• Mets mailbag: Marcus Stroman’s future rides on ironic trade possibility

    Mets mailbag: Marcus Stroman’s future rides on ironic trade possibility

    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. Any update on [Michael] Conforto’s oblique? — @PatCollins63 Conforto is taking regular batting practice and team officials …
  • Battle brewing between Barstool Sports and raunchy hit podcast ‘Call Her Daddy’

    Battle brewing between Barstool Sports and raunchy hit podcast ‘Call Her Daddy’

    Barstool Sports’ raunchy hit podcast “Call Her Daddy” appears to be going through its own daddy issues. The sports blog behemoth launched the podcast “Call Her Daddy” in 2018 — and co-hosts Sofia Franklyn and Alexandra Cooper have turned it into a success with their eye-watering explicit oversharing about their dating and sex lives, described …
  • ESPN apologizes for Tee Higgins graphic detailing mother’s ‘drug addiction’

    ESPN apologizes for Tee Higgins graphic detailing mother’s ‘drug addiction’

    ESPN got personal in its NFL Draft coverage this year — a little too much for some fans’ liking, resulting in the network apologizing for one case in particular. When Tee Higgins was drafted 33rd overall Friday night by the Cincinnati Bengals, ESPN flashed a “Get to Know” graphic about the star Clemson wide receiver. …
  • The Michael Kay-Mike Francesa tension may never end

    The Michael Kay-Mike Francesa tension may never end

    Even if handshakes are still a thing in the post-coronavirus era, Michael Kay won’t be extending one to Mike Francesa. Kay has overtaken Francesa in the ratings, but the New York sports radio rivalry remains fiery between the longtime afternoon drive voices of ESPN New York and WFAN, so much so that Kay said he …
  • Yankees mailbag: Delay opens door for Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton

    Yankees mailbag: Delay opens door for Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton

    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 Yankees. Will Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge play on Opening Day — Chris Fiegler On March 3, GM …
  • Sports bookies are lost during coronavirus

    Sports bookies are lost during coronavirus

    Bruno (he asked us to use his nickname) woke up on March 12 expecting it to be a glorious day. After all, it was his 50th birthday, a milestone in anyone’s life. The sun had a brilliant presence and the waves from the Pacific Ocean pounded along the beach. For a Jersey kid now living …
  • NFL Draft 2020 first round features record-high ratings

    NFL Draft 2020 first round features record-high ratings

    Sports fans were hungry and the NFL gave them plenty to consume. The first round of the 2020 NFL Draft on Thursday delivered record-high numbers for the league, despite being confined to a makeshift broadcast delivered from basements and living rooms around the country due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has shut down most sports …
  • DraftKings shares surge as company goes public despite sports shutdown

    DraftKings shares surge as company goes public despite sports shutdown

    DraftKings threw a Hail Mary of an IPO and scored a touchdown. The fantasy sports firm’s stock price surged on its first day of trading Friday even though the coronavirus pandemic has forced sports leagues to take an extended time out. DraftKings shares spiked as much as 18.3 percent a day after the company closed …
  • Mike Francesa backs off cease-and-desist too late for Twitter foe

    Mike Francesa backs off cease-and-desist too late for Twitter foe

    Mike Francesa folded, but the man behind the popular Twitter handle that for years posted video clips of Francesa still says: No tweets for you. After Francesa said he and WFAN’s parent company, Entercom, would not allow clips of his show to be posted without their consent, Francesa reversed course in a tweet Thursday saying …
  • Todd McShay will miss ESPN’s NFL Draft coverage with coronavirus

    Todd McShay will miss ESPN’s NFL Draft coverage with coronavirus

    ESPN NFL Draft mainstay Todd McShay announced that he’s unable to work Thursday’s telecast because he’s at home recovering from the coronavirus. McShay, 43, had recently been working from home instead of at ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol, Conn. He was last in Bristol on March 3, according to The Post’s Andrew Marchand. A football analyst …