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Giants co-owner John Mara talks about Odell Beckham Jr. trade for the first time

PHOENIX _ John Mara said the toughest phone calls he had to make when it came to trading Odell Beckham Jr. earlier this month were not to his general manager and not to any player. Rather, they were to two of his grandsons when he had to tell them the…

Newsday · Mar 24, 2019

Josh Bailey breaks scoring drought as Islanders beat Flyers, 4-2

PHILADELPHIA _ Maybe it was the ridiculously cosmic bounce that led to the Flyers first goal. Maybe it was coming up against Jakob Voracek, who leveled Johnny Boychuk earlier this month. Or maybe it was the frustration of watching two five-on-threes evaporate into nothing.

Newsday · Mar 23, 2019

Steve Popper: Ranking all 30 NBA teams as free-agent destinations

The Knicks have been careful _ other than the owner _ to soften expectations for their summer makeover. While James Dolan went on the radio recently and confidently expressed his belief that the stars of free agency will come and have already indicated to the team of their intentions, team…

Newsday · Mar 23, 2019

Neil Best: High-end food at baseball games comes at a price

NEW YORK _ When Citi Field and new Yankee Stadium opened 10 years ago, people still found the notion of sushi at baseball games a novelty _ if not an abomination.

Newsday · Mar 22, 2019

New album: Jenny Lewis

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Newsday · Mar 21, 2019

Jessica Mendoza addresses her dual role as Mets advisor and ESPN 'Sunday Night Baseball' analyst

NEW YORK _ Jessica Mendoza said she faced some ribbing when visiting teams in spring training about her new role as an advisor for the Mets.

Newsday · Mar 21, 2019

Yankees' Masahiro Tanaka treasures experience of facing countryman Ichiro Suzuki

TAMPA, Fla. _ Two of Ichiro Suzuki's 3,089 career hits came off Masahiro Tanaka.

Newsday · Mar 21, 2019

Dr. Sanjay Gupta examines why we're so stressed out

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, is busy under normal circumstances but he's about to get crazy busy, anchoring his first film for HBO Monday _ "One Nation Under Stress" (9 p.m./8 p.m. Central) _ and a six-part CNN series launching April 13, "Chasing Life," based on his 2007…

Newsday · Mar 21, 2019

'The Inventor' review: Must-watch documentary chronicles massive Silicon Valley fraud

WHAT IT'S ABOUT: In 2004, Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford to start a Silicon Valley company, Theranos, that promised to revolutionize blood testing. She assembled a superstar board, and got nearly $1 billion in backing. It was also a massive fraud. This Alex Gibney ("Going Clear: Scientology and the…

Newsday · Mar 21, 2019

Islanders soundly beaten again in 4-0 loss to Canadiens

MONTREAL _ Barry Trotz was being asked about how he would decide which goalie to start in the playoffs when he put the brakes on that line of questioning.

Newsday · Mar 21, 2019