Who had the Knicks as the first team to hold the Suns under 100 points? Mike D'Antoni's squad did just that against the coach's former team in a 126-99 rout of the Suns at Madison Square Garden. This is probably the best game the' [...]
Who had the Knicks as the first team to hold the Suns under 100 points? Mike D'Antoni's squad did just that against the coach's former team in a 126-99 rout of the Suns at Madison Square Garden. This is probably the best game the' [...]
Photograph of Sanchez getting sacked last week from the AP At 4-6, the Jets are not on the path to the playoffs. At this point, their season is all about making themselves feel better for next year and after that. That's' [...]
Photograph of the Kings' Tyreke Evans driving past Devin Harris by Steve Yeater/AP Kings 109 Nets 106: Well, this was the one game of the Nets' road trip that the team could have won, but they lost it and are now one [...]
Photograph of the Broncos' Elvis Dumervil reacting after sacking Eli Manning (on the ground) by David Zalubowski/AP
For those that thought the Giants' overtime win over the Falcons last week spelled a turn around, think again. New York gave up the first [...]
Rangers 2, Panthers 1 (SO): Henrik Lundqvuist came up large in the shootout after stopping all but one shot in regulation, and the Rangers had their first winning steak since mid-October. P.A. Parenteau had the only strike in the shootout. Marian Gaborik had his [...]
Rangers 2, Panthers 1 (SO): Henrik Lundqvuist came up large in the shootout after stopping all but one shot in regulation, and the Rangers had their first winning steak since mid-October. P.A. Parenteau had the only strike in the shootout. Marian Gaborik had his [...]
Giants 34, Falcons 31 (OT): They needed 42 days, but the Giants finally won again. It wasn't easy: Up 14 points in the fourth quarter, the Giants narrowly avoided disaster when the Falcons started a comeback, capped by a' [...] 
For the first time in six games, the Islanders fell in regulation in a 3-2 loss to Minnesota on Friday. They allowed the Owen Nolan game-winner with 67 seconds remaining. Jon Sim had a goal and an asssist. Despite trailing by [...]
Knicks 110, Pacers 103: What's this? A Knicks win? Al Harrington handed it to his former team, scoring 26 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter, to help the Knicks snap a six-game losing streak. He wasn't the only one to fill up the [...]
Photograph of Darrell Power losing control as he tries to take a shot on Martin Brodeur by att Slocum/AP Flyers 3, Devils 2: For the first time this season, the Devils were losers on the road. Martin Brodeur allowed a goal in [...]
Photograph of Mark Sanchez after the Dolphins loss by Wilfredo Lee/AP Mark Sanchez says the Jets are better than their 4-4 record, which "doesn’t show the type of players we have, the kind of people we have in this locker room and the" [...]
Thrashers 5, Rangers 3: Henrik Lunqvist returned, but it wasn't enough for the Rangers, who lost without Chris Drury and Brandon Dubinsky. The former has a concussion and the latter has a broken hand. Not good. Artem Anisimov and Marian Gaborik helped erase two' [...]
What's a good sign your team isn't going to win? Larry Hughes tallies the most minutes. He did that Monday with 41, and his the Knicks lost, 95-93, to Utah. The Knicks continued their 2009 trend of falling behind early (by nine after one [...]
Photograph of San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates (85) slipping away from New York Giants' Aaron Rouse (26) by Julie Jacobson/AP
After a come-from-ahead 21-20 loss to San Diego, the Giants still have only one impressive win this season. Four of' [...]
Bucks 102, Knicks 87: Where to begin on this one? The Bucks shot 74 percent from the floor. They went on a 23-2 early to ice the game .They outscored the Knicks, 40-22, in the first quarter. Brandon Jennings, whom the Knicks passed over [...]
Cavaliers 100, Knicks 91: Is finishing within nine points of the Cavaliers a moral victory. What about holding LeBron James to 33 after he scored 53 in his final trip in the building last year. To answer the first question, not when the team [...]
The Rangers don't travel out to Edmonton every year, so when they do, they like to take advantage. They did just that in a 4-2 win over the Oilers on Wednesday. Ales Kotalik had a goal and two assists as the Rangers snapped a' [...]
