BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Wednesday’s back page of the New York Post) Citi Field was the happiest place on Earth on Thursday. The Mets announced Brandon Nimmo had officially signed an eight-year, $162 million contract at a press conference that featured him, Mets general manager Billy Eppler and Mets manager Buck Showalter. Afterwards, those …
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BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Al Bello/Getty Images) It was a pro-Eagles crowd on Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium. The fans roared their approval every time the Eagles scored a touchdown. When Giants tight end Daniel Bellinger got jacked up by Marcus Epps, which had him out for the second half of the game, the …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Al Bello/Getty Images) First-year Giants head coach Brian Daboll has been hailed for getting seven wins out of a roster that does not feature that many playmakers on offense. No one is going to argue about that. But Daboll should not be immune to criticism, either. It comes with the …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Tuesday’s New York Post back page) Justin Verlander accomplished everything he could in Major League Baseball. He won two championships and three Cy Young Awards. He has been one of the best pitchers in baseball for two decades, and he is still going at 39 years old. He will be …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Saturday’s back page of the New York Post) There’s no doubt Mets fans were and are still stunned about Jacob deGrom signing a five-year, $185 deal with the Texas Rangers on Friday night. This is going to hurt for awhile. It would have been laughable and unheard of about deGrom …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Mike Stobe/Getty Images) There has been apathy with the Knicks. No one in town has talked much about them. The New York Post has the team’s game stories in the middle of the sports pages rather than on the first page of the sports page. There is a lack of …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Title credit: Sean Murphy on Twitter @DinosaurTruther) (Photo credit: AP Photo: John Minchillo) The Jets inserted Mike White as their quarterback this week to jumpstart their offense while benching Zach Wilson in the process, and he did just that in the Jets’ 31-10 victory over the hapless Chicago Bears on Sunday afternoon …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Odell Beckham Jr. spent Thanksgiving with his family and friends watching the Giants play the Dallas Cowboys. Those two teams are his suitors for his service. After watching the Cowboys beat the Giants 28-20 on Thursday at AT&T Stadium, Beckham can cross the Giants off …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) With five seconds to go in the game on Sunday, the unthinkable happened. Marcus Jones ran for an 84-yard touchdown punt return – the first touchdown punt return of the season in the NFL – giving the New England Patriots a 10-3 victory over the Jets at …
BY LESLIE MONTEIRO (Photo credit: Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Who would’ve thought this? Your New York Jets and your New York Giants are in a position to win their respective divisions with eight games to go. Reread that sentence and marinate on it. Did anyone really think they would be in the position …
