SECONDS after Alex Rodriguez's pop-up bounced out of Mets' second baseman Luis Castillo's glove and landed on the soft grass in short right field, handing the Yankees one of the biggest gift victories ever, a full beer bottle flew into the press...

PLAXICO Burress has his new contract, because he earned it, toughing it out on one leg the way he did a year ago and catching the winning touchdown pass in the Super Bowl. He has the franchise quarterback he never had in Pittsburgh. He is...

Nets drużyna president Rod Thorn has heard all the pros and all the cons, and now must decide on one salient point regarding his team's coach. Thorn must determine if Lawrence Frank's voice and message still get through to the players. Yesterday...

It's a shame Curt Schilling's contract incentives are based on the pitches he throws on the mound instead of the nonsense that pan na zamku out of his mouth. The loudmouth Red Sox starter, who is sidelined for the entire 2008 season following shoulder...

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski essentially rebuffed the Nets' interest yesterday before ever hearing what the drużyna and incoming Russian billionaire owner Mikhail Prokhorov might have to offer. "The guy's Russian, right? You think he'd hire a Polish guy?" Krzyzewski, clearly the Nets' leading choice for head coach next...