Photograph of Alex Rodriguez reacting after scoring in the 9th inning by Rob Carr/AP
Yankees 7, Phillies 4: Alex Rodriguez hit a go-ahead double in the top of the ninth to help the Yankees bounce back from a blown lead and [...]
Photograph of Alex Rodriguez hitting his two-run home run by Eric Gay/AP
Sanchez, after the Dolphins beat the Jets earlier this season Miami knocked the Jets from the playoffs in Week 17 last season and delivered a 31-27 defeat in South Florida earlier this season. So the Jets, who finally ended a three-game [...]
Bobcats 102, Knicks 100 (2 OT): A rally from a 21-point deficit and a 14-point margin at the start of the fourth quarter didn't give the Knicks anything more than a moral victory. They didn't lead until the second overtime, but some shaky defense gave [...] 
They needed until their seventh game, but the Islanders finally won a game, 4-3 over Carolina, albeit in a shootout. They also blew a two-goal lead in the third period before recovering to win the shootout. Matt Moulson, Andy Sutton and Tim Jackman each [...]
After performing poorly on offense against New Orleans and being run over by Miami, the Jets will try to snap a two-game losing streak when they face the Bills at the Meadowlands this afternoon. How bad is Buffalo? The Bills lost, 6-3, to [...]
Photograph of Yankees fans going wild after Jerry Hairston Jr. scored on Maicer Izturis's throwing error by Peter Morgan/AP
Photograph of a disappointed-looking Matt Sanchez leaving the stadium by Wilfredo Lee/AP
Photograph by David Richard/AP When Rex Ryan took over as Jets coach, his first big splash came in a verbal sparring match with Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder. Entering the teams' Week 5 matchup on Monday night, the Jets (3-1) have a distinct edge' [...]
Photograph of the Rangers celebrating a goal over the Capitals by Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Rangers 4, Capitals 3: Twice the Rangers rallied from one-goal deficits to win their third straight game and their second straight on the road. Marian Gaborik had the [...]
Photograph of a Ranger fan reacting after Trajan Zajac scored a goal by Bill Kostroun/AP
In the first of 301 eight games against the Devils, the Rangers recovered from a slow start and took care of the the Devils, 3-2, in Newark. John [...]
Eric Goddard of the Penguins fights the Rangers' Donald Brashear, but really wanted him to check for B.O. (AP/Gene J. Puskar) Penguins 3, Rangers 2: The privilege of opening against the defending Stanley Cup champions did not inspire the Rangers, who fell' [...]
Royals 4, Yankees 3: Too bad Kyle Farnsworth can't close every game against the Yankees. Joba Chamberlain turned in a middling effort. The Yankees, who have clinched everything from the division to home-field advantage, have nothing to play for except their health. They have' [...]
Yankees 8, Royals 2: The one thing missing from this Yankees season was a Ramiro Pena home run. The reserve shortstop hit his first career homer -- and got the traditional silent treatment from his teammates -- as the Yankees ran away from the [...]
Photo by Kathy Willens/AP Raise your hand if you had the Jets at 2-0. Put them down if your first name isn't Rex or Mark. Not too many left, right? The surprising Jets go for their third straight win Sunday against the' [...]
Photograph of Shelley Duncan, celebrating after scoring on Robinson Cano's two-run single, by Chris Carlson/AP Yankees 3, Angels 2: For all the talk about how the Yankees can't beat the Angels, the Yankees did finish 5-5 against Los Angeles of Anaheim this [...]
Yankees 6, Angels 5: After a one-year absence, the Yankees will play in October again. They clinched a berth when Oakland defeated Texas. Then the Yankees bounced back to beat the Angels after blowing a 5-0 lead. Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run homer in [...]
Angels 5, Yankees 2: A righty-heavy Yankees lineup was befuddled by Angels starter Joe Saunders. A win would have allowed the Yankees to celebrate the clinching of a Wild Card berth, but the team is waiting for the bigger prize for its true celebration. [...]
Photo of Rex Ryan by Bill Kostroun/AP A Jets beatdown of the Texans, a Patriots escape against the Bills and Rex Ryan's new attitude have the Jets in a chipper mood as they prepare to face the Patriots at home Sunday. Kerry [...]
