• Leon Rose’s plan for Knicks front office with crucial 2020 NBA Draft coming

    Leon Rose’s plan for Knicks front office with crucial 2020 NBA Draft coming

    Nobody knows the steps Knicks president Leon Rose would have taken had the NBA season — and normal life — not been suspended by the coronavirus on March 11. For now, Rose is proceeding as status quo with an inherited front office in following an unofficial NBA hiring/firing stoppage with the world stopped cold. According …
  • Masahiro Tanaka leaves US for Japan over coronavirus ‘danger’

    Masahiro Tanaka leaves US for Japan over coronavirus ‘danger’

    Masahiro Tanaka recently returned to Japan with his family, in fear of contracting the coronavirus. Having been in Florida following the suspension of the baseball season, the Yankees starting pitcher revealed on Twitter that he traveled back to his homeland in late March because he believed he, his wife and two children were in “danger” …
  • San Diego Comic-Con still on despite coronavirus pandemic

    San Diego Comic-Con still on despite coronavirus pandemic

    San Diego Comic-Con is going ahead as planned — amid the coronavirus pandemic. “To our amazing Comic-Con and WonderCon fans: We understand how difficult the current climate has been for all of us and appreciate your continued support through these trying times. No one is as hopeful as we are that we will be able …
  • Jets mailbag: Why trade for Redskins’ Trent Williams is unlikely

    Jets mailbag: Why trade for Redskins’ Trent Williams is unlikely

    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 Rangers. Do you think the Jets will still try to pry Trent Williams from the Redskins (for less than …
  • How Jets gained some flexibility after NFL free agency

    How Jets gained some flexibility after NFL free agency

    Jets general manager Joe Douglas recapped his free-agency attack on Wednesday, saying the team wants to be “strategic and disciplined.” “I feel like we needed to really build a foundation moving forward of the right type of people and the right kind of depth on our team,” Douglas said on a conference call with reporters. …
  • Florida stay-at-home order boots several Yankees from spring training facility

    Florida stay-at-home order boots several Yankees from spring training facility

    Because of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ stay-at-home order, as of Friday the only players allowed into the Yankees’ spring training facility are those rehabbing injuries. That likely will leave Luis Severino, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton as the only players at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Severino had Tommy John surgery during spring training. …
  • Jets’ Joe Douglas better keep his Sam Darnold promise

    Jets’ Joe Douglas better keep his Sam Darnold promise

    Joe Douglas didn’t draft Sam Darnold. He inherited Darnold. And Darnold was a big reason — beyond the reported six-year, $18 million-plus contract — why Christopher Johnson was able to lure his highly respected GM 10 months ago to replace Mike Maccagnan. Darnold is fortunate Douglas happens to be a former offensive lineman at Richmond, …
  • Matt Blake’s dream Yankees job has been turned upside down

    Matt Blake’s dream Yankees job has been turned upside down

    Imagine landing one of the most prestigious jobs in your profession and having it taken away by something way beyond your control. That’s what Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake is experiencing since spring training was canceled March 12 and nobody can predict when the regular season will begin — or if it will be played …
  • Don’t expect Carlos Beltran back in baseball anytime soon: Ron Darling

    Don’t expect Carlos Beltran back in baseball anytime soon: Ron Darling

    Don’t expect to hear from Carlos Beltran anytime, sooner or later. At least that’s what Ron Darling thinks. Speaking on WFAN’s “Moose & Maggie” show on Wednesday, the Mets’ announcer and one-time All-Star said Beltran, who was implicated in the Astros sign-stealing scandal, will likely stay out of the public eye after losing his job …
  • Jadeveon Clowney lowering NFL free agency demands could spark frenzy

    Jadeveon Clowney lowering NFL free agency demands could spark frenzy

    The market appears to have won. Jadeveon Clowney, arguably the top remaining NFL free agent left, has lowered his contract demands from $20 million per year to as low as $17 million, according to ESPN. His former team, the Seattle Seahawks, and the Tennessee Titans are two of the interested parties. But others could get …