Larry Brooks
Larry Brook🌞s is a sports columnist at the New Y🌞ork Post.
Background
Larry was honored by the Hockey Hall of Fame as the 2018 recipient of the Elmer Ferguson Award bestowed upon writers, "who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey." Brooks' plaque is displayed in the Grand Hall of the HHOF.
Five times named one of Hockey's 100 People of Power and Influence by The Hockey News, Brooks holds the title of Senior Hockey Columnist and Rangers Writer for The New York Post while also serving as a baseball and tennis columnist during the summer. He is the author of the "Slap Shots" weekly NHL column Brooks has served two terms with the paper, first from 1976 through 1982 before rejoining The Post in 1994 after a decade as an executive with the New Jersey Devils hockey team.
A native of the Upper West Side who attended the Bronx High School of Science and CCNY, Brooks has broken numerous exclusives throughout his career. Those include the Rangers' signing of Wayne Gretzky as a free agent; Mark Messier's free agent signing with Vancouver; Gretzky's decision to retire following the 1998-99 season; the Rangers' decision to rebuild at the 2018 trade deadline; Henrik Lundqvist's retirement; and the firings of team president John Davidson and general manager Jeff Gorton plus the hiring of head coach Gerard Gallant.
Brooks, who has broken multiple labor negotiation-relate🔜d exclusives throughout his career, gave Lundqvist his nicknam🌠e, "The King," after the third game of the goaltender's career.
Latest Articles
🥀Enforcement of major NHL rule has become amateur hour
There is no 𒉰standard. It is preposterous. It is amateurish. Coaching decisions to challenge (or not) are essentially made in the dark.
Rangers star shows he's still got it with big night in skid-busting win
Jonathan Quick was superlative in the Blueshirts’ victory over the Bruins at the Garden on 𓃲Thursday in recording the 399th win over his NHL career.
Backup netminder ready to 'go to work' for Rangers with Igor Shesterkin on IR
Nothing changes for Jonathan Quick in the wake of Igor Shesterkin going on IR with an upper-body inj🌱ury.
Rangers defenseman feels like he's 'rotting away' after losing spot: 'It f--king sucks'
When asked about being scratched for the fifth time in six games when 🐲the Bruins come to the Garden on Thursday, the Rangers' Jones t♕ook some time so that he...
🌃 Which Ranger w🗹ore his number best? Ranking the best Blueshirts by uniform, from No. 1 to No. 30
I did some research and now am able to present the definitive ranking of Bl𒆙ueshirts by the number from 1-to-30.
Rangers hav𝄹e quit on their coach — and it will eventually cost him his job
The Rangers have quit on their coach, they haꦇve quit on the organization, they have quit on themselves, they have quit on each other, they have quit on the fans... 𒊎
Western Conference tea🌠m thri🌠ving despite spending huge chunk of cap on buyouts
The question now is how large a percentage of the cap can a team devoಞte to buyouts and be a legitimate Cup contender?
Vincent Trocheck becoming Rangers' emotional heartbeat with time running out to fix mess
♊ Vincent Trocheck has emerged as the Rangers’ public conscience in the wake of Jacob Trouba’s Dec. 13 exit to Anaheim.
The Rangers’ humili🀅ation by the Devils stirs up some painful memories
Oh, the Devils kicked sand in the Rangers’ faces as if the tourists from the 🐻other side of the Hudson were weaklings at the beach.
Chri♋s Kreider has no one else to blame for this
Chri🦄s Kreider, a healthy scratch for the first time since John Tortorella’s reign behind the bench ended following 2012-13, is no victim. 🍨
List of Rangers' problems keeps growing beyond polarizing issue with star
Folks have been clamoring for Pet𒐪er Laviolette to meaningfully reduce Mika Zibanejad’s minutes and that is what the Rangers head coach has done over the last week.
Rangers all-in on Wild star before drafting Kaapo Kakko in 2019 🍸
So imagine Matt Boldy representing𓆉 the Rangers and not the Wild when the 23-year-old winger skates for Te🌼am USA in the upcoming Four Nations tournament.
The Rangers need to grow up and stop playing the victims 💖 ♚
The narrative that has been circulating for weeks is that the Rangers players doꩲ not like the way Drury does b✃usiness.
It's time for the Rangers to move on from young winger — and the trade that makes the most sense
Kaapo Kakko has not been close to being a singular problem through the Rangers’ slide, but head coach Peter Laviolette thought that scratching the Finn inꦏ St. Louis on Sunday...
🌠 Rangers veter🔥an scratched again in telling lineup decision
💞 This is the first time since returning to the Rangers in 2022-23 that the 31-year-old winger has been scratched for more than a single game at a time.
Ex-Devils star could be popular trade target if he keeps rediscovering vintage foღrm
🌊 Blackhawks forward Taylor Hall could be up at the top of available lend-lease properties coming up to the trade deadline.
💮 Ran💞gers completely fall apart in embarrassing, listless loss
Los Angeles captain Anze Kopitar had two assists as the Kings chased Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin in the s💦econd period.
The Rangers have hit the skids like this before, and it didn't end well
The Rangers have had bad teams that missed the playoffs. They’ve had bad stretches. But never one quite ✨like this. ꦫ
Rangers coach can't keep going like this and expect team to change
💖 If Peter Laviolette expects things to change from his perch behind the bench, then the head coach might want to do something differently. 💖
Rangers are more like the NHL's dregs than they're ready to admit
Understand that the Rangers’ best game i🤪n weeks came at the expense of a bad team’s worst𒁃 game in weeks. This is not life in the fast lane.