• Cole Anthony would welcome being drafted by Knicks: ‘Pretty cool’

    Cole Anthony would welcome being drafted by Knicks: ‘Pretty cool’

    The Knicks need a point guard and there is a highly rated one who lives just a few subway stops from the Garden. It could be a perfect match, one that Cole Anthony — the son of former Knicks guard Greg Anthony — would welcome. “It would be pretty cool,” the Upper West Side native …
  • Giants ‘serious’ about trading down in NFL Draft with QB interest crucial

    Giants ‘serious’ about trading down in NFL Draft with QB interest crucial

    Never say never when it comes to Dave Gettleman and trading down in an NFL Draft. Even though he has never, ever done it. “Well, it’s something I will very seriously entertain,’’ the Giants general manager said Friday on a conference call. Gettleman, 69, has presided over seven NFL Drafts — five with the Panthers …
  • Cole Anthony declares for NBA Draft 2020

    Cole Anthony declares for NBA Draft 2020

    The dream began over a decade ago. Cole Anthony was just 7 years old, admittedly not very good at basketball. The sport had yet to become his passion, not the way it would be years later, but the NBA was already on his mind. It was what he wanted to do, the career path he …
  • NFL Draft 2020: The Tua Tagovailoa bashing has peaked

    NFL Draft 2020: The Tua Tagovailoa bashing has peaked

    As the NFL Draft 2020 draws near, it’s open season for scouts and analysts, whose commentary about Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa is starting to resemble pages from Regina George’s Burn Book from “Mean Girls.” The Athletic’s Bob McGinn published some acerbic criticism of the All-American quarterback on Friday that he collected from NFL scouts. “I’m playing …
  • NFL Draft 2020: Scout’s weird Mekhi Becton ‘cooking’ criticism

    NFL Draft 2020: Scout’s weird Mekhi Becton ‘cooking’ criticism

    With the 2020 NFL Draft just days away, ’tis the season for scouts cloaked in anonymity to leak bizarre takes on prospects. Louisville offensive tackle Mekhi Becton is regarded as one of the top prospects at his position along with Alabama’s Jedrick Wills, Georgia’s Andrew Thomas and Iowa’s Tristan Wirfs, but one unnamed scout told …
  • Jamal Adams plans virtual Jets holdout as situation gets messy

    Jamal Adams plans virtual Jets holdout as situation gets messy

    Things between the Jets and star safety Jamal Adams are getting messy … again. ESPN reported that Adams will not participate in the virtual offseason program, which begins April 27 and is voluntary, because he is unhappy the team has not expressed official interest in extending his contract. Adams, 24, is in the final year …
  • NFL Draft 2020 approaching: What we can learn from recent trends

    NFL Draft 2020 approaching: What we can learn from recent trends

    In less than a week, the 32 NFL teams will take their swings at the 2020 NFL Draft. This draft has been the most debated and discussed ever because of the current circumstances in the world. The NFL draft is the only thing really going on in the sports world and has provided fans a …
  • Jets could be on the move early in NFL Draft 2020

    Jets could be on the move early in NFL Draft 2020

    What’s behind Door No. 3 in the 2020 NFL Draft for the Jets? Maybe general manager Joe Douglas’ decision with pick No. 11 in the first round won’t be as simple as choosing between finishing a run on four top offensive tackles (Mekhi Becton, Tristan Wirfs, Jedrick Wills and Andrew Thomas) and starting a run …
  • Giants’ Dave Gettleman’s unenviable 2020 NFL Draft dilemma is here

    Giants’ Dave Gettleman’s unenviable 2020 NFL Draft dilemma is here

    Dave Gettleman, our 69-year-old football lifer, is surviving in his unsettling virtual reality NFL world … a world without interpersonal relationships and getting-to-know-you dinners and watching prospective draftees interact inside the Quest Diagnostics Training Center. “We got the visual touch-point, but we’re really missing out on the personal touch-point when you can smell and feel …
  • Buccaneers’ Tom Brady still isn’t over his famous NFL Draft snub

    Buccaneers’ Tom Brady still isn’t over his famous NFL Draft snub

    Tom Brady just won’t let it go – maybe that’s why he has six Super Bowl rings. The Buccaneers quarterback commemorated the 20-year anniversary of him being selected in the sixth round by the Patriots in the 2000 NFL Draft – 199th overall – by posting the list of signal-callers taken ahead of him to …