• DeAndre Baker should never play for Giants again if claims aren’t pure fiction

    DeAndre Baker should never play for Giants again if claims aren’t pure fiction

    DeAndre Baker is innocent until proven guilty, same as everyone else in this country. He deserves due process, his day in court, same as everyone else in this country. But unless these gun-toting armed robbery charges somehow prove to be fiction, unless this is somehow a case of mistaken identity and the Miramar, Fla. PD …
  • Giants’ DeAndre Baker still faces uphill battle after ‘innocent’ claim

    Giants’ DeAndre Baker still faces uphill battle after ‘innocent’ claim

    Beleaguered Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker is facing serious charges for armed robbery and aggravated assault stemming from an incident in the Miami area — charges that could land him in jail and end his football career. Baker’s attorney, though, said in a statement Friday night, “We believe our client is innocent of any charges.’’ The …
  • Giants’ DeAndre Baker is ‘innocent of any charges’: lawyer

    Giants’ DeAndre Baker is ‘innocent of any charges’: lawyer

    Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker is facing serious charges for armed robbery and aggravated assault stemming from an incident in the Miami area — charges that could land him in jail and end his football career. Baker’s attorney, though, says “we believe our client is innocent of any charges,’’ The Miramar Fla. Police Department issued an …
  • Knicks may get huge edge amid NBA’s coronavirus cap chaos

    Knicks may get huge edge amid NBA’s coronavirus cap chaos

    Bobby Marks, ESPN’s cap guru, predicts NBA free agency this summer will “slow to a crawl” and all players with opt-outs in their contracts will choose to opt in. That’s one economic fallout from the potentially massive salary-cap reduction because of the season’s March 11 shutdown. If all players are forced to opt in, that …
  • DeAndre Baker’s red flags sparked Giants draft ‘battle’

    DeAndre Baker’s red flags sparked Giants draft ‘battle’

    DeAndre Baker wasn’t the only one gambling. The Giants ignored red flags uncovered in scouting Baker and placed a bet on talent by selecting the cornerback in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft despite an organizational split on whether he was worth the risk. “There was a battle in our building on whether …
  • Five sworn witness exonerate Quinton Dunbar of armed robbery: Lawyer

    Five sworn witness exonerate Quinton Dunbar of armed robbery: Lawyer

    The armed robbery and aggravated assault case against Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker has taken a strange turn. The other player facing charges, Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar, is innocent and has sworn affidavits from witnesses to prove it, his attorney said. The two NFL players are facing arrest warrants by police in Miramar, Fla., on allegations …
  • DeAndre Baker’s worries go well beyond Giants’ looming decision

    DeAndre Baker’s worries go well beyond Giants’ looming decision

    It will be shocking if DeAndre Baker ever suits up again for the Giants, given the arrest warrant issued by the Miramar Police Department, charging Baker with four counts of armed robbery with a firearm and four counts of aggravated assault. After reviewing the affidavit to arrest filed in Broward County, it will be shocking …
  • Ex-Yankees World Series title-winning GM Bob Watson dead at 74

    Ex-Yankees World Series title-winning GM Bob Watson dead at 74

    Former Yankees player and general manager Bob Watson died at the age of 74 in his Houston home on Thursday night after a long battle with kidney disease, according to the Astros. Watson was the Yankees general manager from 1995-1998, a tenure which included leading the Bombers to a World Series title in 1996, their …
  • DeAndre Baker charges a mess for Giants and Dave Gettleman

    DeAndre Baker charges a mess for Giants and Dave Gettleman

    You can make it out of a mean, unforgiving place rife with gun violence, such as the Liberty City section of Miami, and make something of yourself, because we have seen Teddy Bridgewater do it and we have seen Amari Cooper do it. For a while, we saw Antonio Brown do it. And until Thursday …
  • Ex-Mets manager Art Howe batting coronavirus in ICU: ‘Total fatigue’

    Ex-Mets manager Art Howe batting coronavirus in ICU: ‘Total fatigue’

    Art Howe is in the ICU with coronavirus, the former Mets manager told KPRC 2 in Houston on Thursday. Howe provided a detailed description of how he was doing, telling the station he felt the first symptoms of the virus on May 3 when he experienced chills that made his body shake “like a leaf.” …