• NFL Draft 2020: Giants may snare linebacker early despite additions

    NFL Draft 2020: Giants may snare linebacker early despite additions

    Before free agency, it looked as if the Giants had a cavernous hole on their roster at linebacker. Signing Blake Martinez to patrol the inside and Kyler Fackrell to line up on the outside addressed two big needs. Does this mean the Giants are in good enough shape at linebacker that they will eschew taking …
  • Giants’ Joe Judge introduction comes through remote playbook

    Giants’ Joe Judge introduction comes through remote playbook

    Nearly one year ago, Eli Manning returned to the Giants facility for the start of the offseason workout program. “You come in, had a good offseason, worked hard, excited to be back with the team and the coaches,’’ Manning said at the time. “Going into that second year you always have an advantage, you know …
  • Matt Blake’s dream Yankees job has been turned upside down

    Matt Blake’s dream Yankees job has been turned upside down

    Imagine landing one of the most prestigious jobs in your profession and having it taken away by something way beyond your control. That’s what Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake is experiencing since spring training was canceled March 12 and nobody can predict when the regular season will begin — or if it will be played …
  • Coronavirus disrupting Blake Martinez’s transition to Giants

    Coronavirus disrupting Blake Martinez’s transition to Giants

    The next time will be the first time for Blake Martinez, making this the most challenging time to be an NFL free agent heading to a new team. The new Giants inside linebacker has never set foot inside the team facility and there is a good chance he will not see his new headquarters until …
  • Breaking down the Giants’ NFL free agency haul

    Breaking down the Giants’ NFL free agency haul

    With the bulk of free agency in the books around the NFL, and certainly for the Giants, it is a good time to sit back and assess what general manager Dave Gettleman did and why, and where the players he added eventually will fit in. Following Saturday’s signing of former Jets tight end Eric Tomlinson, …
  • Gwen Stefani shaves Blake Shelton’s ‘quarantine mullet’

    Gwen Stefani shaves Blake Shelton’s ‘quarantine mullet’

    Gwen Stefani approves of boyfriend Blake Shelton‘s new look. The No Doubt frontwoman, 50, put an edgy twist on the “Voice” judge’s hair, which he recently said he would grow into a mullet as a “symbol of hope” during the coronavirus pandemic. “Quarantine mullet update 3/26/2020,” Shelton, 43, posted on Twitter. “@gwenstefani has decided to …
  • Giants mailbag: Evaluating roster after NFL free agency blitz

    Giants mailbag: Evaluating roster after NFL free agency blitz

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Giants. With the bulk of free agency behind us, what are the biggest strengths and weaknesses of the …
  • Giants’ Blake Martinez free-agency coup screams Patriots Way

    Giants’ Blake Martinez free-agency coup screams Patriots Way

    You can be sure whenever the Giants line up and play defense, Blake Martinez will don the helmet with the green dot affixed to the back of it. When it comes time for the Giants to stop someone, it will be Martinez relaying to his teammates what defensive coordinator Patrick Graham wants run each and …
  • How Giants can make most of free-agency additions James Bradberry, Blake Martinez

    How Giants can make most of free-agency additions James Bradberry, Blake Martinez

    When an NFL team has money to spend, it spends that money. That is what the Giants did Monday when the NFL free agency negotiating period opened up. General manager Dave Gettleman got busy helping the needy defense, committing $91 million to bring in cornerback James Bradberry, inside linebacker Blake Martinez and put the franchise …
  • Blake Shelton is bringing back his mullet as a ‘symbol of hope’

    Blake Shelton is bringing back his mullet as a ‘symbol of hope’

    Blake Shelton is bringing sexy back. The “Voice” star, 43, announced on Twitter on Tuesday that he is planning to grow out his hair while social distancing due to the coronavirus pandemic — and longtime girlfriend Gwen Stefani approves. “With basically EVERYTHING I had scheduled being canceled for the foreseeable further @gwenstefani and I have …