• Daniel Jones has work to do before becoming Giants captain

    Daniel Jones has work to do before becoming Giants captain

    No one really asks if you are ready to lead. It took Eli Manning three years to get voted in as a Giants team captain. He was named the starting quarterback nine games into his rookie year and started all 16 games in 2005 and again in 2006. It was not until the summer of …
  • The NBA’s first workout since coronavirus was very ‘weird’

    The NBA’s first workout since coronavirus was very ‘weird’

    The new normal at NBA practice facilities began Friday, featuring temperature checks at the door, latex gloves and an outfit in a bag. The Cavaliers were among the first teams to open back up for voluntary workouts after the league was suspended March 11 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Four players — Kevin Love, Larry …
  • The biggest Yankees losers with MLB on hold

    The biggest Yankees losers with MLB on hold

    Had it all gone as planned, Gerrit Cole would be through his season-opening start, his Yankee Stadium debut and, this weekend, the righty would have been involved for the first time in The Rivalry. Oh yeah, he also would already have banked about $9 million of his pitching-record contract. Instead, Cole plays catch occasionally with …
  • Former NBA player Shannon Brown accused of shooting at two people

    Former NBA player Shannon Brown accused of shooting at two people

    TYRONE, Ga. — Former NBA player Shannon Brown, who spent part of one season with the Knicks, faces charges in suburban Atlanta after he was accused of firing a rifle at two people who were looking at homes for sale, police said. Brown, 34, was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault stemming from an …
  • Knicks mailbag: Chris Paul trade possibility underlies debate

    Knicks mailbag: Chris Paul trade possibility underlies debate

    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 Knicks. Are we in a youth rebuilding process or are we gathering assets for free agency? If we …
  • Giants’ Alex Tanney may not get to mentor Daniel Jones again

    Giants’ Alex Tanney may not get to mentor Daniel Jones again

    The four biggest influences on Daniel Jones as a rookie all could be gone from the Giants when his second season begins. That new reality was created by recent tinkering with the Giants’ backup quarterback depth chart. It holds even if Colt McCoy’s grasp on the No. 2 job remains unaffected. It began with claiming …
  • Mets’ Noah Syndergaard: Goal is to return at start of 2021 season

    Mets’ Noah Syndergaard: Goal is to return at start of 2021 season

    Noah Syndergaard’s biggest form of competition over the next several months might be trying to return to the Mets sooner rather than later. Speaking to a group of youth baseball players this week on a Zoom chat, the Mets right-hander said his goal is not only to pitch in 2021, but to start the season …
  • ‘Monster’: Inside Denzel Mims’ journey from hidden gem to big Jets hope

    ‘Monster’: Inside Denzel Mims’ journey from hidden gem to big Jets hope

    Before he earned the chance to play wide receiver for the Jets on Sundays, chase records at Baylor on Saturdays, or fly past opposing defenses in small-town East Texas on Friday nights, Denzel Mims was the quarterback of the future at Daingerfield High School. Until one rainy Thursday night in 2012, when the Tigers’ junior …
  • Pessimism arrived shortly after Jets’, Giants’ 2020 schedules did

    Pessimism arrived shortly after Jets’, Giants’ 2020 schedules did

    Consider this your secular confessional, dear friends. Here is where you can come and admit to me, your humble columnist, that which you would have difficulty conceding anywhere else, to anyone else. Here, you can come clean: you actually like “Tiger King.” A lot. Here, you can spill your soul and acknowledge you know all …
  • Knicks coaching candidate Tom Thibodeau knows he must continually adapt

    Knicks coaching candidate Tom Thibodeau knows he must continually adapt

    While admitting he has to “keep adapting as time goes on,” Knicks coaching candidate Tom Thibodeau defended some of the criticisms leveled at him, including overplaying his star players and draining them come playoff time. In an appearance on ESPN this week, Thibodeau shot down critics of his taskmaster ways not being current enough. The …