• Carmelo Anthony transforms into ‘Skinny Melo’ for NBA bubble

    Carmelo Anthony transforms into ‘Skinny Melo’ for NBA bubble

    Carmelo Anthony once looked like he would never return to the NBA. Now, he looks like he did when he first entered the league. Anticipating the return of Portland big men Zach Collins and Jusuf Nurkic for the NBA restart, Anthony spent much of the pandemic preparing to return to the small forward position and …
  • Braves’ Freddie Freeman prayed for his life while battling coronavirus

    Braves’ Freddie Freeman prayed for his life while battling coronavirus

    ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman doesn’t know if he has time to be ready for the Atlanta Braves’ opener. Following a scary journey in his battle with COVID-19, Freeman is grateful to even have a chance. On Saturday, the four-time All-Star revealed he had a high temperature of 104.5 degrees early in his battle with the …
  • Giants believe Nate Solder can put woeful season behind him

    Giants believe Nate Solder can put woeful season behind him

    Nate Solder inside the building is viewed far differently than Nate Solder outside the building. Within the Giants’ walls, Solder is respected as a towering athlete and soulful leader, a durable and reliable player whose on-field performance for some reason deteriorated badly in 2019. Fans were skeptical when the Giants in 2018 made Solder (at …
  • Knicks mailbag: Why Mike Woodson may return to New York

    Knicks mailbag: Why Mike Woodson may return to New York

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Knicks. What is your view of [Mike] Woodson as a coach? My personal opinion is that he is …
  • Nick Cannon’s new talk show pushed back a year after anti-Semitic comments

    Nick Cannon’s new talk show pushed back a year after anti-Semitic comments

    Nick Cannon’s eponymous new talk show will no longer be premiering in September 2020. Dembar-Mercury, the producer and distributor of the syndicated talk show, announced the news on Friday. “The ‘Nick Cannon’ talk show will not debut this year. After conversations with Nick, we do believe that his public comments don’t reflect his true feelings …
  • After Grant Imahara’s death, ‘Mythbusters’ marathon honors late scientist

    After Grant Imahara’s death, ‘Mythbusters’ marathon honors late scientist

    In the wake of Grant Imahara’s death, Discovery and Science Channel will have a “Mythbusters” marathon from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday and from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Imahara died Monday at 49 from a brain aneurysm. The engineer and roboticist co-hosted the popular science show from 2005 to 2014, for over 200 …
  • Giants mailbag: Examining Saquon Barkley’s long-term future

    Giants mailbag: Examining Saquon Barkley’s long-term future

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Giants. Is Saquon a Giant for the 2022-23 season and beyond? — Cardinal Ximinez Saquon Barkley is signed …
  • Giancarlo Stanton could thrive without the burden of Yankees fans

    Giancarlo Stanton could thrive without the burden of Yankees fans

    The pandemic spared the diabolical Astros widespread abuse for their scandalous sign-stealing cheatathon, and maybe, just maybe, no boobirds in the Yankee Stadium stands this season will prove to be a boon to Giancarlo Stanton. If Stanton strikes out five times in a game again, he won’t hear them. Such is life when you sign …
  • Tyler Perry steps up to ‘bridge unity’ between Atlanta cops and residents

    Tyler Perry steps up to ‘bridge unity’ between Atlanta cops and residents

    Atlanta media mogul Tyler Perry is doing what he can to bring his fractured city together. The creator of the “Madea” film franchise bought 1,000 Kroger’s supermarket gift cards — and turned them over to Atlanta police to hand out to the community, his office said Thursday. “This is about the community that I love, …
  • Ray Romano’s been quarantining with his four adult kids during the pandemic

    Ray Romano’s been quarantining with his four adult kids during the pandemic

    Everybody really does love Raymond. Ray Romano revealed to People that his four adult kids, Alexandra, 30, Gregory, 27, Matthew, 27, and Joseph, 22, have been quarantining with him and his wife, Anna, during the pandemic. “Well, we have the 22-year-old who’s here anyway. And we had twins, who have their own apartment a couple …