So it begins, one more season of Rangers hockey. With Thursday night’s opener against the Avalanche at the Garden, so comes the start of another campaign with high expectations, with Henrik Lundqvist in goal, with Alain Vigneault behind the bench. Some old faces are gone, some new faces have moved in, and finally it’s time...
CLEVELAND — Joe Girardi hasn’t given up on Luis Severino. Severino, who lasted just six batters — and retired only one — in Tuesday’s 8-4 wild card win over the Twins, likely will start Game 4 of the ALDS against the Indians, if the series goes that far, according to the Yankees manager. “That’s our...
You ask Odell Beckham Jr. about his drops, four of them already, and he tells you: My bad. And coach Ben McAdoo’s predictable offense as well. “I was talking to Coach today,” Beckham said Wednesday, “and the routes that we’re running and the [Buccaneers] DBs — I talked to them after the game. They were...
Before I started researching gun deaths, gun-control policy used to frustrate me. I wished the National Rifle Association would stop blocking common-sense reforms such as banning assault weapons, restricting silencers, shrinking magazine sizes and all the other measures that could make guns less deadly. Then, my colleagues and I at FiveThirtyEight spent three months analyzing...
Here are The Post’s baseball experts predictions on the Yankees-Indians ALDS series: Ken Davidoff: Indians in 5 The Klubot. Jose Ramirez. Frankie Lindor. Andrew Miller. Terry Francona. Cleveland has too many people who excel at their jobs to fall victim to even these very dangerous Yankees. George A. King III: Indians in 4 Luis Severino...
CLEVELAND — The Indians are defying convention, in a big way, by pocketing their best starting pitcher for their second postseason game. Could Mother Nature laugh at the Indians’ plans and help out the Yankees in the process? Cleveland’s Trevor Bauer will throw the first pitch of this American League Division Series, Thursday night at...
HOUSTON — Astros veteran star Carlos Beltran knows the game and knows the Mets. On Wednesday he told The Post the Mets would make a wise choice if they selected Alex Cora as their next manager. Cora is currently the bench coach for the Astros. “The Mets should look into him, no doubt about it...
Wayne Gallman saw it often enough at Clemson that he is not at all surprised that his former college quarterback, Deshaun Watson, is lighting things up for the Texans. “That’s what he does,’’ Gallman said Wednesday after practice. “When you play at something that you love, you have fun with it, and it shouldn’t be...
CLEVELAND — Andrew Miller had an especially keen interest in Tuesday’s wild-card game, when the Yankees’ bullpen got all but one out of their 8-4 win over the Twins after Luis Severino was knocked out in the first inning. “[Tuesday] night was a tribute to what they’re capable of,” Miller said Wednesday before the Indians...
Elijah McGuire’s Twitter handle is @Mr_Adversityy, and when you hear him tell his story, you understand why. Part of it is being born three weeks premature, after his mother’s previous pregnancy ended in a miscarriage of twins. The youngest of six children, Elijah McGuire Jr. wasn’t planned. “I’m not supposed to be here right now,”...
The message is not getting across. That is the concern of the NFL Players Association and the reason why players, a group of NFL owners and commissioner Roger Goodell met on Tuesday. They were looking to forge a strategy on how to best move ahead with social activism after players kneeling and otherwise protesting during...
CLEVELAND — Francisco Lindor is considered by many to be the premier shortstop in the American League. At 23 he has been an All-Star the past two seasons and is in his third year. Yet, like most of the great ones, he watches others at his position hoping to pick up something. So, when Lindor...
CLEVELAND — Jay Bruce wasn’t surprised to see Terry Collins out as Mets manager, but he wasn’t happy about how Collins’ tenure ended, with anonymous accusations that Collins didn’t communicate with his players. “Terry and I had a great relationship,” said Bruce, who is preparing to face the Yankees in the ALDS after his August...
The Mets are fishing from the same pond as other teams looking for a manager, making overlap inevitable. One potential candidate, Joe McEwing, will be interviewed by the Tigers, according to a report, as the Mets proceed with their own search for a manager. McEwing, Robin Ventura, Kevin Long, Alex Cora, Bob Geren and Chip...
STERLING, Ill. — An investigator for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is hospitalized in a coma after being assaulted while trying to take protective custody of a child. Andrew Sucher, 29, allegedly struck the 59-year-old female investigator repeatedly in the head on Friday when she appeared at the 2-year-old child’s home near...
WALLINGFORD, Conn. — Police say a substitute teacher was arrested for refusing to leave a Connecticut elementary school after he was told he wouldn’t be allowed to work in the district anymore. Wallingford police say the 24-year-old was arrested last week at Pond Hill Elementary School on charges including criminal trespassing. A school administrator had...
OAKLAND, Calif. — An attorney for the family of a foster child who died two years ago after allegedly ingesting methamphetamine has sued Alameda County, saying the girl should have been removed from a Stockton home after she swallowed the drug for the first time. The suit filed in federal court in San Francisco alleges...
At the start of the season, there was a surge of optimism surrounding the Giants’ ability to take a step forward from their 2016 success and not only once again qualify for the playoffs, but to make some noise once they got there. The one caveat, nearly universally embraced, was the quality, or lack thereof,...
It hardly matters that Washington can beat just about any team in the country if it can’t end its years-long losing streak to sleep. For the second straight season, the Huskies are ripping through their schedule, blowing away opponents on both sides of the ball. Offensively, Washington ranks 10th in the nation, averaging 44 points...
KEY LARGO, Fla. — Authorities say a naked drunk Florida man wanted to know if his .45-caliber gun and shotgun worked, so he fired them into the air. Neighbors heard the gunfire Tuesday and called the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Spokeswoman Becky Herrin said in a news release that arriving deputies found 66-year-old Roger Scheid...
Coney Island native Isaiah Whitehead played a lot at combo guard for his hometown Nets last year as a rookie, partly by default. He won’t have that luxury this season. The backcourt is far healthier and more crowded than last season, when the Nets’ struggled to an NBA-worst 20-62 mark. That means Whitehead — who...
WAUKESHA, Wis. — One of two Wisconsin girls who stabbed a classmate to impress horror character Slender Man is due in court to finalize a plea deal aimed at sparing her prison time. Fifteen-year-old Morgan Geyser will plead guilty to attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the 2014 attack. Prosecutors and Geyser’s attorneys agreed to the...
If Doug McDermott becomes Carmelo Anthony’s replacement as the Knicks starting small forward, Enes Kanter said he thinks fans will be surprised at the fireworks. After all, McDermott’s college nickname was “Dougie McBuckets.’’ Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek already has taken a shine to the former Creighton superstar, who Kanter believes is as accurate from beyond...
“You know I’m just a fool who’s willing. To sit around and wait for you. But baby can’t you see there’s nothing else for me to do. I’m hopelessly devoted to you.” Subway riders got an early preview of what’s in store for their beloved Knickerbockers this year with FOX Sports 1 placing negative ads...
Derek Jeter apparently has made his first flip-flop as the Marlins’ new CEO and part owner. The Yankees great reached out to four esteemed members of the Marlins organization whom he reportedly fired, and is now interested in keeping the quartet in roles yet to be determined, according to FanRag Sports. In September, Jeter reportedly...