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The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani swings during the 2024 NLCS; Aaron Judge celebrates during the ALCS.

Sorry, Mets fans, Yankees-Dodgers is the blockbuster World Series ꩵwe deserve

  • By Ethan Sears
  • 1

The best regular-seaso💦n te🐷ams in either league, with the most history, and the biggest stars, in the biggest markets.

Ariel Hukporti dunks during a Knicks preseason game; shoots a free throw; Tom Thibodeau

What Ariel Hukp𒊎orti's showing the Knicks — and what he's learning about the NBA

  • By Stefan Bondy
  • 1

Ariel Hukporti g♏ot the full experience in a matter of seconds.

Nets guard Killian Hayes, Ben Simmons and Shake Milton (clockwise from top left); inset: Jordi Fernandez

What are the Nets' options to back up their fragile two-point-guard experim꧃ent?

  • By Brian Lewis

The point guard position is going to be a key to the Nets' season — from the starter(s♛) to the backups.

New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton reacts after connecting on a solo home run against the Kansas City Royals in the eighth inning during Game three of the American League Division Series (ALDS) at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Wednesday, October 09, 2024.

The secre🎐t to Giancarlo Stanton's success ꦛin October is knowing how to tune out the criticism

  • By Greg Joyce

His tenure in pinstripes has been fa🔯r from smooth sailing, but then October rolls around.ꦛ..

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Jonathan Kolb, General Manager of the New York Liberty, sitting in a chair at Barclays Center prior to Round 1 Game 2 of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs

How the Liberty's architect built his way into the WNBA

  • By Andrew Crane
  • October 14, 2024
  • 2:30pm

In the moments ꩲafter th𒁃e Liberty lost Game 4, he stayed inside his Barclays Center office, sitting on the floor against the wall.

Francisco Lindor and Shohei Ohtani during Mets-Dodgers NLCS Game 1 on Oct. 13, 2024; insets: Mark Vientos, Kodai Senga

The 🐻Mets💯 are playing with the big boys now

  • By Jonathan Lehman
  • October 14, 2024
  • 7:54am
  • 2

They're not the scruffy underdogs anymore, even if there's still room in a season for the charm of purple french-fry pitchblobs and Candelita bops.

The Nets' Cam Thomas plays in a preseason game against the Clippers; inset: Jordi Fernandez

How Cam Thomas can 'prove people wrong' who fear the worst of tanking Nets' offense

  • By Brian Lewis
  • October 12, 2024
  • 8:20am

The worst team in the NBA. He’ll just be another gunner on a bad team. Nets guard Cam Thomas has heard it a⛦ll.

Luis Severino (left) and Sean Manaea (right) pitch for the Mets in the 2024 playoffs; inset: the Braves' Max Fried

Whyꦜ the Mets should place the $21.05M qualifying offܫer on Sean Manaea and Luis Severino

  • By Joel Sherman
  • October 11, 2024
  • 9:10am
  • 2

While the Mets still have a lot to do this season, including perhaps reaching their first World Series sinc🐎e 2015 and winning their first since 1986, the final calculation f♐or...

The Yankees' Gleyber Torres (left) and Alex Verdugo (bottom right) bat in the ALDS; Clay Holmes (top right) throws a pitch.

These Yankees have found a playoff groove♌ — it also may be the last thing they do in pinstripes

  • By Greg Joyce
  • October 11, 2024
  • 8:52am
  • 2

He has played well enough over the past three months that it’s not crazy to ask if the Yankees extend him thꦿe qualify𒅌ing offer.

Gerrit Cole yells, the Yankees spray champagne; inset: the Mets celebrates in the NLDS

The Yankees are penn༒ant favorites,💝 the city is alive and what a week we have ahead

  • By Howie Kussoy
  • October 11, 2024
  • 7:42am

Just one night after the Mets clinched their stunning NLCS berth, the top-seeded Yankees sl🐎ammed the door on the Royals’ fairy-tale season.

Cameron Payne plays for the Knicks in the 2024 preseason; Jalen Brunson and Payne in the 2024 NBA playoffs

How former Knicks antagonist Cameron Payne is adapting to his new reality: 'It's all love'

  • By Stefan Bondy
  • October 10, 2024
  • 9:20am

Less ꦇmemorable was an exchange between Cameron Payne and Jalen Brunson in Game 5, when the star Knicks point guard confronted the Sixers guard.

Utah Hockey Club celebrates its first win; Brock Nelson skates for the Islanders

How the Islanders can relate to their opening-night opponent's home limbo: 'Trying to hop in a taxi in rush hour'

  • By Ethan Sears
  • October 10, 2024
  • 8:40am

The uncertainty surrounding an arena. A basketball-only buildinඣg emerging as a temporary solution, despite it🅘s pitfalls. A team finally finding a permanent home after far too long spent searching.