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Rangers?  Optimism? for real, yes!   At least so over the last week.  1 week of moves actually provides some critical optimism for Rangers fans and the organization.  I discuss all the moves. The Rangers have been hard to watch, and not just because of the scoreboard. When a team feels like a “morgue” on game nights, that is a sign something bigger is broken, from roster construction to day to day...

Here we are again.  It's June, and the Yanks are swooning.  While not a surprise to me, apparently it is for Cashman and Boone somehow. 4 straight games with only three hits should not be possible for the New York Yankees, yet here we are, staring at another brutal June swoon and asking the same questions we ask every year. We’re watching a team that looked strong early flip into something fa...

I have a potpourri of sports talk for you today!.   Some Knicks appreciation, some Yankees mid season talk and warning signs, and some nice NY Rangers talk.  Optimism for the Rangers?  It can't be    :-) I start with the New York Knicks - reliving the parade energy, the iconic OG Anunoby tip-in, and the moments that made this playoff run feel like it belongs in franchise history. I discuss th...

The Yankees are winning games like nothing can touch them, and that’s exactly the problem: everything is touching them. Aaron Judge is out with a stress fracture on his first rib, Giancarlo Stanton is back on the injured list with more imaging ahead, and key names like Trent Grisham, Max Fried, and Clark Schmidt are also sidelined. Yet the New York Yankees still sit on top of the American League....

The wait is over!  The Knicks are NBA Champions!!! 53 years of heartbreak and waiting is over as Captain Clutch delivered a historic performance for the ages.  The most resilient team in NBA history did it again. 45 points out of a team's 94 is not a stat line, it’s a rescue mission.  Jalen Brunson turned into Captain Clutch for real, carrying the New York Knicks to a 94 - 90 win over the San...

Insanity!   Ridiculous!  insane ! impossible, bonkers, unreal!  Call it anything you want, but it happened. The Knicks are now 1 win away!!! A 29-point hole in the NBA Finals usually ends in garbage time and hard questions. At Madison Square Garden, it turned into a night Knicks fans won’t forget, because Game 4 ends with OG Anunoby flying in for a tip-in with 1.2 seconds left and a miracle 107-10...

It had to end sometime, and the Knicks winning streak is over as the shooting went cold at MSG for the Knicks. The Knicks finally took a punch in the NBA Finals, and it landed in the one place New York wanted to be unstoppable: Madison Square Garden. I react to the 115-111 Game 3 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, snapping a 13-game playoff win streak and ending a 43-day run without a loss . The offen...

The Knicks hung on for nail-biting 105-104 road win in Game 2 of the NBA Finals! A 1-point NBA Finals win is stressful enough. Now add this twist: Jalen Brunson can’t buy a bucket, shoots 7-for-25, misses a wide-open late three, and the Knicks still walk out of San Antonio with a 105-104 win and a 2-0 series lead. That’s the kind of result that makes fans start whispering about something bigger, b...

Devastating.  Frustrating.  Worst case scenario.  Name your poison.   Aaron Judge has a stress fracture in his ribs, and the detail that should stop every Yankees fan in their tracks is this: the team won’t even re-image him for four to six weeks. That’s not a quick bruise. That’s uncertainty, and uncertainty hits harder when your offense is built around one player who changes every at-bat, every...

Led By Brunson and KAT, the Knicks shook off the rust and erased a 14 point 3rd quarter deficit and used a bit of Brunson magic to take Game 1 of the NBA Finals 105-95.  This is the Knicks' 12th straight playoff victory! The Knicks didn’t win Game 1 with a perfect box score, they won it with backbone. After looking rusty, missing shots, and falling behind by 14 in the third quarter, we watche...

Talk about a kick in the NUTS.   The Knicks are finally playing the kind of connected, ruthless basketball that makes you believe a Finals run can end with something real. Then a headline drops that changes the math fast: Mitchell Robinson reportedly suffers a broken pinky finger on his right hand, his shooting hand, and the early word is out indefinitely. That one phrase introduces a whole range...

Cole is back.  For the Yanks, it means so much. The Yankees are starting to feel like themselves again, and it’s not just the standings. A three-game sweep of the Royals brings three totally different wins: a comeback capped by a 2 run 9th, a blowout where the bats finally unload, and a clean, pitcher-driven win that reminds you what this team can look like when it’s right. I dig into the biggest...

