Skidding Islanders can’t climb out of early hole in loss to Bruins
NY Post
Dueling chants broke out at UBS Arena in the waning moments of a 6-3 Islanders loss to the Bruins on Wednesday night.
From the Islanders fans who did not head for the exits after Nikita Zadorov’s empty-net goal: “Fire Lou!”
From the Boston fans who made the trip down to Long Island: “Let’s go Bruins!”
Rock bottom for the season so far, and the Islanders had better hope it goes up from here.
“Every night, they’re there, they’re pushing,” coach Patrick Roy said, insisting on maintaining optimism about his team despite its halting 8-10-5 record with just four regulation wins so far. “It’s the team that [general manager] Lou [Lamoriello] gave me and I’m gonna work extremely hard for these guys and I owe this to the players and to our fans, to make sure that we compete every night.
“Our fans might be pissed off because we’re losing games, but one thing, we compete every night and I would love to see the result be on our side instead of the losing side.”
Some of the postgame noise coming from Giants players inside the losing locker room after their 30-7 loss to the Buccaneers on Sunday had to make head coach Brian Daboll cringe, especially with speculation about his job security swirling.
For Charles Barkley, learning the new fate of “Inside the NBA” was as if he was a player who found out he had been traded when it was reported in the media.
DENVER — OG Anunoby had scored as many or more points 13 previous times in his NBA career, but his silver-lining 27 in Saturday’s loss to the Jazz represented his most in 39 regular-season games with the Knicks.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Jordi Fernandez went back to Sacramento to face the Kings on Sunday night, Mike Brown joked he wanted to kick his protégé’s ass and then give him a hug. But it was Fernandez that got to give the victorious postgame embrace.
As the Giants season falls further into despair, Saquon Barkley continues his career season with his new team.
The Rangers had already been back home for a relatively full night’s sleep when Brett Berard was announced as a healthy scratch ahead of the AHL Wolf Pack’s 4 p.m. Sunday game against the Bridgeport Islanders in Hartford, Conn.
The Juan Soto Sweepstakes aren’t expected to last too long into the offseason, with offers from teams expected to begin trickling in soon and the Yankees and Mets still among the favorites to land the star.
The National Football League has been cracking down on celebrations that may look like guns – but Patrick Mahomes apparently missed the memo.
SALT LAKE CITY — Mikal Bridges understood why he did not return to Saturday’s game.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Knicks could not fully salvage a two-way clunker Saturday night, and their longest winning streak of the season is history.