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Brian Flores is one of the many names being floated around as a head coach candidate for the coming year, but one of his former players offered a bit of a warning to other teams that might be interested. Ryan Fitzpatrick spent two seasons (2019 and 2020) with the Dolphins under Flores — who was … Read more

What Deonte Banks has proven after two seasons is that he is not a complete waste of a first-round draft pick like DeAndre Baker and Kadarius Toney. Whether he gets lumped in with too many other Giants’ playable underachievers from the first round over the last decade — Ereck Flowers, Eli Apple and Evan Neal, … Read more

Peter Laviolette wasn’t thrilled with either of the Rangers’ results against the Devils last month. There were some positives, he said, from the first one — a 5-1 setback on Dec. 2. But three weeks later, another listless loss quickly spiraled into an embarrassment. The afternoon started with the Blueshirts making Chris Kreider, their longest-tenured … Read more

Karl-Anthony Towns returned to put the Knicks back on track. After missing the previous contest with a sore knee, the star center carried New York’s offense in a 112-98 win over the bottom-dwelling Raptors, dropping 27 points to help the Knicks snap a season-high three-game losing streak. The Knicks (25-13) got top production from Towns … Read more

Dan Sikes, a consistent money-winner on the PGA and Senior tours for 27 years, died after complications from stomach surgery. He was 58. Sikes, of Jacksonville Beach, Fla., was admitted to a hospital Friday, complaining of stomach pains and underwent surgery the next day. He died at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Sikes turned professional at 30, … Read more

A social media post by one Jets player may have been a little too saucy and is now causing legal issues for himself and one well-known sports media company.  All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner is being sued by Kalli Mariakis, a 42-year-old mom from Mississippi, for allegedly defaming her during a social media spat where he … Read more

Matt Rempe has been in this situation before. Just over 10 months ago, back in March, the 6-foot-8 ½ forward served a suspension, acknowledged he made a mistake with a hit — a high elbow flung toward the Devils’ Jonas Siegenthaler — and stressed the need to grow from it. That, more than anything, was … Read more

Josh Hart’s relationship with the referees is a work in progress but headed in the right direction.  Leading the Knicks in techs this season by a wide margin — Hart had six before Wednesday — the forward said he reached out recently to an official to better understand the problem and how to fix it.  … Read more

The Chargers’ Derwin James Jr. (3) celebrates an interception against the Falcons with Tony Jefferson (23), Elijah Molden (22) and Marcus Maye (24). (Danny Karnik / Associated Press) A second safety went on injured reserve in as many weeks. The Chargers were calling on practice squad players who hadn’t even had a week’s worth of … Read more

Karl-Anthony Towns, who missed the previous two games because of a knee injury, rises up for a shot during the Knicks’ game against the Raptors on Jan. 8, 2025. NBAE via Getty Images The Dodgers won the World Series this year, and they did it with one arm — actually, five arms — tied behind … Read more