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Optioning down Spencer Jones came as a surprise by pinstripe loyalists, as the expectation all fans, both casual and diehard had, was that Jones would be on New York’s opening day roster. Jones was drilling the balls literally out of the Steinbrenner Field into the parking lot. At the time of the roster move, Spencer Jones was hitting a .333 with half his hits being home runs upon the reassignment to minor league camp. Following Jones’ reassignment was another top Yankees pos

New York Giants Co-owners Steve, Laurie and Jonathan Tisch have requested to transfer their stakes in the team to their children’s trusts, according to an NFL memo.  The move is subject to approval by the league’s finance committee, the memo shows. If approved, Steve, Laurie and Tisch would “no longer own any interest in the Giants,” in what will be one of the biggest organizational shakeups in New York Giants history. Prior transfers were completed pursuant to 2023 and 2024

Team USA might very well be eliminated come later on this Wednesday night.  For one member of the team…the head coach…thought his team already advanced prior to last night's embarrassing loss. Team USA head coach Mark DeRosa said that the Americans already had their quarterfinal spot in the World Baseball Classic. He was and still is wrong. Team USA does not have a secured spot in the final eight. DeRosa said prior to Tuesday’s game vs Italy while on MLB Network, “It’s weird.

The Jets made more additions on Monday than they had wins all throughout the 2025/26 season. The team made six additions on the defensive side of the ball with five signings and a trade. Last season marked a historic low for the Jets, who went the entire season without an interception and only had four total defensive turnovers. Despite yesterday being a day of gains, it was also a loss with Quincy Williams, Nick Folk, John Simpson and Alijah Vera-Tucker all finding new homes

With the World Baseball Classic firing on all cylinders with pool play, it is partially thanks to West Haven that one particular coach gets to be at one of the biggest heights. Dave Righetti is 67-years-old and is serving as an assistant pitching coach for Team Italy in the WBC. Righetti took the Italian job due to his Italian heritage despite being born in San Jose, California. Righetti’s grandfather was from Liguria, Italy and emigrated in 1907. The WBC doesn’t require the

Kerry Wood may very well be one of the greatest New York Yankees relievers of all-time for hurlers who have pitched in 30 or less innings. Despite Wood’s short-term excellence, he is forgotten in the pinstripe world. Acquired on July 31st of 2010, by New York in a trade with Cleveland that saw Yanks’ Andrew Shive, Matt Cusick and cash go over to the Indians, would end up allowing Kerry Wood to pitch in the Bronx.  Wood, who was a 13-year vet at the time, immediately excelled

Why is it that for about a decade now at this point that the New York Yankees love getting former power hitters past their prime? Joey Gallo, Josh Donaldson and Jay Bruce are some solid examples to this argument. On Wednesday night, the New York Yankees signed 34-year-old Randal Grichuk to a minor league contract. Grichuk was a Yankee killer when with the Blue Jays, but his Canada days have been long gone. Overall, in 35 games at Yankee Stadium Grichuk carries a .278 average

Before D Rose was even a thought in the NBA and on the Knicks, we had M Rose. Malik Rose appeared in 813 games during his career, with 230 of them coming as a Knick.  The Power Forward spent five seasons as a Knick, and was part of the team during his retirement year in 2008. Rose, who was known as the ‘Shaq of the NAC,’ originally came to the Knicks in the backend of the 2004/05 season after being traded from the Spurs for Nazr Mohammed and Jamison Brewer. This trade would s

With spring training getting in full swing I figured to highlight a former Yankee who was acquired before the preseason activities began and would be later bullied into retirement basically by Yankee fans. On February 13th, 2021, the New York Yankees signed the lefty-bat of Jay Bruce to a minor league deal. The 33-year-old Bruce would be 34 in the upcoming April, but at this point of his career he has shown to be on a career decline. The goal of adding Bruce was to add a left

