The Falcons are sticking with Kirk Cousins after he threw four interceptions in the team’s third consecutive loss. While Atlanta fell to 6-6 after losing 17-13 to the Chargers in a turnover-heavy performance by Cousins on Sunday, head coach Raheem Morris told reporters on Monday there are no plans for a quarterback change. “I don’t … Read more
It appears that Jets owner Woody Johnson will not be returning to England. There had been speculation that Johnson might be appointed the Ambassador to the United Kingdom again by President-elect Donald Trump. Johnson served in that role during Trump’s first term as president. But Trump announced Monday that he is nominating investment banker Warren … Read more
Brett Berard was sidelined with an upper-body injury in the Rangers’ 5-1 loss to the Devils on Monday night, just four games into his NHL career. The 22-year-old wing was barreled into the corner boards by Canadiens forward Kirby Dach in the third period of the Blueshirts’ 4-3 win over Montreal on Saturday afternoon. Favoring … Read more
Early in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s Knicks blowout victory, New Orleans guard Antonio Reeves got a step on Josh Hart as he drove to the bucket. Reeves was trailed by Jericho Sims, who leapt for a rejection with both feet and elevated so high that he needed to duck under and around the rim. … Read more
It was a history-making week that changed very little in the NFL hierarchy. An NFL record-tying 12 games were decided by seven points or less on the wraparound Thanksgiving weekend. Just call it a continuation of a season of nail-biters, with a league-record 106 games decided by seven points or less through Week 13. So, … Read more
Amazingly, the Knicks haven’t faced an Eastern Conference opponent with a winning record since October. Until Tuesday. The streaking Orlando Magic (15-7), winners of six straight, hit MSG for a matchup that doubles as an NBA Cup elimination game and a test of the Knicks’ standing in the conference. Interestingly, the Magic have been without … Read more
You don’t need to be a fortune teller — just a Giants fan well-versed in Murphy’s Law — to see the future headline now. “Free-agent steal Darius Slayton has first career 1,000-yard season after leaving the Giants.” If things weren’t bad enough at home during a 2-10 slog of a season, it seems that a … Read more
MONTREAL — Patrick Roy’s message for Pierre Engvall, at least in public, has been as clear as possible. Say Engvall’s name within 20 feet of the Islanders head coach and Roy will respond by saying he needs to get to the net. But after being made a healthy scratch Saturday, with another night in the … Read more
The father of a former Cowboys star Leighton Vander Esch was arrested over the weekend for domestic violence-related charges. Darwin Vander Esch was arrested for felony attempted strangulation and cited for misdemeanor domestic battery and misdemeanor intentional destruction of a telecommunication device, the Idaho County Sheriff’s Office announced. The department said dispatch had received a … Read more
Goaltending was a major factor in this season’s first edition of the Battle of the Hudson. Not for the Rangers, who have consistently had the edge in net in recent years, but for the Devils, who benefitted from a stellar performance from goalie Jakob Markstrom in their first regular-season win — 5-1 — over their … Read more