• These three Yankees won’t be shielded by short-season excuse

    These three Yankees won’t be shielded by short-season excuse

    It is a funhouse mirror, a high-speed free-fall ride and a freak show rolled into one. Major League Baseball’s 60-game season also is something you’re more likely to find in a courtroom than at a carnival: A viable defense strategy against allegations of wrongdoing. What, you seriously want to jettison Brian Cashman or Aaron Boone …
  • Buck Showalter opens up about Yankees tenure, state of New York baseball

    Buck Showalter opens up about Yankees tenure, state of New York baseball

    With the MLB season entering the final weeks of the regular season, former Yankees manager Buck Showalter takes a swing at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: How would you compare Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez as prospects? A: Derek had the ability to always dial up what the situation called for. If …
  • Kevin Durant was quickly turned off by idea of being Knicks savior

    Kevin Durant was quickly turned off by idea of being Knicks savior

    Kevin Durant insisted again that as his last season in Golden State wore on, he wanted no part of the Knicks’ spotlight. Too bad former Knicks president Steve Mills didn’t anticipate that as he traded Kristaps Porzingis to Dallas in late January of the 2018-19 season to clear cap room for KD and a star …
  • Joe Judge’s practice tirade was a punch to the nose for Giants

    Joe Judge’s practice tirade was a punch to the nose for Giants

    On the day he was introduced as the head coach of the New York Football Giants, Joe Judge vowed he would deliver a team that would punch the opponent in the nose for 60 minutes. Four days from facing the rough and tough Steelers, four days from opening night, four days from the fulfillment of …
  • Yankees-Orioles opener postponed with Friday doubleheader on tap

    Yankees-Orioles opener postponed with Friday doubleheader on tap

    There will be no baseball in The Bronx on Thursday. The series opener between the Yankees and Orioles at Yankee Stadium was officially postponed with inclement weather rolling in. The game has been rescheduled as a part of a Friday doubleheader beginning at 4:05 p.m. ET, with both games slated to be seven-inning regulation matchups. …
  • What it took for Pete Alonso to finally break his Mets funk

    What it took for Pete Alonso to finally break his Mets funk

    BUFFALO — Polar Bears aren’t supposed to hibernate, but Pete Alonso spent much of August defying nature. The Mets slugger largely disappeared, depriving his lineup of a knockout punch. Alonso — who received the “Polar Bear” nickname during his rookie season last year — is now back roaring at opponents. Over his past seven games, …
  • Ray Lucas out at SNY over money dispute

    Ray Lucas out at SNY over money dispute

    Ray Lucas will not be on SNY’s Jets programming this season, The Post has learned. Lucas and SNY could not come to a new agreement on a contract, with the major sticking point being money, according to sources. Ray LucasDominick Totino Lucas’ agent, Mark Lepselter, said it was a “mutual parting.” SNY also confirmed the …
  • New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley stepping down

    New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley stepping down

    Ben Brantley, the influential New York Times theater critic, will leave the job next month. “This pandemic pause in the great, energizing party that is the theater seemed to me like a good moment to slip out the door,” Brantley said in a statement. News of Brantley’s departure was announced on Twitter by the newspaper’s theater …
  • Jets take flier on Alec Ogletree after Giants release

    Jets take flier on Alec Ogletree after Giants release

    Alec Ogletree is staying put. Sort of. Alec OgletreeGetty Images The veteran inside linebacker has a new team and a very different spot on the depth chart. Ogletree signed with the Jets practice squad on Thursday, after spending the last two seasons atop the Giants depth chart and as a defensive co-captain. The Giants cut …
  • How Ramona Singer achieved her ageless hair look for the ‘RHONY’ reunion

    How Ramona Singer achieved her ageless hair look for the ‘RHONY’ reunion

    Ramona Singer may be on her 12th year of “RHONY,” but looked as youthful as ever for the show’s Season 12 reunion. Singer, 63, teamed up with her hairstylist Julius Michael to create what he calls a “fresh and new” style for the first in-person “Housewives” reunion since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. “I wanted Ramona …