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UCLA’s Tyler Bilodeau, right, looks to shoot over North Carolina’s Ty Claude during the first half of the Bruins’ 76-74 loss Saturday at Madison Square Garden. (Frank Franklin II / Associated Press) With each team seeking the slightest edge, UCLA trying to hold on while North Carolina attempted to complete a massive comeback, it wasn’t … Read more

Tank Dell appeared to suffer a severe left knee injury and was carted off the field after catching a touchdown pass in Saturday’s loss to the Chiefs.  Dell caught a 30-yard pass from quarterback C.J. Stroud in the back of the end zone just before colliding with teammate Jared Wayne and Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie.  … Read more

As head coaches across the country abscond the selection committee and bemoan their team’s lack of an invitation to the College Football Playoffs, the man behind the Hoosiers bench, stumped, duped and defeated by Marcus Freeman’s Fighting Irish, can do little except scratch his head.  With the sting of the 27-17 defeat still fresh, Curt … Read more

Geno Smith has thrived with the Seahawks. AP This would be a good Sunday for anyone associated with the Jets, beginning with team owner Woody Johnson, to look away. Don’t watch the Vikings play the Seahawks on Sunday in Seattle. That’ll allow you to avoid watching two former Jets quarterbacks, who were abject failures wearing … Read more

Rickey Henderson spent parts of two seasons with the Mets. New York Post This was late in the great renaissance season of 1999, when Rickey Henderson was 40 years old and tried to prove every day that his birth certificate was lying. He was standing behind the batting cage at Old Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati … Read more

Rickey Henderson — Hall of Fame left fielder and beloved baseball icon — passed away on Saturday after a long battle with pneumonia. He was 65. And while MLB’s all-time stolen bases leader played the bulk of his career with the A’s, he also spent nearly seven seasons in New York in stints with the … Read more

Penn State linebacker Dominic DeLuca points to to fans as he celebrates an interception return for a touchdown against SMU on Saturday in a College Football Playoff first-round game. (Barry Reeger / Associated Press) Dominic DeLuca and Tony Rojas returned interceptions for touchdowns and Penn State toyed with mistake-prone SMU in a 38-10 victory on … Read more

Nashville Predators defenseman Nick Blankenburg scores past Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper in overtime to secure a 3-2 win Saturday. (George Walker IV / Associated Press) Nick Blankenburg scored at 1:03 of overtime to help the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 victory over the Kings on Saturday. Zachary L’Heureux and Jonathan Marchessault also scored, and Justus … Read more

Brian Daboll and the Giants have had a rough year. Robert Sabo for NY Post Is it that time of year already? It is that time of year already. You know what to do, kids. Clear your throats. Pour some eggnog. A-one, and a-two and … “Fire Him!” (to the tune of “Jingle Bells”) Sung … Read more

Rickey was being Rickey, they said when Rickey Henderson arrived to camp later than the rest of his teammates. Rickey is Rickey, they said. Rickey is Rickey, he said. But when does being Rickey become a pain in the sensitive places? This matter of Henderson’s claim that the New York Yankees drank themselves out of … Read more