A 7-3 loss to the Braves on Thursday followed the formula of many others. At least this one wasn't painful. The Mets hung around, even tying the game in the fourth inning, before eventually falling 21 games under .500. Nelson Figueroa allowed six runs' [...]
Yankees 5, Blue Jays 4: One day after seeing Jorge Posada provoke a bench-clearing brawl, the Yankees saw his backup win the game in walk-off fashion. Francisco Cervelli hit a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth after Hideki Matsui tied the game [...]
Juan Marin del Potro, a 20-year-old Argentine ranked sixth in the world, unseated Roger Federer in Monday's final to take the U.S. Open crown away from the five-time defending champion. A day after del Potro demolished Rafael Nadal [...] 
Photo by Bill Kostroun/AP
Who has more pressure? Rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez, who is guaranteed to make $28 million, or rookie head coach Rex Ryan, who's been nothing short of outspoken since taking the job? Probably Sanchez, who has become a [...]
Marlins 13, Mets 4: So much for the hope Bobby Parnell's last start inspired. He gave up six runs in five innings, walking five and striking out six. The Mets were three runs down before they hit in the bottom of the first. Angel [...]
Photograph of Nick Swisher after A.J. Burnett cream-pied him by Bill Kostroun/AP
Left photograph of Sergio Mitre, reacting to giving up a bases-loaded walk to the Blue Jays, by Frank Gunn/Canadian Press, via AP; right photograph of Daniel Murphy celebrating his home run over the Cubs by Bill Kostroun/AP
Photo by Darren Calabrese/AP Yankees 6, Blue Jays 4: By avoiding a losing streak, the Yankees extended their American League East lead to 8 1/2 games. Andy Pettitte labored through six innings of four-run ball. That included four walks. Robinson Cano and [...]
Blue Jays 6, Yankees 0: Not much happened in this game. Toronto got a two-run lead in the first, the Yankees didn't get a hit until the sixth inning -- and didn't get a hit after that -- and a seven-game winning streak went [...]
Yankees 10, Orioles 2: The Yankees' American League East lead is now 7 1/2 games after they backed CC Sabathia in his 16th victory. Alex Rodriguez picked up his 2,500th career hit as well. This game wasn't always a laugher, but a seven-run ninth took [...] 
Andy Pettitte had a perfect game in Baltimore broken up when Jerry Hairston Jr. made an error with two outs in the seventh inning. Luckily for Hairston, Pettitte gave up a single to the next batter, but who knows what would have happened had the [...]
Yankees 8, White Sox 3: Being up six games in the standings has its advantages. They include pitching a starter for only three innings. The Yankees did that with Joba Chamberlain, then got three innings out of Alfredo Aceves en route to a three-game [...]
Photo by Frank Franklin II/AP If not for a five-set loss in the Australian Open final, Roger Federer would be rolling into Flushing Meadows with a chance for a true Grand Slam. But that loss to Rafael Nadal means Federer, who won [...]
Marlins 2, Mets 1: Remember when the Marlins helped spoil the Mets' seasons in 2007 and 2008? Now the Mets can do the same to their National League East rival, but not if they hit as they did Tuesday. They got seven hits --' [...]
Photograph of Hideki Matsui hitting his second home run by Charles Krupa/AP
Photo by Elise Amendola/AP Red Sox 14, Yankees 1: A.J. Burnett didn't have it. If that wasn't clear after the Red Sox scored three runs in the first, it became clear when Alex Gonzalez poked one out over the Green Monster in [...]
Photograph of Eric Hinske and Melky Cabrera celebrating the Yankees' win over the Red Sox by Elise Amendola/AP
Livan Hernandez, who stopped masquerading as a Major League pitcher about seven weeks ago lost his roster spot to Billy Wagner. Then the Mets went out and lost, 3-2, to the Braves. Remember when Mets fans hung effigies of Chipper Jones from the [...]
Photograph of Alex Rodriguez after hitting his game-winning two-run home run by Frank Franklin II/AP
Photograph of Nelson Figueroa hitting a two-run triple by Kathy Willens/AP Mets 9, Cardinals 0: Yes, the Mets won, but they lost Jon Niese for the season. The starter suffered a "complete tear of the right upper hamstring" -- ouch! -- and [...]
