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Since the beginning of last season — since the Yankees moved on from them — Lance Lynn leads major league pitchers in Wins Above Replacement (Baseball Reference), ahead of Jacob deGrom and Gerrit Cole. Sonny Gray is sixth, ahead of Shane Bieber and Max Scherzer. Pick your reason why this has occurred: 1) the Yankees …

Upper West Side restaurateurs struggling to survive COVID say the city did them no favor by moving hundreds of homeless men dealing with drug addiction into the neighborhood just as outdoor dining was getting underway. Now, in addition to making sure customers and staff are happy and safe, eatery owners also have to worry about …

Highlights from Monday’s Giants practice: Good Blake Martinez continually draws the unenviable task of covering Saquon Barkley in 1-on-1s, offering the ultimate chance to improve his criticized coverage skills. He chased Barkley downfield and broke up an underthrown pass. “He is more than a downhill linebacker,” inside linebackers coach Kevin Sherrer said. Bad Graham Gano …

“The Boys” returns for a second whirlwind season of damaged superheroes and the rogue group hell-bent on exposing their dirty secrets. “You’re going to learn more about all of the characters across-the-board,” says Antony Starr, who plays Homelander, the narcissistic psychopath superhero (or “Supe”) on the darkly comic, oft-surreal-and-gory series adapted by Eric Kripke from …

NeNe Leakes continued her cryptic tweeting spree Friday amid “Real Housewives of Atlanta” contract negotiations. “You can have it all. Just give me my name (Tina Turner),” she tweeted winking at Turner’s divorce from Ike, where she asked to keep her stage name. Leakes started the mysterious tweets last month as reports surfaced of fresh …

The Brooklyn Nets are going big-game hunting in their search for a new head coach. The team is interested in longtime Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and will look into whether they can pry him from San Antonio, according to The Athletic. The Nets were knocked out of the playoffs on Sunday, getting swept by the …

Daniel Jones should consider yelling “Surprise!” after the next pass he fires to the sideline into tight coverage. Jones spent most of his rookie season with the Giants forcing a rewrite of the many pre-draft scouting reports questioning the arm strength he showed at Duke. And he continues to turn heads even as he learns …

The Knicks have had as good an offseason as a franchise mired in a 20-year slump can have. They hired the best man available for their open coaching job in Tom Thibodeau. They have made a slew of excellent hires to flush out his staff and the front office, notably assistant coaches Kenny Payne and …

On what would’ve been Kobe Bryant’s 42nd birthday, Vanessa Bryant penned an emotional tribute to her late husband. “To my baby ~ Happy birthday. I love you and miss you more than I can ever explain. I wish you and Gigi were here to celebrate YOU!,” Vanessa Bryant wrote on Instagram with a picture of …

When the Yankees’ season resumes, most likely in Atlanta on Tuesday, Aaron Boone will write Aaron Judge into a lineup card for the first time in two weeks. “He looks good. He looks ready to go,’’ Boone said of Judge, who participated in a team workout Saturday at Yankee Stadium. “When we return, Aaron will …