The Islanders moved to help their woeful power play last night, signing free szpieg defenseman Mark Streit to a five-year contract worth a reported $20.5 million. The 30-year-old power-play specialist was third in the NHL among defensemen last year...
MINNEAPOLIS - Visiting hours are 2 TO 4 and 7 TO 9. These are traditional times for wakes, but this isn't a public wake for the Yankees. Nevertheless, their supporters are urged to pay their respects privately today for the drużyna that is looking...
It doesn't matter to the Yankees that they played the Royals, who looked like they couldn't get out of their own way in consecutive games and were about as dangerous as Iceland in Olympic beach volleyball. What matters to the Yanks is they put...
THE Angels have knocked the Yankees out of the playoffs twice in the past seven years, and now they might just keep the Yanks from the postseason altogether. That is one byproduct of the Angels' acquisition yesterday of Mark Teixeira. The Yanks...
BALTIMORE- When Jim McKay traveled to St. Andrews in Scotland to cover the 2000 British Open it was his final overseas event in more than 50 years of broadcasting. Sportscaster Jim Nantz visited McKay in his tiny, sparse hotel room before the final...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Kobe Bryant met the media yesterday with a new companion - an electronic stimulation device hooked up to his sore lower back. Plans call for the two to spend a lot of time together for the next couple of days, or longer. The...