1984 — Walter Payton breaks Jim Brown’s career rushing mark of 12,312 yards and Brown’s career mark of 58 100-yard rushing ...

For the first time in 24 years, the New York Mets and New York Yankees have both won a playoff game on the same day.

Greg Cote’s Hot Button Top 10, the weekly Sunday notes column, finds the funny, damnable and offbeat in sports ...

Saturday was a good day to be a fan of a New York baseball team, as both the New York Mets and New York Yankees won in the first games of their respective divis ...

1985: New York Yankees pitcher Phil Niekro becomes the 18th 300-game winner as he blanks the Toronto Blue Jays, 8-0, on the last day of the season. At age 46, Niekro also becomes the oldest pitcher to ...

The Yankees' outfielder slumped for most of the season, until it was time to deliver in Game 1 of the Division Series.

Twice, Stanton's lack of speed or effort cost the Yankees in Game 1 of the ALDS against the Kansas City Royals. Trailing 3-2, Staton couldn't make it home despite Oswaldo Cabrera hitting a ball into ...

The unexpected sometimes occurs in the postseason such as a slumping player like Alex Verdugo delivering big plays for the ...

The upstart Royals roll into the Bronx for an American League Division Series matchup with the Yankees. Kansas City swept ...

Alex Verdugo hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning and saved at least one run with a sliding catch along the ...

Gerrit Cole was shaky. Aaron Judge did nothing. The Yankees won anyway. Under the gaze of a sold-out home crowd, beneath an avalanche of supersonic expectations, the Bronx Bombers opened their 2024 ...

Shohei Ohtani played in his first MLB postseason game and notched his first hit -- a monster game-tying home run -- as part ...