Last year out in Sin City, the Mets knew what they wanted and in old Las Vegas style, they lined up the closers like a cattle call for showgirls.
But this year is different, with so many holes to fill, so the Mets, the field is wide open for the Amazin’s in Indianapolis, just like the [...]

BROOKLYN, NY – As Wally Backman stood at the podium at the Brooklyn Baseball Gallery at KeySpan Park, you have to wonder what could have been.
If Backman was never fired by the Arizona Diamondback and ultimately blackballed throughout affiliated baseball, would he have become one of the better managers in baseball or would he have [...]

The Mets interest in Chone Figgins is nothing new. In fact, after the season ended a little of a month ago, the club targeted the speedy leadoff man as one of their targets during this offseason.
If they can nab the 31 year-old, it would be a real step in the right direction for the Mets. [...]

NEW YORK – As absurd as it would have sounded just a few weeks ago, it now makes total sense.
The Knicks were better off last season.
It was easy to be a Knick in 2008-09. No one expected any major improvements and when something went wrong, there was always the newly departed Isiah Thomas to blame. [...]

UNIONDALE, NY – Over the years, the New York Rangers were notorious for acquiring personnel from the Edmonton Oilers. All the way back from when they traded for Mark Messier to when Glen Sather became the general manager, the Rangers were known as Oilers East.
So it stands to reason that Edmonton returned the favor by [...]

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – The colors looked odd on the field and yes, the crowd was pretty sparse in such a large stadium, but the UFL’s first game in the New York area, seemed to be a success.
The final score didn’t seem to matter, even though Dennis Green’s California Redwoods beat Ted Cotrell’s Sentinels, 20-13. [...]

Maybe there was a curse of Shea Stadium.
Maybe the baseball gods put the hex on the Yankees after they celebrated on the Mets home field. Nine years have passed since Mike Piazza’s flyball looked oh so close to going out, only to fall gently into Bernie Williams’ glove.
Yet, now Shea Stadium is gone and the [...]

Is it on or is it off? That’s the $64,000 question everyone is asking this morning.
A day after the Long Island Press reported Charles Wang is pulling out of the Lighthouse Project, Wang issued a statement denying the report.
“Yesterday’s report on the Lighthouse project which appeared in the Long Island Press is untrue,” Wang’s statement [...]

FLUSHING, NY – There are going to a number of questions for the New York Mets this off-season, including what to do about catcher, first base, left field, the starting staff and the bullpen.
And general manager Omar Minaya – or whomever is in his role – will have to answer them one by one.
John Maine, [...]

FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – His size would make you think he’s older than his just 20 years on this Earth. And even at 6′6”, this giant is as gentle as it comes. So much so that Juan Martin Del Potro was almost in tears as he gave his post-championship press conference.
“Well, when I lay down [...]