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The Islanders’ offseason shopping list just got longer.  This was Marcus Högberg’s net Thursday, with Ilya Sorokin down with a lower-body injury suffered Tuesday night in Nashville, and it’s Högberg whose long-term prospects are set back most by the Islanders’ worst performance of the season, a 9-2 loss to the Rangers.  There was plenty of … Read more

Shedeur Sanders has been coming in hot and heavy. The former Colorado quarterback has all eyes on him as a top NFL draft prospect, but he has been candidly pointing the attention back to the teams he visits, including the Steelers this week. Some have welcomed the honesty. Shedeur Sanders looks on during the NFL … Read more

It’s been rowing-oar-bust for Long Islanders Olivia Fogarty and Lindsey Rust. The standout maritime athletes were recently inducted into the inaugural Port Rowing Hall of Fame class. “It really made me reflect on my rowing journey and how special Port Rowing has been to me,” Rust, who took bronze at the 2021 under-23 World Championships, … Read more

It appears that there might be a truce in the battle for NBA’s Superman. Shaquille O’Neal and Dwight Howard have seemed to put their years-long checkered history behind them following the 39-year-old’s induction to the Basketball Hall of Fame earlier this week. O’Neal called Howard “my guy” on an episode of “The Big Podcast with … Read more

New York and New Jersey already are starting to reap the benefits as one of FIFA’s to-be hot spots for two major upcoming events — the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 and FIFA World Cup 2026. On Thursday, FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced that the global soccer organization will donate $1 million to the area … Read more

Patrick Roy admitted he’d made a mistake.  More than a mistake, the Islanders head coach essentially embarrassed young Tristan Lennox in his NHL debut, putting the 2021 third-round pick in during the third period of the Islanders’ 9-2 loss to the Rangers and pulling him just 4:43 later after Lennox gave up a goal on … Read more

Trying out for the New York Dragons had me breathing fire. Word has spread around Long Island that the arena football team, which called the venerated Nassau Coliseum home during the 2000s, is making a much-anticipated comeback in the 516 this June. As someone who grew up on the thrill of watching the black-and-red brawlers, … Read more

An end-of-inning celebration led to a full-on college baseball brawl in Alabama. On Tuesday, Spring Hill College of the NAIA was hosting the University of Mobile and tensions skyrocketed in the bottom of the 11th inning with the score tied at 5-5. With two outs and two runners on base, Spring Hill’s Seth Williams popped … Read more

DETROIT — Mikal Bridges had just lost an outdoor summer league game. He was in high school at the time, a rising junior.  The defeat left him upset and not eager to discuss with his mother the pain in his foot area.  “She was like, ‘You’re all right?’ ” Bridges recalled. “And I’m like, ‘I’m … Read more

Access the Rangers beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting member-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers. The Rangers are holding on to their playoff hopes by a thread. A 9-2 win over the Islanders on Thursday night at UBS Arena may have staved off the Blueshirts’ elimination from … Read more