Anemic Yankees swept by Rays
1:40 PM ET, April 8, 2012 Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
New York Knicks’ Jeremy Lin feels good but doubts return for first round
NEW YORK — Point guard Jeremy Lin said his knee rehabilitation is going well, but he doesn’t expect to play in the first round of the playoffs, if the Knicks qualify. “I think unless something goes really well I wouldn’t get there,” Lin said before Sunday’s Knicks-Bulls game. Lin underwent surgery Monday to repair a meniscus tear in his left… Read more →
Melo’s 43 lead Knicks over Bulls
ChicagoNew York D. Rose Points: 29 Reb: 6 Ast: 4 Stl: 1 Blk: 1 C. Anthony Points: 43 Reb: 7 Ast: 3 Stl: 1 Blk: 1 NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony scored a season-high 43 points, making the go-ahead 3-pointer with 8.2 seconds left in overtime as the New York Knicks spoiled a rusty Derrick Rose‘s return to the lineup… Read more →
Arts | Connecticut: A Preview of an Easter Concert at the Cathedral of St. Joseph
The program will feature two choirs, a brass quintet and an organist, among others, in a series of short pieces and excerpts drawn from nearly 400 years of opera, gospel and other choral and instrumental works. That panoply is intended to reflect in some measure the diversity of the Hartford community, said Archbishop Henry J. Mansell, who will preside at… Read more →
Arts | Hudson Valley: The Towne Crier in Dutchess County Is at a Crossroads
But that kind of down-home access to world-class performers is now at risk. After 40 years of engaging established artists and nurturing emerging ones — and in the process building a cultural institution in Dutchess County with national reach — the club’s owner, Phil Ciganer, is at a crossroads. At 66, he said, he isn’t getting any younger, and his… Read more →
Four Officers Wounded in Gunfight in Brooklyn
All four officers were expected to fully recover, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said on Sunday at a news conference at Lutheran Medical Center, where the officers were being treated. The mayor said the shootings underscored his ongoing campaign for Congress to enact tougher gun laws. “We have now had eight – that’s correct, eight – members of the department shot… Read more →
Dave Tollefson signs contract with Oakland Raiders
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Mets make Niese’s 5-year extension official
The Mets made Jon Niese‘s five-year contract extension official Saturday morning. Niese is guaranteed $25.5195 million, but could make up to $45.5195 million if both of his option years are picked up, sources told ESPN NewYork.com’s Adam Rubin. Jonathon Niese #49 SPNew York Mets 2011 STATS GM27 W11 L11 BB44 K138 ERA4.40 “What we’re looking to do is build a… Read more →
Isles’ season ends in defeat in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The crowd roared both before and after the game for Rick Nash. Will it be the last time he hears those cheers in Columbus? Cam Atkinson scored two goals — giving him five in five periods — to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 7-3 victory on Saturday over the New York Islanders in the regular-season… Read more →
Bookshelf: ‘Modern New York,’ ‘The Inquisitor’ and ‘Unterzakhn’
If the financial sector and its workers prosper, the city will too, buoyed by growing tax revenues. But he cautions: “If not, the next mayor will face the daunting task of leading New York into a future much less prosperous than its present.” And if that mayor turns away from the business-friendly policies of recent administrations, he continues, “The result… Read more →
