A Time to Heal, A Time to Decide BY JOE RINI Thanks to the Mets, when the Giants play the Cardinals next year, Conor Gillaspie and Yadier Molina can exchange knowing smiles at home plate. Ten years after the Cardinals catcher ended the Mets World Series dreams in Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS and […]
Dutchmen’s no-name defense will face a stiff challenge when it goes against the high-octane Indians BY MARC MATURO The vaunted no-name defense that has anchored the Tappan Zee High School football team will have its hand full Saturday night when it travels across the river to challenge high-scoring John Jay. The game is scheduled to […]
Photo by Janet Guerra The Red Raiders’ once-dominant football program has been beleaguered in recent years and was again look downtrodden after being defeated handily in its first two games of 2016 by New Rochelle and Clarkstown South. The Raiders have bounced back, however, with a route of Ramapo and a close victory over Suffern. […]
Mets in Hunt for Wildcard Berth By Joe Rini The Mets called the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s for help and perhaps they’ve drawn a Royal Flush. While the return of injured veterans like Asdrubal Cabrera and Yoenis Cespedes has keyed the Mets drive from two games under .500 in late August to the cusp of […]
Many teams still in contention for wild card spot BY DYLAN BESTLER Even though the weather is getting cooler, Major League Baseball players, coaches and fans are sweating more than ever now, playing and watching these final games of the regular season.  Some teams have already run away with the division title while other teams are […]
Backman resigns as Vegas manager BY JOE RINI A marathon season for the Mets that’s seen Yoenis Cespedes trotting on horseback in the winter, Bartolo Colon’s first home run trot in the spring, and no Matt Harvey since the Fourth of July, is set to be decided in the opening days of autumn as the […]