NEW YORK — If the Yankees are going to continue relying on home runs as their main run producer, it’s a sound strategy to get two of them from their best player in one game. Aaron Judge went the opposite way for both of his home runs in Friday night’s …
Under pressure to avoid first-round disaster, Nets coach Steve Nash says he’ll make small adjustments for pivotal Game 3
NEW YORK — After the Nets’ stars and offense were stifled by the Celtics’ game plan, Steve Nash teased some tweaks to unlock Kevin Durant but warned against expecting a schematic overhaul for Saturday’s Game 3. “There’s ways we can help. I think we kee…
Girl, 4, dies after being forced to drink whiskey by her grandmother, Louisiana police say
A Louisiana woman who wanted to teach her 4-year-old granddaughter a lesson about drinking forced her to drink half a bottle of whiskey, police in Baton Rouge said. The girl, China Record, died Thursday of acute alcohol poisoning. Investigators said th…
Giants looking to trade wide receiver Kadarius Toney: sources
NEW YORK — Soon, K.T. will be O.U.T. The Giants are looking to trade wide receiver Kadarius Toney, sources tell the New York Daily News, making calls to see what they can get for their 2021 first-round pick. There was some internal momentum for bailing…
Nets’ Ben Simmons hopeful for long-awaited return next week, but will it be too late?
NEW YORK — Ben Simmons is on the brink of returning but it won’t matter if his teammates don’t handle business in Game 3. Simmons’ recovery plan includes one more pain-free workout Saturday before he’s cleared from his back injury, leaving Monday’s Gam…
Handyman charged with stabbing his married Queens lover faces eventual deportation
NEW YORK — The knife-wielding handyman accused of stabbing his married lover dozens of times during a lethal late-night fight inside her Queens home was living illegally in the U.S., immigration officials said Friday. David Bonola, held in custody afte…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to host Billboard Music Awards
He’s coming home. Sean “Diddy” Combs will host this year’s Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas next month — 25 years after he took home his first Billboard honor. “This will be unlike any awards show — I’m bringing the love and setting the frequency at…
MTV’s VMAs heading back to New Jersey’s Prudential Center this summer
NEW YORK — The moonmen are returning to the Garden State. The Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, will once again host MTV’s Video Music Awards, after it was held for two years at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, MTV announced Thursday. The ceremony th…
Editorial: Fed up on Rikers: The city jail crisis cannot be solved from within. It’s time for a federal receiver
If the Rikers Island crisis is a raging fire, New York City, over the course of multiple mayoral administrations, has spent years essentially tuning out the alarm while letting the sprinklers run. This is an emergency, and it is time to break the glass…
‘The goal is to get better every day,’ Sabrina Ionescu declares as Liberty open training camp
NEW YORK — Sabrina Ionescu has one mindset: Get better every day. The young point guard is headed into her third season in the WNBA with many expectations already thrust on her in her ascendance to greatness. But those expectations might as well be whi…