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This Thanksgiving feels like a good year to recognize the Butt Fumble one last time for all its complexity and meaning a...
26/11/2025

This Thanksgiving feels like a good year to recognize the Butt Fumble one last time for all its complexity and meaning and comedy and reverberations and aftermaths and then… let it go.

There are worse, or at least equally bad, plays in Jets history. And Sanchez has bigger issues to deal with now.

From "Little roller up along first" to "Matteau! Matteau! Matteau!" and plenty of points in between, Newsday's Neil Best...
18/11/2025

From "Little roller up along first" to "Matteau! Matteau! Matteau!" and plenty of points in between, Newsday's Neil Best ranks the top 10 New York sports calls from broadcasters.

There have been many memorable sports calls in New York history, but we've come up with the best of the best.

The life of a professional athlete’s partner often is viewed through a reality TV-like lens in popular culture, putting ...
07/11/2025

The life of a professional athlete’s partner often is viewed through a reality TV-like lens in popular culture, putting an emphasis on designer clothes, bikini shots and spa treatments.

In reality, game day for a young NFL family is decidedly less exotic. And a lot more work.

Giants starting right guard Greg Van Roten and his wife, Trish, both Long Island natives, navigate many obstacles on a hectic NFL Sunday.

Part of the fun of having a new hockey chess piece like the New York Islanders' Matthew Schaefer is imagining all of the...
28/10/2025

Part of the fun of having a new hockey chess piece like the New York Islanders' Matthew Schaefer is imagining all of the creative ways to deploy him, writes Neil Best.

Having Matthew Schaefer, Mathew Barzal and Bo Horvat on the ice in a three-on-three situation figures to be must-see hockey.

Only in Newsday: New York Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin takes the blame for team's early woes this season. “I need to g...
27/10/2025

Only in Newsday: New York Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin takes the blame for team's early woes this season. “I need to give my team chance to win," he tells Colin Stephenson.

The goaltender has allowed 11 goals in consecutive games against the two worst teams in the league.

Nick Mangold was born in Ohio, starred at Ohio State and played his career in New Jersey, but for three years, he was on...
27/10/2025

Nick Mangold was born in Ohio, starred at Ohio State and played his career in New Jersey, but for three years, he was one of us. Long Island was where Mangold first started to weave his way into the fabric of the New York Jets organization and into the hearts of its fans.

When the Jets held training camp at Hofstra, Nick Mangold frequently visited the nearby Chipotle and befriended Mike Stallone. ''He was never in a rush to leave. I became a big fan of his from the get-go."

No New York Yankees fan will be happy if the Toronto Blue Jays win the ALDS. But one tiny silver lining could be that it...
08/10/2025

No New York Yankees fan will be happy if the Toronto Blue Jays win the ALDS. But one tiny silver lining could be that it gets Don Mattingly another step closer to reaching his first World Series.

Donnie Baseball has been a manager and is now bench coach for Blue Jays

She's 14 years old and already has played on the U-17 U.S. women's national team. She'll do so again before starting hig...
21/08/2025

She's 14 years old and already has played on the U-17 U.S. women's national team. She'll do so again before starting high school. She also has an NIL deal with Lotto Sport, and dreams of being a World Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist. Meet Syosset's Loradana Paletta.

Loradana Paletta is a soccer prodigy at age 14, and she's thinking World Cups, Olympic golds and pro ball.

Marshall Warren, Brandon Chabrier and Ross Mitton are like many a trio of longtime buddies from Long Island. They like f...
02/07/2025

Marshall Warren, Brandon Chabrier and Ross Mitton are like many a trio of longtime buddies from Long Island. They like fishing and golfing and razzing each other.

BUT, unlike other Long Island friend groups, though, they all also get to participate in the New York Islanders' summer prospect development camp together.

They are longtime buddies and attended high school together.

Friday night's NHL Draft may not "Bring Hagens Home" like the bumper stickers around Long Island have asked for, but it ...
25/06/2025

Friday night's NHL Draft may not "Bring Hagens Home" like the bumper stickers around Long Island have asked for, but it will bring Hauppauge's James Hagens another step closer to his dream of playing in the NHL.

Family estimates a traveling party of 60 or so in LA to see LI's Hagens fulfill the next step in his journey to the NHL

The blend of elite music skills in any genre and deeply rooted Mets fandom has allowed this 26-year-old Long Islander to...
23/06/2025

The blend of elite music skills in any genre and deeply rooted Mets fandom has allowed this 26-year-old Long Islander to carve a niche role in the community with increasing popularity by the day.

Jordan Simpson's work has made it to SNY and the Jumbotron at Madison Square Garden. But his road to stardom may just be beginning.

As the chant grows louder and more intense, the fan who catches an opponent's home run at Yankee Stadium has to make a s...
20/06/2025

As the chant grows louder and more intense, the fan who catches an opponent's home run at Yankee Stadium has to make a split-second decision: Do I risk the wrath of my fellow fans by keeping the souvenir — one I may have caught in one of the greatest athletic achievements of my life, or had to wrestle away at great bodily peril from a group of equally ball-hungry fans — or do I throw it back onto the field?

Some say it's imperative to throw back a visiting player's home run ball at Yankee Stadium and Citi Field. But others aren't so sure.

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