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The Jets became one of several NFL teams to cancel practice this week following the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wisc. Two days after the Detroit Lions first canceled their workout to discuss social injustice issues, and one day after the Milwaukee Bucks sparked the postponement of three NBA playoff games after …
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Dom Smith kneeled before Wednesday night’s game and wept afterward. He took a knee in solidarity and symbolism. And he cried in pain and fury. How are we still here? How are black people, especially black men, still being used as target practice by police? How, after all the attention on George Floyd and Breonna …
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The Yankees began a stretch of 35 games in 33 days with a doubleheader in Atlanta on Wednesday. It couldn’t have gone much worse. They dropped both ends of the twin bill, with Gerrit Cole beaten in the first game, as the Yankees lost 5-1 in seven innings. And then they dropped the second game …
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Could Rachel Uchitel replace Dorinda Medley on “The Real Housewives of New York City?” Page Six has learned that the colorful socialite — who shot to fame as one of Tiger Woods’ many mistresses — was “on the shortlist” to join the Bravo show last season, but producers plumped for Leah McSweeney instead. And now …
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The Giants’ already-decimated secondary took another major hit Wednesday when it was revealed that rookie and projected starting free safety Xavier McKinney has suffered a fractured left foot that will require surgery. McKinney, the Giants’ second-round draft pick (36th overall) out of Alabama, was slated to start alongside strong safety Jabrill Peppers in a DB …
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The Jets could not even get to the regular season before Le’Veon Bell’s carries became an issue. The running back took to Twitter to gripe about his role in an intrasquad scrimmage on Wednesday. Bell played two series in the scrimmage and then watched the rest from the sideline. Jets coach Adam Gase said Bell …
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The Yankees have added catching depth five days before the MLB trade deadline. The team announced Wednesday it traded for Giants catcher Rob Brantly in exchange for cash considerations. Brantly is on the Yankees’ 60-man roster and will report to the team’s alternate site in Scranton. Brantly, 31, appeared in just one game for the …
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Lionel Messi may eventually take center stage in New York. After the 33-year-old soccer superstar — one of the world’s most popular athletes — formally told Barcelona Tuesday he wanted to leave the club, Manchester City is considering offering Messi a deal that would have him move to New York City FC of the MLS …
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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 Knicks. Why do so many NBA players hate the Knicks? They all celebrated when we fell to the eighth draft …
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Thirty-two days down in the 2020 season. Thirty-three to go. And it feels like the Mets are stuck on a treadmill that feels destined for nowhere. Stuck in place. Stuck in the mud. Stuck in a surreal Strawberry Fields of a season. Nothing is real. And nothing to get (upset) about. Usually. “Negligence,” was how …