Jason Keidel

When the Yankees won Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, they gave you the impression that they'd win Game 6. And then when DJ LeMahieu belted that ninth-inning homer Saturday night, you had the sense Game 7 was around the corner. Click to read.

The Yankees pulled off the improbable, while still facing the impossible.

While NFL teams place a rabid premium on winning each week, sometimes a loss is more didactic than devastating. Click to read.

We often argue that final scores don't reflect a football game. Sometimes a 27-20 score masks a blowout, with the loser scoring 10 points in garbage time. And sometimes a 35-14 game was a 14-14 game that got out of hand in the fourth quarter. Click to read.

https://wfan.radio.com/articles/news/jets-qb-sam-darnold-cleared-will-start-sunday-vs-cowboys The most scrutinized organ in the NFL, Sam Darnold's spleen, is now football-ready, and the Jets QB is cleared to play this Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium. Click to read.

Beyond the box score and stacks of stats that make baseball our pastime, we also watch for themes, for stories and context, a way to turn a game into a high-wire battle of will. We embrace the mystery about to unfold and the memories it will provide.

But for all the mojo and magic surging through Big Blue, fueled largely by Jones, the Giants couldn't mask one major disparity between their team and the team from Minnesota. Talent. Click to read.

The Giants have performed a makeover that would make plastic surgeons blush. Click to read.

The Mets have work to do this offseason, but their 2019 performance gives fans reason for optimism. Click to read.