• Two Mets test positive for coronavirus as games vs. Marlins, Yankees postponed

    Two Mets test positive for coronavirus as games vs. Marlins, Yankees postponed

    The Mets’ game Thursday against the Miami Marlins has been postponed due to positive coronavirus tests, The Post’s Mike Puma confirmed. According to multiple reports, a Mets player and staff member each tested positive. The tests will also delay Friday’s opener of the Mets’ weekend Subway Series against the Yankees as the Mets isolate and …
  • Yankees’ day only gets worse as Rays complete sweep

    Yankees’ day only gets worse as Rays complete sweep

    Where should we start? The Yankees lost Zack Britton to the injured list, Gleyber Torres to a tight hamstring and then a game to the Rays, 10-5 on Thursday. Things didn’t get better after the game, when manager Aaron Boone announced started James Paxton was getting an MRI after feeling discomfort in his forearm/elbow from …
  • Dion Lewis shows Giants the burst he has to offer

    Dion Lewis shows Giants the burst he has to offer

    Highlights from Thursday’s Giants practice: Good In an open-field 1-on-1 drill designed to heavily favor the receivers, Xavier McKinney and Grant Haley fought for pass break-ups. In the same drill, Golden Tate shook off rookie Darnay Holmes, and Christian Angulo shoved Austin Mack to the ground as a penalty flag flew and they exchanged words. …
  • Yankees’ injury problems worsen as Gleyber Torres leaves game vs. Rays

    Yankees’ injury problems worsen as Gleyber Torres leaves game vs. Rays

    They’re dropping like flies in The Bronx. Gleyber Torres became the latest Yankee to deal with an injury when he left Thursday’s game against the Rays with a tight left hamstring, the team announced. He was still being evaluated. Torres stumbled running out a grounder in the bottom of the third and was replaced in …
  • Miguel Andujar’s nightmare start to season leads to another Yankees demotion

    Miguel Andujar’s nightmare start to season leads to another Yankees demotion

    Miguel Andujar’s return to The Bronx didn’t last long. He was optioned to the alternate site following Wednesday’s loss to Tampa Bay, the team announced Thursday. So far, Andujar has struggled badly in his new role as more of a bench player, something manager Aaron Boone acknowledged before the move was announced. “There’s no question …
  • Ex-Knick Gerald Wilkins arrested for the fourth time this summer

    Ex-Knick Gerald Wilkins arrested for the fourth time this summer

    Former New York Knicks guard Gerald Wilkins was reportedly arrested on assault charges Tuesday after a string of arrests over separate incidents earlier this spring. Wilkins, the younger brother of NBA legend Dominique Wilkins, faces two counts of battery after he was arrested in Cobb County, Georgia, TMZ reported Wednesday. The second-round pick has had …
  • There is hope for Matt Harvey after ‘surreal’ Royals debut

    There is hope for Matt Harvey after ‘surreal’ Royals debut

    It was at least a start. Thirteen months after he was last on a big-league mound, Matt Harvey was back. His brief outing wasn’t the Dark Knight of old. He allowed three runs over three innings in his Royals debut against the Reds, a 5-0 defeat at Kauffman Stadium. But it wasn’t a disaster, either. …
  • Mets’ Seth Lugo-to-rotation plan is risky business

    Mets’ Seth Lugo-to-rotation plan is risky business

    A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Unless you’re the New York Mets, who could tie themselves into mental knots over the ordering, today, of a vanilla ice cream cone. Wednesday night ended well for the Peter Griffin of the baseball world, as Michael Conforto’s two-run, ninth-inning homer cleaned up the …
  • NYC Teachers’ Union Threatens Strike Unless ‘Every Single Person’ Who Enters a School Receives COVID Test

    NYC Teachers’ Union Threatens Strike Unless ‘Every Single Person’ Who Enters a School Receives COVID Test

    New York City’s largest teacher’s union on Wednesday threatened to go on strike unless the city’s education department complies with a list of safety demands before public schools reopen for in-person classes, including that every person who enters a school building be tested for coronavirus. The president of the powerful United Federation of Teachers union, …
  • Gerrit Cole’s fit of Yankees rage was thing of beauty

    Gerrit Cole’s fit of Yankees rage was thing of beauty

    You pay for the arm, sure. You damn sure pay for the fastball, which ticked to 99 a couple of times, and for the filthy breaking stuff, and for the swagger he carries himself with. You pay for the poise Gerrit Cole provides every time he steps on the mound, and for the fact by …