• Mark Pavelich’s tragic journey: From 1980 Olympic hero to a mental facility 40 years later

    Mark Pavelich’s tragic journey: From 1980 Olympic hero to a mental facility 40 years later

    Barry Beck had a dream. The former Rangers captain woke up one morning in the spring of 2019 in Hong Kong, where he had been coaching hockey for almost 13 years. Not one to easily recollect his dreams, the 61-year-old Beck was startled when he remembered the vision of being on a ranch and riding …
  • Jeremy Lin reveals plea to agent to stop shocking Knicks divorce

    Jeremy Lin reveals plea to agent to stop shocking Knicks divorce

    Jeremy Lin really wanted the Knicks to match and tried to lower the Rockets’ infamous offer sheet in July 2012. That is what Lin says now in an hour-long one-on-one interview with MSG Network broadcaster Mike Breen in the capper to “Linsanity Week’’ that airs Friday. Lin’s run in New York ended when owner James …
  • Jets mailbag: The disaster it’d take to end up with Trevor Lawrence

    Jets mailbag: The disaster it’d take to end up with Trevor Lawrence

    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. If the Jets somehow end up with the first-overall pick in next year’s draft, do you think they …
  • Adam Gase opens up on new Jets, Sam Darnold and AFC East

    Adam Gase opens up on new Jets, Sam Darnold and AFC East

    Jets coach Adam Gase is excited about the new toys general manager Joe Douglas got him during the draft. Gase was a guest on “Gang’s All Here,” The Post’s Jets podcast on Wednesday. He spoke about many different topics from Sam Darnold to the AFC East. Gase was particularly excited about the team’s top two …
  • Giants pick up options for Evan Engram and Jabrill Peppers

    Giants pick up options for Evan Engram and Jabrill Peppers

    Tight end Evan Engram and safety Jabrill Peppers aren’t going anywhere, at least until after the 2021 season. The Giants made official Wednesday night what was widely speculated and expected, picking up the fifth-year options on players selected two picks apart in the first round of the 2017 draft. Engram went No. 23 to the …
  • Yankees’ Randy Levine ‘surprised’ by Anthony Fauci’s hopeless sports forecast

    Yankees’ Randy Levine ‘surprised’ by Anthony Fauci’s hopeless sports forecast

    Dr. Anthony Fauci discussed the possibility of having to cancel the entire MLB season Wednesday. Yankees president Randy Levine isn’t giving up, saying he believes everybody with a stake in Major League Baseball getting its season started should cooperate with each other. Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told …
  • Derek Jeter’s Baseball Hall of Fame induction moved to 2021

    Derek Jeter’s Baseball Hall of Fame induction moved to 2021

    There might still be baseball in 2020, but it won’t be in Cooperstown. Derek Jeter will have to wait another year for his Hall of Fame weekend, as the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced Wednesday this year’s induction ceremonies were canceled due to health concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hall’s board …
  • Bobby Valentine is stepping up again in the face of tragedy

    Bobby Valentine is stepping up again in the face of tragedy

    The urge is still there, the impulse to help, to lend a hand, to do something. Back in 2001, that meant Bobby Valentine would try to do whatever was asked of him, go wherever he was needed. The towers had fallen, the city was grieving, and Valentine was managing the Mets, and so he was …
  • Listen to Episode 31 of ‘Gang’s All Here’: Inside the Jets’ Draft, Offseason feat. Adam Gase

    Listen to Episode 31 of ‘Gang’s All Here’: Inside the Jets’ Draft, Offseason feat. Adam Gase

    With the NFL Draft 2020 over, it is now a quieter period of the offseason. This is the final episode of Season 1 of the “Gang’s All Here” podcast. It’s been a fun ride so far since we debuted the show in October. Brian Costello opens the show thanking all the guests so far. You …
  • Giants’ draft haul of linebackers now must find their place in defense

    Giants’ draft haul of linebackers now must find their place in defense

    In the final 72 selections of the NFL draft, the Giants did something quite unusual. They selected four linebackers (and one cornerback) to close out their 10-player haul. It was such a flurry that it was difficult to distinguish which linebacker played where and who did what well. The Giants aren’t expecting miracles here. They …