How not to get back into a pennant race: Lose three of four to one of the worst teams in baseball. Monday's 6-5 loss to Arizona capped a dismal series for the Mets. Nelson Figueroa -- he of Brandeis fame -- didn't get' [...]
Yankees 8, White Sox 5: Not since Tony Fernandez in 1995 had a Yankee hit for a cycle. But Melky Cabrera did just that in the Yankees' 8-5 win to stave off a sweep in Chicago. Cabrera got a three-run homer off White Sox' [...]
White Sox 10, Yankees 5: This whole Sergio Mitre-as-a-fifth-starter experiment isn't going too well Mitre has a 7.90 ERA after lasting three innings and allowing five runs as the Yankees fell for the second straight night in Chicago. The Yankees led, 3-0, before Mitre' [...]
Photograph of David Wright catching a foul ball hit from the Rockies' Ian Stewart by Frank Franklin II/AP
Mets 8, Astros 3: Nothing like a pair of games against Russ Ortiz and Brian Moehler to boost a team's confidence. The Mets' performance in their last two games has been nothing short of an offensive explosion. They overcame Livan Hernandez's three-run adventure in' [...]
A's 6, Yankees 4: Things fell apart in the a six-run seventh inning, when Oakland scored five of its runs with two outs. Andy Pettitte took the loss, though he wasn't helped by reliever Alfredo Aceves, who was one pitch away from escaping with [...]
Yankees 6, Orioles 4: Here are the Yankees' most recent for series: sweep of Twins, swept by Angels, sweep of Tigers, sweep of Orioles. Taking care of Baltimore is the least impressive of those -- well, maybe losing three straight to the Angels is' [...]
Mets 6, Nationals 2: If only Livan Hernandez could face the Nationals every time he starts. Or maybe the Mets could face the worst team in baseball every time they played. Hernandez is 11-5 with a 3.67 ERA against the Expos/Nationals franchise in his [...]
Braves 5, Mets 3: That was not the start to the season's nominal second half that the Mets were looking for. Oliver Perez skated through six innings, walking four -- which is probably low for him -- and allowing three runs. The bats scored' [...]
Photograph of David Wright safely sliding into home by Paul J. Bereswill/AP
Photograph of the Yankees after their win by Jim Mone/AP
Photograph by Frank Franklin II/AP
Mets 5, Dodgers 4: Oliver Perez returned and threw five decent innings as the Mets got some offense to snap a four-game losing streak and win for just the third time in 12 games. A three-run [...]
Andy Pettitte once again fell victim to his home ballpark, but that wasn't the only story in the Yankees' 7-6 loss to the Blue Jays. The bats almost bailed Pettitte out, making a furious comeback from a 7-1 deficit, but a sweep of the [...]
Photograph of Jorge Posada, post-pie, from the AP Yankees 6, Blue Jays 5: Jorge Posada singled home Alex Rodriguez with the winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning, but the Yankees were left without starter Chien-Ming Wang, who left his [...]
Photograph by Tom Mihalek/AP Phillies 7, Mets 2: That sound the Mets heard is Livan Hernandez's other shoe dropping. A guy with ERAs of 4.83, 4.93 and 6.03 the last three seasons wasn't going to keep his mark at 4.04. After he [...]
Photograph of Mike Pelfrey arguing a call by Morry Gash/AP
Brewers 10, Mets 6: In his first three starts, Fernando Nieve allowed 10 hits and three runs in 18 2/3 innings. Start No. 4 didn't go quite as well as he allowed three runs on 11 hits in 3 1/3 innings. The Mets were' [...]
Yankees 11, Braves 7: Derek Lowe didn't pitch quite as well for the Braves as he did for the Red Sox in Game 7 of the 2004 American League Championship Series. The Yankees got to him for' [...] 
Braves 4, Yankees 0: They can't say they didn't have their chances. The Yankees left 11 men on bases in a dismal performance in the opener in Atlanta. Chien-Ming Wang looked better -- except for a four-batter stretch in the third -- but he [...]
