By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Stanley Richards knows how bleak life can be at Rikers Island, New York City's notorious jail complex. As a young man, he spent two years locked up there for robbery. Now, he runs the place as the city's new Department of Correction ...
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer From Fernando Mendoza to Red Murdock, 257 players were selected in the 2026 NFL draft. Some will have instant success. Others will need more time to develop. Not all of them will make the roster. Teams spent several months scouting, interviewing, ...
By MAURA CAREY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns had his first postseason triple-double, OG Anunoby scored 22 points and the New York Knicks recovered after back-to-back losses to beat the Atlanta Hawks 114-98 on Saturday night, tying the Eastern Conference playoff ...
HOUSTON (AP) — Infielders Jazz Chisholm Jr., Ryan McMahon, Ben Rice and José Caballero each homered and the New York Yankees extended their winning streak to seven games with a 12-4 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night. They became the third group of starting infielders to accomplish ...
By KRISTIE ACKERT Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Taylor Walls and Jonathan Aranda had run-scoring infield grounders in the 10th inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied late twice to beat the Yankees 5-4 Saturday night and extend New York's losing streak to four. Former Ray ...
By KRISTIE ACKERT Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Yandy Díaz sparked a comeback with a tying, two-run homer in the first inning off Luis Gil, who made his first big league start this season, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Yankees 5-3 on Friday night to extend New York's ...
By ADRY TORRES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 29 points, Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds, and the New York Knicks clinched the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference with their 13th consecutive victory over the Toronto Raptors, 112-95 on ...
By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Rookie Colten Ellis stopped 37 shots for his first NHL career shutout, and the Buffalo Sabres beat Columbus 5-0 to dent the Blue Jackets' playoff chances on Thursday night. Josh Doan broke the game open with two third-period goals, ...
By SCOTT CHARLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Matthew Schaefer of the New York Islanders tied the NHL record for goals by a rookie defenseman, scoring his 23rd of the season Thursday night to match Hall of Famer Brian Leetch's mark. Schaefer's record-tying goal came at 9:39 of the ...
By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton stole his first base in the regular season since 2020 and had a go-ahead, two-run single to help the New York Yankees beat the Miami Marlins 9-7 on Saturday night for their first 7-1 start in seven seasons. Stanton ...
By ADRY TORRES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — OG Anunoby scored 31 points, Mitchell Robinson had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and the New York Knicks routed the Chicago Bulls 136-96 on Friday night in a game they led by 47 points. Anunoby was 9 for 15 from the field, including 7 for 10 ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the first inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Miami Marlins 8-2 in their home opener Friday for their second 6-1 start in three seasons. Trent Grisham reached leading off with the first of 11 walks by Marlins pitchers and ...
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the sixth to end an 0-for-7 start to his year after the two-time reigning AL MVP had a strike call overturned by the automated system earlier in the same at-bat when he challenged, and the New ...
By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brett Baty laced a bases-loaded triple and the New York Mets chased Paul Skenes in the first inning of his worst major league start, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-7 on Thursday in their season opener at Citi Field. Carson Benge ...
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills signed three players to one-year contracts on Thursday, including veteran interior offensive linemen Austin Corbett and Lloyd Cushenberry. The Bills also signed journeyman receiver Trent Sherfield, who returns for a second stint in Buffalo after ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dylan Darling hadn't made a shot all day when he got the ball at midcourt for St. John's with 3.9 seconds left in a tied March Madness thriller. Darling could have passed. He could have wilted. He could have missed yet again. Instead, ...
By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Zach Benson had a goal and an assist and the Buffalo Sabres continued their white-hot play with a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. Tage Thompson, Sam Carrick and Rasmus Dahlin also scored for the Sabres. Carrick and ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rick Pitino is now in his sixth decade of coaching, and he claims he had never studied more film of an opponent than he did this week to prepare St. John's for Northern Iowa. The 73-year-old coach is still putting in the effort he ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Alex Lyon made 23 saves for his 10th straight road victory as the Buffalo Sabres scored three times in a span of less than two minutes in the second period to beat the San Jose Sharks 5-0 on Thursday night. Sam Carrick scored twice, ...
By DENIS P. GORMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Laferriere had a goal and two assists to lead the Los Angeles Kings to a 4-1 win over the New York Rangers on Monday night. Drew Doughty, Mikey Anderson and Trevor Moore also scored for Los Angeles, which has won three of ...