• ‘Drives me insane’: Book reveals messy Mets downfall

    ‘Drives me insane’: Book reveals messy Mets downfall

    A injury to star starter Noah Syndergaard was an omen of what was to come in the Mets’ doomed 2017 season, described in this excerpt from Post beat reporter Mike Puma’s upcoming book, “If These
  • The incredible mystery surrounding a tennis legend

    The incredible mystery surrounding a tennis legend

    From THE DIVINE MISS MARBLE: A Life of Tennis, Fame and Mystery by Robert Weintraub, to be published July 14 by Dutton, an imprint of The Penguin Publishing Group, a member of Penguin Random House, LLC. Copyright © 2020 by Robert Weintraub The Swiss Alps dominated the landscape. The mountains didn’t know it was 1945, …
  • How Larry David turned his Yankees pain into ‘Seinfeld’ gold

    How Larry David turned his Yankees pain into ‘Seinfeld’ gold

    Post sports writer Peter Botte is the author of “The Big 50: The Men and Moments That Made the New York Yankees” (available in paperback Tuesday), an entry in the popular “Big 50” sports books series. This excerpt is taken from Chapter 49: “George Costanza.” “Ruth. Gehrig. DiMaggio. Mantle … Costanza?” When the greatest sitcom …