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Jets owner Woody Johnson delivered his plea to disgruntled pass rusher Haason Reddick on Tuesday. Johnson fielded a question about Reddick, who has yet to report to the Jets this season, during his conference call with reporters to discuss the firing of Robert Saleh. Johnson gave Reddick a personal message. Haason Reddick has yet to … Read more

Sean Manaea took a moment to honor his late aunt during his impressive NLDS Game 3 performance against the Phillies.  The Mets lefty revealed after the 7-2 win that his kiss to the sky was in remembrance of his aunt, who had died Tuesday morning. “That was for my aunt,” he said. “Just got a … Read more

Igor Shesterkin turned down a Rangers offer that would’ve made him the highest-paid goalie in NHL history.  ESPN’s Kevin Weekes reported on Tuesday that the star Russian netminder rejected an eight-year, $88 million extension with an average annual value of $11 million. That’s $500,000 more a year and $4 million more overall than the Canadiens’ … Read more

USC coach Lincoln Riley said Big Ten officials admitted there was no indisputable video evidence to overturn the Trojans’ goal-line stop on fourth down against Minnesota, which was awarded a touchdown. (Paul Sancya / Associated Press) Three days and one phone call with the Big Ten later and Lincoln Riley still doesn’t understand how officials … Read more

Lynx forward Napheesa Collier, center, celebrates with teammates after beating the Sun on Tuesday night to advance to the WNBA Finals. (Abbie Parr / Associated Press) Napheesa Collier had 27 points and 11 rebounds while Courtney Williams contributed 24 points and both-ends-of-the-court energy to lead the Minnesota Lynx past the Connecticut Sun 88-77 on Tuesday … Read more

None of the Knicks’ returning players is likely to benefit more from a full training camp with the team than OG Anunoby. Last year’s key midseason acquisition got off to a promising start after his arrival from Toronto at the end of December, but multiple injuries in the second half — an elbow problem in … Read more

Regarding the Rangers, in Pittsburgh on Wednesday to open against the Penguins for the first time since 2009-10: It would be extremely disappointing to learn that the Rangers were responsible for leaking their purported eight-year, $88 million contract offer to Igor Shesterkin that the goaltender rejected. Because any time management leaks information like that, it … Read more

It’s always an ironic dichotomy — the more inverse the relationship between discourse and performance, the better. Usually, how little talk there is about a team’s offensive line indicates how well the unit is playing. And for the first time in recent memory, the Giants offensive line is way, way, down the pecking order on … Read more

None of the 30 general managers picked the Knicks to win an NBA title this year, but they were ranked as the second-best team in the Eastern Conference after what was deemed the third-best offseason in the league.  The anticipated annual GM survey was released Tuesday on the NBA’s website, and only three teams received … Read more

From the start, the 44,093 in the house were loud, they were joyous, they wanted to take part in the experience of late-afternoon, October baseball, squeezing a few last drops out of summer. They stood. They chanted. They roared with every pitch Sean Manaea threw across seven-plus brilliant innings. They roared when Pete Alonso went … Read more