The Knicks DESTROYED the Cavs to punch their ticket to the NBA Finals!  Another great team effort drove the blowout. 130 - 93 doesn’t look like a normal playoff score, and that’s the point. We just watched the New York Knicks turn Game 4 into a message, finishing a 4-0 sweep over the Cleveland Cavaliers and charging into the NBA Finals with the kind of edge every fan dreams about. I’m Don, and I’m...

One win away from the NBA Finals baby!  10 straight playoff wins. No losses in a month! A 3-0 lead can make people start daydreaming, but this Knicks run is more than vibes. After a convincing Game 3 win in Cleveland, I talk through how New York keeps stacking double-digit road wins and why the 2026 NBA playoffs are starting to look like a full-team takeover. The score matters, sure, but the bigge...

A 16-point Eastern Conference Finals win is satisfying on its own. A 16-point win where Jalen Brunson doesn’t need to play Superman is the kind of signal Knicks fans have been waiting for. We’re coming off New York’s 109-93 Game 2 win that pushes the series to 2-0, stretches the Knicks’ playoff streak to nine straight, and puts them just two wins from the NBA Finals. I walk through how the night a...

Captain Clutch delivers the biggest comeback in Knicks playoff history! A 22-point deficit with 7:52 left usually means one thing: turn it off and move on. But at Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks turned Eastern Conference Finals Game 1 into a full-on basketball fever dream and walked out with a win that lands near the top of NBA playoff comeback history. I break down how the Knicks looke...

Up 6-3 with two outs in the ninth should be a win you file away and forget. Instead, the Yankees turn it into a 7-6, 10-inning walk-off loss to the Mets, and we’re left staring at the same uncomfortable question: how can a team with playoff goals look so helpless late in games? I break down the 2026 Yankees bullpen meltdown, starting with why the closer situation feels fundamentally broken. David...

Cam Schlittler is making Yankees starts feel like appointments, and his Subway Series performance against the Mets is the latest reason why. I break down how he cruises through a hostile road environment, gives up only two hits and one run, and still manages to strike out Juan Soto twice. The box score is great, but the bigger story is the pattern: Schlittler keeps repeating dominance, and it’s st...

One-hit losses will do that thing where they don’t just beat you, they make you question everything. That’s where we’re at with the New York Yankees right now: five losses in six games, a lineup that goes quiet for long stretches, and late leads that feel like they’re borrowed time. I talk through why this slide is happening so fast, and why it’s not enough to wave it away as “just May.” I dig int...

The Yankees make a move that should be routine, and it instantly turns into a litmus test for whether this team has learned anything. With Caballero headed to the injured list, New York calls up Anthony Volpe and I can’t hide my frustration, because it feels like the fastest route back to the same problems: too many strikeouts, not enough contact, and a shortstop situation that gets graded on vibe...

Familiar issues plague the Yankees, as they get swept by the Brewers. The Yankees’ ongoing inability to simply make contact against good pitching, as well as their awful bullpen, sunk the Yanks again. Send fan mail Jersey Guy Sports is available on all podcasting platforms.  Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts  Listen on YouTube Listen on PocketCasts Listen on iHeart Radio Listen on Amazon...

Enjoy the golf Sixers!  The Knicks dismantled the 76ers 144-114, sweeping the Sixers in 4 straight! A record setting 3-point masterpiece by the Knicks carried the red-hot Knicks into the Eastern Conference Finals! Send fan mail Jersey Guy Sports is available on all podcasting platforms.  Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts  Listen on YouTube Listen on PocketCasts Listen on iHeart Radio List...

No OG, no problem!  The Knicks pull away down the stretch with a 108-94 victory Friday night in Game 3 to take a commanding 3-0 series lead over the whining Sixers.  KAT, Shamet, Bridges, and Brunson quieted the Philly crowd.  Embiid had the nerve to complain about the refs after all the ridiculous calls he and the 76ers got Friday night.  the Knicks can rest OG now and try to close out the whiner...

The Knicks beat the Sixers 108-102 in game 2,  but concern abounds.  OG left with 3 minutes remaining with an apparent hamstring issue.  I discuss the game, an the importance of having OG (particularly for a potential Detroit series). Send fan mail Jersey Guy Sports is available on all podcasting platforms.  Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts  Listen on YouTube Listen on PocketCasts Listen...

The Yanks continue to roll as they honor John Sterling, and the Knicks bludgeoned the 76ers 137-98 to open the Eastern conference semis. Send fan mail Jersey Guy Sports is available on all podcasting platforms.  Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts  Listen on YouTube Listen on PocketCasts Listen on iHeart Radio Listen on Amazon Music Listen on TuneIn and Alexa Listen on other podcasting plat...