ARLINGTON, Texas — All you need to know about Wednesday night’s World Series Game 2, which won’t be replayed anywhere besides the Tampa-St. Petersburg market in the decades to come, is this: The top story from the game on The Post’s website concerned a loopy fan throwing his glove onto the field, here at Globe … Read more
Kevin Durant’s Achilles tendon promises to be the most-watched body part in sports, with Nets fans fretting he’ll be a diminished player when he returns. Nobody knows for sure what the Nets star will look like. But between Durant’s positive headspace, specialists who spoke with The Post and WNBA star Breanna Stewart’s dominant return from … Read more
The Jets are starting to get back some key injured players, but they might need to break the glass and use their emergency kicker Sunday against Buffalo. Sam Ficken, a rare bright spot on the NFL’s lone winless squad, didn’t practice Thursday with a groin issue that popped up the previous day in practice. If … Read more
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison Thursday for raping a developmentally disabled woman who prosecutors said he lured to his home with the promise of a babysitting job. The sentence was issued by a judge in San Jose after denying a defense … Read more
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The scorecards of Sebastian Munoz and Tiger Woods were unusual for different reasons Thursday in the Zozo Championship at Sherwood. That was only good news for one of them. Munoz twice holed out for eagle from a combined distance of 219 yards. He also had eight birdies. Throw in a wild … Read more
If this feels like an outlier? Well, it should. It is. It generally takes a great deal of work and a great many victories to win the NFC East. New York, Philadelphia, Dallas and Washington have been grouped together in the NFC East for as long as there has been an NFC East. That was … Read more
Jets fans have had a rough week. A rough season, really. OK, it’s been a rough decade. It’s possible, however, that on Sunday they’ll have something — albeit minuscule — to look forward to. Baby steps when you’re 0-6. It looks like the Jets will have their full starting receiving corps on the field at … Read more
The Giants got back one of their top offensive playmakers Thursday night, as wide receiver Sterling Shepard was set to make his return after missing the past four games dealing with a turf toe injury. Shepard was not expected to take a full workload as the Giants faced the Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field. Given … Read more
Anybody paying attention understood that Clint Frazier’s defense took a step forward in 2020. But by defensive metrics, Frazier improved vastly — so much so that he is among three candidates for an AL Rawlings Gold Glove in right field. Managers and coaches didn’t see players outside of their regions in the 60-game season this … Read more
If Saturday’s second inning felt familiar to Walker Buehler, it was because he had been there before. Bases loaded against the Braves in the playoffs, with the potential for disaster looming. In that previous occurrence, in the 2018 NLDS, Buehler walked in a run before surrendering a grand slam to Ronald Acuna Jr., sinking the … Read more