Orioles 5, Mets 4: Francisco Rodriguez had been all but perfect this season, but he looked mighty shaky in blowing turning a one-run lead into a walk-off loss. He walked in the tying run and then allowed Aubrey Huff -- future Met? -- to [...]
Photograph of Robinson Cano, right, listening as pitching coach Dave Eiland talks with pitcher Chien-Ming Wang by Bill Kostroun/AP
Yankees 5, Nationals 3: Ah, interleauge play. Where teams get an extra cellar-dweller to play. When Anderson Hernandez got a hold of a CC Sabathia pitched and gave the Nationals a one-run lead, this looked like it could be quite embarrassing. But the Yankees [...]
Photograph of Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez hugging catcher Omir Santos after the Mets beat the Yankees by Bill Kostroun/AP
Photograph of Mark Teixeira flipping his bat after lining out and ending the game against the Red Sox by Charles Krupa/AP
Washington Nationals catcher Wil Nieves (23) tagging New York Mets Gary Sheffield (10) on a hit by Daniel Murphy in the sixth inning of a baseball game at Citi Field in New York, Wednesday, May 27, 2009. Murphy's ball hit a sign above' [...]
Yankees 4, Rays 3: A two-run deficit turned into a one-run win after a bases-loaded walk (Robinson Cano), a booted double-play grounder (Jorge Posada) and an infield grounder (Hideki Matsui). Mariano Rivera rebounded from a rough Saturday to save the game for Alfredo Aceves. [...]
Kent Desormeaux (left) on Summer Bird, celebrates his Belmont Stakes victory ahead of Mine That Bird (middle) and Dunkirk (right). (AP/Kathy Willens)
At the 141st running of the Belmont Stakes a horse sired by 2004 stakes winner Birdstone won, but it wasn't the horse that most people bet' [...] 
Photograph of David Wright safely sliding into third after Ryan Zimmerman fails to make the tag by Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP
David Wright's two-run double, his fourth hit of the night, put the Mets ahead to stay against the Nationals in the 10th inning.' [...]
After two straight losses to the Pirates, anything's possible. An SNY associate producer was sent home and put in isolation with what could be a case of swine flu. Carlos Beltran missed his third straight game and stayed at the hotel with what was [...]
Yankees 12, Rangers 3: If only A.J. Burnett could face the Rangers every start. He made one-mistake -- a three-run homer to Nelson Cruz -- in seven innings for his second win against Texas in less than a week. Fortunately for Burnett, the Yankees [...]
Left photograph of Hideki Matsui watching his home run over the Rangers by LM Otero/AP; right photograph of Daniel Murphy cheering about his home run against the Nationals by Kathy Willens/AP
Mets 6, Nationals 1: After Omar Minaya finally discovered he is in fact allowed to use the disabled list, the Mets made a couple of roster moves and then went out and smoked the Nationals. Carlos Beltran's balky knee will keep him out until' [...]
Photograph of Phil Hughes pitching by LM Otero/AP Yankees 11, Rangers 1: When Phil Hughes last pitched in Arlington, Texas, he had a no-hitter through 6 1/3 innings when he left with an injured hamstring. This time around, he allowed three hits [...]
Red Sox 12, Mets 5: With all the things that went wrong on this road trip, the Mets can still be pleased they finished 5-5. That doesn't mean they should be happy with Sunday's performance. Tim Redding got destroyed, allowing six runs on eight [...]
First innings aren't always eventful, but Thursday's between the Yankees and the Orioles was. Joba Chamberlain left the game after being hit in the leg by a line drive. In the bottom of the inning, the first three Yankees to bat doubled, and the Yankees [...]
Photograph by Kathy Willens/AP Yankees 7, Twins 6: Andy Pettitte gave up two runs in the first inning, but the Yankees had his back. They got four runs before they made an out and six runs in the frame. Then they held [...]
Left photograph of Alex Rodriguez after hitting the game-winning home run (in the 11th inning) by Frank Franklin II/AP; right photograph of Johan Santana pitching against the Giants by George Nikitin/AP
Left photograph of Alex Rodriguez after hitting the game-winning home run (in the 11th inning) by Frank Franklin II/AP; right photograph of Johan Santana pitching against the Giants by George Nikitin/AP
