The sports-calendar gods have truly blessed us this year. Super Bowl goers have only now just barely managed to escape the clutches of New Jersey Transit, yet it’s already time to gear up for the Sochi Winter Olympics, or as … Continue reading
A sports powerhouse announced its long-awaited stadium plans last week, and the verdict was: Rather than replace their historic building, the club would conduct extensive renovations to add new seating, restaurants, and a partial roof. The entire $800 million cost … Continue reading
On one side, you have the NFL. Last week, the league, as part of its non-stop hype-a-thon for the First Super Bowl Outdoors In Cold Weather Isn’t Snow Just Romantic?, reported that the New York/New Jersey economy would see a … Continue reading
We’re most of the way through free-agent season now, and it’s even more clear that this will be remembered as the Winter of Robinson Cano. The Mariners’ signing of the five-time All-Star not only set off cascade effects in Seattle, … Continue reading
With the Yankees’ signing of Jacoby Ellsbury, it’s officially the season to goggle at the premium price tags being placed on this year’s free agent crop. Already this year we’ve had crazy money thrown around on some store-brand names: “Jhonny … Continue reading
NBC Sports blogger Craig Calcaterra had the line of the week on Monday, when he tweeted: “With my son at the orthopedist to get his cast off. Have the Braves moved again since I left?” For sports fans and followers … Continue reading
The New York Rangers and Knicks opened their regular season schedules this week, giving fans willing to shell out for opening-night tickets — now averaging $72 for the Rangers, and a staggering $123 for the Knicks — the chance to … Continue reading
The National Hockey League season doesn’t start for another three weeks, but already hockey fans in Glendale, Ariz., are counting an unexpected victory. Four years after the Phoenix Coyotes went bankrupt and were taken over by the league, prompting endless … Continue reading
Over the last few years, Seattle has been the saddest place on earth to be a basketball fan. After a long battle over whether the city would lavish more than $200 million on renovations to KeyArena (which had just been … Continue reading
Ever since the Post’s Albany columnist Fred Dicker reported on Monday — based solely on two unnamed sources — that a deal for an MLS stadium in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is “close to being wrapped up” and that construction “could … Continue reading