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On night that '94 team is honored, current Rangers come up empty

NEW YORK _ Having to play a game after watching the members of the 1994 Stanley Cup championship team thrill the Madison Square Garden crowd by just walking on the ice to celebrate their title of 25 years ago couldn't have been easy for the present-day Rangers.

Newsday · Feb 8, 2019

What to read this week: New books by Angie Thomas, Carrie Gibson and Elinor Lipman

'ON THE COME UP,' by Angie Thomas. Thomas' 2017 YA debut, "The Hate U Give," with its powerful tale of a black teen and a police shooting, was a runaway best-seller and later a movie. Her follow-up novel stars a 16-year-old girl who lost her father to gang violence and…

Newsday · Feb 8, 2019

Editorial: End the religious exemption for vaccines in New York State

If you're of a certain age, you might remember a time when millions of people in the United States got the measles. When tens of thousands of them ended up in the hospital every year, and hundreds died.

Newsday · Feb 8, 2019

Steve Popper: Knicks' rebuild had a good week, at least on paper

DETROIT _ It was a good week for the Knicks. Not on the court, of course, where they have continued to chase the record for the worst season in franchise history. But if you are keeping score in the realm that the Knicks are counting on _ the future of…

Newsday · Feb 8, 2019

'What Men Want' review: A comedy of one woman's insights

For a good example of why comedy has become such a difficult profession at a time of shifting norms and heightened sensitivities, look no further than "What Men Want." Featuring Taraji P. Henson as an ambitious career woman who acquires the power to read men's minds, "What Men Want" is…

Newsday · Feb 7, 2019

Knicks buy out Enes Kanter, Wes Matthews following trade deadline

NEW YORK _ When the trade deadline passed Thursday afternoon, the Knicks didn't pull off any last-minute deals, content to let the stunning Kristaps Porzingis deal swung a week earlier stand as the next step in their rebuild.

Newsday · Feb 7, 2019

Thomas Greiss makes 30 saves as Islanders top Devils in shootout

NEWARK, N.J. _ The overriding narrative to this Islanders' season has been their marked defensive improvement, from the goalies on out.

Newsday · Feb 7, 2019

Enes Kanter, Wes Matthews expected to receive buyouts from Knicks following trade deadline

When the trade deadline passed Thursday afternoon, the Knicks didn't pull off any last-minute deals, content to let the stunning Kristaps Porzingis deal swung a week earlier stand as the next step in their rebuild.

Newsday · Feb 7, 2019

Left-hander James Paxton thrilled to join Yankees, excited about pressure to win

TAMPA, Fla. _ James Paxton was a significant part of the Mariners' "everyone must go" offseason, and he had nothing bad to say about the organization he came up with. But the left-hander used the word "excited" multiple times in describing his thoughts on joining a team whose 2019 goals…

Newsday · Feb 7, 2019

Bryce Harper, Manny Machado in pinstripes? Hal Steinbrenner says never say never

ORLANDO, Fla. _ It's still unlikely that the Yankees will sign Manny Machado or Bryce Harper. But the man who signs the checks said he isn't ruling it out only because he doesn't rule anything out until he has to.

Newsday · Feb 7, 2019