With the NHL trading deadline a day away, the Rangers are faced with a decision that most teams would prefer to avoid: Buy or sell?

Obviously the ideal situation would be to be in such great shape that buying (or, even better, just standing pat) is clearly the right choice. Unfortunately, the Rangers are on the [...]

So Alex Rodriguez got his first taste “road fans” yesterday in Dunedin, Fla., though to be honest, as someone who has been to Dunedin (which is pronounced “Done-eee-din,” by the way), it’s not exactly Fenway Park.

Either way, A-Rod seemed to do fine. The fans booed, there were some “A-Fraud” t-shirts (or at least one or [...]

I think we can all agree that the Rangers making a coaching change wasn’t unexpected. As I argued last week, I wasn’t so sure that Tom Renney being let go was necessarily the appropriate move for the Rangers to make right at this moment, but I can’t go crazy over it – whether it was [...]

I was at the Rangers-Islanders game last night at MSG and wrote a column about Tom Renney, the coach who has been getting the “Isiah treatment” from the crowd in recent weeks. There were definitely some boos and a few catcalls toward Renney during the game, but a 3-1 win – and a game where [...]

Hello, all. I’m back after a week in the unpaid-journalism hinterland, and it’s a pleasure to rejoin you.

Today’s question is an obvious one, as the biggest story in sports is about Alex Rodriguez. He’ll meet the media in a 1:30 p.m. press conference that is, quite literally, taking place under a tent at Steinbrenner Field [...]

So now comes word that Barry Bonds failed a couple of steroid tests, not to mention a compelling (if somewhat gross) transcript of a conversation between his good buddy and his personal trainer, in which injections into Bonds’ rear end are discussed.

Here’s my question: Does this put the Bonds as a Hall of Famer talk [...]

Apologies to all for yesterday’s one-day hiatus. I spent most of the day covering Joe Torre’s New York book tour and Carp was embroiled in Adam Graves Night at the Garden. Carp did a great job, by the way, so if you haven’t read his piece in today’s paper yet, do it now.

Anyway, we’re back [...]

So … that was pretty good, right?

Although the first 29 minutes of the game weren’t all that enthralling, starting with the 100-yard interception runback at the gun of the first half, the Super Bowl was one of the more compelling football games I’ve watched. And that fourth quarter? You wouldn’t have thought anything could top [...]

There’s an interesting story in The Times this morning about changes some stadiums are making to provide fans at a game an experience more similar to the ones they get when they watch from their couches at home. Handheld TVs for instant-replay access and Wi-fi connections are two of the more popular amenities, not to [...]

Sam Weinman, our always-excellent Rangers beat writer, mentions in his story today that the Rangers are in a somewhat different position at the start of this second half than they’ve been in previous years. As opposed to being in a more desperate scenario, where a playoff spot seems like a real question, the Rangers begin [...]