Author: Mathias Altman-Kurosaki

Knicks Stand One Win Away From First Title Since 1973

For the first half of Wednesday night’s NBA Finals game, the Knicks were in deep trouble. The Spurs put on a lights-out performance, building a 76-49 lead. Just over two minutes into the third quarter, the Knicks’ deficit swelled to 29, all but assuring the series would head back to San Antonio even at two. OG Anunoby and Jalen Brunson had other plans. The Knicks outscored San...

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Mets Minors Game Thread: Alvarez Continues Rehab Assignment

The big club has a day off, but the Mets’ minor league affiliates are in action this evening. In Syracuse, Francisco Alvarez will make his second appearance of his rehab assignment, while Frank Camarillo makes his third start since getting promoted to Brooklyn. 6:35 PM · NBT Bank Stadium · Scranton/Wilkes Barre (30-28) at Syracuse (30-29) Syracuse Lineup Jihwan Bae, LF Christian Arroyo, 1B...

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Peralta Shows Grit In Bounce-Back Outing

Freddy Peralta entered Wednesday coming off three straight rocky outings, and his afternoon in Seattle didn’t get off to an encouraging start. Handed a first-inning lead, Peralta gave up a lead-off home run to J.P. Crawford, evening the score. After Peralta struck out Julio Rodríguez and induced a pop-out from Josh Naylor, he walked Randy Arozarena to extend the inning. Peralta fanned Luke...

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Morning Briefing: Manfred Expresses Concern Over Repeating 1994 Strike

Good morning, Mets fans! Rob Manfred said Wednesday that he worries a little bit about having a work stoppage similar to what Major League Baseball endured starting in the summer of 1994. After play stopped in the middle of August, the stoppage lasted 232 days. “Look, we want to make an agreement. We made a proposal on one set of topics at the outset of negotiations, I went and said...

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Mets Minors Game Chat: Senga To Make Rehab Start

The Mets have a night off, but three of their minor league affiliates are in action this evening. Kodai Senga will make his second rehab start, this time for Triple-A Syracuse. R.J. Gordon will try to build on an encouraging outing for Binghamton, while Jose Chirinos hopes to continue his strong start to the season for St. Lucie. Earlier today, Brooklyn dropped its game with Wilmington, 7-5,...

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