• NBA mock drafts show how unpredictable this Knicks pick will be

    NBA mock drafts show how unpredictable this Knicks pick will be

    The only consensus is there isn’t one. Considering how unpredictable this NBA Draft is expected to me, that should hardly come as a surprise. Five of the most prominent mock drafts had five different players – two point guards, a power forward, a combo forward and a wing — landing with the Knicks. CBS Sports …
  • News publishers join battle against Apple over App Store revenue

    News publishers join battle against Apple over App Store revenue

    Apple’s App Store rebellion is growing. A week after “Fortnite” maker Epic Games sued Apple for booting its mega-popular game off the App Store when it tried to circumvent the company’s steep 30 percent cut of all in-app purchases, major news publishers are banding together to seek more favorable terms on commissions. In a letter …
  • Mets’ coronavirus crisis puts Subway Series in shambles

    Mets’ coronavirus crisis puts Subway Series in shambles

    As the Mets await the results of their most recent COVID-19 tests, the entire Subway Series this weekend has been postponed. Friday’s series opener had already been called off, after a Mets position player and coach tested positive Thursday in Miami, but MLB has now postponed the rest of the three-game set at Citi Field …
  • Giants mailbag: These free-agent long shots have shot at roster spots

    Giants mailbag: These free-agent long shots have shot at roster spots

    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 Giants. Who are you most excited to see out of the UDFAs? I like [Javon] Leake and [Binjimen] …
  • Mets coronavirus fallout: Seven pressing questions

    Mets coronavirus fallout: Seven pressing questions

    The Mets became Major League Baseball’s latest coronavirus casualty on Thursday, when one player and one staff member tested positive for the disease, immediately resulting in the postponement of Thursday’s series finale against the Marlins in Miami as well as Friday night’s Subway Series opener against the Yankees at Citi Field. While many questions remain …
  • ‘Public Servants Show Up And Serve People’: De Blasio Insists on Reopening NYC Schools Despite Pushback from Teachers Union

    ‘Public Servants Show Up And Serve People’: De Blasio Insists on Reopening NYC Schools Despite Pushback from Teachers Union

    New York mayor Bill de Blasio insisted on Thursday that the city was prepared to reopen its public school district, one day after the city’s largest teachers union threatened to strike if its demands regarding the reopening were not met. Educators “know kids are suffering right now. They need support, they need what educators can …
  • Anthony Beauvillier comes through again as Islanders bounce Capitals

    Anthony Beauvillier comes through again as Islanders bounce Capitals

    The Islanders are making a habit of bouncing back from a loss to advance in the playoffs. With a 4-0 win over the Capitals on Thursday night in Toronto, the Islanders clinched a spot in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second year in a row behind a pair of goals …
  • NBA players mock Knicks’ lottery misfortune

    NBA players mock Knicks’ lottery misfortune

    The rest of the NBA is keenly aware of the Knicks lack of lottery luck. With the woeful franchise falling back to the No. 8 pick in Thursday’s 2020 NBA Draft Lottery — despite having the sixth-best odds at the top pick — players around the league took notice. “L. O. L.,” Nets guard Spencer …
  • Knicks fall to No. 8 pick in 2020 NBA Draft as lottery misery continues

    Knicks fall to No. 8 pick in 2020 NBA Draft as lottery misery continues

    The streak continues as the Knicks not only failed to move up but they dropped from No. 6 to 8 in Thursday’s lottery. The Knicks haven’t moved up since 1985 when they won the first Patrick Ewing lottery. It means the chances of drafting LaMelo Ball will be extremely tough unless he falls and the …
  • It was only matter of time before coronavirus hit New York sports

    It was only matter of time before coronavirus hit New York sports

    This hits home now. We always knew that was a possibility, if not a certainty. As the coronavirus made its merry way around Major League Baseball, infiltrating random teams and picking off games like a sniper — the Marlins, the Cardinals, the Reds — New York could hold its breath, then exhale, then say: At …