Santana Struggles in Return BY JOE RINI Although less heralded than Cy Young Award candidate R.A. Dickey, Mets left hander Jonathan Niese has carved out a solid 2012 season as he looks to finish the year strong. This past Sunday, Niese capped the latest Mets homestand with eight innings of one run ball against the […]
Harvey on Broadway and Buffalo for Now BY JOE RINI For a team that has teetered at various points this season only to defy expectations and rebound again, the Mets find themselves at their latest crossroads in the 2012 baseball season. Three losses in Atlanta to open the second half of the season, followed by […]
The 6th grade boys team of the Hudson River Hornets AAU basketball club finished the 2012 spring season with a 25-5 record that included four tournament championships and a 18-game win streak. The Hornets captured the championships of the Dowd Memorial Tournament in Central Valley, N.Y., the Miranda Memorial Tournament in Suffern, N.Y., the Crossroads […]
Bad luck for Bay BY JOE RINI Judging by the success of pitcher R.A. Dickey in 2012, the New York Mets may insist that all of their pitchers take up mountain climbing in the off-season. Less than six months after the 37-year-old right hander risked his career by climbing the 19,336 feet of Mount Kilimanjaro […]
BY CHAYIM TAUBER There may not be an NHL season next year but if there is, the Rangers are more ready for it than they have been in decades. The New York Rangers suffered a devastating end to their season at the hand of their metro-rival Devils. A sudden death overtime goal, the quickest, swiftest, […]
Average retail gasoline prices in New York have fallen 4.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.86/g Monday. This compares with the national average that has fallen 3.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.65/g, according to gasoline price website NewYorkStateGasPrices.com. Including the change in gas prices in New York during […]