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Part nine in a series about the New York Mets The Mets could have traded Edwin Diaz in the offseason, but that move would have been riskier than trying to resurrect the underperforming reliever. After all, general manager Brodie Van Wagenen surrendered the organization’s top prospect, Jarred Kelenic, in the deal to get Diaz from …
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Tom Thibodeau has quarantined in Connecticut — unclear of his next move, just like everyone else in the NBA. Since being ingloriously ousted in Minnesota amid his third season as coach/president, Thibodeau had attended various NBA/college practices. He has spent lots of hours imbedded with the Clippers, Warriors and Celtics, among others, trying to keep …
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Part 9 in a series analyzing the New York Yankees With Tommy Kahnle, Adam Ottavino, Zack Britton and Aroldis Chapman, the Yankees’ 2019 bullpen thrived despite having Dellin Betances for just two-thirds of an inning in September. Since Betances signed with the Mets as a free agent, the Yankees won’t have one of baseball’s premier …
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It will not be easy. Eli Manning, later in his Giants tenure, had to come to grips with learning different offenses and acclimating to new head coaches. Based on this, he predicts there could be some tough moments ahead for Tom Brady leaving the Patriots after 20 years and landing in Tampa with the Buccaneers, …
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“Housewives” come and go so often Ramona Singer can’t remember them all. The “RHONY” star, 63, and her daughter Avery, 25, had some fun with the “Which ‘RHONY’ are you?” Instagram story filter on Sunday and were confused by their results. Avery was first to use the filter and was paired with Kristen Taekman. “Wait …
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Their relationship was great, respect flowing down from the much older Eli Manning to Daniel Jones, and back up again, the much younger Jones up to Manning. As quarterback transitions go, the 2019 Giants season, from a personality-meshing standpoint, was a success. These situations are never perfect, though, and as Manning looks ahead, he sees …
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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 Mets. Why aren’t the Mets going after Joc Pederson? They could reconfigure their entire team around such an …
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Charles Oakley says Patrick Ewing’s inability to step up more in the 1993 playoff war versus the Bulls and Michael Jordan cost the Knicks a trip to The Finals — not Charles Smith. Oakley, the former Bulls and Knicks defensive enforcer, has watched “The Last Dance” series that picked up Sunday with a focus on …
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Part 8 in a series analyzing the New York Yankees Brett Gardner was in line not just to continue a remarkable run of durability and success in the latter stage of his career heading into 2020, the 36-year-old is also on the cusp of some significant career milestones before the regular season was pushed back …
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Easy targets beware: Chris Williamson is coming. Williamson already proved he can deliver a cutting punch line at the expense of childhood-rival-turned-Giants teammate Darius Slayton. Whenever NFL practices resume, the rookie seventh-round draft pick will show he can lower the boom on ball-carriers, too. “He is the one in the meeting room that keeps the …
Part nine in a series about the New York Mets The Mets could have traded Edwin Diaz in the offseason, but that move would have been riskier than trying to resurrect the underperforming reliever. After all, general manager Brodie Van Wagenen surrendered the organization’s top prospect, Jarred Kelenic, in the deal to get Diaz from …
