at Madison Square Garden.
The Knicks already were without injured center Karl-Anthony Towns — the No. 2 rebounder in the NBA — when the No. 2 rebounder on their team headed for the locker room clutching his left shoulder in the third quarter of Friday’s home loss to the Timberwolves.
Travis Kelce had some jokes following the Chiefs’ 23-14 home win over the Texans in the AFC divisional round.
The Rangers have put the noise and distractions behind them. It has been about hockey and only about hockey since the calendar flipped to 2025.
The Mets are suddenly in the same place strategically trying to replace Pete Alonso as the Yankees were when Juan Soto left for the Mets. Cue, the irony.
The Knicks viewed January as an opportunity to beef up their overall record with a stretch of 12 out of 14 games slated to be played at home, but the Garden has been anything but a party so far for Tom Thibodeau’s team this month.
ORCHARD PARK — The hardy souls across western New York and inside Highmark Stadium never ask for much, just that elusive first Super Bowl championship, but first Josh Allen with the ball in his hands last on Sunday night.
Mitchell Robinson hasn’t spoken with the media since undergoing ankle surgery in May, but every now and then, he offers an update on social media on a rehabilitation process that now has stretched into the second half of the Knicks’ season.
In the immediate aftermath of Juan Soto choosing the Mets, Brian Cashman addressed media and scanned through his roster for areas of need.
For a team that often boasts about its slew of strong perimeter defenders, the Knicks certainly do give up a ton of points outside their 3-point line.
The Jets completed interviews No. 13, 14 and 15 for their head coach opening on Friday.
The Rangers haven’t wavered when describing their games for the past few weeks.
One former front office executive is suggesting foul play foul play in the Dodgers’ signing of Roki Sasaki.
No one is more taken with the idea of a “Prime Time” sequel in Dallas than Jerry Jones.