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It's still important for Knicks to stay at bottom

When the Knicks snapped their 18-game losing streak last Thursday in Atlanta, just getting a win was much needed for their spirits. And as has been oft-repeated, the race to the bottom isn't quite as important since all three of the worst teams will have the same odds for the…

Newsday · Feb 18, 2019

Yankees' Boone: Aaron Judge is good physically, hitting it hard, and way ahead of 2018

TAMPA, Fla. _ Aaron Judge was an early arrival for spring training last February, a habit for the right fielder since he's been with the Yankees.

Newsday · Feb 17, 2019

Mets' Robinson Cano on contracts: 'Baseball is going to a different direction now'

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. _ On Dec. 12, 2013, Robinson Cano put pen to paper and signed a $240-million contract with the Seattle Mariners, a decade-long commitment to a much different city on the other coast, leaving the Yankees behind after his agent, Brodie Van Wagenen, landed him the third-largest…

Newsday · Feb 17, 2019

Nets' Joe Harris wins 3-point shooting contest

CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ For at least one night, Joe Harris was the best 3-point shooter in the NBA.

Newsday · Feb 16, 2019

Thunder's Diallo edges Knicks' Smith Jr. in Slam Dunk contest

CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ The Thunder's Hamidou Diallo jumped over a standing Shaquille O'Neal, dunked and finished by hanging on the rim by his elbow en route to winning the Slam Dunk contest.

Newsday · Feb 16, 2019

'Sammy Davis Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me' review: Entertaining tribute to a consummate performer

WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Famed member of the "Rat Pack," singer of '70s hits like "The Candy Man," Sammy Davis Jr. _ who died in 1990 at 64 _ was so much more. This 2017 film by veteran documentary producer Samuel Pollard ("Eyes on the Prize," "ACORN and the Firestorm") covers…

Newsday · Feb 16, 2019

Islanders top Oilers, 5-2, at Barclays Center

NEW YORK _ The Islanders exited Brooklyn _ for now _ with yet another win, if not another one of their better outings.

Newsday · Feb 16, 2019

CC Sabathia reaffirms that 2019 will be his final season

TAMPA, Fla. _ There's the World Series title, an American League Cy Young Award and the considerable number of wins and strikeouts that might earn CC Sabathia a spot in Cooperstown someday.

Newsday · Feb 16, 2019

Barbara Barker: Zion Williamson the talk of NBA All-Star Weekend

CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ One of the most talked about players heading into NBA All-Star weekend isn't even in the NBA.

Newsday · Feb 15, 2019

Vladislav Namestnikov scores twice as Rangers blitz Sabres, 6-2

BUFFALO, N.Y. _ We don't know exactly how long the Rangers' admitted rebuilding project is scheduled to last. Across the ice from them Friday night, though, the Blueshirts had a pretty good look at a team that hit bottom a year ago, got the No. 1 pick in the draft,…

Newsday · Feb 15, 2019