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Reports that Major League Baseball is considering playing under quarantine conditions in Arizona and Florida don’t sit well with Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Zack Wheeler. Wheeler, whose wife Dominique is due to deliver their daughter in July, said he would balk at the plan if approved. “I am not going to miss the birth of my first child. …
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Well, I guess this is one way to stanch our disappointing string of championship-free seasons around here: stop having any kinds of seasons. I prefer the alternative, even if it takes place in an alternate universe, a fantasy world in which we are allowed to have the sports year of our dreams. What would that …
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On May 25, 2016, Madison Square Garden erupted with warmth and excitement upon welcoming Yeshiva University’s commencement speaker: Robert Kraft. “Well, thank you,” the owner of the enemy Patriots said as he took the stage, and then he quipped: “That’s not the reception I typically get when entering sports arenas in New York.” What happened …
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Forbes estimates the New York Yankees are baseball’s most valuable franchise at $5 billion, up 9 percent over last year and 47 percent more than the No. 2 Los Angeles Dodgers at $3.4 billion. The Yankees are second among all sports in Forbes’ evaluations to the Dallas Cowboys, listed at $5.5 billion in the last …
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Three weeks at home when he normally would be playing baseball has given Wilson Ramos a new perspective on life. “It’s the first time I have spent too much time off without a job, it’s crazy,” the Mets catcher told The Post in a phone conversation this week. “At some point you wake up and …
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The economic element is powerful. Of course, MLB owners and players want to return to play because that is the way both are paid. But the sport also is receiving insights and advice from important federal officials and national health organizations suggesting a return to the field could provide a) confidence to the country that …
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MLB officials on Monday sketched out for the first time to the Players Association a vision of re-starting first spring training in May and then beginning a season a few weeks later, with all of the training and games played exclusively in Arizona with no crowds. The Associated Press and ESPN were first to outline …
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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 Mets. With Noah [Syndergaard] out all of 2020 and probably at least half of 2021 and probably due …
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There are 30 losers. Some lose less, some lose a lot more when it comes to major league teams during the coronavirus pandemic. The Orioles lose less. They were going to have trouble drawing spectators this year. They get to run time off the horrible contracts of Alex Cobb and, especially, Chris Davis without paying …
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As the novel coronavirus has wrecked the New York area, sports owners with deep pockets have emerged to help in the fight to battle this deadly pandemic. Here’s a look: James Dolan The Madison Square Garden chairman, who has tested positive for coronavirus, but is said to have mild symptoms, is paying arena workers in …
Reports that Major League Baseball is considering playing under quarantine conditions in Arizona and Florida don’t sit well with Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Zack Wheeler. Wheeler, whose wife Dominique is due to deliver their daughter in July, said he would balk at the plan if approved. “I am not going to miss the birth of my first child. …
