Cleveland 6 Yankees 4: The 2007 Yankees’ season ended as it began, in disarray. Chien-Ming Wang didn’t make it out of the second inning and while Mike Mussina was reasonably effective, he left with a 6-1 deficit. Meanwhile, Paul Byrd managed to shut down the Yankees’ offense. Somehow, Byrd pitched around 10 base runners in five innings and the Yankees squandered numerous opportunities to score. In a way, that was the story of this......

You may not have noticed that the NHL season started last weekend. While two games between two California teams in London may not have captured your interest, the three local teams that begin play tomorrow and the next few nights will all be fascinating stories throughout the season. No team enters the season with bigger expectations than the Rangers. After landing two big centers in free agency, Chris Drury and Scott Gomez, New York......

In a flash the Rangers remade their team on the first day of free agency, adding Chris Drury and Scott Gomez. Drury, grew up in Trumbull, Connecticut as a Rangers’ fan and has been one of the top centers in the game since breaking into the league with Colorado in 1998 (not to mention a Little League World Series champion). Gomez has been with the Devils since joining the league in 1999 winning two Stanley......

Islanders 5, Rangers 3: After snapping a six-game losing streak against the Rangers on Tuesday, the Islanders are probalby hoping they can play their rivals more often. The last five games in this series -- including four this season -- have gone the Islanders' way. Tuesday's also ended a four-game Rangers winning streak, and it turned when Viktor Kozlov and Mike Skillinger scored goals within 27 seconds of each other. Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist was......

-Nets 112, 76ers 107: Vince Carter scored a season-high 41 points as the Nets started a new streak by winning two straight games after losing six consecutive contests. Jason Kidd came up a rebound and a point short of another triple double. With Richard Jefferson healthy (he scored 24 points and doesn't seem to be showing lingering effects of his sprained ankle), there's no reason the Nets can't go on a mini-tear in the sluggish......