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There are a few buzzwords that typically precede significant changes within NBA teams. Is a team questioning whether it is ready to play, an often damning strike against its coaching staff? “I thought tonight was just…

When the dust settles, the task in front of Joe Schoen will be dramatically different than anyone expected three months ago. Saquon Barkley’s pending free agency was always going to be the biggest question mark, but before…

It would be fitting for Odell Beckham Jr. to rejoin the Giants, where his star was born during a remarkable five-season stretch to open his professional career. It is a romantic idea, bringing the most exciting and gifted…

Baseball’s free agency is not quite the climactic free-for-all of other sports, where most deals get done within 24 hours of the negotiating period opening. It is a slow burn, and it has gotten slower in recent…

A simple question, but a significant one for the Nets: Why was Ime Udoka suspended? Why did the Celtics ban their head coach for a year? Why would Boston allow a prized coach, coming off a breakout season that fell two wins…

We have hit the halfway point of the NFL season with Week 9 wrapping up Monday night, and the Giants and Jets are not just on track to play meaningful games in the second half — they are both on track to make the playoffs.…

Let’s start with this: Few people know what Aaron Judge wants. Maybe his agent. Probably his parents. Most likely his wife. There is not another handful. Members of the Yankees’ front office are not in that select group.…

Kyrie Irving left the Nets with no choice. The team announced Thursday night that the star guard is “currently unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets” and will be suspended for at least five games, following a…

In so many ways, Bruce Reznick is one of a kind. He is 86, and nearly lives at basketball arenas. He has seen thousands of sporting events, from watching Jackie Robinson steal home to witnessing the greatness of Kevin Durant…

Seven games into their season, not to mention in the middle of a back-to-back, the Nets finally decided it was the right time to get rid of Steve Nash. And in case their list of problems wasn’t long enough — Nash was…