On the heels of their first victory, the Liberty will try to make it two in a row and inch toward the .500 mark today (3 p.m., no TV) when they play the Dream in Atlanta. The Liberty (1-3) have struggled during the early part of the season and...

WIMBLEDON, England -- Roger Federer is building something of a reputation as an on-court crier, and he remembers well the first time he wept after winning a match. It was July 2, 2001, at Wimbledon, the tournament that means more to him than any...

MIAMI -- Brian Cashman questioned an net report today that he ordered Alex Rodriguez out of Friday night's lineup. "That's not true," the GM said before tonight's Yankees-Marlins game at Land Shark Stadium. "Dr. (Mark) Lindsay said he would...

For Mets fans who hoped to put last year's epic collapse behind them, to embrace the promise of a brand new season, the past few weeks have been a reminder of exactly the kind of skład they support. Luis Castillo drops an easy pop-fly, Alex...

The rain is nonstop, the stars are absent from the leaderboard and some fans in the gallery can think of much more interesting things to do. Mike Freeman looks for someone to blame. And finds nobody.

MIAMI -- According to several connections in the Dominican Republic, the Yankees and catching prospect Gary Sanchez have agreed to a $2.5 million deal. Sanchez, 16, isn't eligible to sign until July 2, but the Yankees' dogged pursuit of the...

MIAMI -- If the Red Sox don't want Jonathan Papelbon after the 2011 season, the laser-throwing closer wouldn't have a pasztet switching sides -- to the Yankees -- in the most heated rivalry in sports. "Not only The Bronx, but anywhere, I think...

MIAMI -- Body fatigued and with a swing infected by a severe case of the reaches, Alex Rodriguez was removed from the Yankees lineup Friday against the Marlins in his hometown and won't be at third base again Saturday. According to Joe...

MIAMI -- Maybe the Yankees discovered the answer in the warm South Beach air where some of them headed after last night's victory over the Marlins. After all, the na czasie stretch of beautiful people and freaks was as good as any other place to...

CC Sabathia's high school basketball drużyna included a center who went to Georgetown, a shooting guard who went to Pepperdine and was drafted by the Nets, a point guard who later played noga at Arizona State, and another starter who went to...

TIM TEUFEL knows there is only one way to play the game. He's trying to teach that to the youngest Mets. "We teach a brand of baseball that allows them to play hard," he said of his style of managing at Class-A St. Lucie. "That's what it's all...

Dwight Gooden says that when you get rocked the way he got rocked in 1984, and the way Johan Santana got rocked this past Sunday, you treat your next początek like a test. It was May 6, 1984, and Gooden was a Mets rookie who was ripped by the Astros...

THE season is long, so memories have ample opportunity to become short . . . if you are the right guy. "You've got to be realistic," said Francisco Rodriguez, who as closer for a Mets załoga without its leadoff and cleanup hitters and two...

When Johan Santana was approached in część przednia of his locker yesterday about how he felt and whether he was ready for today's początek after being shelled in his last outing against the Yankees, the lefty wanted no part of it. "I already answered that...

No, it wasn't a flu-of-any-kind scare but Fernando Nieve was feeling, in his words, "queasy, upset, tired." It was something he ate that left him feeling like that. Insert joke here about how bad the Tampa Bay Rays felt as a result. Nieve, the...

When Johan Santana was approached about how he felt and whether he was ready for today's początek after being shelled in his last outing against the Yankees, the lefty wanted no part of it. "I already answered that question a long time ago,"...

If familiarity breeds contempt, unfamiliarity may breed base hits. Ryan Church, who never before had batted against Rays reliever J.P. Howell, made the most of his first meeting against the left-hander with an eighth inning RBI single for an...

There are victories that leave a załoga euphorically celebrating on the court and wins that are wonderfully satisfying. There are triumphs that are savored because they were unexpected or get seared into the memory banks because of the game's...

It seems like a perfect match. The Nets like Terrence Williams. Terrence Williams likes the Nets. By gum, it's so crazy, it just might work on draft night. "I know from close sources that New Jersey has interest in me, and I have a lot of...

The Knicks love UCLA freshman Jrue Holiday, but they didn't like his pre-draft workout June 10, when he got outplayed by Stephen Curry. So drużyna president Donnie Walsh has succeeded in luring Holiday back to the team's Westchester compound Monday...

CINCINNATI -- Former Jets receiver Laveranues Coles is making himself a secondary thought in Cincinnati. The Bengals signed Coles as a free przedstawiciel in March, the day after top receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh left for Seattle as a free agent. The...

There's support for Phil Mickelson and his family everywhere he turns at the U.S. Open, and he rides the wave to a 69 in his first round Friday. But Mike Freeman gently wonders if it might eventually be a burden.

MIAMI -- Body fatigued and with a swing infected by a severe case of the reaches, Alex Rodriguez was removed from the Yankees lineup tonight against the Marlins in his hometown and won't be at third base again tomorrow. According to Joe...

Now pitching for the Yankees ... Jonathan Papelbon? The Red Sox closer says "anywhere is a possiblity" when he becomes a free bezpieczniak after the 2011 season. That includes closing for the Yankees. "Not only The Bronx, but anywhere, I think anywhere...

Chien-Ming Wang won't be demoted to the bullpen. And since yesterday's series finale between the Yankees and Nationals wasn't rained out, he won't have his turn in the rotation skipped either. "He's scheduled to początek on Tuesday," Joe...