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When Luis Rojas revealed Wednesday that Jacob deGrom and his ailing back were heading toward an MRI, yes, standard translation applied for magnetic resonance imaging. But in baseball 2020, it also stood for major revelation imminent. The initial read was catastrophe dodged. The imaging test did not reveal abnormalities that concern the Mets, who consider …
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Knicks owner James Dolan passed on one Nigerian basketball brain in Masai Ujiri to be president. Some feel Dolan should take a harder look at a Nigerian-American in Ime Udoka to be head coach. Tim Shea, the former Knicks director of international scouting and assistant Olympic coach for Nigeria, says hiring Udoka would be a …
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Adam Ottavino isn’t a fan of a runner starting an extra-inning game on second base. And he has company in Chad Green and Jordan Montgomery. In Tuesday night’s intrasquad game, the Yankees put a runner on second several times. Ottavino started the top of the third inning with Tyler Wade on second. “It is not …
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The Countess is glowing. Luann de Lesseps looks better than ever on her 12th season as one of the “Real Housewives of New York,” and the secret isn’t less fighting with Sonja Morgan about her cabaret show. Instead, de Lesseps, 55, relies on the “survival kit” of skincare products she created with beauty company Sonäge, …
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To think, when the day began with good Mets news at Citi Field, it felt natural. Like a marathoner knocking off a crisp, 12-mile run in preparation for the next race. Alas, we should know by now that with this baseball team, even a 60-game sprint will be a marathon. When Jacob deGrom didn’t emerge …
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Opinion editor Bari Weiss resigned from The New York Times on Tuesday, penning a scathing letter of resignation in which she alleged that she was subjected to “constant bullying” from colleagues who deemed many of her ideas “wrongthink.” Weiss said she was hired by the Times in 2017 to bring in “voices that would not otherwise …
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The Yankees and J.A. Happ will try to work out details of how to handle his 2021 vesting option, a negotiation that possibly will impact how he is used this year and if he is still with the club next year. MLB and the players association reached an agreement Monday that covers how a variety …
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Jacob deGrom left Tuesday’s intrasquad game after just one inning with back tightness, the team announced. DeGrom is slated to start the opener on July 24 against Atlanta at Citi Field and had looked sharp both in March in Port St. Lucie and in spring training 2.0 in Queens. He was expected to build up …
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The race to buy the Mets is down to three … or four … or maybe just one. The Post confirmed reports that at least three groups are moving on to a second round of bidding on the Mets, and that rumors persist of a mysterious fourth bidder actively engaged in the process. What is …
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Entering the process, the sense around the league was the 10 other Knicks coaching candidates would need knock it out of the park to unseat strong favorite Tom Thibodeau. While sources says Jason Kidd wowed Knicks brass with “a great interview,” it might not be enough to topple Thibodeau, whose relationship with Knicks president Leon …