Newsday Sports Columns
Newsday's sports columnists covering New York and national sports and issues, including Neil Best, David Lennon, Tom Rock, Barbara Barker and more.
Best: Clock is ticking on Pegula's quest to win a Grand Slam2m read
Barker: USTA responds to the growing challenge of pickleball3m read
Rock: Three's a crowd of happy Jets rookies who made the cut3m read
Rieber: Will Yankees call up Dominguez on Sept. 1?3m read
Rock: Schoen's Giants appear to be treading water heading into season4m read
Barker: For Osaka, it's Comeback Summer3m read
Best: And so ESPN New York Radio begins on 880 AM2m read
Barker: Gauff eases pressure at U.S. Open with win2m read
Barker: Tennis awaits next great rivalries as U.S. Open begins4m read
Lennon: How high can Judge fly?3m read
Rock: The NFL needs to fix its preseason thinking4m read
Lennon: How far must Yankees go for Boone to stay in Bronx?6m read
Rieber: Years after turmoil-filled career, A-Rod happy to be back in the fold3m read
Barker: The ups and downs of Open champ Coco's year3m read
Lennon: Stanton still can muscle his way into spotlight when necessary3m read
Rock: Daboll, Saleh calling their own numbers3m read
Rock: Jets best in New York, but what about rest of NFL?3m read
Lennon: Mets show they can hang with anybody3m read
Rieber: Six weeks left for Yankees to answer bullpen questions3m read
Barker: Liberty look special enough to win a WNBA title2m read
Rock: Giants DT Elijah Chatman chasing a dream4m read
Lennon: Alvarez gets Mets' 10-game test off to a roaring start3m read
Rock: Even if Jets struggle on offense, they still have that world-class defense3m read
Lennon: Missed opportunities make upcoming stretch crucial for Mets3m read
Rock: Giants' Jones gives uneven performance in return4m read
Lennon: MLB's six-inning rule for starting pitchers is a good idea, but implementing it won't be easy4m read
Albanese: Severino hears the voices of confidence in gem for Mets3m read
Rieber: Sproat call-up talk? Mets disconnect3m read
Lennon: Mets must turn these bad vibes around, and quickly3m read
Rock: More hairy situations ahead for Giants' Jones?3m read
Lennon: Mets need another turnaround to salvage their season3m read
Lennon: Mets rotation can leave your head spinning3m read
Rock: Rodgers tries to QB Jets-Reddick mess3m read
Rock: Reddick's contract dispute shows Jets' continued ineptitude4m read
Rieber: Stanton demonstrates how important it is to protect Judge in the lineup3m read
Rock: Giants are much improved in one area — toughness3m read
Lennon: All is Wells in Yankees' cleanup spot3m read
Lennon: White Sox situation is mind-boggling, to say the least5m read
Lennon: Yankees could regret not adding Flaherty to shaky rotation3m read
Barker: Captain Brunson leads by example by putting team ahead of himself2m read
Lennon: Yankees should expect more of 'Aaron Judge Treatment'3m read
Rock: Don't jeopardize health of Rodgers, Jones with preseason games3m read
Best: Live from Paris, it's the return of the big-time Olympics2m read
Rieber: Cole, Chisholm want to play in 2028 L.A. Olympics3m read
Barker: Now captain, Brunson is Knicks' most important leader in decades2m read
Rock: Giants show there's fight in these 'DAWGs'3m read
Rieber: When other teams tell Judge to take a walk, will Yanks make them pay?4m read
Rock: Jets camp has turned into football think tank3m read
Lennon: MLB trade deadline winners and losers6m read
Lennon: A much happier game for Yankees (and Boone)3m read
Albanese: After benching, Torres comes across as more genuine than Boone3m read
Albanese: Yanks' Chisholm right at home in Bronx3m read
Rock: Okereke-Bowen connection holds key to defense3m read
Albanese: Mets' mettle will be tested on the West Coast3m read
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Nick Nash, Emmett Brown power San Jose State to 42-24 victory over Sacramento State1m read
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Minnesota sits injured RB Darius Taylor for season opener vs. North Carolina
Luke Altmyer's four touchdown passes leads Illinois past Eastern Illinois 45-02m read
North Carolina QB Max Johnson taken to hospital, after 3rd quarter leg injury at Minnesota2m read
Cam Rising throws 5 TDs in return from injury as No. 12 Utah rolls past Southern Utah 49-02m read
Division II-member Sioux Falls stymies St. Thomas in 34-13 season-opening win1m read
UAB stifles Alcorn State in season opening 41-3 win
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