The general manager of the Mets, Omar Minaya, was the guest speaker at the ninth annual “21 Days of Clemente” sponsored by Latino Sports Ventures, Inc. The event is a remembrance by the South Bronx community of the legendary Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder who perished in a plane crash bringing supplies to the beleaguered population of [...]

Hours after the New York Yankees were hit with a luxury tax of $25.69 million, the World Series Champions raised their payroll for next season over $200 million. By acquiring right hand pitcher Javier Vasquez from the Atlanta Braves and seeing outfielder Melky Cabrera go to Atlanta, the Yankees opened up their options in the [...]

NEW YORK – New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman proudly took the brief walk under a tent Monday evening on the small red carpet set up by the Ziegfield Theatre in Manhattan  He and manager Joe Girardi were there to celebrate the premiere viewing of the 2009 World Series DVD produced by Major League [...]

While the New York Yankees had their victory parade at City Hall  LeBron James had to wonder to himself “Wow, this could very well be me in a few years!”
It was very obvious the moment King James set foot on the Madison Square Garden for his first and only visit this year, MSG is [...]

New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman and team president Randy Levine said it was not the right time to discuss the plans for next season. When that last out was made Wednesday evening in the Bronx Johnny Damon and Hideki Mastsui could have seen their last days in pinstripes.
Yes the Yankees deserve the right [...]

NEW YORK – The New York Knicks are a mere six games into their current NBA season, yet it’s certainly no secret that just about all diehard Knick fans have long been pointing toward who they’ll be watching a little less than a year from now, when their team raises the curtain on its 2010-11 [...]

New York – Lebron James took his show on the road tonight to play in front of a jam-packed Madison Square Garden that included several players from baseball’s world champion New York Yankees, this town’s role models for what a winning franchise looks like. In stark contrast, James and his Cleveland Cavaliers were matched [...]

“Boss, this is for you” was the message that flashed on the big video screen in the outfield at the new Yankee Stadium.  George Steinbrenner the owner was home in Tampa watching the festivities unfold as his son, Hal, the managing general partner accepted the trophy on a podium on the infield.
The New York Yankees [...]

As he batted in the bottom of the seventh inning in Game 6 of the 2009 World Series on Wednesday night, New York Yankees’ slugger Hideki Matsui was serenaded with “MVP!” chants from an appreciative crowd at the new Yankee Stadium.
Matsui finished that at bat by striking out, but it didn’t matter.
The damage he inflicted [...]

“After one game, one glorious game, Matsui already felt enveloped in the mystique and aura of the legendary Stadium where so much baseball history has happened. Actually, Matsui added to those feelings of invincibility by becoming the first Yankee to stroke a grand slam in his first game in the Bronx. He is now ahead [...]