You may not have realized it, but some of the other local teams had games Sunday and some of them were pretty important. Take for instance the Rangers who lost 3-1 to Boston, giving the Bruins the home-and-home sweep over the weekend. New York played well offensively, but made some stupid mistakes in the defensive zone and paid the price. They are in the thick of the playoff race in a wide-open Eastern Conference,......

We've heard all the names from baseball's Mitchell Report, now let's look at some facts. Roger Clemens, who vehemently denies the accusations against him, is the biggest name revealed in the report. His lawyer says, "Roger has been repeatedly tested for these substances and he has never tested positive. There has never been one shred of tangible evidence that he ever used these substances and yet he is being slandered today." In the report,......

Yankees 5 Cleveland 3: New York has passed the first big test on their current schedule, sweeping Cleveland and improving to 15-games over .500. Sunday’s win was the toughest of the series as Andy Pettitte and Jake Westbrook locked into a pitcher’s duel for the first part of the game before the Yankees jumped out to a 4-0 lead. But, Cleveland made things interesting in the ninth. Trailing 5-2, Cleveland got three-straight hits off of......

The fans love it, the managers hate it and the players are mostly ambivalent; it’s the return of the Subway Series. One way or another Mets’ or Yankees’ fans will be able to claim bragging rights on Monday... or at least until the two teams meet again in July. While both teams have played well this year, they have also been besieged by injuries. The Mets have lost the backend of their rotation and their......

If Vince Carter scores four points, the chances of the Nets winning that game become slim. Carter made just two of his 14 field goal attempts Monday, and the Jazz took care of the Nets 89-78 in Utah. The Jazz deserve plenty of credit for shutting down Carter, who forced bad shot after bad shot in the loss. His poor shooting was contagious; the Nets shot only 2 of 21 from three point range. Those......

They didn't need to win this game, but the Yankees were certainly pleased to take the opener of a four-game set in Boston. The Yankees trailed 4-0 after one inning, but they rallied several times before taking the lead on Alex Rodriguez's go-ahead home run in the ninth of new Red Sox closer Curt Schilling. The Yankees trail Boston by only a game and a half after sleep-walking through the season's first half. One day......

Mike Piazza's eleventh-inning RBI single gave the Mets a 3-2 win at Washington, and the Mets took a four-game series from the front-running Nationals. Despite Willie Randolph's best efforts to ruin the Mets' production with his increasingly-crazy lineups, his team has gotten enough runs to win of late. As good as the Mets' pitching has been of late (Kris Benson is living up to his contract, for now), their lineups might spell doom for them......