Larry Brooks
Larry Brooks is 🔯♓a sports columnist at the New York 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-related exclusives throughout his career, gave Lundqvist his nickname, "The King," after the third game of the goalte𒅌nder's career.
Latest Articles
Touted prospect's arrival to Rangers is a full-circle Chris Kreider moment
This was a🔯 circle of life moment at the rink with Kreider paying it forward to Pe⭕rreault after having Boyle do the same for him.
W❀hat the Rangers should do about their perilous draft-pick dilemma
The𒊎 Rangers owe a first-round draft pickꦕ this year or next, but their reality makes the choice clear.
Rangers 🌠throttle Sharks to gain sole possession of final wild card spot
♌ Artemi Panarin and Adam Fox each scored two goals, 🐲Jonathan Quick had 21 saves, and the Rangers beat the Sharks 6-1 on Saturday night.
Rangers are set up to face a brutal draft choice🌠 conundrum
There is an interesting scenario regardꦬing the Rangers and their overall position in the standings.
Defenseman returns to Rangers' lineup to face ex-team
Urho Vaakanainen, who had ඣbeen a healthy scratch the previous three games, was reinstalled in the lineup for Friday night’s 5-4 OT loss to the Ducks.
Rangers blow late two-goal lead in crushing overtime loss to Ducks 🌠 🍨
“Good teams do🍰 not lose a game lꦚike that,” Adam Fox said after the Rangers' 5-4 overtime loss to the Ducks in which they blew a 4-2 lead.
The Jacob Trouba lesson that Chris Drury desperately needs to learn before it's too late for Rangers
Chris Drury’s Greatest Mistak♍e will be on full display Friday ▨when the Rangers face the Ducks.
Rangers 'have to be aware' of physical ex-captain in first meeting since messy divorce
The Rangers face the Ducks and former captain Jacob Trouba on Friday, three-plus months following their messy and ๊public divorce.
Rangers hope towering bruiser's injury absence will be quick as coach lauds his development
The Rangers are hopeful that Matt Rempe, shut down with an upper body issue and designated as, “week to week” by t🌃he club, will be back sooner than then.
This Rangers team just doesn't have it in them
𒁃 There is no evidence whatsoever that this disappointing group is engaged in a playoff pursuit.
Nicolas Aube-Kubel steps in for Rangers' new dad
Nicolas Aub෴e-Kubel made his Rangers debut in Tuesday’s 3-1 loss to the Kings, replacing Sam Carrick, w🍸ho stayed home to celebrate his son's birth.
Rangers begin road trip with loss to Kings, re⛄main out of playoff spot ꧒
The Rangers’ 3-1 defeat to the Kings on Tuesday left them a point behind the second wild card Canadiens,ღ who were hammered 6-1 in St. Louis.
Rangers' math could still add up to a playoff berth
The Blueshirts entered Tuesday do💯wn one point (75-74) to Montreal with the Habs having 13 games remaining in the season to New York’s 11.
Fourth-line Rangers forward could miss his first game this season🌠
Th🍌e Rangers might be without Sam Carrick for the first time this year on Tuesday against the Kings.
Rangers coach's practice decision never would have happened back in the day.
The universal outrage over the🌞 Rangers’ lax effort in last Tuesday’s defeat to the Flame𝄹s at the Garden was compounded the following day.
No😼w is the time for Rangers to right this nu🌠mber retirement wrong
🐲 If there is ever a time to right the injustice that has perpetrated for decades, it is now.
Rangers aren't doing former first-round pick — or themselves — any favors
Is it crazy to think that maybe the Rangers cou๊ld use their top three centers 🅷in the middle and maybe even play a first-rounder with one of them?
Embarrassing Rangers effort putt꧒ing perfect bow on lost season 🍎
The Rangers approached Tuesday𝓰 night’s match vs. the Flames as if it were a preseason match in September and not a critical match in the playoff race.
What taking the playoff chase to the final day has meant for the Rangers 🗹ꦏ
This is a chase for a playoff spot that may go down to▨ the s♐eason’s final day. That has happened only five times in the Blueshirts’ 99-season history.
Ex-Ranger in danger of missing his Garden return after enterin♏g concussion protocol
Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet anno൩unced that Filip Chytil has entered NHL concussion protꦕocol