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Mike Budenholzer, arguably the NBA’s top-rated coach, would like to see his former assistant, Kenny Atkinson, take a Knicks job he once pursued in 2018. Preparing for the NBA restart as leader of the league-leading Bucks (53-12), Budenholzer paused from preparations at his Phoenix home to deliver a stirring endorsement of Atkinson, his former Hawks …
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Damian Lillard was nearly a Knick. At least, that’s what the Trail Blazers All-Star point guard believes. “I thought I was headed there a few years ago; I was hearing trade rumors,” Lillard said in an interview with Vanity Fair. “The Garden is my favorite place to play.” It’s unclear when exactly he was referring …
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History repeated itself on Wednesday night when the Yankees drafted Austin Wells 28th overall in the 2020 MLB Draft. But for Wells, who the Yankees originally drafted in the 35th round in 2018, two years made a world of difference. After emerging as top prospect in the summer of 2017, Wells hurt his elbow and …
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Pete Crow-Armstrong, the Mets’ first-round pick in the 2020 MLB Draft on Wednesday night, is from a family that is no stranger to the big stage. Both of Crow-Armstrong’s parents are actors, with his mom playing a role in a well-known baseball movie. His mom, Ashley Crow, played Billy Heywood’s mom Jenny in “Little Big …
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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 Jets. Was Quinnen Williams an Adam Gase pick and if not, would it be crazy to trade Williams …
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Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday accused the New York Times of lying about the substance of Senator Tom Cotton’s controversial op-ed for which the paper later apologized after an outcry from readers and Times journalists. During a floor speech, McConnell mocked the Times for bowing to criticism of the paper’s decision to publish Cotton’s opinion op-ed, titled “Send in the Troops,” which …
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For the second time in three years, the Yankees used their first pick in Wednesday evening’s 2020 MLB Draft to take a catcher. With the 28th pick in a draft reduced from 40 rounds to five because of the coronavirus, the Yankees selected left-handed hitting Austin Wells from the University of Arizona and Las Vegas …
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Pete Crow-Armstrong’s Houdini-like qualities endeared him to the Mets as much as any of the traditional tools. The 18-year-old center fielder can run, throw and projects as a top-of-the-order hitter, but also possesses an “it” factor that attracted him to the team’s talent evaluators. “All spring I called him the left-handed magician in center field,” …
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This week The Post takes a fresh look at the “best of” New York sports history — areas that are just as worthy of debate, but that haven’t been argued incessantly. Today’s edition: the best cameo in pop culture. It was a day like any other day in Keith Hernandez’s post-baseball life. The career was …
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The Red Sox vowed to crack down on racism at Fenway Park after former All-Star Torii Hunter claimed he was called the N-word there “100 times,” including by “little kids” whose parents failed to intervene. Hunter said it became so bad that he called for a no-trade clause in his contract that prevented the veteran …
Mike Budenholzer, arguably the NBA’s top-rated coach, would like to see his former assistant, Kenny Atkinson, take a Knicks job he once pursued in 2018. Preparing for the NBA restart as leader of the league-leading Bucks (53-12), Budenholzer paused from preparations at his Phoenix home to deliver a stirring endorsement of Atkinson, his former Hawks …
