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Damien 7-foot center Nate Garcia, with size 21 shoes, stands next to 5-4 sportswriter Eric Sondheimer, with size 8 shoes. (Mike LeDuc) Standing next to 7-foot center Nate Garcia of Damien High is like reaching the top of a mountain. You feel in awe, especially when you are 5-4. But what’s really intimidating is looking … Read more

An inside look at the Jets-Dolphins Week 14 matchup in Miami Gardens, Fla.: Marquee matchup Dolphins WRs Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle vs. Jets CBs D.J. Reed and Brandin Echols 4Tyreek Hill AP The Jets likely enter this game without their top cornerback as Sauce Gardner is doubtful to play because of a hamstring injury. … Read more

Drew Lock throws a pass during the Giants’ Week 13 loss to the Cowboys. Chris Jones-Imagn Images Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. The Post’s Erich Richter makes his picks and predictions for Week 14 … Read more

The Knicks were trailing by seven points with 70 seconds to play when Josh Hart was slapped with an automatic ejection for his second technical foul of the game for his interactions with the referees. Coach Tom Thibodeau noted after the Knicks’ 120-111 loss to the Pistons that while Hart “plays on emotion, which is … Read more

Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert throws a pass during a game earlier this season. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. Sports betting writer Dylan Svoboda joins The Post’s Bettor’s Guide … Read more

An inside look at Sunday’s Giants-Saints Week 14 matchup at MetLife Stadium: Marquee matchup Saints FS Tyrann Mathieu vs. Giants QB Drew Lock 4Tyrann Mathieu AP Mathieu has three interceptions this season and the Honey Badger has 36 picks in 175 games in his 12-year NFL career. He has a nose for the ball and … Read more

Jalen Brunson did all he could to lift the Knicks to a win on a night that the team looked listless at times against the Pistons. The Knicks star finished with 31 points in 44 minutes on the court — a new season high — in a 120-111 loss at Madison Square Garden. The effort … Read more

The Rangers have made Igor Shesterkin’s extended New York stay official. In another crucial wrinkle in Friday’s events, the Blueshirts made a commitment to the goalkeeper of six years on an eight-year, $92 million contract extension. The deal would give him an annual average value of $11.5 million, which makes for a league record.Rangers general … Read more

You thought Kentucky would blow the doors off, and instead, the NCAA title game came down to a lunging deflection, a fight to the front of the rim and 40 minutes of tense, gasping moments. You thought Syracuse would fall away some time, any time–isn’t it about time?–but Monday night the Wildcats weren’t up for … Read more

The No. 17 Iowa women’s basketball team that took the Barclays Center court Saturday night for the inaugural Champions Classic is nothing like the one that went to back-to-back national championship games the past two seasons. The style of play is different, there’s a new head coach calling the shots, and the star player who … Read more