It is expected that the Raiders will be releasing Geno Smith ahead of the new league year on March 11th, 2026, which will clear a roster spot for No.1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza to start immediately. Mendoza is the clear-cut projected first overall pick in this upcoming 2026 draft after his Heisman and National Championship-winning season with Indiana. Smith’s 2026-27 salary is set to become fully guaranteed on the third day of the new league year, if not traded or release

The New York Mets have signed right-hander Bryce Conley to a minor league deal.  The 31-year-old was originally drafted in 2017 by the Oakland Athletics in the 22nd round. Making it as far as Triple-AAA numerous times, Conley has appeared in 160 minor league games with 76 games being starts. Overall, the hurler has a 21-33 record and has pitched to the tune of a 4.53 ERA in 491 innings. The 31-year-old righty worked mainly as a starter last season, recording 118.2 innings bet

The New York Mets have more former Yankees on their roster amongst all levels compared to every other team that are not the Yankees themselves. Sunday saw the Mets add Ben Rortvedt off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers. Rortvedt is graded as an above average catcher in terms of blocking and framing pitches, but he has a below average arm when trying to throw out base runners. Rortvedt will be the team’s third-string catcher behind Francisco Alvarez and highly-regarded defe

*Disclaimer: The New York Sports Show has no political affiliation, this article is New York Yankees related.  Everyone has their own opinions surrounding 45th & 47th President of the United States Donald Trump, along with the New York Yankees. You either love them or have a deep hatred, frankly there isn’t really any middle man in 2026. What if I told you though that Trump could have ran for president and possibly won it a lot earlier, like several decades earlier. All becau

The New York Knicks go into their final game before the All-Star break looking to win No. 34, in what has been a very back-and-fourth last four games.  Feb. 4th, featured an OT win over Denver with 134 points by New York, just for the Knicks to get brutally blown out 118-80 against the Pistons. The Knicks then held the powerhouse Celtics inside the 80s, winning 111-89 and then dropped against Indiana, 137-134 in overtime. For the 76ers, they are likely going to take the count

The New York Rangers are crashing harder than the 2008 stock market. Some thought that after trading away Artemi Panarin that the team would start seeing an upside. Instead New York sits very comfortably in last place in the Metro, eight points away from their closest team. Ranger fans you can kiss playoff hockey goodbye as their current 22-29-6 record is making sure of it. February 5th, showcased a 2-0 shutout loss for their 29th loss of the season, which was their ninth shu

Jose Siri had the worst statistical season in New York Mets franchise history for a position player since Billy Hamilton’s 2020 season with the Mets. Billy Hamilton, who was one of the fastest players in the league at the time of him being in New York, appeared in 17 games for the New York Mets. In those 17, Hamilton had 22 at-bats and recorded just a single hit to bat .045, which is the worst in franchise history for a position player. Hamilton’s OPS was a mere .129, but som

In an era where extravagant world-class minor league stadiums were nonexistent, there were still modest expectations that the New York Yankees had when they moved their Double-AA farm team from Manchester, New Hampshire, to West Haven, Connecticut. Former Yankees GM Lee MacPhail said that “A lot of work needs to be done around here,” when he referred to then 25-year-old ballpark that was Quigley Stadium. The city of West Haven, which took ownership of the stadium in 1951, rel

There are numerous reports that LeBron James’ time with the Lakers is reportedly coming to an end soon. NBA Insider Jake Fischer said Monday during a live stream that, “the Lakers are ready to move on from LeBron James,” also saying how he thinks that LeBron is ready to move on as well. Likely this move will come over the offseason, but frankly who would want him? King James has taken a mighty fall over the past three seasons. Fact is James is 41 and has not appeared in more

Jeremy Smith made it to the NHL briefly for what was a 10 game stint with the Colorado Avalanche during the 2016/17 season. In those 10 games and some 546 minutes of ice time, Smith posted a triple 8 save percentage. Since then he has chased that high of being back at the NHL level. Smith was the Bridgeport Islanders (then Sound Tigers) starting goal tender in 2018, racking up a very respectable 2.92 GAA and a .902 save percentage. Since 2018/19 the Michigan native has been i

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