• Foley’s closing leaves city without piece of its heart

    Foley’s closing leaves city without piece of its heart

    There was never a bad time to go to Foley’s, of course, but the very best were those late hours each January after the baseball writers’ dinner, because that’s when the very best element of Foley’s was on display. There were writers crowding those tables, of course, some of them dressed in their once-a-year black-tie …
  • Mark Teixeira: MLB should be back, but owners better not ‘break’ union

    Mark Teixeira: MLB should be back, but owners better not ‘break’ union

    Mark Teixeira said he was “cautiously optimistic” Major League Baseball and the Players Association would come to an agreement in the coming weeks to allow for there to be an abbreviated season. But the retired Yankee added if the two sides don’t come together, there could be dire consequences for the sport. “I would hate …
  • Max Scherzer rips MLB: Players won’t negotiate ‘second pay cut’

    Max Scherzer rips MLB: Players won’t negotiate ‘second pay cut’

    If the players and owners are running out of time to restart the 2020 baseball season by early July, they sure don’t appear to be running out of words. The tense negotiations exploded once more Wednesday night when Nationals veteran pitcher Max Scherzer, a member of the Major League Baseball Players Association’s executive subcommittee, tweeted …
  • Everything you need to know about HBO Max

    Everything you need to know about HBO Max

    Here's what you need to know about how much HBO Max costs, how it compares to other services, which devices is it on, and what's coming to its library (from the 'Friends' reunion to the upcoming 'Suicide Squad').
  • SI Yankees in serious trouble as politicians plead to save them

    SI Yankees in serious trouble as politicians plead to save them

    The Staten Island Yankees, their prized affiliation with the reigning AL East champions in serious jeopardy, received public support from local government officials on Monday in an attempt to survive the imminent downsizing of Minor League Baseball. Congressman Max Rose, whose district includes all of Staten Island as well as a piece of Brooklyn, and …
  • NBA Mock Draft 2.0: Knicks take Tyrese Haliburton after LaMelo Ball goes No. 1

    NBA Mock Draft 2.0: Knicks take Tyrese Haliburton after LaMelo Ball goes No. 1

    With the May 19 NBA draft lottery postponed, the draft order won’t be determined until June at the earliest. Following last year’s smoothing of the lottery odds, the amount of shuffling after the ping-pong balls roll is considerable. League sources are hearing about a late August/early September draft. Some agents are being told there could …
  • Petition to remove alleged Jeffrey Epstein enabler Eileen Guggenheim gains steam

    Petition to remove alleged Jeffrey Epstein enabler Eileen Guggenheim gains steam

    One of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged sex slaves has joined the fight to remove Eileen Guggenheim from the New York Academy of Art board after she allegedly enabled the billionaire pedophile. Virginia Giuffre, who has long claimed that Epstein forced her to have sex with Prince Andrew when she was just 17, is backing a petition …
  • Jeffrey Epstein distanced from Weinstein after mogul tried to abuse his ‘favorite girl’

    Jeffrey Epstein distanced from Weinstein after mogul tried to abuse his ‘favorite girl’

    Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein used his close friendship with Harvey Weinstein to impress his victims — but they fell out when the movie mogul tried to abuse one of his “favorite girls,” according to reports Monday. “Weinstein was at Epstein’s apartment in France receiving a massage from one of Epstein’s girls when he attempted to aggressively convert …
  • The point guard who could be Knicks’ safest NBA Draft option

    The point guard who could be Knicks’ safest NBA Draft option

    Five point-guard prospects have emerged as lottery options for the upcoming NBA Draft — whether it is held on June 25 or pushed back because of coronavirus. In what is considered a mediocre class, LaMelo Ball, Cole Anthony, Tyrese Maxey, Tyrese Haliburton and Killian Hayes have separated themselves. Knicks president Leon Rose has a giant …